Digital Strategy Planning Executive

About the Role:

Digital Strategy Planning Executive 

About the Role 

This is an exciting time to join the OMG Marketplace UK team, as curation and specialised marketplace products become more prevalent in the programmatic landscape. OMG Marketplace UK is at the forefront of this movement, as the original agency specialised marketplace, with exposure to cross-channel strategy planning. 

With access to the UK’s leading brands, you will have a unique opportunity to gain a wealth of knowledge across programmatic planning and buying, strategy, and inventory standards to create better ways of working for our clients. Helping them navigate an ever-changing landscape. 

This role will be reporting into the Senior Planning Manager overseeing planning strategy and product solutions for Omnicom Media Group’s UK agencies – OMD, PHD, Hearts and Science, and MGOMD. 

 

About You 

We are looking for a candidate who has high levels of organisation and adaptability with an eagerness to learn. We are a tight-knit team so having great rapport and working together to meet common goals will be essential. As you become comfortable in the role, we will encourage a challenger mindset and to help bring your ideas to life and create the best product for our clients. 

Knowledge of the programmatic planning and buying is welcomed. However, this is an entry-level role so we will provide demand-side platform (DSP) and supply-side platform (SSP) training. In addition to hands-on guidance through a complex landscape. 

Key Responsibilities 

• Proactively bridge agency asks and publisher capabilities with Senior Planning Manager to influence product development: 

• Successfully build relationships with key publishers to support the creation and roll out of planning product solutions. 

• Be a key liaison in publisher monthly meetings to discuss campaign status and product updates. 

• Confidently navigate and represent OMG Marketplace UK with internal stakeholders (agencies) to craft test frameworks and secure investment required for product development testing. 

• Foster a collaborative culture with programmatic activation teams to deliver high quality brief responses. 

• Routinely update and improve planning tools. 
• Upkeeping operational excellence in deal mapping and delivery. 

Omnicom Media Group UK (OMG UK) is the media division of Omnicom Group Inc., headquartered in London with offices in Manchester and Newcastle. OMG UK exists to power its four UK agencies – OMD UK, MG OMD, PHD UK, and Hearts & Science. The four agencies have open access to OMG UK’s Centres of Excellence which provide market-leading capabilities across Digital Marketing, Creative Solutions, Investment and Futures.

OMG UK agencies are holders of numerous Agency and Network of the Year accolades, alongside multiple awards at the Global Festival of Media Awards, Cannes Lions, The Drum Awards, and IPA Effectiveness Awards.

https://omgukcareers.com/working-at-omg/

 

Flexible Working

At Omnicom Media Group, we are committed to supporting flexibility for our people while fostering collaboration, innovation, and teamwork. We have a hybrid working model (three days in the office, two working remotely), to ensure that we meet the needs of both our people and our business, balancing the benefits of in-person connections with the flexibility of remote working.  Our standard working hours are 9:30 – 17:30, but we offer the ability to flex around core hours of 10:30 – 16:30 to give our people flexibility on how they manage their working day, whether that’s in the office or working remotely. For example, you could start work at 8:30 and finish at 16:30 or start at 10:30 and finish at 18:30.

We encourage open conversations between our people and managers to help navigate high-need periods and individual circumstances. Our goal is to create an environment where people feel genuinely supported to do their best - both in their careers and in their lives outside of work.

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Be Your Best

We want everyone to make the most of the opportunity to shine and showcase your talents and we are happy to make adjustments in the recruitment process so you can be your best. Please discuss any specific requirements with your dedicated Talent Team member or if you would feel more comfortable, you can email us confidentially at beyourbest@omnicommediagroup.com to let us know how we can support you.

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