Media Agency
UA have embedded themselves throughout the years in media agency recruitment helping agencies from the large scale networks all the way through to the up and coming growth focused independent agencies. No matter the location, we work on local, regional and global level.
If you're looking for a role, or looking to grow your team, the consultants here work closely with their network to identify the right opportunities.
WHERE CAN WE HELP?
Planning | Media Planning, Communications Planning & Media Strategy
Buying | Media Buying, Activation, Implementation & Reporting
Digital | Digital Performance, Display, Programmatic Buying & Video
Biddable | Paid Search (PPC), Paid Media, SEO & Content
Social | Content Strategy, Content Creation, Organic Social & Paid Social
Traditional | TV, Radio, OOH, Press & VoD
If you're looking for talent in any of these sectors whether it be agency leadership, client leadership, media planning or media buying, get in touch with a member of the team below for more detail.
SENIOR LEADERSHIP
Alex Swain | Juan Diego
MEDIA PLANNING & BUYING, COMMS PLANNING & STRATEGY
UK | Anastassia James & Sam Tooke
APAC | Dana Sopah
Jobs in Media Agency
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Strategy Director (3 Month FTC)
London, Greater London, England
£Competitive Day Rate
Strategy Director 3 Month FTC | Immediate Start | RemoteThis agency has a unique culture that prides itself on its global reach but maintains a family feel atmosphere. With big ambitions and a well-known client list, they sit well within the top 5 agencies in the UK. Hard working, creative and driven would describe their agency at its best, with thriving media planners and strategists, they have a brilliant team who create, fertilise and connect brands all over the globe and they are looking for another to join them.The best bits!They want comms/media planners or media strategists with big ambitions. They want people who think big, creatively and aren't afraid to test idea's that are outside the box.The media strategist will get the chance to work on a brand new piece of business playing a pivotal role in the strategic approach to comms to inspire every element of the campaigns.You’ll be guided by an exceptional Head of Strategy with a wealth of experience both in media & creative agencies to grow and mould you into an accomplished Global Strategist.Desired Skills and ExperienceExperience in planning cross-media campaigns, incl. digital.Experience working on an FMCG business (desired not critical) Passion for the media communications mix, you’ll appreciate each channel for what it’s worth.Ambitious and motivated to win awards at trade press events.Desire to travel around the globe.This role is remote based due to the pandemic.
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Media Planning Manager
London, Greater London, England
£35,000 - £40,000 per annum
Role - Media Planning Account ManagerLocation - London (remote currently)Salary - up to £40,000This is a role at a fantastic media agency in central London who work with some of the biggest global clients! They are known for their great work culture and benefits they provide to their employees as they chart highly and win plenty of awards year on year.The role is acting as a Media Planning Manager tasked with developing and delivering the clients digital services as well as network leadership and central campaign development.The client is a global, British origin technology company who are known across the globe to be pioneers of their industry and are of a household name status. All their products are premium, combining peak performance with innovative designs and are the best in every industry they operate in. The client-agency relationship has been ongoing for several years now with responsibility for over 40 markets and they are committed to delivering a best in class digital performance planning and execution for the client across the globe.What the role will consist of:Strengthening day to day client relationships via meetings, presentations and frequent contactEstablishing connections with key local market teams around the globe to aid the roll out of global best practisesDeliver media recommendations which are backed by sound insights from research and dataSupporting the Client director & lead in producing global digital guidelinesEnsuring that the development and deliverance of global campaigns run smoothly from end to end, liaising closely with the required specialistsManage and coach junior members of the team in all aspects of digital media planning and buyingImplementation of channel roadmapsWhat is required from you:Expertise within digital media planning (Search/Social/Programmatic)The skillset to manage many projects and clients at once to meet deadlines including delegating and managing the outputs of direct reportsAbility to proactively identify opportunities within the global media owner landscape and always being interested in identifying innovative solutions to reach target audiences.Effectively communicate information and decisions made, backed by reasons why the decisions were made, to the full range of stakeholders involved in a projectA demonstrable ability to offer solutions to potential challenges
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Digital Planning Manager
London, Greater London, England
£35,000 - £40,000 per annum
Role - Digital Planning ManagerLocation - London (remote currently)Salary - up to £40,000This is a role at a fantastic media agency in central London who work with some of the biggest global clients! They are known for their great work culture and benefits they provide to their employees as they chart highly and win plenty of awards year on year.The role is acting as a Digital Strategy Account Manager tasked with developing and delivering the clients digital services as well as network leadership and central campaign development.The client is a global, British origin technology company who are known across the globe to be pioneers of their industry and are of a household name status. All their products are premium, combining peak performance with innovative designs and are the best in every industry they operate in.The client-agency relationship has been ongoing for several years now with responsibility for over 40 markets and they are committed to delivering a best in class digital performance planning and execution for the client across the globe.What the role will consist of:Strengthening day to day client relationships via meetings, presentations and frequent contactEstablishing connections with key local market teams around the globe to aid the roll out of global best practisesDeliver media recommendations which are backed by sound insights from research and dataSupporting the Client director & lead in producing global digital guidelinesEnsuring that the development and deliverance of global campaigns run smoothly from end to end, liaising closely with the required specialistsManage and coach junior members of the team in all aspects of digital media planning and buyingImplementation of channel roadmapsWhat is required from you:Expertise within digital media planning (Search/Social/Programmatic)The skillset to manage many projects and clients at once to meet deadlines including delegating and managing the outputs of direct reportsAbility to proactively identify opportunities within the global media owner landscape and always being interested in identifying innovative solutions to reach target audiences.Effectively communicate information and decisions made, backed by reasons why the decisions were made, to the full range of stakeholders involved in a projectA demonstrable ability to offer solutions to potential challenges
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Head of Media Planning
London, Greater London, England
£90,000 - £100,000 per annum
Head of (Digital) Media PlanningWe've partnered with an independent agency who have offered clients a full service offering for the last 10 years and have focused on driving better acquisition and brand media planning for technology businesses all over the globe.They sit firmly within the B2B industry, but continue to push new innovations and strive to bring brand focused solutions to a performance led industry.This opportunity sits at the top of the media planning & activation team and is in charge of leading client communication & media strategy across digital channels. However, the opportunity will be to continually create bespoke media ideas that incapulate all channels (including OOH, Print & TV).As the portfolio of their clients are on the journey, this opportunity requires the patience in guiding them through their next phases and someone with an interest in challenging the norm and taking calculated risks to drive reward.It also has the opportunity to sits as part of the agencies leadership & management team, playing a key role in their growth, new business & company strategy.What's needed for the role?Willingness to travel to their head office outside of London (once a week)Expertise within digital media (Display, Paid Social, PPC, Programmatic etc.)Knowledge and previous traditional media experience (planning/buying)Desire to work with senior level clients (VP & above)Some experience working within B2B media.
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Programmatic Business Director
London, Greater London, England
£60,000 - £70,000 per annum
Programmatic Business Director UK & International | Media Agency | Remote Working We've partnered with a long standing media agency who have continued to evolve and offer some of the best media & digital solutions on the market. Collaboration & innovation sit at the heart of their offering, creating a dynamic working environment which contains many other famous agency names across the UK.Their growth continues, as their Programmatic team is once again looking for senior talent to help support the Head of Programmatic in evolving and creating a new proposition across their clients & portfolio of agencies.The role is all about moving away from the day-to-day trading and getting involved in the roll out of new initiatives, idea sharing and creating collaboration. It also sits firmly at the centre of innovation, looking at new developments, solutions and products their clients can get involved in.It still comes with the management opportunity, helping guide the team and set an example of how to lead internal, external and partner relationships. Having a working knowledge of trading is important, especially as you'll look to integrate new solutions that align and improve the old.As we know Programmatic continues to evolve and so should roles like these.So if you've had enough of sitting in the platforms and want to be on the other side, get in touch now.
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Paid Search Business Director
London, Greater London, England
£65,000 - £75,000 per annum
Paid Search Business DirectorLondon (Remote) up to £75,000 per annumA forward thinking global agency are looking to add an ambitious Paid Search (PPC) Business Director to their growing team to help lead the department in tandem with peers across Programmatic & Paid Social. You will work on retained, ad-hoc and consulting projects whilst taking full ownership of the commercial success and growth of the team (meaning less time working with the team on execution and more on long term strategy & tech innovation).Responsibilities;Hands on campaign management for key accounts.Improvement of process and deliverables as well as best practice.Evaluating and introducing of new paid media channels to the agency’s offering.Leading pitches for biddable campaigns.Own relationships with key channels and platforms.You will;Have prior experience working at a growing agency with small and large media budgets.Be able to translate business objectives into marketing campaigns and biddable strategies.Have in-depth understanding of the audience profiles, targeting options and ad formats offered by different channels.Have hands on campaign management across paid search and display.Have working knowledge of paid social – Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn.B2C experience is preferred.Have a solid understanding of all elements of the biddable campaign process.
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Programmatic Account Director - Integrated Agency
London, Greater London, England
£55,000 - £60,000 per annum
Programmatic Account DirectorLocation - LondonSalary - up to £60,000 depending on experienceAre you an experienced Account Director looking to move for a new challenge or an Account Manager who is interested in taking the next step in their career into an AD position?We are currently working with one of the most prestigious and well known media agencies globally who have 100+ offices around the world and who have some of the largest household name brands possible in their client roster!They have spent the last 6 months hiring aggressively across their newly formed integrated media & client division and are now looking for leaders with strong experience managing clients and account managers/executives to come and join their world class team.There are a number of Account Director roles currently open here which require different skillsets ranging from extremely strong technical programmatic ability to more client facing positions and even roles that will be involved in growing new accounts, expanding their programmatic offering across EMEA!They are also offering a very competitive salary for an Account Director position alongside the ability to manage a client that's part of brand new model and approach to media planning & creative. Responcibilites:Proficient in multiple DSP’s and strong understanding of RTB and the programmatic ecosystemStrong communication and presentation skills, to be capable to present decks to the team, wider agency team members and client stakeholdersExperience managing and developing junior team membersStrong programmatic understanding of where the industry is travelling and who emerging new players areExperience working in accounts across multiple regions is highly preferredAn analytical mindset and mathematical abilityDemonstrable critical thinking and problem solving skillsExperience working in a media agency or an Ad tech vendorRequirements:Executing and managing the clients portfolio through the desired DSP partnersOverseeing weekly campaign meetings and reports with agency stakeholders to manage and deliver on the client project through avenues such as DMPs and dynamic creativeIdentifying and correctly implementing opportunities that will drive the clients portfolio forwardSupporting the Programmatic Business Director on new areas that can further programmatic offeringLine management of a team of executive, being responsible for their wellbeing, performance and L&D
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Senior Account Manager - Planning & Buying
London, Greater London, England
£35,000 - £40,000 per annum
Senior Account Manager - Planning & BuyingLocation - London (remote currently)Salary - £40,000+ (Flexible for the right person)HQ in London, with offices in LA, Sydney, Singapore, NYC and more, one of the industries most decorated performance agencies are looking to add a Senior Account Manager to their buying team. They have a fantastic client roster to work across and are well known for delivering effective campaigns that cur through the noise and are admired by the other players in the industry!This role is part of their buying team which strategizes, plans and delivers campaigns across Programmatic, Display, Affiliates, DOOH and more! They're unlike most activation teams as they're also heavily involved in the strategy and conception of the campaigns, right through to delivery and optimisation which is the reason why they're so good at what they do - they know their work inside and out!Part of a wider agency group this business has the buying power, connections and relationships that allow them to ensure they're able to produce the best work possible - however they're still small enough to give clients the best service possible and make decisions without lots of process to get through!For the client roster? This agency has many household name clients that you will know about, own products from or use on a daily basis. Ranging from gaming companies that develop blockbuster titles, apps that you may use regularly and shops you may frequent or know about, they've got a wide variety in their portfolio.If you're a Media Planner/Buyer with a strong understanding of Programmatic, Display, Affiliates, DOOH, (They're happy for you to have one specialism and teach you the rest!), maintaining and servicing client relationships and great people person, able to manage a team of three then this is a role that will be well worth having a conversation around.Requirements -3+ Experience within an agency in a role of digital media planning/buyingA proven ability to interpret a brief and create effective delivery outcomes depending on the business goals and channels requiredExperience in managing multiple projects in a fast paced environmentUK market experienceThe skillset to have a strategic conversation and understand the implementation within mediaRock solid client communication capabilitiesThe ability to be accountable, make decisions and take leadership responsibilitiesExperience managing one or more account executive(s) is a huge plusHit me up on the below if this sounds like your next role!07856427232sam.tooke@ultimateasset.com
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Comms Account Director - Independent Agency
London, Greater London, England
£45,000 - £50,000 per annum
Comms Account Director Location - London (remote currently)Salary - up to £50,000 This is an exciting and dynamic opportunity for an Comms Account Director to join one of the world’s best independent media agencies to work across their flagship accounts!We are looking for someone with strong integrated media communications planning experience – you’ll be expected to provide best in class service for these clients as well as innovative solutions to their business needs. This role also comes with line management responsibility of a Planning Manager and Executive.The ideal candidate will:Be experienced in cross channel (offline and online) DR planning and implementation – from strategy to implementation and in-flight analysis/optimisation.Manage the client relationship on a day to day basis, coordinating the execution of the media plan with other internal specialist teams and with media owners as required.Work closely with the client to understand their business challenges and identify suitable additional agency services to address the client’s needs.Help manage the internal process of forecasting future media investment from the clients.Be involved with other department projects and initiatives as well as being active in new business opportunities and pitches as and when they arise.Ensure managers and executives are working to deliver integrated plans that display a deep understanding of all channels.Own the appraisal process for direct reports.Who we are looking for:Prior experience within a media agency.Strong background in B2B planning, as well as consumer.Strong background in Brand and Performance.Team player with experience of creating a collaborative team culture.Working knowledge of paid, owned, earned and shared media and experience of transforming clients from a traditional media model.Passionate about media especially the brand and performance dynamic, coupled with a strong business market, consumer and brand/performance understanding.
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Head of (Digital) Media Planning - Independent Agency
London, Greater London, England
£80,000 - £100,000 per annum
Head of (Digital) Media Planning We've partnered with an independent agency who have offered clients a full service offering for the last 10 years and have focused on driving better acquisition and brand media planning for technology businesses all over the globe. They sit firmly within the B2B industry, but continue to push new innovations and strive to bring brand focused solutions to a performance led industry. This opportunity sits at the top of the media planning & activation team and is in charge of leading client communication & media strategy across digital channels. However, the opportunity will be to continually create bespoke media ideas that incapulate all channels (including OOH, Print & TV). As the portfolio of their clients are on the journey, this opportunity requires the patience in guiding them through their next phases and someone with an interest in challenging the norm and taking calculated risks to drive reward. It also has the opportunity to sits as part of the agencies leadership & management team, playing a key role in their growth, new business & company strategy. What's needed for the role?Willingness to travel to their head office outside of London (once a week)Expertise within digital media (Display, Paid Social, PPC, Programmatic etc.) Knowledge and previous traditional media experience (planning/buying) Desire to work with senior level clients (VP & above) Some experience working within B2B media.
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Client Account Director - Sports Marketing Agency
Bath, Bath and North East Somerset, England
£35,000 - £40,000 per annum
Client Account DirectorLocation - Bath, UKSalary - Circa £40kA sports centric Independent media agency who are based in the South West are looking for a Client Account Director to join the team and help them grow the business by building strong relationships with existing clients to further generate increased revenue.Having operated for around 11 years and with over 50 staff in their office in the South West, this agency is known for creating marketing strategies for sports brands that generate hype, initiate conversations which ultimately results in effective growth for their clients!They have many combined years of expertise in the industry, fuelled by incredible market knowledge and passion for the brands they are partnered with, ones you may know or use yourself if you are into your sports!Culture wise, its no secret they are all sporting mad themselves with many company events and activities for the team to get involved in. From as simple as everyone comparing their Strava times in the Monday morning meeting to being invited to huge industry events their clients host, if you're someone that loves media and sports, this is not a role to miss out on.If you have experience maintaining and understanding a clients goals & objectives and want to further own your own relationships to ensure that your clients are getting the best service possible, then I highly recommend expressing an interest in this role.Role responsibilities + requirements:4+ years in a media environment in an Account Management/Client Services/Client Manager positionExperience taking a deep dive to understand the clients goals, needs and challenges to ensure that success is achievedUnderstanding revenue streams and how to upsell to clientsGreat people management ability and an understanding of delivering to commercial and agreed upon timeframesInternal management ability, having looked after people before, supporting them on their growth and personal development plansStrong understanding of the marketing ecosystem, knowing products and trends inside out to ensure clients are utilising the latest techniques to stay at the forefront of what is possibleHit me up on the below if this sounds like your next role!07856427232sam.tooke@ultimateasset.com
