Graduate Trainee - Media Planning - Immediate Start

  • Full-time

Company Description

Blue 449 is one of the 6 media agency brands of Publicis Media and is growing rapidly. 

We have a wide range of interesting clients from retail goliaths such as Asda and Dixons Carphone to smaller luxury business such as Ralph Lauren and Fortnum & Mason.

We have many long-standing client relationships and an enviably strong client retention record. Our clients value us for our honesty, openness and willingness to collaborate, as well as our rich understanding of their businesses. Our work both prioritises the proven and is driven by a hunger for invention. 

As an agency we believe strongly in two philosophies ‘Open Source’ and ‘Business Outcome first’.  

‘Open Source’: Today, a media agency must think flexibly, learn fast, respond swiftly, collaborate widely, nurture technology, amplify ideas, read data and operate at the very heart of businesses. It must sit at the intersection of data and ideas. There is a parallel for this in technology. It’s called open source.  Open source is a philosophy born in the world of software development that has since been applied to other fields. The core principle is that the source code of software programs be made publically available for adaptation, modification and development.  This is why we put collaboration at the heart of what we do.  We are happy to work with a variety of companies, whatever is the right answer for our clients, to make great things happen. 

Business Outcome: In order to deliver business effect for our clients we need to get close to their 1st party data.  We believe that a move away from media metrics is vital if you want to be a business partner rather than a supplier.  Start with the desired business outcome and work back from there! 

http://www.blue449.com 

@blue449

Job Description

We are searching for a bright, ambitious graduate who wants to become a part of our future success working in our media Planning team, where you will support the media planning work for one of our largest Retail clients. 

Whether you’re a media junkie, consumer behaviour obsessed, or have just heard that Media Planning is a pretty cool career to get into, we’d really like to hear from you!

Blue 449 has a fantastic track record of recruiting some of the best graduates in the industry. All of our graduates take part in a 24 month graduate training programme and are enrolled onto the IPA Foundation Certificate Programme. You will be rewarded with a competitive salary reviewed regularly across the programme, a host of many other benefits and the opportunity for rapid career progression.

KEY OBJECTIVES

  • Understanding the key functions of the Planning team end to end, by the end of the 1st year and being able to complete several tasks within the process independently.
  • Completing tasks and reports in a timely and accurate manner
  • High accuracy when fulfilling admin related tasks 
  • Confident and competent in using research tools and the day-to-day systems across your department
  • Good working relationships with everyone within your client team and department
  • Establish a relationship with relevant external contacts and support the team in closely working with them.
  • 100% attendance, completion and pass rate (where applicable) to all core grad scheme training sessions, and 80% attendance to all grad scheme media owner sessions. The training programme has been put together to give a comprehensive introduction to the UK media landscape with a more in-depth focus on digital marketing.

Qualifications

You will need to have a strong degree (2:1 or above), be able to demonstrate a firm interest in the media sector and in particular why a career in Media Planning, working with big brands interests you more than most. Ideally this will be demonstrable through some work experience within media, or the Marketing/PR department of a known retail company.

Beyond this, creativity, numeracy, attention to detail, enthusiasm, curiosity, energy, commitment and a real sense of team spirit are what we’re looking for.  

ATTITUDE AND BEHAVIOURS

  • Enthusiasm for all tasks
  • Self-motivated
  • Professional
  • Keen to expand knowledge within new areas and willingness to ask questions in order to do so
  • “No task is too small” mentality
  • Team involvement
  • On-time for work and all meetings
     

KEY TASKS (EXAMPLES)

  • Support the team with day to day tasks
  • Manage regular reporting for clients
  • Assist with making media plans for clients
  • Support the team in liaising with media partners and partner agencies
  • Update documents as directed by the team
  • Develop positive relationships with relevant teams across the business
  • Attend and be prepared for all meetings, ready to report on progress of all set tasks where required

Additional Information

In addition to enrolment onto one of the best Graduate schemes in Media, benefits at Blue 449 include:

•    Travel season ticket loan
•    Dental insurance scheme at reduced rates
•    Free breakfast daily 
•    Highly subsidised lunch and snacks daily
•    Bike to work scheme
•    Company Pension Scheme
•    Life insurance
•    Subsidised gym membership
•    Free eye tests, £50 off first pair of glasses

And some of the fun bits….

Drinks and snacks trolley on Fridays
Monthly 'Skint Nights'
Annual Summer Conference - Most recent years we have been to Nice, Barcelona and Berlin!

Please note that due to the high volume of applications we receive, we are only able to contact applicants who have secured an interview. If you have not heard from us within 14 days of your application being made, please assume that you have not been successful at this time.

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