the7stars
Senior Programmatic Manager
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Role Summary
Join one of the fastest-growing teams in the agency as a Senior Programmatic Manager, taking ownership of newly won business and helping shape the programmatic strategy, planning and activation from day one. You'll work across Video, Display, YouTube, Connected TV, Audio and Digital Out of Home, partnering with client teams and senior stakeholders to deliver innovative, commercially-driven campaigns and play a key role in the continued evolution of the agency's omni-channel proposition.
The Role
Across the7stars, we have specialist teams in all channels, and we have recently brought together the Programmatic and Direct Buying teams into one omni-channel team to remain future-facing and drive greater collaboration. We're looking for a Senior Programmatic Manager to join one of the fastest-growing teams within the agency.
We're looking for an ambitious and enthusiastic programmatic specialist with a proven track record of managing client relationships and delivering best-in-class programmatic campaigns. The ideal person will fit the culture of the7stars - collaborative, positive, commercially minded and self-disciplined.
You'll join our growing team in a genuinely client-facing role, taking ownership of planning, activation, optimisation and reporting across multiple DSPs including DV360, The Trade Desk, Yahoo, Quantcast and Amazon.
You'll own client relationships from a programmatic perspective, supporting senior management on strategic initiatives and helping shape the continued evolution of the agency's omni-channel proposition. This is a unique opportunity to work across Digital Out of Home, YouTube, Connected TV, Audio, Video and Display, with the freedom to bring fresh thinking, challenge convention and drive innovation.
As a future-facing Activation team, we're building a genuinely holistic approach to planning and buying. This is a fantastic opportunity for a motivated programmatic specialist to play a key role in that journey.
What you’ll be doing
- Be a leader in the team and across the agency in terms of how best to apply programmatic buying strategies. Set the standard across tactical execution, planning, reconciliation and all end-to-end process managed by the team.
- Be responsible for managing some of the biggest clients in the agency on all things Programmatic, attending initial client briefings and providing feedback early on the planning process.
- Line manage and mentor junior traders in the team, responsible for their career progression and training.
- End to end programmatic account management from planning, set up, optimisation and reporting.
- Deliver best in class and market leading programmatic media plans across multiple channels.
- Drive innovation – we want to win awards for our clients so be creative.
- Work closely with Client teams to ensure all plans are adhering to business objectives, the comms platform and key KPIs.
- Assist with the management and delivery of audit guarantees across PRF Clients.
- Drive the development of media owner relationships to ensure we are seeking out opportunities that are new to market within the programmatic sector.
- Stay up to date with new trends and push innovation with your clients, contributing to wider digital testing roadmaps.
- Confidently present analysis, updates and strategic recommendations in face-to-face meetings and calls.
- Execute and deliver best in class PCAs across the agency.
- Demonstrate diligence, attention to detail and adherence to the campaign QA process.
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Required Skills
- Prior experience in a programmatic planning and/or buying role (agency or trading desk), with a proven ability to deliver successful large-scale Programmatic Campaigns.
- Hands-on experience working in various DSPs (ideally DV360 & The Trade Desk), activating across video, YouTube & display.
- Up to date knowledge of the ad tech landscape.
- Strong critical thinking and problem-solving skills.
- Strong interest and knowledge in the Programmatic landscape.
- Strong knowledge and hands-on experience of technology platforms and integration.
- Great communicator, confident in front of clients with the ability to understand their wider business & challenges.
- Ability to anticipate issues and be proactive in producing solutions with measurable outcomes.
- Excellent numerical and analytical skills.
- Solid understanding of all media channels.
About the7stars
the7stars is unlike any other agency. The distinction started the day we launched in 2005 when we named ourselves after a pub, but more importantly when we made a promise that we were going to do things differently.
And this commitment has stuck with us. It guides how we work, how we think and how we treat one another and can be expressed in a single word.
Freedom.
Our Freedom philosophy lives across our entire business from people, product and planning. It means we plan & buy media how we want, develop careers how we want, take holiday when we need it, invent tools when we need them, give people a platform to speak up, question and express themselves freely – but more importantly it has allowed us to create an amazing place to work.
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We have a unique working environment and open structure which encourages personal development through client contact, teamwork, training, exposure to all media and internal teams – and a “sky’s the limit” approach to your growth within the agency. In 2024 we achieved our 13th year in a row as a Sunday Times Best Places to Work and in 2023 were awarded Campaign’s number one media agency to work for accolade for the second year running.
the7stars is 300 passionate media people that are able to focus purely on creating great work for our clients.
If thinking freely and with integrity is your bag, then the7stars is an agency you should meet.
Apply if you want to
- Join the largest independent, free thinking, fast moving media agency in the UK.
- Have the freedom to grow your career at pace.
- Be surrounded by a diverse team of talented thinkers who love the work they do.
- Have the freedom to design a flexible approach to your working life.
- Be challenged to learn and grow every day.
- Join a business that gives 5% of its profits back into the community.
- Be part of a culture that encourages creativity, entrepreneurialism and most importantly of all… fun.
Benefits
- Uncounted holiday
- Discretionary performance related summer profit share & Christmas bonus
- Flexible & hybrid working with a focus on togetherness (4 days per week in the office)
- Personalised training plan & access to coaching
- Wellbeing days
- Flexible pension plan through Royal London (8% employer contribution under £35k)
- Optional private medical insurance (Vitality) & cash back plan (Medicash)
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Work from anywhere up to 2 weeks each year
- Paid for gym membership with a choice of 5 gyms
- Enhanced family friendly policies
- Personal finance advice & support
- Life Assurance & Critical Illness cover
- Profit share scheme (after 3 years’ service)
- Electric Vehicle scheme
- Nursery Partnership
- Tech & Cycle to Work scheme
- Season ticket loans & expensed Railcard
- New Business Bonus eligible in your first years as a the7stars employee
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