Programmatic Account Executive

Havas Group; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A global media agency in London seeks a Programmatic Account Executive to manage programmatic campaigns, focusing on data analysis and optimisation strategies. The role requires strong analytical skills and offers a hybrid work model along with generous benefits, including mental health days and a comprehensive parental package.

Benefits

Generous holiday allocation

Remote work flexibility

Subsidised gym membership

Parental leave support

Mental health days

Qualifications

• Highly numerate and comfortable with data processing and interpretation.
• Strong work ethic, self-motivated and able to take the initiative.
• Previous active experience with data processing and analysis platforms desirable.

Responsibilities

• Daily campaign pacing adjustments to deliver campaign budgets.
• Daily reporting updates to Trading Team.
• Develop optimisation strategies across a variety of blue chip advertisers.

Skills

Analytical skills

Data processing

Attention to detail

Problem-solving

Education

Degree in analytical or quantitative discipline

Job description

Agency : Havas Group

Job Description : Havas Media Network

Programmatic Account Executive

About Us

Havas Media Network (HMN) employees over 950 people in the UK & Ireland. We work with clients to generate meaningful outcomes and are extremely proud of our proven track record for accelerating business growth and creating a meaningful difference.

HMN spans London, Leeds, Manchester, and Edinburgh, servicing clients through our agency brands including Havas Media, Arena Media, Ledger Bennett, and Havas Market. Across all agency brands, we have defined shared values that shape the way we work and define what we expect from our people:

• Human at Heart: You will respect, empower, and support others, fostering an inclusive workplace and creating meaningful experiences.
• Head for Rigour: You will take pride in delivering high-quality, outcome-focused work and continually strive for improvement.
• Mind for Flair: You will embrace diversity and bold thinking to craft brilliant, unique solutions.

These behaviours are integral to our culture and for delivering impactful work for our clients and colleagues.

Our Digital Activation Team

All brands under HMN are serviced by a centralised digital activation function - a scaled team of 250+ experts spanning PPC SEO, affiliates, social, programmatic and commerce in the UK.

Key Responsibilities

• Daily campaign pacing adjustments to deliver campaign budgets and ordered units
• Daily campaign optimisation using BI (Business Intelligence) tools and excel based data analysis
• Daily reporting updates to Trading Team
• Weekly analysis of programmatic dimensions and optimisation testing
• Weekly update of the Hub’s brand safety tools including blocklists
• Weekly reports of management statistics for their campaigns (performance, pacing etc.)
• Weekly reports of optimisation and customer insights
• Ad hoc reporting requested by Senior Traders
• Familiarity the Hub’s major trading platforms
• Develop optimisation strategies across a variety of blue chip advertisers
• Deploy testing methodologies on campaigns under the direction of Senior Traders
• Actively take part in new product testing and implementation; proactively feedback to Trading Manager and local head.
• Develop an understanding of the wider programmatic ecosystem and the modern media agency

Who we’re looking for

• A school leaver or graduate with a degree in an analytical or quantitative discipline
• Highly numerate and comfortable with data processing and interpretation
• Interested in technology and motivated to learn more about new technology developments.
• A keen problem solver
• Good attention to detail and process orientated
• Strong work ethic, self-motivated and able to take the initiative
• Previous active experience with data processing and analysis platforms (for example in banking sector or during degree projects) desirable, but not required
• An understanding of web delivery technology, especially marketing technology (e.g. cookies, Adservers, http protocols) desirable, but not required
• It is desirable that the candidate has an interest in advertising and can apply innovative thinking when required to develop solutions

What’s on offer from Havas

We want you to do the best work of your career. To support you in managing your career, as well as your commitments and priorities in your life. We have created a modern, market leading approach to personal benefits, wellbeing, and care:

• We have shown at Havas, that we can all work productively in a new Hybrid manner
• To give you even more flexibility, and support a better balance between work and life, Havas employees are given the opportunity to work remotely from anywhere in the world for up to 4 weeks per calendar year.
• Alongside a generous holiday allocation and birthday off, we are all allocated one day per quarter as mental health days. These are simply days you can take off, guilt free and without eating into your holiday allowance
• We have modernised and introduced a market leading parental package for our employees. The Parental Life at Havas policy enhances, broadens, and encourages the uptake of parental leave for all parents, regardless of gender, type of relationship, type of parentship or any other potentially defining characteristic. This means up to 6 months equal parenthood leave, paid at 100%* to Parental Support & Fertility Support Loans and much more.
• We also haven’t forgotten about those benefits that make a meaningful difference to you personally, from a Rental Deposit Loan (so you can secure your new place), season ticket loan to ease travel and free mortgage advice for the getting on the property ladder we have you covered and much more!
• We haven’t lost the fun stuff either, subsidised gym membership, social club, early Friday finishes and weekly bar nights at HVL are all included.

Contract Type : Permanent

Here at Havas across the group we pride ourselves on being committed to offering equal opportunities to all potential employees and have zero tolerance for discrimination. We are an equal opportunity employer and welcome applicants irrespective of age, sex, race, ethnicity, disability and other factors that have no bearing on an individual’s ability to perform their job.