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An exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic, organised and committed individual to join Publicis Media.

Overview

  • Ensure the effective operational management of all digital media campaigns in your portfolio.
  • Effectively drive the campaign management deliverables, acting as a conduit between strategy, campaign management and creative agency’s production team.
  • Be fully accountable and responsible for all digital implementation requirements.

Responsibilities

  • Responsible for implementation, tracking, measurement and buying alignment of online marketing campaigns and e-commerse, on time and within budget - based on campaign strategy and KPI’s.


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Implementation plans

  • Building implementation plans in line with the strategic requirements and KPI’s
  • Continuously maintain and update implementation plans in line with client changes, creative changes and media optimisation changes. (Every time a plan amendment is made)
  • Ensure digital media plans are aligned with the overarching lay-downs / flow plans or live planning tool (Media tool / other)
  • Immediately flag discrepancies, wherever these may rise – creative, budget, timing KPI’s etc.
  • Plan and load bookings using Publicis Starscape tool (training will be provided)

Campaign Management and AdOps Alignment

  • Briefing implementation plans into PowerHub tool to execute the plans in real time (training will be provided).
  • Daily monitoring the performance and track spend of the digital media campaigns to ensure that the campaign management teams do not over or underspend.
  • Instruct implementation changes into the campaign management team, where and when required, to ensure adaptability to client needs and campaign optimisation in alignment with the strategic direction.
  • Manage proof of flighting with campaign management – include the delivery of screenshots (proof of fighting) to client, copying all relevant parties within 24 hours of going live
  • Suggest optimisation for better campaign performance to the team to ensure campaigns performs against agreed objectives
  • Continuously strive to increase ROI on a campaign by campaign basis and maximise campaign performance

Tracking, Tagging & Taxonomy

  • Ensure that tracking tags are requested timeously to ensure that the go-live date is not compromised
  • Ensure QA testing happens on all campaigns
  • Ensure taxonomy is implemented correctly and in line with the brand requirements
  • Ensure the correct tagging is implemented

Creative Agency Alignment

  • Send chase lists to the creative agencies in line with the implementation plans
  • Chase the creative agencies for the delivery of creative elements for campaign management execution
  • Flagging creative delays with client that affect go-live or pacing
  • Ensure creative agencies are delivering best-practice creative, on time and on brief
  • Pre-check all the received assets from the client/creative agency/digital agency, and communicate any irregularities or errors to the planner and strategist within 4 hours of receiving the assets

Strategy Alignment

  • Align on strategy requirements and deliverables before building implementation plans
  • Provide regular feedback to strategists on the ongoing performance of the campaign, in alignment with the strategy.

Post & Interim Campaign Reports

  • Drive the delivery of interim and post campaign reports
  • Ensure the data accuracy of reports
  • Ensure correct formatting of the reports
  • Ensure benchmark and all required information is included in the reports

Buying & Billing Alignment

  • Collate all invoices
  • Check flow-plan actualisation
  • Send billing pack and revised CE’s to byer


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Other Reporting

  • Weekly spend tracking
  • Weekly creative delivery tracker
  • Weekly - Optimisation report
  • Recommendations for improvement
  • Key insights into the campaigns performance
  • Optimisation recommendations
  • Regional requests
  • Input into close-out reports
  • Strong Excel skills required

Qualifications

  • Matric and/ equivalent
  • Diploma/Degree would be beneficial

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