WHO ARE WE :

We’re Mediahub, the industry’s best-kept secret. This year we got our first Campaign School Report, coming in at number one for building the most ethnically diverse team in the industry.  COMvergence rank us as the UK's fastest-growing media agency for the second year running.

We bring a challenger mindset to everything we do.  Brands choose to work with us to disrupt category norms.

We offer the best of both worlds.  A start-up culture backed by Mediabrands.

Just some of the brands we work with – New Balance, Pinterest, Celebrity Cruises.

ROLE OVERVIEW

A Business Director at Mediahub is responsible for; leading the team, driving the day-to-day operations alongside owning and evolving how we work across all our disciplines to deliver on the client SOW. Critical in this role is overseeing client relationships, providing a challenger client experience, identifying new business opportunities, and managing a high-performing team to deliver media strategies and campaigns that push beyond the limits, embracing our challenger mindset all while driving revenue growth.  

Client overview:

New Balance is a brand with real momentum, operating at the intersection of sport, fashion and culture in a way few others can. Its growth has been driven not just by performance credibility, but by a sharp instinct for how product, storytelling and partnerships show up in people’s lives—from elite sport to street style to wider cultural conversation. As Media AOR, we lead integrated strategy, brand planning and activation across Europe, orchestrating a complex regional ecosystem to ensure the brand lands with both consistency and local relevance. A Business Director leading operations on this account would need to combine rigour and pace: connecting teams, markets and disciplines to help New Balance continue to scale with impact.

Responsibilities

Media Planning, Strategy & Execution

• Maintain strong expertise in the IGNITE process and lead clear, structured client briefing.

• Provide strategic, objective counsel to clients and internal teams.

• Define the overarching challenger goal for each client while delivering against business objectives.

• Present performance updates with clear insights, recommendations, and forward-looking actions.

• Anticipate client needs and proactively address challenges or opportunities.

Media Transformation

• Embed Mediahub and Omnicom Data, Tools & Technology (DTT) to drive measurable outcomes.

• Coordinate with Omnicom capabilities to optimise platform and technology use across teams.

• Develop team capability in DTT through roadmap-driven upskilling.

• Oversee delivery of data infrastructure, reporting, and advanced analytics for clients.

Client Service

• Lead senior client relationships, ensuring a standout experience that is simple, fast, effective, and enjoyable.

• Collaborate with R+D, Data & Analytics, and P3 teams to deliver integrated solutions.

• Identify risks early and implement mitigation plans.

• Champion Challenger Mindset ideas and initiatives.

• Manage all deliverables and standards set by the CCO, including KAPs and QBRs.

• Deepen client engagement through structured relationship plans and strong onboarding.

• Maintain a clear understanding of each client’s business, objectives, and evolving needs.

• Generate ideas that enhance the overall client experience.

Commercial

• Oversee client contracts, scopes, and commitments, ensuring alignment with internal teams.

• Allocate team resources in line with commercial agreements.

• Identify and pursue revenue growth opportunities, including organic and new business.

• Ensure accurate financial management, avoiding under/overspend and maintaining P&L accountability.

• Run your client portfolio as a standalone business with strong forecasting and financial planning.

Desired Skills & Experience

• Proven experience as a Business Director (or equivalent) within a media agency.

• Demonstrates a strong Challenger Mindset in both leadership and delivery.

• Exceptional client service skills with a history of building long‑term relationships.

• Proven ability to drive revenue growth and meet financial targets.

• Strong leadership capabilities with a track record of developing high‑performing teams.

• Agile, proactive, and quick to capitalise on new opportunities.

• Experience working with clients across regional and local markets.

• Skilled in data analytics and applying data‑driven insights to guide strategy and decision‑making.

Employee Transparency 

At IPG Mediabrands, we celebrate differences and believe this makes us stronger. IPG Mediabrands are an equal-opportunity employer committed to championing an inclusive culture that provides a sense of belonging for all our employees. We do not discriminate against any applicant based on age, disability, race, colour, ethnicity, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, belief, marital status or any other characteristic protected by law. 

Please reach out to Ninette at ninette.desousa@mbww.com, if you would like to have a confidential conversation regarding any adjustments that would ensure our recruitment process is accessible for you. Please note requesting a reasonable adjustment will not affect your application.

The Perks 

We aim to provide all our people with a supportive and fun work environment where you can develop your full potential and benefit from the broad range of opportunities within the agency. When you join us, we want to make sure you feel valued – and that you are rewarded for your fantastic work. So, we also offer a range of benefits: 

• Flexi–leave, with 25 days annual leave to be taken as minimum. In addition to your holiday entitlement, the office usually closes between Christmas & New Year 
• Free breakfast and free lunch 
• Early finish Fridays 
• Core Hours (Mon-Thurs, flexible start/finish times)  
• Retail discounts 
• Electric vehicle salary sacrifices car scheme 
• Wellbeing programme, including Headspace & flu jabs 
• Interest free season ticket loan 
• Paid time off for Volunteering 
• Group Income Protection 
• Life Assurance 
• Private Medical Insurance or Health Cash Plan (dependent on level) 
• Group Personal Pension Plan with matched contributions from 3-6% 
• Generous Parental Leave & Pay  
• Independent mortgage advice 
• Financial education 
• Employee Assistance Programme 
• Free eye tests 
• Flexible benefits including Dental, Travel insurance, Cycle to Work, Gym Discounts and many more! 

Applications Closing - 17.04.2016 23:59pm BST

Who Are We:

Mediahub is a full-service media agency with a unique structure and client offer. We grew out of creative agency MullenLowe in the hot crucible of the digital and data revolution that has transformed media over the last ten years.

We believe media’s strongest growth lever is innovation. AI and algorithms are useful for efficiency but lead brands to say similar things in similar places to similar audiences. Effectiveness comes from innovation, and innovation comes from creativity. At Mediahub, our positioning, More Pilot, Less Auto, offers clients an antidote to the ‘mindless media’ that results from automation, bringing active stewardship to deliver media effectiveness.

We offer the best of both worlds: an entrepreneurial culture backed by the global scale of Mediabrands. You’ll join an agency that’s full of energy, experimentation and ambition. We’re a home for pilots, not passengers.

We live by our values:

• Anticipate Tomorrow. We don’t wait for the future, we build it. We listen hard, act early, spot shifts in the media landscape before they land, and shape what comes next
• Perform with Pride. Excellence isn’t an outcome, it’s a mindset. We care deeply about our responsibility to deep craft, to each other, and the world around us
• Turn No into Next. Rejection doesn’t stop us, it sharpens us. We turn rejection into redirection
• Question What Others Won’t. We challenge the comfortable, embrace experiments, and ask questions without fear of failure
• Fight Inertia. Momentum comes from openness. We resist complacency by listening fully, sharing boldly, and acting with intent
• Be Brave. The riskiest thing is playing it safe. Bravery gets us to ideas others will never reach.

Role Overview and Responsibilities:

We are looking for a Media Executive to join our smart, fun and award-winning New Balance team. This is an entry-level opportunity designed for someone looking to build a strong foundation in media planning, campaign execution, and data management. We manage New Balance’s brand media across Europe from our London hub so you will also have exposure to planning in different markets.   

Media Planning: You will support the planning and execution of multi-channel media campaigns across partnerships, digital, social, TV, outdoor, and audio. Working within POD 1 on New Balance which consists of UK, Spain, Portugal, Sweden and Denmark, you will help deliver brand awareness campaigns across all categories (Running, Lifestyle, Football). Your main focus will be to support the team across our Tier 2 markets Spain, Portugal, Sweden and Denmark. You will develop an understanding of audience insights, channel roles, media strategy, and campaign delivery processes in these markets. The role offers hands-on experience in building media plans and contributing to campaigns that drive engagement and elevate the New Balance brand.

Your roles and responsibilities will be centred around the below core competencies. These include but are not limited to:

• Client Service
• Contribute to weekly client calls, supporting agenda preparation and follow-ups
• Work towards presenting to clients with support from the team

• Media Strategy & Execution

• Work with the team on responses to brief including audience insights, planning scenarios and creating media plans
• Developing a good understanding of all relevant media channels and key partners
• Help to populate reports and contribute to post-campaign analysis

• Commercial
• Help to negotiate media costs with media owners
• Book campaigns accurately and by set deadlines to help ensure a smooth finance process

• Career Development & Team Management
• We’ll give you training in all the key tools and areas that you’ll need to become a strong media planner buyer including audience insights and scenario planning tools and channel training. Longer-term, work towards Media Planner Buyer role.

Desired Skills & Experience:

• Comfortable with Excel and PowerPoint
• Great communication skills
• Great attention-to-detail
• Enjoys working as part of a fast-paced team
• Loves a challenge and is keen to get stuck in data and tables
• Excited to learn more about New Balance and the world of media
• Interested in sport, fashion and/or cultural trends

Employee Transparency 

At IPG Mediabrands, we celebrate differences and believe this makes us stronger. IPG Mediabrands are an equal-opportunity employer committed to championing an inclusive culture that provides a sense of belonging for all our employees. We do not discriminate against any applicant based on age, disability, race, colour, ethnicity, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, belief, marital status or any other characteristic protected by law. 

The Perks 

We aim to provide all our people with a supportive and fun work environment where you can develop your full potential and benefit from the broad range of opportunities within the agency. When you join us, we want to make sure you feel valued – and that you are rewarded for your fantastic work. So, we also offer a range of benefits: 

• Flexi–leave, with 25 days annual leave to be taken as minimum. In addition to your holiday entitlement, the office usually closes between Christmas & New Year 
• Free breakfast and free lunch 
• Early finish Fridays 
• Core Hours (Mon-Thurs, flexible start/finish times)  
• Retail discounts 
• Electric vehicle salary sacrifices car scheme 
• Wellbeing programme, including Headspace & flu jabs 
• Interest free season ticket loan 
• Paid time off for Volunteering 
• Group Income Protection 
• Life Assurance 
• Private Medical Insurance or Health Cash Plan (dependent on level) 
• Group Personal Pension Plan with matched contributions from 3-6% 
• Generous Parental Leave & Pay  
• Independent mortgage advice 
• Financial education 
• Employee Assistance Programme 
• Free eye tests 
• Flexible benefits including Dental, Travel insurance, Cycle to Work, Gym Discounts and many more! 

Applications Closing - 17.04.2016 23:59pm BST

Who Are We:

Mediahub is a full-service media agency with a unique structure and client offer. We grew out of creative agency MullenLowe in the hot crucible of the digital and data revolution that has transformed media over the last ten years.

We believe media’s strongest growth lever is innovation. AI and algorithms are useful for efficiency but lead brands to say similar things in similar places to similar audiences. Effectiveness comes from innovation, and innovation comes from creativity. At Mediahub, our positioning, More Pilot, Less Auto, offers clients an antidote to the ‘mindless media’ that results from automation, bringing active stewardship to deliver media effectiveness.

We offer the best of both worlds: an entrepreneurial culture backed by the global scale of Mediabrands. You’ll join an agency that’s full of energy, experimentation and ambition. We’re a home for pilots, not passengers.

We live by our values:

• Anticipate Tomorrow. We don’t wait for the future, we build it. We listen hard, act early, spot shifts in the media landscape before they land, and shape what comes next
• Perform with Pride. Excellence isn’t an outcome, it’s a mindset. We care deeply about our responsibility to deep craft, to each other, and the world around us
• Turn No into Next. Rejection doesn’t stop us, it sharpens us. We turn rejection into redirection
• Question What Others Won’t. We challenge the comfortable, embrace experiments, and ask questions without fear of failure
• Fight Inertia. Momentum comes from openness. We resist complacency by listening fully, sharing boldly, and acting with intent
• Be Brave. The riskiest thing is playing it safe. Bravery gets us to ideas others will never reach.

Role Overview and Responsibilities:

We are looking for a Media Executive to join our smart, fun and award-winning New Balance team. This is an entry-level opportunity designed for someone looking to build a strong foundation in media planning, campaign execution, and data management. We manage New Balance’s brand media across Europe from our London hub so you will also have exposure to planning in different markets.   

Media Planning: You will support the planning and execution of multi-channel media campaigns across partnerships, digital, social, TV, outdoor, and audio. Working alongside the central team, you will help deliver brand awareness campaigns within the Football category, while also gaining exposure to broader brand activity across EMEA markets. You will develop an understanding of audience insights, channel roles, media strategy, and campaign delivery processes. The role offers hands-on experience in building media plans, coordinating with markets and partners, and contributing to campaigns that drive engagement and elevate the New Balance brand across Europe.

Data Management: Alongside campaign planning, you will play an important role in maintaining the data accuracy and operational consistency that underpin our media activity across EMEA. You will support the management of campaign taxonomies, reporting structures, and data governance processes aligned with global standards.

Your roles and responsibilities will be centred around the below core competencies. These include but are not limited to:

• Client Service
• Contribute to weekly client calls, supporting agenda preparation and follow-ups
• Work towards presenting to clients with support from the team

• Media Strategy & Execution

• Work with the team on responses to brief including audience insights, planning scenarios and creating media plans
• Developing a good understanding of all relevant media channels and key partners
• Help to populate reports and contribute to post-campaign analysis

• Commercial
• Help to negotiate media costs with media owners
• Book campaigns accurately and by set deadlines to help ensure a smooth finance process

• Data Management 
• Create and review EMEA wide media plans to ensure structural accuracy and consistency within the Global Data Dashboard
• Support the set up and maintenance of campaign taxonomies (focus on programmatic and display), ensuring correct naming conventions and alignment with global standards
• Apply global data governance guidelines across EMEA markets and media channels to enable accurate reporting, reliable data quality, and meaningful cross-market comparison.

• Cross market consistency & Quality
• As part of the central team, contribute to maintaining high standards of accuracy and attention to detail across all campaign deliverables
• Help ensure cross-channel consistency and alignment across markets, supporting quality control across media plans, pacing reports, post-campaign analyses (PCAs), and other key outputs
• Work collaboratively with internal teams to ensure deliverables follow agreed frameworks, timelines, and reporting standards

• Career Development & Team Management
• We’ll give you training in all the key tools and areas that you’ll need to become a strong media planner buyer including audience insights and scenario planning tools and channel training. Longer-term, work towards Media Planner Buyer role
• Develop expertise within the data environment, gaining an understanding of reporting structures and taxonomy frameworks while learning from a highly experienced team 

Desired Skills & Experience:

• Comfortable with Excel and PowerPoint
• Great communication skills
• Great attention-to-detail
• Enjoys working as part of a fast-paced team
• Loves a challenge and is keen to get stuck in data and tables
• Excited to learn more about New Balance and the world of media
• Interested in sport, fashion and/or cultural trends

Employee Transparency 

At IPG Mediabrands, we celebrate differences and believe this makes us stronger. IPG Mediabrands are an equal-opportunity employer committed to championing an inclusive culture that provides a sense of belonging for all our employees. We do not discriminate against any applicant based on age, disability, race, colour, ethnicity, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, belief, marital status or any other characteristic protected by law. 

The Perks 

We aim to provide all our people with a supportive and fun work environment where you can develop your full potential and benefit from the broad range of opportunities within the agency. When you join us, we want to make sure you feel valued – and that you are rewarded for your fantastic work. So, we also offer a range of benefits: 

• Flexi–leave, with 25 days annual leave to be taken as minimum. In addition to your holiday entitlement, the office usually closes between Christmas & New Year 
• Free breakfast and free lunch 
• Early finish Fridays 
• Core Hours (Mon-Thurs, flexible start/finish times)  
• Retail discounts 
• Electric vehicle salary sacrifices car scheme 
• Wellbeing programme, including Headspace & flu jabs 
• Interest free season ticket loan 
• Paid time off for Volunteering 
• Group Income Protection 
• Life Assurance 
• Private Medical Insurance or Health Cash Plan (dependent on level) 
• Group Personal Pension Plan with matched contributions from 3-6% 
• Generous Parental Leave & Pay  
• Independent mortgage advice 
• Financial education 
• Employee Assistance Programme 
• Free eye tests 
• Flexible benefits including Dental, Travel insurance, Cycle to Work, Gym Discounts and many more! 

Who are we:

Mediahub is a full-service media agency with a unique structure and client offer. We grew out of creative agency MullenLowe in the hot crucible of the digital and data revolution that has transformed media over the last ten years.

We believe media’s strongest growth lever is innovation. AI and algorithms are useful for efficiency but lead brands to say similar things in similar places to similar audiences. Effectiveness comes from innovation, and innovation comes from creativity. At Mediahub, our positioning, More Pilot, Less Auto, offers clients an antidote to the ‘mindless media’ that results from automation, bringing active stewardship to deliver media effectiveness.

We offer the best of both worlds: an entrepreneurial culture backed by the global scale of Mediabrands. You’ll join an agency that’s full of energy, experimentation and ambition. We’re a home for pilots, not passengers.

We live by our values:

• Anticipate Tomorrow. We don’t wait for the future, we build it. We listen hard, act early, spot shifts in the media landscape before they land, and shape what comes next
• Perform with Pride. Excellence isn’t an outcome, it’s a mindset. We care deeply about our responsibility to deep craft, to each other, and the world around us
• Turn No into Next. Rejection doesn’t stop us, it sharpens us. We turn rejection into redirection
• Question What Others Won’t. We challenge the comfortable, embrace experiments, and ask questions without fear of failure
• Fight Inertia. Momentum comes from openness. We resist complacency by listening fully, sharing boldly, and acting with intent
• Be Brave. The riskiest thing is playing it safe. Bravery gets us to ideas others will never reach.

Responsibilities: 

The Media Planner and Buyer will be the day-to-day steward for New Balance across EMEA. The person in this role will be required to maintain a strong knowledge of the clients' business to deliver against their needs and objectives.

You will help craft and execute innovative multi-channel media campaigns that deliver against New Balance’s core objectives. Leveraging your expertise in media planning and buying, you’ll push boundaries to deliver high-impact brand awareness campaigns for major sponsored events like the London and Valencia Marathons while adopting a more tactical approach for product launches. This role offers the opportunity to shape standout campaigns that capture attention, engage audiences, and elevate the brand on a global stage.

Knowledge:

• Display a mastery of media fundamentals across all channels both online and offline such as TV, OOH, CTV, Digital Display and Social
• Show a keen interest in and knowledge of emerging trends across the media landscape
• Demonstrate proficiency with industry systems/tools (TGI, GWI, YouGov Audience Console, Nielsen etc)
• Support ideation, meet regularly with Media Owners and keep up to date with industry news, so that you are abreast of developments and can talk confidently to clients about new, innovative solutions and in doing so, continue to push the boundaries of their marketing so that we are consistently delivering the most effective solutions for them.
• Strategic thinking: Understand the client’s business, the industry in which they operate, their business and campaign objectives and the difference between those two. Understand how to build stories to deliver insights in an effective and convincing way to drive media recommendations.
• Planning: Understand the media mix, phasing, targeting, key partners, and the detail behind media.
• Relationships: Build trustworthy relationships internally, with agency partners and with clients
• Buying: Comfortable with using booking systems (Prisma and MX) and billing processes so that invoices are sent out and paid on time. Should also have an eye on commercial opportunities, from barter to short term offers, in order to leverage maximum value for both the client and the business.
• Ideation: Thinking a little differently when it comes to problem-solving, to design innovative, creative solutions and delivering them to clients in an engaging and coherent way.
• Team building: Supervise, mentor and grow Executive Planners and Apprentices.

Skills & Requirements:

• Strong Excel and PowerPoint skills required
• Strong Communication and Presentation skills
• High Attention to detail
• Impeccable organisational skills, comfortable with multitasking and working across multiple projects simultaneously
• Experience planning, negotiating and executing across all channels
• Experience working with multiple stakeholders, e.g. suppliers, advertising/marketing agencies, media owners and internal specialist resources.
• Experience working with a team internationally is useful although certainly not a mandatory.

Employee Transparency 

At IPG Mediabrands, we celebrate differences and believe this makes us stronger. IPG Mediabrands are an equal-opportunity employer committed to championing an inclusive culture that provides a sense of belonging for all our employees. We do not discriminate against any applicant based on age, disability, race, colour, ethnicity, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, belief, marital status or any other characteristic protected by law. 

The Perks 

We aim to provide all our people with a supportive and fun work environment where you can develop your full potential and benefit from the broad range of opportunities within the agency. When you join us, we want to make sure you feel valued – and that you are rewarded for your fantastic work. So, we also offer a range of benefits: 

• Flexi–leave, with 25 days annual leave to be taken as minimum. In addition to your holiday entitlement, the office usually closes between Christmas & New Year 
• Free breakfast and free lunch 
• Early finish Fridays 
• Core Hours (Mon-Thurs, flexible start/finish times)  
• Retail discounts 
• Electric vehicle salary sacrifices car scheme 
• Wellbeing programme, including Headspace & flu jabs 
• Interest free season ticket loan 
• Paid time off for Volunteering 
• Group Income Protection 
• Life Assurance 
• Private Medical Insurance or Health Cash Plan (dependent on level) 
• Group Personal Pension Plan with matched contributions from 3-6% 
• Generous Parental Leave & Pay  
• Independent mortgage advice 
• Financial education 
• Employee Assistance Programme 
• Free eye tests 
• Flexible benefits including Dental, Travel insurance, Cycle to Work, Gym Discounts and many more!