Strategic Media Manager – International Media Agency

🎯 Strategic Manager – Media Agency (Global)

💼 to £60,000 | Hybrid: 3 days in-office

Ready to be at the centre of digital innovation at one of the world’s leading international media agencies?

We’re hiring a Strategic Manager to join the internal planning team — a central hub of excellence shaping outcome-based media strategy across 20+ markets. This is more than a standard media planning role. Think of it as part vendor account manager, part internal consultant, part strategic problem solver. You’ll be the sixth hire into a high-performing global team and will lead strategic direction across a portfolio of high-growth clients in verticals like tech, retail, automotive, and travel.

🔑 What You’ll Be Doing:

🌐 Strategic Partner (70%)

Act as the key internal and external lead for digital media strategy, interrogating briefs, stress-testing feasibility, and crafting robust proposals. You’ll challenge assumptions and offer solutions rooted in data, performance, and financial responsibility.

📈 Client Strategy (10%)

Collaborate with senior stakeholders globally to align media strategy to business outcomes, ensuring consistency and innovation at scale.

🌍 Market Coordination (10%)

Help shape best practices across 20+ global markets — working with internal teams, local agencies, and platform partners to drive smarter digital investment.

🚀 Product Development (10%)

Feed insights and real-world use cases into the Outcomes roadmap, contributing to future capabilities in areas like CTV, programmatic, and social.

👥 Team & Culture

• Manage 2 Execs focused on smaller briefs and day-to-day delivery
• Work cross-functionally with senior stakeholders, client leads, and planner-level talent
• Join a tight-knit team of 5 (you’ll be #6) that’s smart, supportive, and pushing boundaries globally

💡What You Bring:

• Media agency or ad tech background, ideally with global client exposure
• Strong digital chops — particularly in programmatic (DSP/SSP), online video, and CTV (social is a plus)
• Comfortable with RFPs, RFIs, and translating client needs into scalable, measurable strategies
• Confident communicator who can justify the “what, why, and how” — including when to say no
• Strategic mindset with solid operational know-how
• Excellent PowerPoint, Excel and client-facing presentation skills