Biddable Director; Luxury Brands

BIDDABLE DIRECTOR (LVMH portfolio)

Reporting To:
Biddable Business Director

Office

Location:

London

Agency:
Forward Media

Havas Media Network (HMN) employees over 950 people in the UK & Ireland. We work with clients to generate meaningful outcomes and are extremely proud of our proven track record for accelerating business growth and creating a meaningful difference.

HMN Spans London, Leeds, Manchester, And Edinburgh, Servicing Clients Through Our Agency Brands Including Havas Media, Arena Media, Ledger Bennett, Havas Market And Forward Media. Across All Agency Brands, We Have Defined Shared Values That Shape The Way We Work And Define What We Expect From Our People

• Human at Heart:
  You will respect, empower, and support others, fostering an inclusive workplace and creating meaningful experiences.
• Head for Rigour:
  You will take pride in delivering high-quality, outcome-focused work and continually strive for improvement.
• Mind for Flair:
  You will embrace diversity and bold thinking to craft brilliant, unique solutions.

These behaviours are integral to our culture and for delivering impactful work for our clients and colleagues.

All brands under HMN are serviced by a centralised digital activation function - a scaled team of 250+ experts spanning PPC SEO, affiliates, paid social, programmatic and commerce in the UK.

Our paid social media team consists of over 60 experts – a team of executives, managers, directors and business directors – led by a head of paid social.

We’re a highly motivated, energetic team with a passion for all things social. We like great ideas combined with smart planning and a relentless commitment to results. We’re constantly innovating for our clients, working with all the key platforms in the latest formats to reach audiences in interesting ways.

This is an exciting position as a Biddable Account Director within the Biddable team, reporting to the Biddable Business Director. You’ll be working across some of our most prestigious luxury accounts, with a strong emphasis on agility, as you work closely with both the Client Planning Team, Data & Analytics team (DNA), and Investment team.

Working into the Biddable Business Director you will play a key role in developing and implementing an innovative biddable proposition and roadmap across your clients.

You will be responsible for the management and development of a team of biddable specialists within the larger team. You are enthusiastic in building a strong culture of collaboration and support, ensuring the strategy is clear and most appropriate to the client’s objectives and KPIs.

The recommendation of data and tech partners with consideration of operational suitability is at the core of this role and will help contribute to the implementation of overarching strategy and activation tactics. You will also work closely with investment teams, to learn about and ensure that we recommend preferred partners and suppliers first and foremost.

The role is perfect for someone who has had a background and great track record in Paid Social and Programmatic planning and trading or has worked closely with various DSPs and is looking to take their career to the next steps.

• Leading Biddable planning and implementation, liaising frequently with the client planning teams on your accounts as well as the investment team.
• Effectively managing client together with client teams, to ensure the requirements to achieve high standard of our biddable output.
• Collaboratively working across teams and groups, proactively communicate and manage expectations of internal and external stakeholders, building sustainable relationship with…