Media and Programmatic Executive

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Full time
Location: London
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Job offered by: IDHL Group
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About The Role

As a Media and Programmatic Executive, you will be responsible for the day-to-day optimisation and management of programmatic campaigns across various platforms, ensuring performance objectives are met or exceeded. You will work closely with the media planning and creative teams to develop, execute, and optimise campaigns that drive growth for our clients. This role requires a keen analytical mind, a strong understanding of programmatic advertising, and the ability to collaborate across teams to deliver best-in-class media solutions.

The ideal candidate will have a minimum of 1-2 years' experience working in a digital agency, with specialised knowledge in programmatic optimisation. You will follow a T-shaped employee structure, being an expert in programmatic strategies and optimisation while maintaining a fundamental understanding of media planning, digital advertising, analytics, and creative.

Main Accountabilities

Manage the day-to-day execution and optimisation of programmatic media campaigns, ensuring delivery against KPIs

Collaborate with internal teams such as media planners, creative, and analytics teams to ensure campaign alignment and performance

Use programmatic platforms to build, launch, and optimise campaigns across display, video, native, and other media types

Analyse campaign performance and provide actionable insights, making optimisation recommendations based on performance data

Conduct A/B testing on creative and targeting strategies to drive performance improvements

Stay up-to-date with industry trends and emerging programmatic technologies, bringing new opportunities to the team

Prepare reports and present insights to internal teams and clients, ensuring clarity and accuracy

Manage budgets effectively, ensuring optimal use of client spend across channels

Provide support in media planning and strategy, contributing to broader campaign planning when necessary

Ensure compliance with industry standards and data privacy regulations, including GDPR

Core Knowledge & Skills Essential

Minimum of 1-2 years of programmatic campaign management experience within a digital agency

Expertise in using DSPs (Demand-Side Platforms) such as DV360, The Trade Desk, or similar platforms

Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret complex data sets and extract actionable insights

Solid understanding of media planning fundamentals, including audience targeting and cross-channel strategy

Familiarity with digital advertising metrics such as CTR, CPA, CPM, and ROAS

Strong communication skills for internal and external stakeholder management

Proficient in Excel and other reporting tools for campaign data analysis

Consistently deliver against client KPIs, including, but not limited to, CPM, CPA, and ROAS

Maintain a campaign accuracy rate of 100%, eliminating errors in budget allocation and pacing

Desirable

Experience with third-party data integration and DMPs (Data Management Platforms)

Basic knowledge of HTML5 for troubleshooting creative assets

Familiarity with Google Analytics, Adobe Analytics, or other web analytics platforms

Experience working with creative teams to develop assets that perform well in programmatic environments

Understanding of data privacy laws (e.g., GDPR) and their impact on digital advertising

Qualification/Experience Requirements

Essential

1-2 years of relevant programmatic experience within a digital agency

Proven track record of managing and optimising programmatic campaigns

Desirable

Google Ads and/or Facebook Blueprint certifications

Knowledge of or experience in other media channels (e.g., social, search)

Outline of typical goals and OKR's for the role

Ensure Time Tracker is 100% complete by the end of each day

All relevant technical certs to be completed and up to date - complete a minimum of 1 certifications per month if expired or due to expire

Contribute to the agency’s media strategy discussions, adding programmatic insights and suggestions for future growth

Other Relevant Information

Work closely with the media strategy and creative teams, and contribute to client meetings where programmatic insights are required

Regular opportunities to learn and grow in other areas of digital media

This is a hybrid role split between home and office working, ensuring you work from your contracted office on the relevant allocated day (Harrogate Tuesday, Manchester Wednesday, Leeds Thursday)

About Us

We’re IDHL.

With over 20 years’ experience under our belt, we’d say we know a thing or two about all things digital.

Our portfolio of services span performance marketing, website development, eCommerce, and data intelligence.

But we’re more than just a digital agency; we're our client's key partner in growth.

Joining our performance division, you’ll be part of a team of SEO experts and paid media trailblazers. Working across outreach, technical SEO, digital PR, social media and more – there’s not a part of performance marketing we don’t deliver.

Our superpower is helping ambitious brands accelerate their growth in the digital economy, and we work with some pretty cool clients like Costa, tombola, and Lights4fun.

But what’s in it for you?

Aside from working with some of the best in the business (there are nearly 400 of us across IDHL), we offer a variety of benefits all aimed at making your life that little bit sweeter:

Performance-based bonus schemes

26 days holiday plus bank holidays and a birthday lie-in

Two additional days for wellbeing and a volunteering day

Additional annual leave purchase scheme or trade leave you don’t use for extra salary

Hybrid working (a mix of office and home-based for many of our roles)

Flexible working scheme

Financial support from Salary Finance and Bippit

Company pension scheme and health care cash plan

Private health care dependent on length of service

Clear training and progression programme

Free mortgage advice from experts

Regular company events and awards

Employee perks portal

Plus many more, visit our careers page for more details

Invested in your growth.

Personal and professional development are core to life at IDHL. Harnessing potential, we’ll endeavour to support your career aspirations with our training programmes and personalised development plans.

Inclusivity matters to us.

We want our workplace to reflect the diversity of the world we live in. At IDHL, we foster an inclusive environment where every team member feels heard, supported, and valued. We aim to attract, develop, and retain the very best people irrespective of background, beliefs, or personal characteristics.

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