Global Digital Lead, Audi (9 month FTC)

PHD UK; City of London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading media agency in the UK is seeking a Global Digital Lead to drive digital transformation for a premium automotive client. This role involves leading global digital strategy, fostering innovation in marketing, and managing a team of experts. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in digital media strategy, experience in a similar global role, and the ability to navigate complex stakeholder landscapes. A hybrid working model is offered, along with competitive benefits.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in digital media strategy and activation.
• Relevant experience in a similar global digital role.
• Experience with automotive clients in an international setting is advantageous.
• Strong systems thinking and collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead global digital strategy for a premium automotive client.
• Drive innovation at the intersection of media, AdTech, and Martech.
• Manage multi-market digital maturity projects.
• Act as a trusted advisor to senior clients.

Skills

Digital media strategy

Agile project management

MarTech or AdTech knowledge

Collaboration

Project management skills

Job description

Global Digital Lead, Audi (9 month FTC)

This is a 9 month fixed term contract role with the potential to become a permanent position.

We are seeking a digital leader with deep expertise in media, mar‑tech and agile project management to drive our client’s digital transformation and lead a team delivering innovative, data‑driven marketing solutions.

What makes this role unique?

• Interdisciplinary mindset: You bring a holistic digital understanding and curiosity — from channel strategy and activation to data enablement, mar‑tech orchestration and digital ecosystem design.
• Systems architect: You can connect the dots across media, technology, content and data to deliver integrated, industry‑leading solutions that drive growth.
• Process engineering & project management: You excel at designing seamless workflows, ensuring collaboration across a complex landscape of global markets and stakeholders.
• Agile leadership: You thrive in dynamic environments, applying agile principles to manage a small team of digital experts and adapt quickly to evolving client needs.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead global digital strategy and planning for a premium automotive client and deliver operational excellence across various PHD‑served markets.
• Advance our client’s integrated marketing platform vision in close collaborations with a diverse partner landscape including consultancies, boutique agencies, Google or Amazon.
• Drive innovation at the intersection of media, AdTech and Martech, enabling growth in one of the most dynamic categories.
• Autonomously create and manage large‑scale, multi‑market digital maturity projects with precision, agility and a focus on measurable outcomes.
• Design and implement efficient processes that enable collaboration across complex stakeholder landscapes.
• Act as a trusted advisor to senior clients and internal stakeholders.
• Provide leadership and direction to your digital team, fostering a collaborative and high‑performing team environment.

About You

We are looking for a highly trained digital leader with exceptional category knowledge and an innovator mindset, who will have influence throughout the agency, be inspiring and challenging in front of our clients and cultivate digital excellence across our PHD‑served markets. We seek to collaboratively deliver exceptional work that is distinctive to our client’s brand DNA and a true catalyser for growth. If you think you can help us raise the bar, get in touch.

• Proven experience in digital media strategy, activation. Additional dedicated knowledge in the area of MarTech or AdTech.
• Relevant experience in a similar global digital role.
• Experience with automotive clients and/or in an international setting is highly advantageous.
• Growth mentality & inspirational leader.
• Brilliant systems thinker & collaborator.
• Resilience to master a highly dynamic and multi‑layered daily business. Willingness to travel up to twice a month.
• Excellent project management skills.

About The Agency

PHD is a growth‑focused media agency driven by innovation and creativity. Founded in London in 1990, we were the first media agency to offer strategic and creative planning at a time when the industry was about buying cheaply and quickly. Our founders saw a bright future where smart thinking and clever planning could help brands grow faster than their competitors. Over the many years that have followed, we have continued to build on this defining ethic — with our evolution shaped by a continual investment in thought leadership. Today, with over 100 offices in 74 countries, we continue to create remarkable campaigns that lead to remarkable growth – using the extending canvas of data and technology.

Flexible Working

At Omnicom Media Group, we are committed to supporting flexibility for our people while fostering collaboration, innovation and teamwork. We have a hybrid working model (three days in the office, two working remotely), to ensure that we meet the needs of both our people and our business, balancing the benefits of in‑person connections with the flexibility of remote working. Our standard working hours are 9:30 – 17:30, but we offer the ability to flex around core hours of 10:30 – 16:30 to give our people flexibility on how they manage their working day, whether that’s in the office or working remotely. For example, you could start work at 8:30 and finish at 16:30 or start at 10:30 and finish at 18:30.

Be Your Best

We want everyone to make the most of the opportunity to shine and showcase your talents and we are happy to make adjustments in the recruitment process so you can be your best. Please discuss any specific requirements with your dedicated Talent Team member or if you would feel more comfortable, you can email us confidentially at [e-mail] to let us know how we can support you.

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At OMG, our vision is to be an agency where difference is valued and everyone is able to thrive in a culture of equality, inclusion and belonging. We are committed to providing a truly inclusive environment that reflects today’s society, where everyone is able to bring their true selves to work, and where diverse voices and backgrounds are valued, heard and well‑represented.

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Seniority level

Not Applicable

Employment type

Contract

Job function

Design, Art/Creative, and Information Technology

Industries

Advertising Services