With a history that dates back over 80 years,Starcom is a global communications planning and media leader. We are an agency still grounded in our founding principle that people are at the centre of all we do. Each day, we apply this belief to harness the transformative power of data and technology to inspire and move people and business forward. With more than 7,000 employees in over 100 offices around the world, we are the flagship Publicis Media agency that uses our ‘Power of One’ business model, with teams that span multiple disciplines across clients such as Aldi, P&G, P&O Ferries, Primark, Samsung, Stellantis, and Visa. 

We place a huge focus on our People and have driven flagship D&I and L&D programmes within Publicis Media; our goal is to help every individual reach their fullest potential and we encourage everyone to make “Brave Plays” in how they approach their work and their own career development. As a result, we have an exceptionally energised and committed talent base, all of us proud of our welcoming and supportive culture, as evidenced by our recognition as one of Campaign’s Best Places to Work for three years in a row (2021, 2022 and 2023) and most excitingly, Media Week's Agency of the Year 2023!

Starcom’s Programmatic Team is an integral part of the agencies digital arm known as Performics. Performics collectively represents the Agency, and their clients, in the digital Media and Technology Marketplace. The goal of out Programmatic team is to provide a tech agnostic approach that allows us to match client needs with world leading technological capabilities and innovative media delivery.

We work closely with the Planning teams and the wider Performics teams to influence and inform the planning of programmatic campaigns; ensuring they represent the best interests of our clients, maximising their trading efficiencies and ultimately driving business results.

The Programmatic Team has three key areas of responsibility:

1. Influencing and informing the planning of programmatic campaigns, delivering media plans, strategic recommendations and innovation to our clients.
2. Delivering programmatically traded campaigns, inclusive of set-up, troubleshooting, reporting and optimisation.
3. Educating both the wider agency and our clients on the benefits and opportunities available through programmatic solutions.

The team is responsible for both Brand, Performance and Tactical campaigns delivered at a regional, national, and global level. This gives the successful candidate huge opportunity to grow within the team, as well contribute their own knowledge, expertise, and point of views.

Role Responsibilities:

• Managing client requests and responses
• Managing a team of 3 to 4 traders ensuring programmatic operational excellence
• Putting together programmatic media plans and brief responses. This includes managing and communicating briefs to strategic partners and vendors
• Providing leadership for traders to respond to, execute, manage, and optimise all online biddable media campaigns
• Demonstrate diligence, attention to detail, and adherence to agency best practices
• Maintain and organize campaign-specific materials
• Manage daily campaign maintenance, including internal questions regarding tracking and status of various campaigns
• Produce client-facing campaign performance reports, providing insightful commentary independently – making strong strategic recommendations off the back of campaign learnings
• Contribute to the assessment of inventory availability and the formulation of programmatic media plans
• Manage the delivery of creative assets, insertion orders, campaign artifacts, and all relevant campaign documentation in preparation for campaign launch
• Manage the trafficking of campaigns into technology platforms
• Lead the running of the campaign review process (Quality Assurance process) to ensure accurate campaign implementation, pacing, and performance across your team
• Participate in regular knowledge share sessions to share and learn new strategies for optimizing and enhancing campaign performance. Pursuing innovation and programmatic operational excellence and leading by example
• Able to assist in the training of new starters, and developing more junior members understanding of process, prioritization of tasks, professionalism and accuracy

What are we looking for?

• Prior experience working as part of a digital media team in an office environment within the programmatic space
• Demonstrable interest in advertising and technology
• Clear understanding and experience working with a DSP, verification vendors and Ad Servers
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office solutions, including Excel
• A knowledge of digital advertising infrastructure (ad-serving, ad-networks, exchanges, SSPs, DSPs).

Starcom has fantastic benefits on offer to all of our employees. In addition to the classics, Pension, Life Assurance, Private Medical and Income Protection Plans we also offer;

• WORK YOUR WORLD opportunity to work anywhere in the world, where there is a Publicis office, for up to 6 weeks a year.
• REFLECTION DAYS - Two additional days of paid leave to step away from your usual day-to-day work and create time to focus on your well-being and self-care.
• HELP@HAND BENEFITS 24/7 helpline to support you on a personal and professional level. Access to remote GPs, mental health support and CBT. Wellbeing content and lifestyle coaching.
• FAMILY FRIENDLY POLICIES We provide 26 weeks of full pay for the following family milestones: Maternity. Adoption, Surrogacy and Shared Parental Leave.
• FLEXIBLE WORKING, BANK HOLIDAY SWAP & BIRTHDAY DAY OFF You are entitled to an additional day off for your birthday, from your first day of employment.
• GREAT LOCAL DISCOUNTS This includes membership discounts with Soho Friends, local restaurants and retailers in Westfield White City and Television Centre.

Full details of our benefits will be shared when you join us!

Publicis Groupe operates a hybrid working pattern with full time employees being office-based three days during the working week. 

We are supportive of all candidates and are committed to providing a fair assessment process. If you have any circumstances (such as neurodiversity, physical or mental impairments or a medical condition) that may affect your assessment, please inform your Talent Acquisition Partner. We will discuss possible adjustments to ensure fairness. Rest assured, disclosing this information will not impact your treatment in our process.

Please make sure you check out the Publicis Career Page which showcases our Inclusive Benefits and our EAG’s (Employee Action Groups).

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