Jobs

Digital Planner

Reference:GM000195
Contact:Gareth Moss
Phone:02031595206
Email:gareth@theblueprint.co.uk

Senior Planner - Top Digital Agency

Reference:GM000193
Contact:Gareth Moss
Phone:02031595206
Email:gareth@theblueprint.co.uk

Planning Director

Reference:GM000194
Contact:Gareth Moss
Phone:02031595206
Email:gareth@theblueprint.co.uk

Brand Strategist - Leading Creative Agency

Reference:GM000250
Contact:Gareth Moss
Phone:02031595206
Email:gareth@theblueprint.co.uk

The Company:

This leading creative agency is fast growing and is now looking for a Strategist to join their team.

The Role:

The Strategist will work with a portfolio of clients and will develop innovative and thought provoking strategic responses.

The Responsibilities:

• Take ownership of the account and client relationships 
• Responsible for the entire process from the client brief, selecting the best creatives to selling the work back to the clients 
• Build long-term client relationships 
• Liaise with other departments to ensure the highest standard for all projects and identify opportunities to grow the account 

The Person:

• Experience working in a digital or integrated agency 
• Able to apply data learning, research learning and insight to strategy development 
• Successful track record of delivering strategy projects 
• Good creative sensibilities 
• Open, hard working, curious by nature, keen to collaborate and courageous 
• Educated to degree level

Senior Tactical Planner

Reference:GM000263
Contact:Gareth Moss
Phone:02031595206
Email:gareth@theblueprint.co.uk

The Company:

This highly creative agency, named “Digital Agency of the Decade” is looking for a Senior Tactical Planner to join the team and work across global FMCG and retail brands.

The Role:

This is a strategy based role, with a key focus on social media, PR, print, events and editorial planning. The core responsibility is to deliver strategic pieces and to manage a team of Junior Tactical Planners in delivery of implementation.

The role requires an ability to juggle multiple accounts, with many projects and profiles running simultaneously. It is vital to be able to think to the future, as well reacting to current opportunities. 

The Responsibilities:

• Delivering strategic ‘response to brief’ documents for clients
• Opportunity hunting for clients: keeping up to date with news and events, as well as pitching in ideas to clients.
• Working with creative and craft teams to create great work
• Management of 2-3 Junior and Mid-weight Tactical Planners
• Assisting Experience and Brand Tactics planning in activation of ideas
• Maintenance and editorial planning for key social platforms for clients
• Undertaking all forms of insight generation and research
• Managing Effectiveness evaluation process
• Writing Effectiveness Reports

The Person:

• 4-5 years planning experience
• Experience within a digital agency
• Excellent management skills
• Able to manage a team through delegation and provide strategic guidance for junior team members
• Confident, articulate and client facing

Lead Planner - Top 5 Ad Agency

Reference:GM000260
Contact:Gareth Moss
Phone:02031595206
Email:gareth@theblueprint.co.uk

The Company:

This top 5 advertising agency is a multiple winner of “Agency of the Year” and is now looking for a Lead Planner to join their team and help integrate digital.

The Role:

The Lead Planner holds a pivotal and very senior role in the Strategy Department. The role is channel neutral (primarily digital but also TV and print). You will lead the planning across a global telecommunications brand and will launch campaigns across international markets.

The Responsibilities:

• Lead and develop insights which are original, thought provoking and inspire ideas
• Manage performance evaluation programmes
• Develop strategic responses and value-add thought leadership to clients
• Take ownership of strategic outputs for clients
• Sell the value of Strategic Planning both internally and externally
• Build long-term client relationships, making sure clients are satisfied and you deliver innovation and quality
• Travel internationally to launch campaigns and apply western marketing principles
• Work with Client Services teams to accurately scope projects
• Liaise with other departments to ensure all requirement for each project are met
• Liaise with  Account Management to resource for each project and identify opportunities to grow the account
• Manage Strategic Planners on each project

The Person:

• 5 – 10 years in a strategic planning / management consulting / brand strategy / advertising agency
• 2+ years digital experience
• Successful track record of planning for blue chip clients
• Deep understanding of digital channels
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to influence and inspire people
• Strong ‘make it happen’ mentality
• Energetic, assertive and creative
• Ability to have a strong presence particularly when dealing with clients abroad

Associate Planning Director : Social & Tactics - Creative Digital Agency

Reference:GM000273
Contact:Gareth Moss
Phone:02031595206
Email:gareth@theblueprint.co.uk

The Company:

This highly creative digital agency, named “Digital Agency of the Decade” is looking for an Associate Planning Director to specialise across Social Media and Tactical Planning.

The Role:

The Associate Planning Director is a senior strategic role to lead the team’s agenda across Social. You will work with the support of Account Management, Tech, Creative, Research and Insight to build great work, content and editorial.

The Responsibilities:

• Be the strategic lead on key client business, driving the client's Social and Tactical Strategy and activity
• Manage a team of people to deliver on key client business, including helping them with their personal long term development
• Innovate creatively delivering firsts within the industry
• Stay abreast of the Social industry dedicating time to R&D
• Work with the Lead Tactical Planner to cross-sell the Tactical offering to clients
• Raise the reputation and profile of Social & Tactics within the industry through attending conferences and publishing articles
• Deliver new Social clients to the agency

The Person:

• Proven planning and agency experience
• Excellent management skills
• Able to manage a team and provide strategic guidance for junior team members
• Entrepreneurial, proactive and able to work in a fast paced environment
• Confident, articulate and client facing

Head of Innovation - Top Communications Agency

Reference:DA000271
Contact:David Austick
Phone:02031592491
Email:david@theblueprint.co.uk

The Company:

This full-service, award winning communications agency is at the leading edge of reputation management and communications. They take an innovative, integrated approach putting together bespoke teams of experts for their clients.

The Role:

The Head of Innovation will sit on the board and will play a key role in the development of the business and the agency’s offering to clients. You will have exceptional experience and a passion for new media.

The Responsibilities:

• Work across and develop the entire range of the agency’s business
• Challenge and ensure the agency offers the best and latest communications thinking
• Lead major accounts with a large digital element
• Provide ad hoc advice and support to a range of other clients
• Develop internal expertise and enterprise
• Demonstrate digital leadership

The Person:

• Extensive experience in corporate reputation management and communications through digital and social channels
• Keen interest in emerging technologies
• Strong track record of developing proactive B2B and B2C campaigns online
• Brand engagement and new business experience
• Comfortable across a number of sectors and industries
• Able to apply the latest thinking to a range of communications disciplines
• Commercially focused, creative thinker and excellent communication skills
• Exceptional leadership skills

Social Media Consultant - Award-winning Communications Agency

Reference:EP000280
Contact:Emma Plant
Phone:02031786954
Email:emma@theblueprint.co.uk

The Company:

This full-service, communications agency is leading the way in reputation management. They have won many awards including Sabre, CIPR and PR Week to name a few as well as continually been voted one of the top 50 places to work. The agency provides each client with a clear, bespoke insight based on deep experience and a broad, integrated knowledge from multiple disciplines.

The Role:

This is a great opportunity for a candidate with an exceptional passion and experience of digital media to help the agency push their social capability forward. The Social Media Consultant will work on a range of corporate reputation management programmes and will be at the heart of the agency’s digital offering as well as being involved with the digital arm of the agency.

As well as a passion for digital communications, you’ll have a wider interest in communications as a whole and are happy to work with clients and campaigns, which covera broad mix of disciplines including Public Relations, Public Affairs, stakeholder relations and employee engagement.

The Responsibilities:

• Support the social media arm of the agency and work with other consultants and the Head of Innovation to drive the digital offering forward
• Ensure the agency is recognised as a leader among its peers in digital
• The Social Media Consultant will work collaboratively as part of broader agency teams
• Offer sound advice to clients and understand the priorities and their business
• Develop and deliver reputation-defining online campaigns and help your clients manage challenging issues
• Deliver high quality work within tight deadlines
• Provide outstanding client service

The Person:

• Solid agency or in-house experience in corporate reputation management and communications including through digital and social channels
• Experience of delivering proactive B2B and B2C campaigns online
• A passion for all things social media and digital
• A good foundation of communications skills and knowledge
• Strong writing and creative thinking ability
• A good degree is desirable - raw intelligence is essential
• An interest in emerging technologies and the impact they are having on reputation management and communication
• Keen to be inspired and challenged, albeit within a supportive atmosphere
• Confident and approachable with the personal presence
• Unfailing commitment to delivering work of the highest standards
• Naturally collaborative - someone who enjoys working within multi-disciplinary teams but without losing the ability to be a self-started and work autonomously

Head of Social Media - Leading Interactive Agency

Reference:DA000285
Contact:David Austick
Phone:0203 159 4291
Email:david@theblueprint.co.uk

The Company:

Our client is a leading full service interactive agency who has a real passion for innovation and a proven track record delivering award winning work. They have produced some of the most memorable interactive campaign in recent years and are continuing to expand on a global scale with office in North and South America and Asia.

Head of Social Media:

You will be responsible for growing and developing the Social Platforms offering as well as working closely with clients and collaborate effectively across all disciplines within the agency to bring to market effective and award-winning work. You will bring social expertise to the new business process, the strategic planning process, and the creative implementation process.

You will seek to establish partnerships with key mobile & social partners like Apple, Google, Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, Foursquare, and other relevant companies to create innovation opportunities and to provide thought leadership across the business and the industry.

Key Responsibilities of the Head of Social Media:

• Support the creation, conception, and presentation of social work.
• Communicate and coordinate with client service, production, strategy/planning, and creative teams to ensure that the account’s social work supports the clients’ overall brand goals and objectives.
• Supporting the new business process.
• Mentor and educate staff members about the latest trends, strategies, and technologies in social.
• Speaking at conferences, write articles, and being an industry-wide face for the agencies Social Platforms Group, especially in the European market.

The Person:

• Must have deep understanding of the digital advertising landscape with a strong focus on social. 
• Be well versed in social strategies, technologies, campaigns, platforms, and measurement techniques.
• Demonstrate success with notable social projects that have successfully launched into the marketplace. Experience in platforms such as iOS, Android, Facebook, Facebook Open Graph, Twitter, YouTube, and Foursquare is desired.
• Proven success in new business development. 
• Excellent verbal, written, and presentation skills. 
• Serve as an industry thought leader for the agency.
• Must show exceptional leadership, collaboration, mentorship, and management capabilities.
• Qualified candidates will bring a wealth of experience from the Social Media Space, either from agency side, or the social industry.