Are you looking for a challenging role that will utilize your communication skills and passion for media? We have an exciting opportunity for a Communications Manager to join our team.
This role involves providing effective media support to our clients across all areas of media, leveraging your existing skill set into new areas of growth around media planning, buying and client management. You will be responsible for overseeing the training schedules, workloads and media execution of a small team, as well as inspiring and supporting them every day.
As a Communications Manager, you will have the opportunity to shape smarter strategies for clients, rethink how media works altogether, and make a meaningful impact across the business. You will be challenged, inspired, and supported by some of the most experienced minds in the industry.
Our ideal candidate has 3+ years experience, ideally within a media agency, with strong relationships with clients, partner agencies (creative, PR, research) and media owners. They should have excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, and be able to compile reporting and analysis that is both insightful and informs future campaign activity.
Key responsibilities include:
* Harnessing progressive media systems and being trained by craft experts
* Media buying and campaign management across multiple channels
* Take client briefs, interrogate them, define the challenge, and complete the reverse brief
* Develop media plans and author implementation recommendations based on assigned media budgets
* Media briefing and negotiations with support from your manager and investment leads as required
* Compile reporting and analysis that is both insightful and informs future campaign activity
* Creation, use, and management of campaign dashboards
* Competitive runs using AC Nielsen and authoring of competitive reports
Why this role might excite you: The pace of change in media has never been faster. Legacy systems are being upended, new technologies are emerging daily, and the rulebook is being rewritten in real time. At Match & Wood we're not just keeping up, we're helping lead that transformation.