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About the Role

Medialab is seeking an experienced AV / TV Buying Manager to lead the delivery of high-quality AV campaigns across a diverse portfolio of clients. This is a hands-on role with clear ownership, taking responsibility from client brief through to planning, buying, booking and optimisation.

Responsibilities

• Own AV planning from brief to delivery, translating client objectives into clear and effective Linear and CTV strategies, plans and buys.
• Lead the planning, buying, booking and optimisation of AV campaigns, confidently justifying recommendations and performance to clients.
• Act as a day-to-day AV contact for clients, building trusted relationships and providing clear, confident communication throughout campaign delivery.
• Manage end-to-end campaign setup, ensuring accuracy, quality and timelines are consistently met.
• Lead relationships for key clients across a variety of sectors, proactively identifying opportunities to add value.
• Build strong working relationships with media owners and sales houses to drive value and negotiate effectively.
• Provide training, feedback and support to junior team members, helping to raise the standard of AV delivery across the team.
• Confidently use core systems including MediaOcean, VOD and Linear booking systems, and ideally K2 (TechEdge).

Requirements

• In-depth understanding of the AV market, with strong expertise across Linear TV and CTV.
• Understanding of industry-wide systems including DS Media, CARIA and TechEdge.
• Proven experience leading and managing large-scale AV and TV campaigns.
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple campaigns simultaneously.
• Self-starter mentality, comfortable taking ownership and making decisions with confidence.
• High motivation and reliability, with a consistent focus on quality delivery.
• Ability to hit the ground running and quickly adapt to new processes and responsibilities.
• Experience across both planning and buying roles.
• Strong negotiation skills across pricing, value and quality metrics.
• People development experience, with the ability to mentor and upskill junior team members.

Skills

• Linear TV
• CTV
• MediaOcean
• VOD booking systems
• Linear booking systems
• K2 (TechEdge)
• DS Media
• CARIA
• TechEdge
• Negotiation

Work Type

• Hybrid Working

Experience Level

• Experienced

Benefits

• Competitive salary package
• Pension
• Season ticket loans
• Cycle to work scheme
• Weekly social events
• Big summer / end of year parties
• Generous holiday entitlement that increases with long service
• Christmas closure
• Birthday day off
• Holiday buy scheme
• Flexi-hours
• Work abroad scheme
• Cultural bank holiday swaps
• Friday Summer hours
• Private medical insurance
• Health cash plan
• Gym discounts
• Wellbeing apps
• Mental Health First Aiders
• Free professional counselling
• Enhanced parental leave pay
• Life assurance
• Paid charity days
• Sustainability initiatives
• Retail discounts
• Long-service trips

About the Company

• 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.
• 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 2025.
• 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 Society.
• 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 Clearscore.