Media Manager

UNAVAILABLE; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading marketing agency in London seeks a Media Account Manager to manage client relationships and develop innovative B2B media strategies. The role involves overseeing campaign activations across various platforms, ensuring excellence in delivery and client service. Ideal candidates will have a strong background in B2B media management and excellent communication skills. This position offers a hybrid work environment and a competitive benefits package, including reflection days and family-friendly policies.

Benefits

Work your world opportunity

Reflection days

HELP@HAND benefits

Family friendly policies

Hybrid working

Agency discounts

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading major B2B client accounts within media, digital, or integrated marketing.
• Deep understanding of the B2B media ecosystem and planning nuances.
• Hands-on expertise across Paid Search, Paid Social, Programmatic and/or SEM.

Responsibilities

• Manage key client relationships, acting as the trusted partner.
• Translate business objectives into integrated B2B ABM media strategies.
• Ensure smooth running of accounts, with deadlines consistently met.

Skills

B2B client account management

Media planning

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Collaboration

Tools

Google Analytics

GWI Work

Bombora

Job description

Company Description

Publicis Pro is an integrated B2B marketing agency that exists to find the extraordinary in every business and tell the world about it. Our approach brings together strategy, creative, influence and commerce to move markets, create remarkable brands, shape decisions, and connect the sales journey.

Extraordinary work can only be done by extraordinary people – so we’re committed to building an agency environment where remarkable talent can flourish and grow.

The results of our efforts? We’ve got multiple ‘Best Place to Work’ awards under our belt, plus one of the best benefits packages in the industry. Publicis Pro is a singular agency environment that combines deep care for our work with deep care for our people – and we’re always on the lookout for extraordinary new talent.

Our CommitmentDiversity and inclusion is a core part of who we are at Publicis Pro. We’re committed to building an inclusive culture that encourages, celebrates and supports our wonderfully diverse employee group – whatever their age, gender identity, race, sexual orientation, physical or mental ability or ethnicity. Diversity and inclusion doesn’t just fuel our creativity and innovation, it brings us closer to our people and audiences. We will continue to strive to create a culture and environment where everyone feels empowered and more importantly comfortable enough to bring their full, authentic selves to work.

Job Description

We are seeking a Media Account Manager, Planning to take on a pivotal day-to-day management across one of our key B2B accounts. Acting as the client and media lead with the support of the Account Director and an Account Executive, you will own relationships, provide strategic direction, and ensure the delivery of best-in-class B2B media and client service, with an emphasis on ABM-led media strategies.

The Media team is responsible for planning and overseeing the execution of campaign activations across Programmatic (Display, Video, Native, DOOH, CTV), Paid Search, Social and partnerships across a variety of clients. These are core channels, but the team also operates across, TV, partnerships, influencer strategy and creative.

The Role

• Manage key client relationships, acting as the trusted partner and strategic sounding board across all media and account activity
• Own planning and deliver strategic responses across strategic campaign briefs, specific to the global ABM campaigns
• Working closely with our strategy team to connect the dots between ABM strategy, content and media execution
• Ensure day-to-day excellence in delivery and client communications
• Provide strategic direction across multi-channel media, ensuring our work delivers measurable impact and innovation for clients

Responsibilities

Strategic Planning & Media Leadership

• Translate business objectives into integrated B2B ABM media strategies
• Leverage insight tools (Google Analytics, GWI Work, Bombora, etc.) to identify growth opportunities
• Guide campaign briefing, planning processes and hands on planning, ensuring timely, accurate, and impactful delivery, bringing in additional agency teams when required
• Analyse cross-channel performance to drive optimisation, efficiency, and revenue growth
• Keep the team and clients ahead of the curve on industry, platform, and technology trends
• Build strong partnerships with media owners and tech providers to identify innovative solutions.

Client Leadership

• Act as the day-to-day client lead, ensuring clear ownership of communication and client relationships across the team and defining team roles & responsibilities
• Manage response to client briefs with strategic, solutions-led recommendations in collaboration with the wider planning team
• Ensure general health of the account to deliver retention (and growth)

Account & Commercial Management

• Ensure smooth running of accounts, with deadlines consistently met and work delivered to the highest standard
• Identify opportunities for account growth

Team Leadership & Development

• Inspire and guide a high-performing account executive (and growing team), translating strategy into day-to-day activation excellence
• Encourage collaboration the wider agency and Groupe
• Foster a supportive, fun, and productive team culture—balancing delivery excellence with career development
• Share knowledge, mentor team members, and create pathways for progression

Qualifications

What you'll bring:

• Proven experience leading major B2B client accounts within media, digital, or integrated marketing
• Deep understanding of the B2B media ecosystem and planning nuances
• Hands‑on expertise across Paid Search, Paid Social, Programmatic and/or SEM
• Confidence managing senior stakeholders internally and externally, including the ability to lead conversations with groups
• Highly organised, detail‑oriented, with the ability to manage multiple priorities
• Analytical, numerate, and strategic, with a passion for using insight to drive media outcomes
• Collaborative and approachable, with excellent communication skills
• Curiosity and passion for the evolving media and tech landscape
• A natural leader who thrives on autonomy, accountability, and team success

Additional Information

Publicis Pro 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.
• HYBRID WORKING, BANK HOLIDAY SWAP & BIRTHDAY DAY OFF You are entitled to an additional day off for your birthday.
• AGENCY DISCOUNTS, onsite gym, and discount in our Publicis‑Owned Pub – “The Pregnant Man”

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.

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