Business Director, Planning & Strategy at Independent Digital Media Agency

Grey Matter Recruitment; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading independent media agency in Greater London seeks a Business Director, Planning & Strategy to join their leadership team. This role is instrumental in managing global paid media strategies for a portfolio of well-known FMCG brands. The ideal candidate will have a proven track record in executing advertising strategies, especially within luxury beauty or CPG accounts. Strong leadership skills and a data-driven mindset are essential, as is the ability to manage remote teams. A collaborative and innovative culture awaits you.

Qualifications

• Experience nurturing and driving success for well-known FMCG brands on a global scale.
• Demonstrable experience executing global paid advertising strategy.
• Proven team leader, confident managing remote teams.

Responsibilities

• Own paid media planning strategy and success for a portfolio of global FMCG brands.
• Manage a team of specialists, driving best-practice and developing channel expertise.

Skills

Experience executing global paid advertising strategy

Experience in luxury beauty or CPG accounts

Data-driven mindset

Team leadership and management

Job description

ExcitingopportunitytojoinahighlyreputableandsuccessfulIndependentMediaAgency,owningtheoverarchingstrategyandsuccessforaportfolioofwell-knownglobalFMCGbrands.

TheCompany

• Trustedpartnertomajorconsumerbrandsacrossmultiplecategories
• CapabilitiesspanningPaidMedia,Commerce&Marketplaces,AdvancedAnalytics,andDigitalVideo
• Data-drivenplanningsupportedbyin-housetoolsandtechnologypartnerships
• Collaborative,people-firstculturefocusedoninnovationandcontinuousgrowth

TheRole:

TheBusinessDirector,Planning&Strategywillbeaninstrumentalpartoftheagenciesleadershipteam,owningdepartmentsuccessandgrowthforaportfolioofkeyglobalclients.

• FormanintegralpartoftheAgencyleadershipteam
• Ownpaidmediaplanningstrategyandsuccessforaportfolioofwell-knownglobalFMCGbrands.
• DeepunderstandingofPaidMediaspace,withanexpertiseintranslatingcurrentmediatrendsintoactionablestrategicinitiatives
• Manageateamofspecialists,drivingbest-practiceanddevelopingchannelexpertise

DesiredSkillsandExperience

Experiencenurturinganddrivingsuccessforwell-knownFMCGbrandsonaglobalscale.

• Demonstrableexperienceexecutingglobalpaidadvertisingstrategy,ideallycomingfromaMediaAgencyorClient
• ExperienceworkingonluxurybeautyorCPGaccountsessential
• Proventeamlead,confidentmanagingremoteteamsatdifferentlevels
• Datadrivenmindset,withstrongmarketandcampaigninsightsapproach