Senior Client Manager FTC

Liverpool, UK (Hybrid)

£48K/yrSenior LevelContract

Posted 3 days ago

Job Summary

Own and elevate client management and commercial performance for The Very Group by coaching the Client team, driving data-informed media planning, and delivering actionable insights to improve future campaigns.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Support and develop the Client team through regular coaching, guidance and feedback, building capability across client management, commercial understanding and media planning.
  • Help drive commercial performance through strong planning, proactive client engagement and a clear focus on revenue and growth opportunities.
  • Build trusted relationships with Very Media Group and The Very Group stakeholders, working closely with category owners to align priorities and plans.
  • Set and maintain high standards for client service, helping the team deliver consistently strong work and build lasting supplier relationships.
  • Improve the quality and effectiveness of media planning, ensuring plans are strategically aligned, commercially sound and focused on client objectives.
  • Contribute to weekly and monthly commercial reporting for The Very Group, ensuring outputs are accurate, clear and useful.
  • Strengthen campaign reporting, turning performance data into actionable insights that inform future planning.
  • Identify opportunities to improve processes, efficiency and consistency across the team.
  • Contribute to key strategic projects that evolve Very Media Group’s client offering and commercial approach.

Requirements

  • Strong experience in client management, retail media or an agency environment.
  • Experience supporting, coaching or mentoring team members and helping others develop.
  • Proven ability to manage multiple clients while delivering against commercial objectives.
  • A good understanding of media planning, budgeting and performance reporting.
  • Confidence working with data and commercial metrics, with the ability to turn data into meaningful insights.
  • Strong stakeholder management and collaboration skills.
  • Commercial awareness, with a focus on growth and performance.
  • An organised, proactive and solutions-focused approach.
  • A drive to improve processes, quality and team performance.

Benefits

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

Salaries

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£48K/yr

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Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
53 (9% of company)
Median Tenure
12 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
9

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
20.2K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
33.3%
Direct
48.1%
Referral
9.3%
Social
7.8%
Paid
1.2%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~621

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