Media Account Director

7EX McCann Manchester; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days holiday

Christmas shutdown

Birthdays off

Wellness days

Pension scheme

Life & mental health support

Job summary

McCann Manchester is seeking a Media Account Director to own strategic media recommendations for high-profile clients. You will lead multiple client discussions, guide a small team, and partner with media owners to deliver multi-channel solutions that drive awareness and growth.

You’ll combine deep media/channel knowledge with strong analytics to craft compelling strategies, manage timelines, and ensure profitable delivery. Hybrid working and competitive benefits are offered.

Qualifications

• Experience leading client media strategies and teams.
• Strong relationships with clients and media owners.
• Ability to translate insights into multi-channel media solutions.
• Confident in discussing contracts and commercial terms.

Responsibilities

• Oversee strategic development of client media recommendations.
• Lead day-to-day client discussions and partner with media owners.
• Manage and develop a small team to deliver results.
• Drive cross-channel recommendations and measure success.

Skills

Account leadership

Client relationships

Cross-channel recommendations

Media planning

Team management

Commercial acumen

Forecasting & finance

Stakeholder management

Industry knowledge

Tools

Media planning tools

Media research tools

Job description

Agency: McCann Job Function: Media Job Subfunction: Media Planning and Buying Job Description: Media Account Director Location: Manchester, Hybrid Working

About us…

McCann Manchester is officially the UK's most awarded agency for marketing effectiveness: empowering challenger brands to realise their full growth potential. We accelerate growth by helping brands to shine brighter in the lives of consumers: focusing on pioneering methods to integrate brand experience design and activation to deliver competitive advantage with distinction. We operate as part of the wider McCann Manchester team and are home to the best talent across: data and analytics, integrated marketing strategy, paid search, digital PR and content, customer experience design, TV, radio, display and social media planning and buying.

The Part You'll Play…

You’ll take ownership of the strategic development of client’s media recommendations, based on an in depth understanding of their market, competitors and customers. This means that you’ll have a deep understanding of all media channels (including digital) and a knack for identifying actionable insights that unlock a brief and create compelling multi-channel media solutions that excite clients and drive awareness. At McCann, we've spent more than a century building successful brands using one simple philosophy: Truth Well Told. It's our belief that consumer insights based on truth are crucial to building brands that last. As Media Account Director, you’ll be responsible for the day-to-day running of a number of clients (typically household names across high-profile sports and cultural organisations and B2C brands), whilst managing and motivating a small team to deliver exceptional results, every time.

What you’ll bring:

• An experienced account leader, confident in managing day-to-day discussions and building successful relationships with clients and media owners.
• Confident in making cross-channel recommendations and understanding the interplay of multiple channels.
• Able to champion media by evaluating solutions to solve business challenges and meet objectives, whilst collaborating with specialists and media partners across the agency.
• Ability to take responsibility for a team and their learning and career development – including recruitment, training, development and motivation Take a lead role in "owning" a client brief.
• Able to drive media creativity and inspire strategic thinking using actionable insights to deliver against business and marketing objectives.
• Confident to discuss what success should look like and recommend appropriate measurement.
• Passionate about media and aware of latest developments in key channels as well as upcoming threats and opportunities within the media landscape.
• An organised approach to management of timelines and internal/external stakeholders.
• High standards when it comes to preparation of client-facing documents (whether PT decks, long-handwritten docs or excel schedules) with keen attention to detail.
• High level of commercial acumen, and confident with discussing contractual terms with clients.
• Able to manage internal forecasting and oversee finance and billing processes.
• Demonstrates a "growth mindset" either to drive organic growth from existing clients, or to take on the challenge of new business.
• Confident in using industry-standard media planning and research tools to deliver effective media solutions.
• Collaborative and proactive – happy to "muck in" with the rest of the team on key initiatives.

As Media Account Director, You'll Have Access To…

A competitive financial and benefits package and a culture ideally suited to those who enjoy pursuing personal career development. Flexible hours (core hours 10am - 4pm, hybrid working)

• 25 days holiday
• Christmas shutdown
• birthdays off
• 3 additional collective wellness shutdown days
• Options to buy additional holiday
• Competitive pension scheme
• Free access to mental health support and life coaching

Our commitment to equal opportunities. McCann is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer. We embrace diversity in all its form. We provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran or disabled status, or genetic information. McCann is proud to be a Disability Confident employer and will guarantee an interview to any disabled candidate who meets the minimum criteria for this role.

Omnicom's policy requires employees to work in the office for a minimum of three days a week, unless additional in-office days are directed by their agency or manager. Our objective is to increase this requirement over time, and many of our agencies as well as Omnicom's corporate group already require five days of in-office attendance. Omnicom is committed to hiring and developing exceptional talent. We agree that talent is uniquely distributed, and we're focused on developing inclusive teams that can bring the best solutions to everything we do. We strongly believe that celebrating what makes us different makes us better together.

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