Alex Kirk
Consultant - EMEA
I specialise in the full range of commercial roles across Digital, Branded Content and Influencer Marketing, helping businesses grow by connecting them with the right talent.
Roles include:
Head Of Brand Partnerships – Leading Heritage Publisher
Business Development Director – Influencer Marketing Platform (start-up)
Sales Manager – Major Digital Publisher
Account Director – Influencer Marketing Agency
My focus is on providing a bespoke service for both clients and candidates - acting as a consultative subject-matter-expert, while providing insights on the market and a tailored approach to each novel situation.
Area's of Specialism: Influencer Marketing, Digital Sales, Branded Content, Creative Solutions & Publisher Sales.
Alex Kirk's Jobs
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Account Manager, Programmatic Planning
London, England
£30000 - £40000 per annum
Account Manager, Programmatic Planning - Prestigious Global Media Agency Salary - £40,000 The Opportunity: Calling all Account Managers with programmatic & planning knowledge! Are you knowledgeable about programmatic buying methods and platforms? Do you want to work in a high performing programmatic trading team at a globally leading & dynamic media agency? Do you want the chance to be part of an innovative team that is forecast to grow massively, at a business constantly onboarding new accounts, with the opportunity to deliver campaigns effectively for high profile existing accounts? Do you want to be an integral part within a fast growing small team, early in your career, with superb opportunities for progression? This is a fantastic role of the leading media agencies, within their key programmatic team, one with a clear vision and with exciting plans to disrupt the agency trading and programmatic landscape! They're always ahead of the curve, adapting to both market pressures & client needs with unrivalled efficacy, often leading the way with innovation.Now is the perfect time to get involved.The Role: A role exists within one of the Globally leading Tier1 Media Agencies, withing their Programmatic Planning department to support a growing team, covering several clients. As a Programmatic Planning Account Manager, you will play a role in the day to day strategic coordination within market strategy team and Programmatic performance team to drive programmatic performance and provide direction and development to senior account executives and account executives. You will work closely with the Programmatic Performance team along with other members of the organization to drive client campaign success across programmatic. The role will include account management responsibilities, strategy building and ensuring we are driving the development and delivery of innovative, industry-leading programmatic marketing. They have an amazing culture, with a flat structure, plenty of team socials and the team is full of inspirational people in the space with bright ideas. They are not a team to micromanage and want to provide this person with autonomy and flexibility to make an impact, while providing shoulders to lean on and being there to bounce ideas off in a very collaborative team. The successful account manager should be very Programmatic literate, someone who strives for campaign performance excellence while being able to manage both operational methodologies and strategic plans for a multi-market client. Get in touch now if this sounds interesting and apply below!
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Partnerships Director - Sales
London, England
£40000 - £50000 per annum + commission
Partnerships Sales Manager - Global Influencer Marketing Platform Salary - £40,000 - £50,000 + lucrative commission. The Opportunity: This Business is among the leading global influencer marketing platforms which makes this opportunity particularly exciting. They are both an influencer AND content marketing platform. They strive to address the key challenge for brands across the globe, providing high-performing influencer creative content at a very cost-effective rate. It's the kind of awe-inspiring, blow-your-mind, striking content that makes brands stand out and remain front of mind in the rapidly evolving digital world. Their tech platform streamlines the process but creativity and authenticity is where they excel. They believe in the everyday eureka moments, constantly going above and beyond to get the authentic results that brands crave. They're looking for a person with knowledge of influencer marketing products who has strong contacts with brands & agencies (or either) as they have just secured a large round of VC funding - making this the first of multiple growth hires over the next year. Now's the perfect time to get involved. They have a really fun culture, with multiple socials and plenty of work drinks, they have a young team and have had great success in the UK market so far, as well as in Australia and Singapore (and other markets). The Role: Key Responsibilities:* Work with the sales team to drive customer acquisition, including attending and assisting in day-today sales activities and supporting strategic sales pursuits.* Contribute to the success of the company by targeting and penetrating accounts utilising outbound prospecting skills. In addition, the candidate would work to qualify inbound leads to build quality pipeline.* Generate leads and opportunities through outbound, strategic & targeted prospecting into large companies.* Conduct high-level conversations with senior executives in prospect accounts.* Complete accurate tracking of communication with current and potential customers in our CRM and othertools.* Strategic calling to leverage business from new and established relationships, prospecting into both cold accounts as well as into new groups and divisions of existing customers. If this sounds like your ideal role, please reach out and apply here! The business is smashing it internationally and whoever embraces this role will quickly make themselves a senior stakeholder in the fast growing UK office and could potentially become invaluable to this fast growing outfit.
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Production Manager
City of London, London
£45000 - £50000 per annum
Production Manager - Culture/Content Digital Publisher: Salary - circa £50K Being the sole destination for fashion, art, music, design and culture for many of today's youth and young adults - this is a real opportunity to work somewhere truly setting global trends. Recognised globally for being at the forefront of 'high-end' and engaging content, they are going through a huge period of growth right now and are therefore they are looking to recruit an experienced Production Manager to help with the production of their engaging and creative advertising campaigns. A truly awesome opportunity for motivated production professionals with a keen interest in all things current - including everything from high-end fashion collaborations to the latest streetwear, music and culture.The Role: Responsibilities:· Reporting to Creative Production Manager.· Management of the team and stewardship of operational workflow across the team matrix to produce high quality commercial campaigns spanning a wide range of outputs including: film & photo shoots, bespoke digital builds, design and event productions.· Responsible for the timely delivery of multiple productions, ensuring deadlines are met and spends are within budget.· Mentorship of the Production team to refine creative development skills, solve problems and create bespoke production solutions based on the demands of individual campaigns.· Calculating and managing budgets, billing and other financial performance requirements across the commercial creative team. Ensuring all productions fall within set margins.· Work with the Creative team to accurately scope on projects, ensuring they are accurately forecasted and delivered within set margins.· Implements improvements to systems, training and resourcing to optimise operational capabilities and workflow.· Look at ways to increase revenue, identifying opportunities within the department to offer clients solutions.· Manage and develop relationships with third-party suppliers and agencies to ensure the commercial proposition is continually fit for purpose. Ensuring relationships are maintained and competitive rates are achieved.· Production and maintenance of internal rate cards.· Team hiring and freelancer management. Must have demonstrable list of contacts within the industry. Qualifications· Attention to detail, thorough, accountability, excellent follow-through.· Problem solving, analytical skills and resourcefulness.· Comfortable juggling multiple tasks; ability to prioritize responsibilities; excellent time management; ability to work under tight deadlines and under pressure.· Ability to adapt to and operate effectively in a fast-paced and evolving team environment.· Adept at handling budgets and ensuring all productions are kept within margin.· Maintain effective communication with both internal and external parties throughout the campaigns and make sure campaigns deliver successfully.· Must be able to demonstrate strong existing network of Production contacts. Bringing in industry expertise and technical experience into the team.· Daily and weekly team updates, updating the project management systems.· Regular team updates for the Sales, Creative and Project Management teams. If this sounds interesting, please get in touch now and apply below! It's a brilliant role and is very competitive, so make sure to get yourself in the frame sooner rather than later!
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Brand Partnerships Manager, Global Social/Video Platform (DACH)
Berlin
€50000 - €80000 per annum + commission
Senior Brand Partnerships Sales Manager (Berlin) - Global Short Form Social & Video Content Platform: Salary range: €50-80K + comms (dependent on experience.)The Opportunity:They're a premium destination for short-form mobile videos. They are a strong contender to become one of the dominant social media platforms should their growth continue. Their mission is to capture and present the world's creativity, knowledge, and moments that matter, directly from the mobile phone. The platform enables pretty much anyone (and everyone) to be a creator and encourages users to share their passion and creative expression through their videos. They have easily been one of the most downloaded apps in the world over the last few years. Brand Partnership Sales Managers are responsible for building long term partnerships with the top agencies and brands across Europe, to educate and inform them about commercial opportunities within the company. Their innovative advertising products are high-impact and engaging, while creating a native experience for their committed and numerous users with a view to creating and developing deep connections with their brands.Responsibilies: Identify new business opportunities for brands to partner with them and work towards revenue targetsLead and grow global client relationships with product adoption and scaled solutionsHelp to deepen penetration in key and new verticalsBe instrumental in the external narrative of the business in the marketCollaborate cross functionally to ensure improvement for product, process and client relationshipsAnalyse campaign performance to constantly give feedback on optimised media solutionsRequirements:Degree educated or equivalent professional experienceExperience in digital and programmatic sales, app monetisation experience is a plusDemonstrated track record of achieving and exceeding revenue goalsExperience analysing campaign data and delivering recommendations Excellent verbal and written German & English communication skills, ideally additional language skills Self-starter, fast learner with a start-up spiritIf this sounds like a dream role (which it is!) then please don't hesitate get in touch now and apply here! This role is competitive and won't be around too long! All candidates must speak German.