Founded as an independent media agency in 1996, Merkle | DWA is headquartered in San Francisco, with ten additional offices in the US, Europe and Asia-Pacific, employing >250 employees globally.

In December 2017 we were acquired by Merkle, part of the Dentsu. The move expanded the B2B offering at Merkle. Dentsu announced the creation of Merkle B2B in September 2020, a group of world class B2B agencies under the Dentsu umbrella offering end-to-end B2B experiences to global brands. As the media strategy and execution arm of Merkle B2B, Merkle | DWA is an integral part of this new company.

Merkle | DWA’s integration with Dentsu’s B2B agencies offers employees the opportunity to collaborate with data, analytics, creative, and research professionals across the organization and for some of the world’s most renowned B2B brands, including Intel, Cisco, and Intuit.

The programmatic team is an integral part of the integrated performance and media team and works to execute strategies for clients. The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience with programmatic media buying or ad operations. He/she is also a great communicator and is ready to lead the team implementing programmatic media buys across the agency. The Senior Programmatic Manager will report to the Programmatic Director

Life as a senior programmatic manager at DWA, a Merkle company

• Drive agency strategy around programmatic buying through technology platforms
• Evaluate and recommend current and potential technology partners
• Champion and drive DWA best practices
• Manage, train and share knowledge between Programmatic Manager and Programmatic Executive. Learned accountability for performance across client campaigns
• Setup, manage and optimise different types of programmatic inventory via multiple Demand Side Platforms
• Confident to discuss optimisation methods with programmatic team & clients, and clearly communicate the impact
• Regularly offers advice or challenges briefs to improve the clients' results. Contributing additional thoughts/tactics that have worked for them in the past, adding the value that clients are seeking in an activation partner​

A few of the benefits

Whether it’s the joy of working with people at the top of their game or the Merkle social calendar, people love working here – and we hope you will too

• Career development through Merkle University and other tools; with access to courses, textbooks and mentorship
• Private Medical Insurance, Company Pension, life insurance and other corporate benefits
• A selection of other benefits including ability to buy additional holiday, season ticket loan and 2 volunteer days

• It is anticipated the successful candidate will have circa 2-4 years of experience in Programmatic trading, with at least 2+ years of trading experience with DBM
• Management and training experience of traders
• Ability to multitask, detail-oriented and organized
• Excellent written and verbal communications skills
• Strong computer skills (Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, and PPT) and ability to adapt to/learn new technologies
• Strong understanding of media activity beyond programmatic on client accounts, including core media, search and social
• Creative and contributes to brainstorming/strategy sessions
• Positive, professional, enthusiastic, and team-oriented attitude

Diversity & Inclusion

At Merkle, we believe that a diverse and inclusive environment improves us as a community and as a business. We want to foster an environment of growth, where ideas and contributions are actively encouraged. We need this culture of courage to continue to thrive in our fast-paced industry.

We have created six Diversity and Inclusion Pillars. Each pillar is made up of a community of members who serve as role models and spread a message of inclusion throughout our global workplace. Pillar members are responsible for planning initiatives, events and training, along with championing change within our business. These pillars are Gender, Ethnicity, Mental Health, Religion, Disability, LGBT+.

Merkle is a place that embraces differences of opinion. To be an advocate for real change we really encourage applications from women, candidates with disabilities and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates as we recognise that these groups are currently underrepresented in our marketing/technology industry.

At the point of application, the candidate must have the legal right to work in the UK as we are unable to sponsor visas as this time.

Merkle does not discriminate against job applicants on the basis of age, disability, gender reassignment, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation. Experience stipulated in this job description serves as a guide only and all applications will be considered on their merits, irrespective of experience.

As part of our Diversity and Inclusion agenda, and as an Equal Opportunities employer, if you require reasonable adjustments during the selection process please engage directly with your Recruiter.