Assistant Campaign Manager (3-Month Fixed Term Contract)

Dubizzle Limited; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading creative agency in the United Kingdom is looking for a creative content manager who will be responsible for developing and executing compelling stories across various media channels. The role requires managing production, collaborating with agencies, and ensuring alignment with campaign objectives. The ideal candidate will possess strong communication skills and a background in creative content management. Competitive salary and extensive perks await the successful applicant.

Benefits

25 days’ holiday + bank holidays

Annual Wellbeing Day

Pension Scheme

Corporate Medical Cash Plan

Smart Working Options

Employee Assistance Programme

Cycle to Work Scheme

Monthly Employee Awards

Paid Volunteer Day

Referral scheme

Qualifications

• Strong ability and experience creating high-quality, compelling creative content.
• Experience managing agencies and delivering against tight deadlines.
• Knowledge of media and marketing channels.

Responsibilities

• Develop and deliver creative campaigns across various media channels.
• Manage production and creative execution to align with campaign ideas.
• Build relationships with agencies and internal stakeholders.

Skills

Creative content creation

Agency management

Strong communication skills

Presentation skills

Budget management

Adaptability in agile teams

Job description

Responsible for creation and execution of creative content across all media, ensuring we tell compelling stories and get the best out of every channel.

Key Responsibilities

• Work as part of an agile squad to develop and deliver creative for campaigns
• produce content for on and offline channels, including digital display, AV, Press, OOH, radio and partner channels.
• Integrate all creative content across all campaigns and channels as required
• Brief and manage creative across multiple channels and formats with various agencies and production companies
• Creates and manages deliverables and production briefs for agencies.
• Develop strong relationships with multiple agencies and internal stakeholders across Co-op.
• Work closely with Content Manager and Campaign Managers to develop and plan content for campaigns.
• Manage execution of creative; ensuring that all creative is delivering against the campaign idea and Co-op’s brand guidelines
• Be a point of contact for other channel leads on creative and production for campaigns.
• Manage photography and motion shoots with agencies and production teams including working on ordering samples, signing off with senior stakeholders, and attending shoots.
• Work closely with team on ensuring budgets are correct and content is produced in a efficient manner that delivers ROI
• Provide peer to peer coaching to develop a creative team that results in a campaign and content team that is responsive, flexible and multi skilled and colleagues who can develop their talents beyond the confines of their existing roles
• Continuously improve creative to make it the best it can be to deliver marketing outcomes and native to channel, including keeping an eye on the market and channels for best practice.
• Tracking timings for production and creative development and working closely with campaign lead to ensure deadlines are hit
• Manages approvals to go through various stakeholders internally and externally, including being able to confidently present work to stakeholders of all levels.
• Tracks projects and creatives within various documents and presentation decks to showcase work.
• Build a network within Co-op and work effectively with various teams to deliver marketing objectives.

Freedom to Make Decisions

• Recommends what creative is best to be native to channel
• Recommends solutions for production of assets to fit with creative briefs.

Key Relationships and Influence

• Campaign Managers – responsible to Campaign Manager for campaign budget
• Agencies
• Brand & Creative Services (content production)

• Strong ability and experience of creating high quality, compelling and relevant creative content
• Experience of creating content for multiple channels across multi-channel ecosystem
• Passion for creative – creative flair and judgement of what will/won’t work
• Production experience in a TTL marketing capacity
• Knowledge of media and marketing channels.
• Experience in managing agencies and delivering with them against tight deadlines
• Ability to challenge e.g. on direction or costs
• Strong personal interest in creative and advertising trends
• Evidence of self-development and growth mindset with desire to learn more creative techniques over time
• Experience of peer coaching and developing others through sharing expertise
• Familiar and comfortable working in agile and matrix teams/squads
• Excellent presentation skills
• Strong communication skills to stakeholders of all levels internally and externally to the business.

Work’s a treat!

On top of a competitive salary, you can expect a whole load of perks:

• 25 days’ holiday + bank holidays– we understand the importance of you getting some down time.

• Annual Wellbeing Day – enjoy an additional day on us to look after your physical and mental wellbeing.
• Pension Scheme – helping you save towards your retirement home in the sun!
• Corporate Medical Cash Plan – claim back the cost of your medical treatments.
• Smart Working Options – spend up to 40% of your working week from home.
• So many savings– through our online community platform, you can access dozens of daily deals, from money off top brands to discounts on days out.

• Employee Assistance Programme– our people are at the heart of everything we do, so if you’re happy, we’re happy.
• Cycle to Work Scheme – save on the cost of biking to work.
• Monthly Employee Awards - Employee of the Month programme with £250 bonus
• Raising money for charity including a paid Volunteer Day – we’re all about giving back… and having lots of fun in the process!
• Referral scheme– know the perfect person to join the team? You could bag £1,000 for a putting a good word in.

• Wellbeing Programme – giving you the opportunity to join regular, interactive Wellbeing Workshops or join our 30 plus Wellbeing Champions.
• Enhanced Family Friendly Leave – support for you and your family to help you navigate through the craziness of family life.

We Value Diversity

We champion and welcome diversity in our workforce and ensure all job applicants receive equal and fair treatment, regardless of age, race, gender or gender identity, religion, sexual orientation, disability, or nationality.

We are not only committed to increasing the visibility and recognition of talent from under-represented groups within our organisation, but the wider industry too.

At the end of the day, we make sure we take time to look after ourselves, each other, and the planet, because we’re always stronger together.

ITG have a number of community groups available to employees and exist to offer a safe space for like-minded colleagues, with shared interests to connect, socialise and check in with each other.

What next?

If you found yourself interested in knowing more, drop us your application and someone from our team will be in touch.