Senior Account Manager (Media)

DEPT® is a Growth Invention company built to help the world’s most ambitious brands grow faster. Operating at the intersection of technology and marketing, our 4,000+ specialists deliver growth invention services across Brand & Media, Experience, Commerce, CRM, and Technology & Data. We’re 50|50 tech and marketing, partner-led, and first to move. Clients include Google, Lufthansa, Meta, eBay, and OpenAI. We have been certified B Corp and Climate Neutral since 2021.

This position sits in our Marketing & Technology service based in London. We combine data, technology, creative content, and paid media to crack brands’ business problems & drive revenue through a variety of digital marketing solutions like ad campaigns, augmented reality, and chatbots. Our clients include ASOS, Just Eat Takeaway, Twitch, TikTok, and The White Company.

Senior Account Managers lead on all the work we deliver for specific clients. We don’t believe in siloed teams – content, technology, media and data overlap in all roles and will work across all four disciplines. 

This role will support the management and planning of exciting accounts and oversee the day-to-day delivery of ongoing projects, coordinating a team of subject-matter-experts including paid search, paid social, SEO, affiliates, programmatic, creative, data and CRM. They will represent Dept® to our clients, adding value to relationships beyond organisational skills – we want a mixture of an account manager and a planner, not your typical suit.

You will have the chance to help define and shape the digital strategy for exciting brands. You will be leading a team that delivers compelling content, innovation and media planning across key European markets. 

• →Develop annual strategies, identifying priorities for the year
• →Oversee, project manage and work with teams to develop brilliant creative and media (creative, paid media channels)
• →Manage deliverables from across the business (content, technology, media, data)
• →Ensure delivery of work is to the highest possible standard
• →Ensure constant innovation across all deliverables
• →Contribute to our creative & media process by sharing your ideas and experiences
• →Manage budgets for campaigns and always-on activity
• →Manage client budgeting
• →Manage relationships with platforms and partners
• →Present work internally and externally
• →Complete work to deadline and often under pressure

• Have strong experience in at least one of the following areas: media, growth marketing, performance marketing, marketing strategy 
• Proficiency in data analysis platforms (such as Google Analytics)
• Have demonstrable experience of working on large client accounts
• Strong client relationship management skills
• Brilliant written and verbal English communication skills
• Advanced problem-solving skills
• Excellent organisational / time management skills and high attention to detail
• Excellent presentation skills
• Ability to react quickly within a fast-paced environment
• Ability to remain focused under pressure and work under tight deadlines

We are a Growth Invention company built to help the world’s most ambitious brands grow faster. Operating at the intersection of technology and marketing, we create what is next by pioneering ideas, acting fast, and moving further because standing still just is not in our DNA.

We are drawn to people who stay curious, move with intent, and never stop inventing. Our culture runs on three values: better together, relentlessly curious, and get sh*t done. It is how we work, how we grow, and how we make things that matter.

At DEPT®, you will find the freedom to explore, the space to collaborate, and the trust to make a real impact for our clients, for each other, and for the world we are helping to build.

At DEPT®, we take pride in creating an inclusive workplace where everyone has an equal opportunity to thrive. We actively seek to recruit, develop, nurture, and retain talented individuals from diverse backgrounds, with varying skills and perspectives.

Not sure you meet all qualifications? Apply, and let us decide! Research shows that women and members of underrepresented groups tend not to apply for jobs when they think they may not meet every requirement, when in fact they do. We believe in giving everyone a fair chance to shine.

We also encourage you to reach out to us and discuss any reasonable adjustments we can make to support you throughout the recruitment process and your time with us.

Want to know more about our dedication to diversity, equity, and inclusion? Check out our efforts here.