185 Media Director jobs in the United Kingdom

THIS JOB WILL BE FULL TIME Supporting ET HOURS AND FULLY REMOTE.

Hey you - yeah, you! Are you ready to produce TRANSFORMATIVE work that ignites growth? Do you enjoy working with super smart people who also don’t take themselves too seriously and are out to play just as hard as they work?

Here at Cardinal we are looking for an overachiever that believes in the same qualities we do:

• Think critically
• Embrace the Adventure
• Never Settle
• Own Your Actions
• Flock First
• Respect Dealt Straightforward

Our agency has been named to the Inc. 5000 fastest growing companies in America three years running and while we are proud of our growth, we are most proud of our 97% client retention rate. Our team innovates nonstop, and our clients feel the benefits and stick with us for the long haul. We work remotely so we need self-starters who are good with a lot of autonomy.

We don’t just want to change an industry; we want to change the world.

Cardinal Digital Marketing is looking for an Associate Media Director who will be responsible for driving performance, strategy, and account growth for major multi-channel paid media clients. The Associate Media Director will report directly to the Group Media Director and will assist with strategic development, planning, and team management.

The Associate Media Director should have strong client facing skills and be able to lead as the subject matter expert in internal meetings, client meetings, and pitch meetings with new client prospects. This is a client-facing role. The ideal candidate will have experience developing and deploying paid media strategies across multiple channels, guiding an internal team towards successfully driving business growth for clients, and confidently recommending strategies to clients and defending the work.

Job Summary

• Successful end to end management & strategic oversight of designated paid media accounts.
• Meet pacing & KPI requirements for held accounts, ultimately working to move the goal posts & set improved performance expectations.
• Own all paid media strategy, project ideation, road-mapping & testing, leading the team with confidence & direction.
• Manage a team of Paid Media professionals (Supervisors, Sr Media Managers, Media Managers), delegating tasks & working to develop their strategic & technical skillsets.
• Work with Account Managers & the Group Media Director to identify client goals, priorities & efficiency requirements, ultimately improving Paid Media’s contribution to business success.
• Actively works to increase billing & channel support for existing media accounts & propose opportunities to expand media coverage for new accounts.
• Continually work to learn new strategies, test new platforms & expand Cardinal’s paid media offerings.
• Function as the primary point of contact both internally & externally for all ‘owned’ accounts responsible for pacing & performance of accounts.
• Responsible for generating reporting, writing insights & communicating with the client for designated accounts.
• Responsible for the ongoing maintenance of held accounts including but not limited to optimizations, structural updates, bidding methodologies, conversion types and copy revisions.
• Full ownership of Paid Media strategy for assigned accounts, working with the Group Media Director as needed.
• Responsible for strategic ideation on all accounts, designing & adjusting campaign strategies to meet each client’s business goals (and internal objectives).
• Responsible for designing & deploying tests in accounts on a monthly & quarterly cadence (structural, targeting, creative & messaging, conversion, etc).
• Responsible for continual testing, verification & improvement of full-funnel structures.

Requirements:

• 7-10+ years of Paid Media experience
• Experience managing multiple paid media accounts with budgets ranging between $500K-$MM per month.
• Experience driving paid media strategy, project road maps, media plans, competitive research, testing and measurement frameworks for clients across multiple media channels.
• Experience in campaign management & strategy across multiple platforms, including Google Ads, Bing Ads, Meta, Google Display, Programmatic Display and Social (LinkedIn, TikTok, etc. are a plus).
• Experience with full funnel strategy, video, lead generation.
• Experience with Google Analytics, GTM, conversion and optimization strategy (GA4 knowledge a plus).
• Ability to write ad copy, guide creative strategy, identify asset requirements and establish a creative testing cadence.
• Client relationship management experience. Reporting insights, identifying & optimizing towards client business goals.
• Team management experience.
• 5% travel to clients and agency business

What’s in it for you?

We expect great things from our team members. So it’s only fair that you have high expectations for us too. From flexible schedules to competitive pay, we’re always adding benefits to make working with us more, well, beneficial.

Highlights:

• 100% remote work with co-workspace in Buenos Aires: For Buenos Aires locals, if you’re feeling like you want to escape from the house for a bit, mingle with the flock and have the in-person experience, then come join us at the BA Nest! For those who would keep on the sweatpants and avoid a commute, that’s no problem too. We want you to be where you feel energized and where you can do your best work!
• Flex Time: Need to run out for a few hours for an appointment or personal issue? Go for it and make up the time on your schedule. Or if you need a whole day, go ahead and take it off. As long as you are pulling your weight and meeting Cardinal qualities, we’re all about flexibility.
• Unlimited PTO: Need I say more? Plus, summer Fridays where you can log off 2 hours early to get the weekend started
• $ and Benefi s: We understand that talented people are in high demand these days, and we’ll compensate you accordingly. In addition to generous pay, we also offer a health insurance contribution.
• Healthcare Stipend: $5 .00 monthly stipend for healthcare/insurance cost
• Public holidays: We recognize select public holidays in your country, so you don’t miss out on spending quality time with friends and family

If all of this sounds interesting to you then please feel free to reach the flock out to us!

We are seeking a talented and driven Media Planning Director to join our dynamic OpenDoor Strategy Planning team. In this role, you will play a pivotal role in crafting communications plans that inspire and deliver results for our clients in the ever-evolving entertainment landscape. You will be the voice of the consumer, translating insights into actionable strategies that drive business growth. You will be responsible for developing comprehensive customer journeys, uncovering compelling brand narratives, and building the blueprint for effective media plan development.

Skills and Experience:

• Experienced media professional or connections planning and an advanced understanding of media channels, channel ecosystems and planning best practices.
• Have an advanced understanding of the Purchase Journey thinking and planning philosophy across all client work. Including being an expert in a broad set of internal tools, as well as external tools to build a deep understanding of the consumer, the client’s business and its specific opportunities.
• Have an expert overview of the media market landscape (across EU), trends and start to build media owner relationships.
• A deep understanding of consumer behavior within media, particularly channels relevant to entertainment marketing.
• A knack for simplifying the complex, translating data and insights into clear, compelling written narratives.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills - you can clearly articulate your ideas and influence decisions.
• A passion for innovation and challenging the status quo with a positive, constructive approach.
• Depth of knowledge of both digital and traditional media channels and how to effectively deploy them across a campaign.

We are seeking a talented and driven Media Planning Director to join our dynamic OpenDoor Strategy Planning team. In this role, you will play a pivotal role in crafting communications plans that inspire and deliver results for our clients in the ever-evolving entertainment landscape. You will be the voice of the consumer, translating insights into actionable strategies that drive business growth. You will be responsible for developing comprehensive customer journeys, uncovering compelling brand narratives, and building the blueprint for effective media plan development.

Skills and Experience:

• Experienced media professional or connections planning and an advanced understanding of media channels, channel ecosystems and planning best practices.
• Have an advanced understanding of the Purchase Journey thinking and planning philosophy across all client work. Including being an expert in a broad set of internal tools, as well as external tools to build a deep understanding of the consumer, the client’s business and its specific opportunities.
• Have an expert overview of the media market landscape (across EU), trends and start to build media owner relationships.
• A deep understanding of consumer behavior within media, particularly channels relevant to entertainment marketing.
• A knack for simplifying the complex, translating data and insights into clear, compelling written narratives.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills - you can clearly articulate your ideas and influence decisions.
• A passion for innovation and challenging the status quo with a positive, constructive approach.
• Depth of knowledge of both digital and traditional media channels and how to effectively deploy them across a campaign.

About the Role:

The role sits within the global client services team and involves working closely with our 60+ markets globally to ensure delivery of all scope governance and commercial compliance workstreams. You will work and report into Omnicom and OMD leadership to deliver appropriate and effective results to ensure the client business needs are met.

The role involves ensuring that all media activity and reporting is delivered by following best practice guidelines across the account. We require an experienced candidate with an understanding of the media environment to not only devise and support these processes, but also to ensure that these are being observed throughout the network account teams.

This role would be ideally best suited to someone who is passionate about process and automation. They should have hands on media commercial operations experience – preferably in a regional/global role. Alternatively, experience within commercial reporting or finance governance can be considered for the right candidate. A particular focus for this role will be to independently work across multiple Omnicom local markets to correct any commercial compliance issues as well as media finance tracking to quickly identify errors. Thus, previous experience in working across a matrixed network team is ideal.

The ideal candidate would have compliance and governance experience, and will be proactive, a problem-solver, who will use a variety of tools, practices, and processes to deliver best practice for the team and client.

Ideally, your career experience has been gained in a media /marketing agency and you are comfortable dealing with multiple senior stakeholders, juggling priorities, and working flexible hours to meet other time zones.

This is an exciting role with excellent career opportunities and benefits within a high-profile team. To that end, we are looking for someone who can hit the ground running, define their work efficiently, and drive the governance and compliance area across the account and team overall.

About the Agency:

At OMD EMEA, we strive to deliver on our promise of ‘better decisions, faster ‘ for our clients, partners and all 6,000+ OMDers across our region every day. As part of the world’s largest media network, our business is staging experiences for consumers who have more choice and less attention than ever before. The key to the process is empathy. Empathy to see the world through the eyes of the consumer, to recognise the needs of our clients and to identify aspirations of our talent.

Learn Fast, Act Fast. To help navigate the road to a ‘new normal’, learning from, and acting upon data signals at scale and speed is crucial. Visit Why OMD? to learn more about our unique Act Fast Framework.

Our working pattern for colleagues is to be present in the office three days a week at our offices in London with the other days available to work remotely. Let us know if you have any questions about our working pattern as part of your application and interview process.

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.

We encourage open conversations between our people and managers to help navigate high-need periods and individual circumstances. Our goal is to create an environment where people feel genuinely supported to do their best - both in their careers and in their lives outside of work.

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 to let us know how we can support you.

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at OMG

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.

We will process your personal data in accordance with our Recruitment Privacy Notice which is available on

About the Role:

The role sits within the global client services team and involves working closely with our 60+ markets globally to ensure delivery of all scope governance and commercial compliance workstreams. You will work and report into Omnicom and OMD leadership to deliver appropriate and effective results to ensure the client business needs are met.

The role involves ensuring that all media activity and reporting is delivered by following best practice guidelines across the account. We require an experienced candidate with an understanding of the media environment to not only devise and support these processes, but also to ensure that these are being observed throughout the network account teams.

This role would be ideally best suited to someone who is passionate about process and automation. They should have hands on media commercial operations experience – preferably in a regional/global role. Alternatively, experience within commercial reporting or finance governance can be considered for the right candidate. A particular focus for this role will be to independently work across multiple Omnicom local markets to correct any commercial compliance issues as well as media finance tracking to quickly identify errors. Thus, previous experience in working across a matrixed network team is ideal.

The ideal candidate would have compliance and governance experience, and will be proactive, a problem-solver, who will use a variety of tools, practices, and processes to deliver best practice for the team and client.

Ideally, your career experience has been gained in a media /marketing agency and you are comfortable dealing with multiple senior stakeholders, juggling priorities, and working flexible hours to meet other time zones.

This is an exciting role with excellent career opportunities and benefits within a high-profile team. To that end, we are looking for someone who can hit the ground running, define their work efficiently, and drive the governance and compliance area across the account and team overall.

About the Agency:

At OMD EMEA, we strive to deliver on our promise of ‘better decisions, faster ‘ for our clients, partners and all 6,000+ OMDers across our region every day. As part of the world’s largest media network, our business is staging experiences for consumers who have more choice and less attention than ever before. The key to the process is empathy. Empathy to see the world through the eyes of the consumer, to recognise the needs of our clients and to identify aspirations of our talent.

Learn Fast, Act Fast. To help navigate the road to a ‘new normal’, learning from, and acting upon data signals at scale and speed is crucial. Visit Why OMD? to learn more about our unique Act Fast Framework.

Our working pattern for colleagues is to be present in the office three days a week at our offices in London with the other days available to work remotely. Let us know if you have any questions about our working pattern as part of your application and interview process.

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.

We encourage open conversations between our people and managers to help navigate high-need periods and individual circumstances. Our goal is to create an environment where people feel genuinely supported to do their best - both in their careers and in their lives outside of work.

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 to let us know how we can support you.

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at OMG

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.

We will process your personal data in accordance with our Recruitment Privacy Notice which is available on