Senior Digital Strategy Executive

PUBLICIS MEDIA; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading media agency in Greater London seeks a Senior Digital Strategy Executive to drive performance-led solutions for major clients. This role involves crafting innovative media plans, designing audience strategies, and fostering relationships with agency stakeholders. Candidates should possess strong analytical skills and be familiar with digital marketing tools. The agency supports hybrid working, offers comprehensive benefits, and emphasizes employee well-being and inclusivity.

Benefits

Pension scheme

Private medical insurance

Work your world opportunity

Reflection days

24/7 helpline

Family-friendly policies

Flexible working and birthday day off

Local discounts

Qualifications

• Experience in developing and executing digital marketing strategies.
• Proven ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
• Strong understanding of audience and targeting strategies.

Responsibilities

• Lead the crafting of media plans across various digital platforms.
• Collaborate with finance teams for invoicing and financial integrity.
• Maintain strong relationships with agency stakeholders.

Skills

Digital marketing platforms and tools

Analytical and problem-solving skills

Excellent communication skills

Organizational and time management skills

Client relationship management

Ability to work in cross-functional teams

Tools

Salesforce

Programmatic Display

Online Video

DOOH

Social media platforms

Job description

Overview

APEX is the growth and solutions hub of Publicis Media — the team that takes on investment risk to deliver guaranteed performance and business outcomes for some of the world’s biggest brands. We turn trading advantage into strategic advantage.

APEX - Digital Strategy Senior …

We’re growing our APEX Digital Strategy Team and looking for a Senior Digital Strategy Executive who knows digital media — and wants to push it further.

What makes this role different

You won’t just activate campaigns — you’ll help shape innovative, performance-led solutions across:

Display | Online Video | DOOH | Audio | Social | Retail Media | CTV
…all backed by APEX trading power, pricing advantage and outcome guarantees.

APEX - Digital Strategy Senior …

You’ll work across top UK agency brands (Zenith, Starcom, Spark, Digitas) and global clients like Disney, Samsung, LVMH, Asda, Currys, Stellantis, Visa, TikTok and Adobe . Big brands. Real impact.

Responsibilities

• What you\'ll be doing......
• Lead the response to client briefs, crafting innovative and performance-driven media plans across Programmatic Display, Video, DOOH, Audio, Retail, and Social platforms, ensuring alignment with client business objectives.
• Design and implement advanced audience and targeting strategies for proposals, driving real-time consumer engagement and delivering measurable results across various business KPIs.
• Maintain and manage sales pipeline, ensuring timely distribution of briefs, plans, collateral, and sign-offs to agencies, activation teams, and media partners.
• Collaborate closely with operations and finance teams to ensure accurate and timely invoicing for all successful activations, maintaining financial integrity and transparency.
• Foster and maintain strong relationships with both new and existing agency stakeholders, becoming an expert in APEX capabilities and driving enthusiasm for our product offerings.
• Provide day-to-day support across key agency clients, taking sole responsibility for managing a number of new and developing agency clients, ensuring high levels of client satisfaction and growth.
• Coordinate with agency teams to collect and provide necessary campaign launch items to internal and external activation teams, ensuring seamless campaign execution and delivery.
• Ensure 100% accuracy within Salesforce of booked, pipeline, and forecasts, adhering to best practices, naming conventions, and data standards, and managing agency and client Salesforce dashboards.
• Mentor and provide training and support to new hires and Digital Strategy Executives, sharing knowledge and best practices to develop a high-performing team.
• Within 6 months, you could be managing your own portfolio of clients and confidently selling the APEX value proposition across agencies and partners.

Qualifications

• What are we looking for?
• Familiar with digital marketing platforms and tools, such as Programmatic Display, Online Video, DOOH, Audio, YouTube, Social, and Retail Media.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to interpret data and make strategic recommendations.
• Experience in developing and executing digital marketing strategies across various channels, ensuring alignment with client objectives.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, capable of articulating complex strategies and insights to clients and stakeholders effectively.
• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously, demonstrating strong organizational and time management skills.
• Collaborative mindset with experience working in cross-functional teams, fostering a cooperative and productive work environment.
• Proven track record of building and maintaining strong client relationships, understanding their needs, and delivering exceptional service.
• Proactive approach to learning and staying updated with industry trends, new tools, and best practices in digital marketing.

Additional Information

• Starcom has fantastic benefits on offer to all of our employees. In addition to the classics, Pension, Life Assurance, Private Medical and Income Protection Planswe 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.
• FLEXIBLE WORKING, BANK HOLIDAY SWAP & BIRTHDAY DAY OFF You are entitled to an additional day off for your birthday, from your first day of employment.
• GREAT LOCAL DISCOUNTS This includes membership discounts with Soho Friends, local restaurants and retailers in Westfield White City and Television Centre.

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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