Digitas is The Connected Marketing Agency, relentlessly committed to help brands better connect with people through Truth. Connection. Wonder.

Our team is deliberately diversified — with experts in data, strategy, creative, media, and tech working seamlessly across capabilities and continents to make better connections and achieve ambitious outcomes through ideas that excite, provoke and inspire. We are endlessly curious and fully transparent, always examining real human behaviour to create authentic connections — between brands and consumers, clients and partners, and ideas and outcomes.

Digitas operates in over 25 countries across six continents and is part of Publicis Media, one of four solution hubs within Publicis Groupe, which is present in over 100 countries and employs nearly 80,000 professionals.

Role Summary

We are looking for someone passionate about Creative, who likes to keep up to date with all the latest developments in digital and tech, to join us as our Awards Manager and Creative Assistant.

There will be several elements of this role:

Awards Expert

• Has an in-depth and up to date knowledge of all the major creative and digital shows
• Enjoys the competitive element of awards shows, for example scoring and ranking
• Can network with and form good relationships with key contacts from the shows
• Can create awards entries, including curating and managing assets for upload
• Can manage and control an awards budget

Project Management Skills

• Able to ‘produce’ a project such as an awards case study video or an internal event, including handling simple budgets and assembling a team
• Can organise and produce an internal event, such a creative showcase
• Can lead a team to produce an event for external audiences such as Cannes or D&AD
• Can create simple sites and blogs
• Can design and create presentations and decks in keynote and ppt
• Knows how to use Image and sound libraries
• Practised at collecting images and video from Social Media platforms
• Can do simple video editing

Creative & Energetic Personality

• Loves creative work and creative people
• Likes keeping up to date with all the latest developments in digital and tech
• Proactive. Always one step ahead of the game
• A natural problem solver, using initiative to get things done
• Entrepreneurial mindset
• Happy to roll up sleeves and get a job done

Trustworthy

• You will be trusted with sensitive and confidential information
• Handling diary and calendar of the Chief Creative Officer
• Use judgement and initiative to handle requests on behalf of the CCO

Please note that Publicis Media is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of society and does not discriminate on grounds of race, religion or belief, ethnic or national origin, disability, age citizenship, marital, domestic or civil partnership status, sexual orientation or gender identity.