About the Role
Lead the planning, activation, optimisation, and operational management of BYD UK’s programmatic and digital media activity across Display, Online Video, Connected TV (CTV), Digital Out-of-Home (DOOH), and Digital Audio channels. This role ensures programmatic media plays a central role across both upper-funnel brand campaigns and lower-funnel performance activity, while also supporting the Head of Paid Media across wider media planning, campaign governance, reporting operations, financial administration, and cross-functional stakeholder management.
Responsibilities
- Plan, launch, and manage programmatic campaigns across Display, Online Video, YouTube, and CTV.
- Activate campaigns using DSPs such as The Trade Desk, Amazon, Quantcast, or equivalent platforms.
- Translate brand and performance objectives into clear programmatic strategies.
- Support integrated planning alongside Paid Search, Paid Social, OOH, and ATL activity.
- Support campaign planning across both upper-funnel brand campaigns and lower-funnel performance activity.
- Monitor and optimise campaigns to improve reach, frequency, CPM, CPV, CTR, and on-site performance.
- Analyse performance data to identify insights and optimisation opportunities.
- Own pacing, budget control, and delivery across campaigns.
- Support weekly and monthly reporting across wider media activity.
- Ensure campaign reporting frameworks and trackers are maintained consistently across the team.
- Build and activate first-party, third-party, contextual, and geo-based audiences.
- Support testing frameworks across formats, audiences, and creative.
- Work with analytics partners to ensure accurate tracking and measurement.
- Support campaign learning agendas and performance analysis across integrated media campaigns.
- Provide feedback on creative performance and best practice across programmatic, digital and video formats.
- Collaborate with Brand, PR, and Commercial teams on launches and always-on activity.
- Help manage campaign workflows and creative delivery timelines alongside the Content Specialist.
- Ensure campaign trackers and status sheets are maintained accurately across all live activity.
- Coordinate with media owners, agencies, and external partners where required.
- Support the Senior Paid Media Lead with the operational management of BYD UK’s wider media activity across all channels excluding Paid Search and Paid Social.
- Own media finance processes across campaigns, including PO creation, invoice tracking, payment submissions, reconciliations, and budget management.
- Maintain accurate campaign pacing, financial tracking, and delivery status across all active media activity.
- Lead weekly reporting and campaign status cadences, ensuring all channel updates, trackers, and reporting are completed accurately and on time.
- Coordinate campaign timelines, workflows, and deliverables across internal teams, media partners, agencies, and channel specialists.
- Support integrated campaign planning and governance across brand and performance activity.
- Work closely with the Content Specialist to manage creative workflows, asset delivery, approvals, and campaign readiness across all media workstreams.
Requirements
- 3-5+ years’ experience managing programmatic media campaigns, media planning, account management, or integrated media roles.
- Hands-on experience with DSPs such as The Trade Desk, Amazon, DV360, or Quantcast.
- Strong understanding of full-funnel programmatic media, and integrated media planning.
- Strong analytical skills with advanced Excel / Google Sheets proficiency.
- Understanding of tagging and google analytics.
- Experience managing campaign financial processes including PO management, invoice tracking, payment submissions, and budget reconciliation.
- Strong operational and project management skills with the ability to manage multiple campaign workstreams simultaneously.
- Experience working across integrated media campaigns and coordinating multiple stakeholders.
- Excellent organisational skills and attention to detail.
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
- Experience in automotive or high-consideration categories (Desirable).
- Exposure to CTV and premium video environments (Desirable).
- Experience supporting large-scale brand or ATL campaigns (Desirable).
- Experience working in fast-paced in-house or agency environments (Desirable).
Skills
- Programmatic Media
- Media Planning
- Account Management
- Integrated Media
- DSP Platforms (The Trade Desk, Amazon, DV360, Quantcast)
- Full-funnel programmatic media
- Excel / Google Sheets
- Tagging
- Google Analytics
- Campaign Financial Processes (PO management, invoice tracking, payment submissions, budget reconciliation)
- Operational Management
- Project Management
- Stakeholder Management
- Communication
- CTV
- Premium Video
Location
- UK
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Mid-level
- Senior
Salary/Compensations
- Competitive salary based on experience and qualification.
Benefits
- Workplace Pension
- Private Healthcare
- Car Salary Sacrifice Scheme
- Team building events
- Employee learning opportunities
About the Company
- BYD is a global leader in electric vehicles and clean energy solutions, with a clear purpose: to build a zero-emission future that reconnects humanity with nature.
- As BYD continues its rapid growth in the UK, we are building a best-in-class in-house media capability to drive brand awareness, consideration, and demand for our EV & PHEV portfolio.
