Group Head Digital Media Buying (m/f/d)

As a Group Head Digital Media Buying, you will lead a team of operational buyers, ensuring the quality of workflows and results for clients from approval to final billing. You will be responsible for the entire order processing of digital campaigns in close collaboration with planning, consulting, and campaign management colleagues, coordinating all communication in case of order disruptions. You will also manage personnel discussions, team meetings, and oversee the training and development of your team, actively contributing to the department's evolution and strategic projects.

Must Have

• Several years of experience in media buying, ideally with a digital focus
• Initial experience in team leadership or willingness to take on team responsibility
• Strong communication skills, initiative, independence, quick comprehension, and service understanding
• Great interest in continuous development and innovation in the agency industry
• Analytical and structured approach to tasks, maintaining composure and humor
• Good German and English language skills
• Proficiency in MS Office, especially Excel
• Strong affinity for tools

Perks & Benefits

• Digital learning platform for continuous development
• Individual career perspectives and structured development programs
• Extensive national and international development programs
• Open feedback culture with structured performance management
• Mentoring program
• Worldwide work possible for up to 6 weeks per year
• Hybrid work model
• Work at all Publicis Media locations (Berlin, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt am Main, Hamburg, Munich)
• Flexible working hours
• Emergency childcare service ("Notfallmamas")
• Subsidy for Deutschlandticket and BusinessBike
• Overtime compensation
• 30 days of vacation and additional special leave days
• Agency sports
• Mental Health Program and Working with Cancer Policy
• Diversity, Equity & Inclusion initiatives
• Sustainability Squad
• Social Projects
• Welcome Week
• Buddy Program
• Intensive onboarding

Company description

Publicis Media is the world's second-largest media agency network and part of the French communications group Publicis Groupe. As a global holding company, Publicis Media thrives through its global agency brands Zenith, Starcom, and Spark, which manage and continuously develop client business in strategic communication consulting in over 100 countries. In addition, central specialist teams at Publicis Media support the agencies' clients in the areas of: Data and Technology, Analytics and Insights, Research, Content, Performance, Buying, and Business Development.

Overview

Are you an organizational talent and do coordinating tasks run in your blood? In digital buying, you work hands-on on our clients' digital campaigns and are part of the process from client approval to order processing and final billing. Through the operational purchase of advertising space and airtime in national and international media, you launch our clients' campaigns as planned, always keeping an eye on costs.

In your position as Group Head Digital Media Buying (m/f/d), you lead your team of operational buyers safely and goal-oriented to success and actively promote their further development. In addition, you are responsible for the following tasks:

• You take responsibility for a team within digital buying and ensure the quality of workflows and results for your clients from the approval process to commissioning and final billing.
• Together with your employees, you are responsible for the entire order processing of digital campaigns in close cooperation with planning, consulting, and campaign management colleagues, and coordinate all communication in case of order disruptions.
• Conducting performance reviews and team meetings is just as much a part of your duties as planning and conducting training and workshops. Thus, you are responsible for the education and training, as well as the motivation of your team.
• You make a significant contribution to the further development of the department, manage your team's capacity, and are responsible for the planning and implementation of strategic projects.
• You further develop existing processes for order processing, booking, or financial controlling of digital campaigns and take measures to optimize them.
• You also get involved in cross-departmental projects and participate in the further development of internal tools, thereby developing champions / key users within your team.
• Your development is important to us! That's why we support you with regular training, access to various workshops, and individual further education offers to further expand your professional and leadership competencies.
• We attach great importance to an open and appreciative cooperation. You can expect a motivated team with flat hierarchies, short decision-making paths, and a culture where ideas are welcome and innovation is promoted.

Qualifications

• You have several years of experience in media buying at a media agency, ideally with a digital focus.
• You have initial experience in leading teams or would like to take on team responsibility in the future.
• You are characterized by strong communication skills, initiative, independence, quick comprehension, and service understanding.
• You have a great interest in continuous development, as well as the permanent innovations in the agency industry, and act as a driver for innovation and technical progress.
• You approach your tasks analytically and structured, and you don't lose your head or your humor even in the most turbulent times.
• You have good German and English language skills, good knowledge of MS Office, especially Excel, and a strong affinity for tools.

Additional information

Learn & Grow

• Further development with digital learning platform
• Individual career perspectives, structured further development
• Extensive national and international development programs
• Open feedback culture with structured performance management
• Mentoring program

Work Your World

• Worldwide work possible for up to 6 weeks per year

Flexible Work

• Hybrid work model
• Work at all our Publicis Media locations: Berlin, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt am Main, Hamburg, and Munich
• Flexible working hours
• The “Notfallmamas” - Company children's (emergency) care
• Subsidy for Deutschlandticket and BusinessBike

Feel Well

• Overtime compensation
• 30 days of vacation and additional special leave days
• Agency sports
• Mental Health Program and Working with Cancer Policy

Responsibility

• Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Initiatives
• Sustainability Squad
• Social Projects

Your Start

• Welcome Week
• Buddy Program
• Intensive Onboarding

We value diversity and are excited to learn how your experience could enrich our team.