Program Manager - Creative Advertising

JR United Kingdom; Brighton; Hybrid; GBP 101,000 - 113,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading technology company as a Program Manager in Creative Advertising. This role involves shaping the brand's global presence and driving impactful marketing campaigns. You'll manage projects, collaborate with international teams, and ensure brand integrity through innovative solutions. This hybrid contract runs until the end of 2025, offering a competitive salary.

Benefits

Subsidized health, vision, and dental plans

Paid sick leave

Retirement plans with a match

Free online training through Aquent Gymnasium

Qualifications

• Solid client-facing experience in a creative agency or in-house setting.
• Proven experience in creative advertising across multiple channels.
• Strong creative operations experience.
• Experience in managing large-scale integrated creative campaigns.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development of integrated marketing campaigns across Europe.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams and manage resources.
• Ensure seamless communication for successful marketing launches.

Skills

Creative operations

Cross-functional collaboration

Project management

Problem-solving

Negotiation

Multitasking

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Aquent

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Posted:

04.06.2025

Expiry Date:

19.07.2025

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Job Description:

Job Title: Program Manager - Creative Advertising

Client Location: Central London - Hybrid (3 days on-site)

Starting: June/July 2025

Hours: Full-time

Duration: until end of Dec 2025

Join a leading technology company pioneering the future of connection through innovative hardware, software, and content. As a Program Manager within their dynamic in-house creative agency, you'll play a pivotal role in shaping the brand's global presence and driving impactful marketing campaigns across Europe. Collaborate with a passionate team, leverage cutting-edge technology, and witness your creative vision come to life on a global scale.

This exciting opportunity allows you to lead the development and execution of integrated marketing campaigns, partnering closely with international marketers, channel leads, product marketing managers, and creative teams. You'll orchestrate projects, prioritize competing needs, and optimize systems to ensure seamless campaign delivery. Your expertise in creative operations, budget management, and agency relationships will be essential to maintaining brand integrity and achieving outstanding results.

This is a 6 months (until end of Dec 2025), hybrid contract, offering £101k - 113 k p/a, pro rata (PAYE).

Responsibilities:

• Spearhead the development of integrated marketing campaigns across Europe.
• Foster strong partnerships with cross-functional teams, including marketers, product managers, creatives, and external agencies.
• Oversee creative project alignment with business objectives, managing resources, risks, and impact.
• Prioritize competing project needs, providing sound rationale and effective solutions.
• Develop and refine systems, tools, and standards to enhance creative production.
• Ensure seamless communication and execution across teams for successful marketing launches.
• Manage agency relationships for large-scale integrated creative campaigns in collaboration with marketing leads.
• Oversee the development of always-on marketing programs outside of campaign frameworks, partnering with channel leads.
• Manage project workflows, budgets, approvals, and asset development, often under tight deadlines.
• Uphold brand consistency across all deliverables, adhering to design, legal, and product guidelines.
• Drive team progress by anticipating needs, removing obstacles, and fostering a results-oriented environment.

Must-Have Qualifications:

• Solid client-facing experience in a creative agency or in-house setting, demonstrating equivalent expertise.
• Proven experience in creative advertising across multiple channels.
• Expertise in cross-functional collaboration, organizational design, and systems planning.
• Strong creative operations experience in prioritization, problem-solving, multitasking, and negotiation.
• Experience in creative planning, development, production, editorial, finishing, and delivery/trafficking.
• Track record of managing large-scale integrated creative campaigns across various channels.
• Experience working across multiple markets in EMEA.

Nice-to-Have Qualifications:

• Experience with additional creative channels, such as print, out-of-home, and experiential workstreams.
• Experience working with a large, global technology company.
• Experience as a cross-functional manager in a fast-paced, ambiguous, start-up environment.
• Passion for emerging technologies, particularly in mixed reality (MR) and artificial intelligence (AI).
• Business fluency in French, Spanish, or Italian.

The shortlisted candidates will be contacted by EOD on Friday 30th May.

About Aquent Talent:

Aquent Talent connects the best talent in marketing, creative, and design with the world's biggest brands.

Our eligible talent get access to amazing benefits like subsidized health, vision, and dental plans, paid sick leave, and retirement plans with a match. We also offer free online training through Aquent Gymnasium. More information on our awesome benefits!

Aquent is an equal-opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other legally protected characteristics. We're about creating an inclusive environment—one where different backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives are valued, and everyone can contribute, grow their careers, and thrive.

Client Description:

Our Client is the largest social media company in the world. They have substantial B2B and B2C advertising and media platforms, as well as a nonprofit initiative. With the mission of bringing people together, they now boast over 2 billion users, and are rapidly developing as they influence the world around us.

Aquent is dedicated to improving inclusivity & is proudly an equal opportunities employer. We encourage applications from under-represented groups & are committed to providing support to applicants with disabilities. We aim to provide reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, to those with a medical condition, disability or neurodivergence.