Manager, Strategy & Activation (Digital Media)

Location: London, UK; hybrid working with 3 days onsite and 2 days remote per week

Salary: starts at £41,800 per annum

Company

Kepler delivers data- and technology-driven paid digital media and CRM services as an agency of record, in-house team, or hybrid partner.

What you will do

• Lead day-to-day client communication and build relationships aligned with client business goals.
• Create cross-channel digital brief responses and media plans with clear rationales.
• Collaborate with media and creative agencies, media partners, and technology vendors including Google, Meta, and Amazon.
• Manage campaign setup, execution, quality assurance, troubleshooting, and optimisation across buying platforms.
• Analyse campaign performance across Display, Video, Social, Search, Audio, and OOH channels and provide data-driven recommendations.
• Identify revenue opportunities, develop proposals, and coach Analysts.

Requirements

• At least 2 years of hands-on platform experience across at least two of Programmatic Display, Video, Paid Search, and Paid Social.
• Extensive Google Ads in-platform experience is required.
• Digital planning experience from a client, agency, or DSP environment.
• Passion for digital media, advertising, and technology.
• Strong people and communication skills, excellent client service, multitasking ability, and attention to detail.
• Technical and analytical mindset.
• Enjoyment of working as part of a team.
• Coaching or line management experience.

Culture & Benefits

• Transparent, growing, and collaborative environment with opportunities to shape the company.
• 25 days of annual leave, increasing to 28 days after 3 years, with the option to buy additional leave up to 30 days per year.
• Healthcare cash plan, wellness allowance, pension contributions, enhanced parental leave, and annual tuition budgets.
• Flexible start and finish times, work-from-home equipment budget, mobile phone and broadband reimbursements, and up to 4 weeks of Work from Anywhere per year.
• Cycle scheme, season ticket loan, breakfast and refreshments, paid socials, and social budgets.
• Long-term future sponsorship for UK work authorisation cannot be accommodated.

Hiring process

• Include a brief disclosure of any AI tools used to assist with application preparation.
• The interview process includes discussion of experience experimenting with AI tools and using them professionally.
• AI recording or transcription during interviews requires consent from all attendees; applications must be submitted directly through Kepler or through an authorised Kepler recruiter.