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AV Account Executive

Reporting To: AV Account Manager

Office Location: Havas Village, 3 Pancras Square, Kings Cross

Hybrid Role

THE ROLE

This is an amazing opportunity to kick off your media career by joining our AV team in an entry level position.

The AV team is responsible for planning, booking, buying and monitoring video advertising on TV, VOD, cinema, audio (including Spotify and podcasts) and CTV (including Netflix) on behalf of our clients. Our client portfolio includes the likes of Dominos, Bumble, Hyundai, Kia, Dreams, Matalan, Studio Canal, Dolce & Gabbana and many more.

The AV team is made up of 8 teams, each usually made up of a Director, a Manager and two execs. Each team is responsible for a different set of clients.

No experience is required as full training will be given but strong numeracy and communication skills are a must along with an interest in media and advertising.

WORKING AT HAVAS MEDIA

Havas Media has been recognised in Campaign’s ‘Best Places To Work’ for the last 3 years running. It is a truly inclusive and supportive environment, full of passion, innovation and grit, driven by a genuine desire from leadership to create a meaningful experience for our people.

Some of the benefits to all employees include:

• 4 mental health days per year (in addition to holiday allowance)
• Flexible WFH / work from office ( 2 days per week from home)
• Transparent pay structure
• Havas Equalise – our wellbeing programme
• Up to 4 weeks ‘Work From Anywhere’ option per year
• Side hustle support programme

MORE ABOUT HAVAS MEDIA NETWORK

Havas Media Network is part of the sixth largest advertising network in the world, Havas Group. We are headquartered out of St Pancras, London, and along with offices in Leeds, Manchester and Edinburgh, we operate globally. Our CEO is Patrick (‘Paddy’) Affleck.

Our overarching mission is to make a meaningful difference to the brands, businesses, and lives of the people we work with. Our solution is simple: we identify and create meaningful media experiences to deliver meaningful growth for our clients.

We’ve strengthened group-wide capabilities and expertise to match clients’ needs to unlock emerging growth opportunities in the ‘new economy’. Our acquisitions of leading agencies Search Laboratory, additive+ and Expert Edge are helping turbocharge our capabilities in search, DCO and ecommerce – with more to come. We also launched a dedicated B2B division, Havas Business, to help clients seize on the huge opportunity of B2B marketing for clients.

Altogether we work with clients such as Domino’s, JDE, Hyundai, Kia, British Red Cross, BBC, Dreams, Matalan, Remy Cointreau, Studio Canal, Universal Media Group, UKTV, Maersk, De Beers and more. We have recently won Beer and Pub Association IPA Effectiveness Silver, BBC Outdoor Media awards Brand Building (Gold), Domino’s Outdoor Media awards Cross Format (Gold), Maersk Grand Prix for Effectiveness with WARC and Kia, Best Use of Search in the UK Search awards, and the Thinkbox Advanced TV Planning award to name just a few.

But we’re more than just great work. Havas Media Group is a place where you can make things happen by pursuing your professional and personal dreams. As such, we’ve also launched the ‘Meaningfully Daring Side Hustle’ programme, while Havas Boost announced its first investment into STEM educational toys business, Ambessa Play.

This is why we’re on Campaign’s ‘Best Place to Work’ list each year and our Talent team has been awardedtheIPA Gold CPD Accreditation.

SOME MORE ABOUT THE ROLE

Expectations of an AV Executive (after training) include (but are not limited to):

• Plan, book and buy campaigns across VOD / CTV / audio / cinema (with guidance)
• Book and buy TV campaigns, adhering to parameters directed by your line manager (with guidance)
• Develop an understanding of the planning process in TV
• Take ownership of campaign admin. Including: booking, tagging, tracking, and post campaign reporting
• Update campaign delivery daily, reporting results to the AV Manager or clients when relevant
• Escalate campaign delivery issues to Manager / Director
• Create and send spot time and delivery reports to clients
• Build cohesive and effective relationships with media owners such as ITV, Channel 4, Sky, Spotify, Pearl & Dean, Global

• Ensure accurate delivery of campaigns to brief and manage market fluctuations
• Show rigour and attention to detail when buying vs plan and agreed KPIs

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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.