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With disconnected journeys, endless data, and tighter budgets, modern marketing is more chaotic than ever.

  • Havas Market breaks through the chaos by helping brands adapt fast and win big through limitless performance.

Disjointed campaigns across channels aren’t personal or practical.

  • That’s why we discover impactful moments during real journeys and make them count. Our partnerships with Google, Amazon, TikTok, Meta, and Optimizely allow us to unlock your true growth potential.

Being part of Havas Media Network (HMN) allows brands limitless opportunities to grow.

  • With over 9,000 experts based in 143 countries around the globe, we unlock the potential of people and technology to outperform the competition.

HMN spans London, Leeds, Manchester, and Edinburgh, servicing clients through our agency brands including Havas Media, Arena Media, Ledger Bennett, and Havas Market. Across all agency brands, we have defined shared values that shape the way we work and define what we expect from our people:

  • Human at Heart: You will respect, empower, and support others, fostering an inclusive workplace and creating meaningful experiences.
  • Head for Rigour: You will take pride in delivering high-quality, outcome-focused work and continually strive for improvement.
  • Mind for Flair: You will embrace diversity and bold thinking to craft brilliant, unique solutions.

The Paid Performance Platformer should have these skills

  • Proficiency in MS PowerPoint, Word, and Excel.
  • Interest in, and understanding of, digital media.
  • Good numeracy skills and comfortable working in spreadsheets.
  • Analytical and able to identify trends and insights in data.
  • Excellent time-management skills and the ability to prioritise workload.
  • Ability to work under pressure and fastidious attention to detail.
  • A strong written and verbal communicator.
  • A high energy, positive, can-do person who is always looking for ways to improve what we do.
  • A hunger to learn.

During the 6 month programme, you will have the opportunity to

  • Work with some of the most recognisable brands in the world – from household names in education, automotive, entertainment and possibly even retail. PPC is a critical channel for these clients, so there are scaled budgets you will be helping to manage to effectively deliver against ambitious growth targets.
  • Support with analysis, campaign implementation, optimisation, delivery, and evaluation of campaign activity.
  • Along with your line manager and other executives in the team, you will be jointly responsible for the effective running of campaigns. This role is pivotal in providing the insight and data needed to drive performance improvements for these clients.
  • Create and manage campaigns to effectively deliver client objectives and targets – with oversight and QA.
  • Work on ad creation, development, testing and optimisation.
  • Optimise campaigns across multiple formats, including Search, pMax, Demand Gen and possibly even YouTube.
  • Deliver against Havas x Google best practice on your clients, specifically, improving the quality of campaign delivery, innovation, and automation.
  • Manage daily spend through manual, automated and machine learning led bid optimisation, in line with targets and monthly budgets.
  • Use search and bid management tools to manage and optimise campaigns.
  • Implement tracking requirements across paid performance campaigns.
  • Support with reporting on a weekly, monthly, and quarterly basis.
  • Monitor and analyse competitor activity through competitor monitoring technology and partner communication to provide rich insights and trends to clients.
  • Nurture and grow strong relationships with relevant day to day client stakeholders.
  • Be trained on the latest changes in the paid landscape to ensure your knowledge is cutting edge.

On the Platform programme, you’ll benefit from

  • Dedicated Buddy
  • Pastoral Support
  • Wellbeing and mental health support
  • Yu Life - wellbeing app
  • Employee assistance programme

You will also receive the following Training and Development sessions:

  • Communication
  • Productivity
  • Goal Setting and Objectives
  • Career Development
  • Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
  • Networking
  • CV & LinkedIn
  • Industry Insight sessions
  • Group Project