Client Executive - O2, Virgin Media

Will you become our new Client Executive on the exciting Virgin Media O2 account?

We are seeking a Client Executive to join us at MG OMD; the second-largest media agency in the UK and only networked media agency to have been listed in Campaign's Best Places to Work every year since it began five years ago.

The Role

You will be a key member of the Virgin Media O2 client planning team. This is an exciting opportunity for someone who wants to work on progressive, award-winning brands across all media channels. As part of a team within a large collective you will have the opportunity to access and learn from a wide range of our business; from the core disciplines, media planning and buying through to measurement, strategy, content and partnerships. This role will include running the day to day deliverables of a variety of campaigns, reporting into the client Account Director comes with plenty of great opportunities to grow your career on a high-profile brand within the agency.

The successful candidate will be a true team player and will have a passion for learning and testing new ideas in a fast-paced environment. People and client management skills are also key for this role as the planning team is highly integrated with the client marketing team and creative agency.

About You

•  Good understanding of media marketplace including media owner landscape, who owns what, audience delivery,   measurement (and when results are published), formats available

•  Good knowledge of all media channels and how they work and complement each other

•  Keep on top of emerging channels, new media facts and figures

•  Good working knowledge of key systems, Nielsen, DDS, TGI, Touchpoints, Mediatel

•  Be able to interpret competitor and audience information into clear and actionable insights

•  Be able to prioritise information to make clear recommendations with supporting rationale

•  Understand & assist in the management of all facets of creative delivery & tracking that are required to ensure all   campaigns are live & happen in accordance with the schedule

•  Be able to put together a comprehensive post campaign analysis, getting results from all channels plus other measures of   success (i.e. tracking and econometrics) and evaluating in line with original brief/KPI’s, pulling learning’s from future activity

•  Understand and take responsibility for managing day to day finances on individual clients liaising with finance teams

•  Keep a cohesive and up to date timeline to track all outstanding tasks (e.g. PO tracker, Tags tracker etc). 

About the Agency

MG OMD was established in 1990 as a challenger media agency (Manning Gottlieb Media) that placed craft, trust and performance at the heart of media planning and buying. ​ 

Since joining Omnicom network’s OMG (Omnicom Media Group) in 1998, we have continued to retain our founding ethos of providing clients with bespoke approaches, unprecedented insight, specialism, security and transparency; helping our clients to use media to unlock their competitive advantage and deliver innovative, effective and award-winning work and campaigns that create difference that matters.​ 

MG OMD is the second-largest media agency in the UK. We are the most awarded media agency in both the history of the IPA Effectiveness Awards and Thinkbox’s TV Planning Awards and have this year been named as Agency of the Year in The Media Leader UK awards, Campaign Global awards and Campaign UK awards.  

With over 500 employees working across some of the UK’s leading brands including the John Lewis Partnership, Virgin Media O2, British Airways, Specsavers, HM Government, LNER, Sony Pictures and Age UK; it is our people who ultimately make the award-winning difference. ​ 

So, true to our ethos, we work hard at creating a spirit and atmosphere that inspires our people to be considerate, honest, and professional whilst also being stimulating, imaginative and inspirational.  ​​ 

We want people who are great to work with, fun to be with and who genuinely care; about each other, our clients, our media partners and doing great work. ​ 

In return, we provide an amazingly collaborative culture, where open communication and an unwavering commitment to diversity of thinking, diversity of background and diversity of skillsets runs through everything we do. All backed up by the highest standards of training, development and support in the industry; so much so, that we have attained IPA (Institute of Practitioners in Advertising) CPD Gold Accreditation for the 13th year running and maintained our CPD Platinum Accreditation for the 7th consecutive year, showcasing our commitment to continuous professional development. We were also featured in the Sunday Times Best Places to Work in both 2023 and 2024. Our being named is completely based on the opinions and perspectives of our employees which makes the accolade all that more special.