Head of Media Buying

London, UK (On-site)

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Posted 2 days ago

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Job Summary

Own end-to-end media buying across press, digital and outdoor; lead a media team, shape plans with sales, and ensure high-quality, commercially robust campaigns while driving efficiency and standards across media owners.

  • Oversee procurement and negotiation strategy
  • Develop and mentor Media Buyers

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Ownership – Take ownership of all media buying activity across press, digital and outdoor channels.
  • Team Management – Manage and develop Media Buyer(s), ensuring high standards of delivery and commercial output.
  • Planning – Work closely with sales teams to shape media plans and respond to live opportunities.
  • Quality Control – Take ownership of the quality and commercial robustness of all media plans and proposals.
  • Commercial Oversight – Ensure all bookings are commercially sound and aligned to client objectives.
  • Media Owner Relationships – Oversee relationships and support negotiation strategy.
  • Standards – Set standards for negotiation and trading across media owners.
  • Process Improvement – Introduce structure, consistency and best practice across delivery.
  • Visibility – Improve control of bookings, timelines and campaign status.
  • Efficiency – Identify opportunities to improve pricing, placement and performance.

Requirements

  • Strong media buying and planning experience.
  • Commercial awareness and negotiation capability.
  • Leadership and team management skills.
  • Strong organisational and operational capability.
  • Ability to operate in a fast-paced environment.
  • Media buying experience with a lead specialism in Outdoor (OOH) advertising.
  • Experience buying or planning national press campaigns alongside outdoor.
  • Experience managing people or leading a function.

Preferred

  • Working knowledge of digital media buying or planning, gained alongside offline channels rather than as a standalone specialism.
  • Exposure to TV or broadcast planning and buying.
  • Experience improving processes and operational structure.

Benefits

  • Ongoing Training and Development
  • 28-days Annual Holiday
  • Birthday Off
  • Health insurance
  • Dental & Optical Cover
  • Cycle to Work Scheme
  • Gym Membership
  • Seasonal Bonuses
  • Monthly Work Events
  • Company Laptop
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Hurst Group

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Hurst group comprises of:Hurst Media Company – the UK’s trusted media publisherWe are a contract publishing house that publishes positive content in print and online titles that consumers trust.Our advertorials, native articles and competitions are placed within national newspapers, magazines and digital platforms to cost-effectively target tightly defined audiences in a meaningful way.With themes and sectors ranging from art lovers to agriculture; brides-to-be to business people; fitness fans to foodies, and many more: Hurst Media Company’s content gets brands, products and services noticed by consumers.Hurst Media Agency – the UK’s trusted media agencyWe are a full-service, direct response advertising agency, managing budgets from large to small, for clients across a wide range of industries, whether they want to place a single advertisement or create annual campaigns spanning multiple channels such as print, broadcast, outdoor and online.Our specialist planners and buyers have longstanding buying agreements in place with every major media owner, establishing us as one of the UK’s leading media buyers.With a proven track record of high performance and maximising budgets: Hurst Media Agency saves clients time, money and drives significant response.Hurst Media LaBs - The UK’s trusted media studioWe are a fully integrated design and marketing studio, that delivers a range of creative and marketing services for startups to established brands, across a variety of sectors, whether its brand identity, design, copywriting, web development or print management.Our experienced designers, copywriters and production professionals deliver thousand of pages of content annually and craft attractive, engaging marketing collateral for everything from magazines to billboards; events to banners; branding to websites and more.With hundreds of clients served annually, Hurst Media LaBs delivers marketing collateral that is on brief, on time and on brand.

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