Digital Media Manager
| Posting date: | 01 October 2025 |
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| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 15 October 2025 |
| Location: | West Drayton, London, UB7 0GB |
| Company: | Hays Specialist Recruitment |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 4728463_1759327619 |
Summary
We have an excellent contract opportunity for a digital media manager responsible for managing our client's always-on display and social media strategy, working with our client's media and DCO agencies to deliver a test and learn roadmap that delivers incremental performance for our client.
Contract duration - 3 months (possible extension)
Location - Waterside (UB7 0GB) & London Bridge
Hybrid - 3 days per week
Accountabilities
- Manage client's always-on display and social media investment with a focus on driving incremental performance uplift.
- Work with our client's Campaigns and Commercial Planning teams to ensure display and social channels deliver key commercial priorities.
- Work with the media and DCO agencies to deliver a digital Test & Learn framework, utilising Dynamic Creative Optimisation (DCO)
- Analyse performance data to identify optimisation opportunities across creative and media levers
- Work with the client's Capability Manager to develop a reporting platform to measure digital performance and support weekly reporting, insight and optimisation decisions
- Be the principal admin for digital activation and reporting platforms (Google DV360 and CM360)
- Support measurement and analytics stakeholders with digital media data requirements where required
- Work with Capability Manager and the Digital Product team to recommend and support on-site tagging requirements.
- Manage approved and blocked site lists and monitor brand safety and inventory quality across display and paid social
- Manage the Digital Performance Evaluation Framework (DPEF) to agree looks and CPLk goals and track them over time.
Skills / capabilities
- A performance mindset - constantly striving to improve performance
- Be passionate about digital and data
- Understanding the role of digital display and social media in driving brand and purchase consideration
- A deep understanding of Google DV360 and CM360 platforms
- A proven ability to derive insight from data and make optimisation recommendations accordingly
- A strong understanding of the digital media ecosystem including success metrics and KPIs
- Able to work collaboratively within a matrix organisation
- Confident at presenting insights and recommendations with convictions to a wide range of stakeholders.
Qualifications / experience
- 5+ years agency/client-side experience planning and implementing programmatic and paid social media strategies
- Experience managing DCO campaigns
- Experience with: Meta, Google (YouTube, not Search), Display advertising, TikTok (beneficial)
- Experience of managing different markets like the US, UK & India.
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