Media Executive

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Medialab is the UK’s leading independent media agency, and one of the fastest growing in the industry. We’re a media agency that’s made differently: purpose-led, data-driven, founder-run and proudly independent

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Our entrepreneurial spirit means success is recognised and rewarded. There are no limits to what you can achieve here, which our employees agree with, evidenced by being a Campaign Best Place to Work for six consecutive years and one of The Sunday Times Best Places to Work 2025. As well as this, we’re Campaign’s Independent Agency of the Year 2024 and Media Week’s Independent Agency of the Year 202

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We are IPA Effectiveness accredited, an IPA People-First agency, and All In Champions, with industry-leading work recognised by double-gold at the 2024 IPA Effectiveness Awards for our work with Laithwaites and a 2025 Effie for our work with Alzheimer’s Socie

ty.Our independence means we can focus 100% on doing the right thing to secure success for our clients and our brilliant people. We work with a wide variety of clients including Hovis, IG, Sharps Bedrooms, SunLife, Standard Life, Ancestry, Laithwaites Wine, Save the Children, Guide Dogs, Alzheimer’s Society, RNLI and Clearsco

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• LUESCommit to Doing the Right Thing (Act with integrity and accountabil
• ity)Help People Flourish (Invest in peo
• ple)Dig Deeper to Understand Better (Data driven curios

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OUR COMMITMENT T

O YOUWorking at Medialab comes with lots of perks including all the usual things you would expect, such as a competitive salary package, pension, season ticket loans, cycle to work scheme, weekly social events and big summer / end of year par

ties.
On top of that, we offer extra benefits, which make life at Medialab even more rewa

• rding:Time to Unwind – 22 days holiday (+ Christmas holiday closure), a day off for your birthday, holiday buying scheme, flexi-hours and work abroad s
• cheme.Hybrid Working – Balance between home and office (3 Days in Office). We welcome requests for flexible working arrangements from the commencement of emplo
• yment.Career Growth – A meritocratic approach to progression with quarterly reviews, CPD Platinum accredited training, mentoring and leadership su
• pport.Health & Wellbeing – Private medical insurance, health cash plan, gym discounts, wellbeing apps Mental Health First Aiders and free professional counse
• lling.Supporting Families – Enhanced parental leave pay, flexible working and life assu
• rance.Giving Back – Paid charity days and sustainability initia
• tives.Perks & Rewards – Retail discounts, long-service trips and an unforgettable team cu

lture.
YOUR NEXT CH

ALLENGEWe are looking for an Account Executive to join our growing Client Leadership team and play an important role in delivering brilliant media campaigns for some of the UK’s most ambitious brands and cha

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This role is ideal for someone who already has some experience in planning (with offline planning, particularly AV planning as a bonus) and wants to build deeper comms planning expertise across holistic campaigns. You’ll gain hands-on experience across brand and performance campaigns, contribute to planning and client disc

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HOW YOU WILL MAKE

• AN IMPACTYou will support the planning process for campaigns, across key accounts with additional hands-on learning within
• offline.Support with regular reporting cycles, using planning tools to help answer campaign briefs with support from wider team, and work with the wider activation team to develop your channel k
• nowledge.You will support the team to help turn insights into clear, useful commentary that links back to client KPIs and helps teams make better d
• ecisions.You will help keep client and internal teams updated through clear status reports, meeting notes, action trackers, and timely fo

llow-ups.
WHAT YOU BRING T

• O THE TEAMA 'can do' attitude to help the team and be inquisitive to help solve
• problems.A curiosity for offline planning and willingness to learn in t

his space.
Must

• Have SkillsSome hands-on experience of paid media channels, namely offline such as AV, OOH, Audi
• o or Print.You are curious, proactive and genuinely interested in how paid media drives outcomes f
• or clients.Strong attention to detail and confidence working with data in Excel, Google Sheets and
• PowerPoint.You are comfortable working with numbers, campaign data and a good co
• mmunicator.Clear written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to provide timely updates to internal teams, clients and medi
• a partners.Strong organisational skills, with the ability to manage multiple tasks, deadlines and

campaigns.
Nice to

• Have SkillsExperience using AV planning tools such as DEN, Media Ocean suite, Adalyser, Tech Edge but no
• t essential.Experience with planning tools, dashboards or data visualisatio
• n platforms.Exposure to wider channels such