Media Audit & Analytics Manager

Priority Requirement: A deep understanding of the UK Media Landscape, Trading and Investment is 100% essential

Full time

Hybrid Working Model with 3 days in the London office

At the core of this role as Media And Analytics Manager is a focus on delivering industry-leading measurement and accountability for advertisers across their media investments; designing frameworks that drive transparency, value and trust through performance tracking, media cost and fees benchmarking, performance deep-dives, and agency pitch commercials.

Key responsibilities include:

• End-to-end ownership of media analytics client projects and key audit programmes
• Leading media pitch analytics from design and initiation through to agency appointment
• Owning the media analytics elements of transformation consultancy and science projects
• Contributing to product development through ongoing feedback on tools and market intelligence
• Line management of junior team members and ad hoc mentoring across the Analytics Services team
• Active collaboration with Client Solutions and Client Strategy teams on client initiatives

The ideal background is media agency (planning or trading), client-side or media auditor with deep expertise in UK media planning, buying and trading alongside a working knowledge of digital media platforms, ad tech and auction-based trading.

The following are essential:

• Deep expertise in UK media planning and trading (primarily negotiated, non-biddable) — specifically TV, BVoD/CTV/SVoD, OOH, Print, Radio and Cinema
• Strong analytics capability and confidence working with media buying and industry data to generate deep insights
• Working knowledge of digital media platforms, ad tech and auction-based trading
• Experience delivering client projects from inception through to reporting
• Ability to manage teams, own client relationships and build strong agency partnerships
• Strong, confident communicator and presenter — comfortable with senior stakeholders
• Intellectually rigorous, curious, commercially minded and highly organised
• Wider global media industry knowledge an advantage given the international client base