Media and Partnership Account Executive
Do you want to redefine mainstream advertising and help brands be more consciously inclusive and diverse in their marketing? Do you want to disrupt traditional marketing and media approaches and help brands engage authentically with diverse audiences that truly represent the real make up of our society? Are you genuinely passionate about inclusion, equity and diversity and want to be a changemaker? Do you want to be trailblazer in an award-winning media agency where you will have the opportunity to drive the vision of diversity and inclusion for some of the most exciting brands in the UK? Are you creative and passionate about working in media? Are you collaborative and able to build great ideas alongside clients, media owners and other agency teams?
The Team at OMG Unite are looking for an enthusiastic Media & Partnerships Account Executive, ideally with 1-2 years of experience in a media agency planning or buying role and is familiar with key tools. You will be a part of insight development, media planning & buying, idea and content creation, briefing, development, project management and reporting of media & partnership campaigns. You will be a key support for both the media and partnership team across clients and lead in the day to day delivery of several projects at any one time.
OMG UNITE team are a diversity and inclusion driven agency specialising in Multicultural, LGBTQ+ and Disability marketing within OMG UK. We help clients achieve business growth by moving from unconscious exclusion to conscious inclusion and including audiences that are underrepresented in mainstream advertising.
No two days are the same for us and this is a brilliant opportunity if you enjoy working across multiple clients, brands, diverse audiences, and media platforms. This role is very diverse and requires flexible approaches. It also requires someone who is entrepreneurial, a self starter and with a go getter attitude
What makes our offering truly market leading is our ability to constantly evolve our approach to reflect and stay ahead of the ever and fast changing demographics of the UK. This has enabled us to grow exponentially from 3 clients in 2016, to 50+ clients currently including the UK Government, the NHS, Royal Air Force, Facebook (Meta), NSPCC, Sainsburys, Barclays to name a few. We have never been busier and have loved every minute of having strategic business conversations with our client, whilst still keeping our core purpose of inclusion and diversity at the heart of it all.
Our work has won multiple awards including Best Marketing Campaign at European Diversity Awards, BIMA Advanced Award for Diversity and Best Campaign of Public Sector at Campaign Media Awards to name a few.
At OMG, UK we have an underlying belief that our agencies and specialist services should reflect the society in which we live. Be that Age, Disability, Education, Ethnicity, Gender, Gender identity, National Origin, Religion or Sexual Orientation.
Simply, we believe that Inclusion and Diversity makes for a more stimulating and inspiring working environment, where people are treated with respect and can be comfortable being themselves. Embracing these different approaches and thinking helps deliver tangible and positive results for us and our clients’ businesses.
At OMG, UK we take Inclusion seriously and provide adjustments for individuals throughout the recruitment process, so you can be at your best. Please discuss any specific adjustments with your Talent Acquisition team member or if you would feel more comfortable, please reach out to beyourbest@omnicommediagroup.com and let us know (confidentially) how we can be of help.
Responsibilities
• Excellent day to day campaign execution and implementation of media, partnership and content campaigns from across all channels from briefing to delivery and post campaign reporting. This includes briefing partners, adding bookings, working with ad ops team to create tags, etc.
• Supports the managers in delivering outstanding client service through timely response to client requests, smooth day to day delivery and top-notch project management of campaigns
• Leverage planning tools and desktop research to develop audience insights
• Collaborates with team on creative and content solutions, coming up with great ideas in response to client briefs
• Stays on top of campaign progress and finance/booking and is able to provide status updates on day to day queries and questions
• Supports in content development, rewriting campaign brief, coordinating production logistics and timelines with the media owners as well as reviewing and uploading content
• Support in quality control of all deliverables.
• Supports the team in creating and delivering client presentations
• Collate information from different internal and external partners to create client friendly documents including reports and presentations
• Maintain filing systems
• Update and maintenance of various excel spreadsheets.
• Create templates when required
• Lead campaign bookings on the system, coordinates invoicing and other campaign related finance and operational workstreams
• Collate and compile documentation when required
• Arrange meetings when required
• Help in organising team socials and fun activities that contribute to positive team culture
Requirements
• Genuine interest and curiosity about diverse cultures and audience groups like Multicultural/ Multi-ethnic, LGBTQ+ and DisAbility audiences
• Highly creative and excited about coming up with ideas and solutions for our clients
• Passionate about the media and marketing landscape
• Highly organised and strong project management skills
• Entrepreneurial, Self-starter and go getter with a can-do attitude
• Collaborative and agile team player
• Proactive and enthusiastic, being willingness to go above and beyond
• Ability to work to deadlines
• Fluency of one foreign language would be an advantage.
What we offer
• 27 days holiday + the opportunity to ‘buy or sell” up to 5 extra days a year.
• Bupa private medical cover.
• Life Assurance cover.
• Cycle-To-Work scheme.
• Season Ticket Loan.
• Gym membership discounts
• Daily bursary to be used for meals in the Canteen
• Full-day holiday for your birthday