Client Executive at SMG | Liverpool, UK | £28K/yr

SMG

Client Executive

Liverpool, UK (Hybrid)

£28K/yrMid LevelFull time

Posted 3 weeks ago

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Job Summary

Own critical campaign velocity for a multi-brand portfolio, turning forecasting, planning, and reporting into measurable lift while building internal capability for scalable growth.

Campaign ownership: forecast, plan, optimise, and review performance across brands.
Capability and process: streamline ways of working and share best practices to drive long term growth.
Data driven delivery: monitor in flight performance across Sponsored Products and Display and translate learnings into future plans.

Job Description

In this role, you'll own the success of campaigns across a portfolio of key brands, driving performance from forecasting and strategic planning through to optimisation, analysis, and reporting.
You'll play a pivotal role in delivering measurable results while uncovering new opportunities to maximise impact.
Beyond campaign delivery, you'll help shape the future of the team by building internal capability, streamlining ways of working, and driving continuous improvements that support long-term growth and success.
Supporting Criteo forecasting and incremental revenue delivery, mapping investment across brands and assisting in building structured media plans for priority brands.
Monitoring campaign performance, including weekly cap-out reporting and ongoing tracking. Proactively identify issues and support in resolving them quickly.
Supporting improvements to campaign structure, category mapping, and setup to enhance efficiency and scalability.
Assisting in developing clear, performance-driven media plans and supporting budget modelling across daily, weekly, and monthly timeframes.
Contributing to the adoption of Criteo best practices and tools, supporting internal knowledge sharing and development.
Building strong working relationships with internal teams and Criteo partners to support campaign delivery and performance.
Supporting the delivery of clear, insight-led reporting, ensuring outputs are accurate and actionable.

Experience in marketing, retail media, or digital media planning
Strong understanding of campaign performance and optimisation
Confidence working with data, budgets, and reporting
Commercial mindset with a focus on performance
Proactive and solutions-oriented approach
Strong organisational and time management skills
Analytical mindset with the ability to translate data into insights
Willingness to learn, develop, and grow within the role

Experience with platforms such as Criteo or similar (preferred)

10% discretionary bonus
£1,800 yearly wellbeing fund (on top of your salary!)
Free Headspace subscription
£500 yearly “Learning Fund” for learning
4 extra Wellbeing Days off per year
4pm finishes every Friday
Flexible and hybrid working

SMG

We’re the original pioneers in connected commerce marketing. Since 2008, we’ve been partnering with major retailers, powering global brands, and building meaningful connections with shoppers. We simplify the mind-boggling complexity of today’s retail media landscape. We deliver impactful campaigns that connect with people where it matters. We create seamless and personalised shopping experiences. Above all, we deliver amazing results for our partners, driven by our unshakeable desire for growth.Time after time, we change the game. SMG is home to a world-class suite of commerce advertising capabilities powered by data and cutting-edge technology. We constantly push ourselves, our tech and our industry to discover innovative new ways to connect, sell and grow.Our brilliant people are the ones who make change happen. Straight-talking, fiercely driven, and with a thirst for challenging the status quo, we’re united in spirit and culture. Positively disrupting retail and creating campaigns with impact, we’re taking everyone with us on extraordinary adventures in connected commerce.

Founded in 2016

London, England, GBR

621 employees (71 in marketing)

www.smg.team