Associate, Implementational Planning

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3400 - Associate, Implementational Planning - UK

Role Summary and Impact

The Boots digital team works to plan & execute market-leading digital advertising campaigns for the boots retail and No.7clients across a variety of platforms. We are a team of approximately 6 people. The team are based at the One Southwark Bridge Campus in London.

Intro to the role:

As Account Executive the successful candidate will rapidly develop their knowledge of paid advertising across all the key digital channels, from activation through to reporting. They will also learn how to work as part of a team that plan & deliver award-winning work in a busy agency environment that has training + development at its core.

Key Responsibilities:

As part of a busy digital team the role is varied with several areas of focus. Account Executives will be given all the necessary training to help develop the skills required to fulfil their responsibilities. These include:

Campaign Management

• End-to-end set up of digital campaigns.
• Undertaking regular quality assurance (QA) checks to ensure campaigns are set up to defined best practice standards.
• Monitoring campaign performance and pacing to ensure activity delivers as expected. Troubleshooting and optimising campaigns in order to improve performance as necessary.
• Working to produce detailed & accurate weekly/monthly campaign performance reports, often in Microsoft Excel.
• Writing performance commentary that delivers valuable insight and recommendations to clients.
• Assisting with more detailed analysis including end-of-campaign reporting, quarterly/annual reviews, and on standalone projects.

Client & Partner Management

• Working closely with your line-manager & the wider team (including the Global Hub team) to support the delivery of high-quality work for clients.
• Working with partners and attending regular platform training sessions to further develop your digital skillset.

Operational Excellence

• Responsible for managing your workload and for communicating clearly and in a timely manner with internal and external stakeholders as required across email, chat, video and in-person.
• Attend regular internal meetings and training sessions to actively contribute to a collaborative and friendly digital community.
• Responsible for following the mandatory agency finance processes. Working with line-manager and to ensure processes are followed, allowing for prompt payment/invoicing and to minimise finance queries.

About You:

The Account Executive position is aimed at someone passionate about starting a career in digital marketing. We are looking for a candidate with the following attributes:

• Display an eagerness to learn. You should be diligent and attentive to detail, able to listen, learn new skills, and put these into practice quickly.
• Able to display in interest in how digital advertising/marketing works and have desire to further your knowledge in this area.
• Computer literate with a good base of skills across the Microsoft Office suite of programmes (including Excel).
• Being part of a busy agency environment we regularly work with large amounts of data so a confidence with numbers is also a must.
• Teamwork is key to this role and we are looking…