Display Investment Senior Executive

**Company Description** Starcom is the Human Experience Company; we believe that our clients’ competitive advantage lies in understanding people better, and acting on that understanding faster than the competition. The future lies in bringing together media, creativity and data to create powerful experiences that will drive faster growth. We are the flagship Publicis Media agency to do this through our Power of One client teams that span clients such as Stellantis,P&G, Samsung, P&O and Visa. We work differently to most agencies and base many of our models on consultancy ways of working to build a more agile workforce in this hybrid world. We complement our account teams with Squads - small teams that work for a short period to solve a specificbrief. We hold cross discipline Sprints to crack client briefs at speed. These processes are designed to fuel high performance and fast results through collaboration. Even in this most challenging period, Starcom has had an exceptional 12 months. We have welcomed brilliant clients such as Stellantis, Ferrero, Axa, KP Snacks and E.ON into the fold. Our client satisfaction scores are among the highest in the market, significantlyabove agency norms. We place a huge focus on our team and have driven flagship D&I and L&D programmes within Publicis Media; our goal is to help every individual reach their fullest potential and we encourage everyone to make "Brave Plays" in how they approachtheir work and their own career development. As a result, we have an exceptionally energised and committed talent base, all of us proud of our welcoming and supportive culture, as evidenced by our recognition as one of Campaign’s Best Places to Work in 2021. Starcom operates in over 100 markets across the world. We have very close ties to our global HQ in Chicago who encourage learning and sharing best practice with our colleagues around the world. We are part of Publicis Groupe. The Senior Account Executive reports into the Display Investment Manager and is responsible for Samsung’s day-to-day Display media activity (as well as print where relevant), assisting with planning and overseeing a campaign from brief to activation andreview. This vacancy is an opportunity to join the Display Investment team, which is responsible for planning and buying both Programmatic Display and Print Media. The team is comprised of 30+ individuals with diverse skills and expertise across the media and technologylandscape. Display Investment works in close collaboration with Communications Planners, and other Activation Teams to help design integrated solutions to our clients’ communications challenges. Members of the team are aligned to key client brands and expectedto build strong direct relationships through impeccable servicing, high quality product, and transformational proactive ideas. - Coordinate delivery of creative assets, insertion orders, campaign artifacts, and all relevant campaign documentation in preparation for campaign launch - Traffic campaigns into technology platforms - Responsible for planning, executing and managing multiple campaigns across Print and Digital - Ensure finance protocols are adhered to, including client reconciliations and finance queries - Manage internal relationships with other Planning, Activation and internal specialists, as well as external relationships with clients, supplier partners and 3rd parties - Assist in the development of client-facing campaign performance reports, providing insightful commentary, independently, using campaign learnings to inform strategic recommendations **Qualifications** - Relevant experience in planning Print and Digital (ideally programmatic) Campaigns. - Demonstrable interest in advertising and technology. - Proficiency in Microsoft Office solutions, particularly Excel - Understanding of the digital advertising infrastructure incl. ad serving, DSPs, SSPs, etc. Programmatic trading experience is not a requirement. **Additional Information