Media Business Manager
Company Overview:
Pashn is the first investment from the What’s Possible Group’s investment arm, Make Possible. We are independent with a start-up mentality, yet benefit from backing provided by an established organisation. We have a strong client base already and are looking to build out the perfect team.
We have an opportunity to be part of a the rapid growth phase of a new agency with all the thrills of a start up, but without any of the worries that come with one. We have a competitive package, combined with the ability for you to build your own structure and process.
A Specialist Media Agency in Fashion, Entertainment and Leisure, we identified a market opportunity to deliver specialised expertise in these sectors, whose consumption has changed dramatically in the last two years. The team will start small and very hands on, and it’s an exciting, entrepreneurial environment for those who thrive in that space.
We are founded and teamed by Pashnistas who live and breathe the sectors we operate in We feed off the passion of our team and work with their ideas and insights as well as those from wider research.
We plan, negotiate, and deliver bespoke multimedia campaigns for our clients across a range of suppliers and markets, offering a unique combination of high service levels, great value and market leading analysis.
We’re people-people: We’re only as good as our people, so we’re dedicated to finding the best. Our culture is flexible, open and collaborative. And we will encourage our team to operate in the same manner.
The Role:
We are looking for a Business Manager to come and work within our team to assist the group in planning, buying and running advertising campaigns on behalf of our clients across multiple markets.
The Role of the business manager is to be the interface of the agency with clients, leading all client calls and drawing on specialist support when needed. The Business manager has strong relationships and rapport with all PASHN client and is a trusted extension to their marketing teams.The Business manager is a self-starter, pro-active trouble-shooter, quickly and effectively ensuring that all work is delivered on time. This is a particularly proactive role, which will need experience in multimedia (top line) planning to engage with clients.
Reports to: Managing Director, but works alongside media team
Location: Based in Bristol for team HQ (where we congregate for at least two days a week – Monday and Tuesday are best) and remote for the rest – we are acknowledging the change in circumstances we have all become used to.
Start ups’ growth rates have a direct link to the team learning and pulling together and this means that we need to be spending time together. Our office time together will be about building the culture of the business as well as creating strong working practices, and learning new skills to keep us contemporary.
Requirements
Main Accountabilities:
Client Calls:
The business manager leads all client calls and meetings, setting and sending the agenda before hand and circulating appropriate materials for the meeting and following up with notes and actions for the wider PASHN team. All notes are to be circulated in appropriate Teams channel before the end of the day the meeting occurred in.
Newsletter and Marketing (working with the Marketing Director):
The Business manager is responsible for writing decks (campaign and post campaign, media schedules - with the input of the team) and maintaining the newsletters which go out on the last working day of every month, along with drawing media memos out from Pashn team members.Where interesting events happen or reports are unearthed the BM is responsible for turning them into workshops/memos to send out to clients always in a PASHN format
Clients…
A difficult one to measure, but the job of the business manager is to make sure that all clients love working with them… This will require being relatively expert in each of the industries they operate in and always making sure that the role is delivering value to them..Maintain client lists, and making sure contact is regular… Every Monday meeting should have a client by client update from the Business manager to the team. The key behaviour in running the clients is to be pro-active.
Project Management/Co-ordination:
Co-ordinating with client and suppliers to ensure campaigns are fully supported. This includes setting up Adalyser Tags, copy delivery, clearance, bookings and system maintenance. Not saying the role has to do all the work, just co-ordinate it and make sure delivery is on time.We have difficult clients who try to find holes – this role make sure there are none.
The Essential Small Print- Being proficient with key campaign management and reporting tools (we’ll help you get there)
- Identifying problems/threats and escalating to management if necessary
- Good relationships being formed with Media Owners/Suppliers
- The ability to build a media schedule to client specifications/needs (we’ll help you get there)
- Working more independently and ‘owning’ the clients you work on in terms of the day to day management
- Working knowledge of Microsoft Office Package with emphasis on PowerPoint and Excel
- Highly numerate with the ability to work diligently with numbers and data
- Strong communication and presentation skills
- Comfortable with multi-tasking
- Understanding of the role media planning agencies provide for their clients (we’ll help you understand the nuances) What makes you a Pashnista?
- Passion. The fuel that gets you out of bed. The urgency to deliver. You just show it and we will know it.
- Authenticity. It is all about doing the right thing for the client in a manner we believe in
- Strategic. Understanding the wider business effects of solutions delivered
- Honesty. The truth is always something we insist upon
- Nimble. Sometimes everything changes and you need to be able to react strongly.
- Passion. The fuel that gets you out of bed. The urgency to deliver. You just show it and we will know it.
- Authenticity. It is all about doing the right thing for the client in a manner we believe in
- Strategic. Understanding the wider business effects of solutions delivered
- Honesty. The truth is always something we insist upon • Nimble. Sometimes everything changes and you need to be able to react strongly.
Benefits
The role is immediately available.
We will craft the role and the package with you.
We have some PASHN specific benefits including a 9 day fortnight (after probation), quarterly bonus scheme and a generous salary in the region of £43k.
At Pashn our culture, our creativity and our passion is powered by people. People just like you. Diversity and difference drive innovation, not only for us but also for our clients and is at the heart of everything that we do.
Pashn is proud to be an equal opportunities employer. We welcome applications from all, regardless of race, gender, disability, religion, sexual orientation or age as we seek to recruit the very best at Pashn from a diverse talent pool. If you require flexible working options please still get in touch and we’ll be as accommodating as we can.
Sound good to you? Get in touch.
Further information:
Website : https://pashn.media
LinkedIn : https://www.linkedin.com/company/79434468
Podcast : https://shows.acast.com/lets-do-the-right-thing