Digital Media Executive
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Digital Media Executive
Team: Digital Media
Reports to: Digital Manager / Senior Digital Manager
Location: Head office, London’s West End (hybrid, 3 days a week in the office)
About AKA
AKA is one of the world’s most successful entertainment marketing agencies. We offer full-service advertising and marketing for theatre, live entertainment, film, music, museums, galleries, events and attractions, working with some of the country’s leading organisations.
Our Digital Media team plans and delivers paid campaigns that help audiences discover, book and attend. We’re looking for a Digital Media Executive to join us.
About the role
Reporting to the Digital Manager / Senior Digital Manager, you will plan, activate, optimise and report on digital media campaigns across a portfolio of client accounts. You’ll work across paid social, paid search, programmatic, display, video, digital out-of-home and emerging channels, building strong technical platform knowledge alongside a commercial understanding of what our clients are trying to achieve.
This is a hands-on, delivery-focused role. Day to day, you’ll be building and launching campaigns, checking them carefully, keeping an eye on performance and budgets, and reporting back on results. It’s the ideal place to learn the fundamentals of digital media and build the confidence to take ownership of campaigns.
What you’ll do
Campaign delivery
Build, launch and optimise campaigns across digital platforms, following AKA best practice and platform guidance
Monitor performance and pacing day to day, implementing agreed optimisations and flagging any delivery or budget concerns early
Produce clear, accurate campaign reports and contribute insights to monthly client reviews
Support Managers and Senior Executives with campaign implementation on larger, more complex accounts
Quality and accuracy
Self-QA all campaign builds against client-specific QA documentation and complete pre-live checks before requesting approval
Keep campaign records in Asana up to date, including proofs, QA documentation and supporting materials
Maintain accurate media plans and schedules, and act on QA feedback promptly before campaigns go live
Commercial and operational
Ensure bookings, billing and delivery schedules are completed accurately and on time
Manage your own workload across multiple accounts, prioritising effectively to meet deadlines
Clients and team
Support day-to-day communication with clients, media owners and internal teams, keeping everyone informed of campaign progress
Help prepare client reports, presentations and campaign updates
Work collaboratively with the wider Digital Media team, sharing learnings, platform updates and best practice
Act as a positive, professional ambassador for the Digital Media team and the agency, both internally and externally
Learning and development
Keep up to date with platform changes, industry developments and emerging technologies, including new tools, automation and AI
Take ownership of your development through training, platform certifications and regular feedback
What you’ll bring
Essential
A proactive attitude and a curious nature
Strong attention to detail and pride in producing accurate, high-quality work
Experience handling client requests directly, often with quick turnarounds
Excellent written and verbal communication, including explaining performance insights to clients and colleagues
Experience working in a fast-paced environment
A basic understanding of digital media’s role within the marketing mix
Commercial awareness and confident numeracy
Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office, particularly Excel, PowerPoint, Word and Outlook
Nice to have
Agency or in-house experience in marketing, events or PR
Hands-on experience building and managing campaigns on paid social, paid search or programmatic platforms, across multiple clients at once
Experience with reporting tools such as Google Analytics and Improvado
An interest in other digital channels and a willingness to explore new capabilities
An interest in the arts, culture and heritage sector
Don’t tick every box? If you’re excited by the role and meet most of the essentials, we’d still love to hear from you.
Where this role can take you
The Digital Media Executive role is the foundation of our Digital Media team. With clear progression to Senior Digital Executive, where you’ll own campaign delivery independently and support junior colleagues, it’s designed to set you up for a long-term career in digital media.
What we offer
Hybrid working, with flexibility around your 3 office days
25 days’ annual leave plus bank holidays, rising to 31 days
Free theatre tickets
Lifeworks employee assistance programme
Season ticket travel loan
Enhanced parental leave
Death in service life insurance
Ride to work scheme
