Digital Media Assistant - Career Changers and Returners Welcome

Interested in retraining to become a digital marketer?

Our age-inclusive programme aimed at technical training and re-skilling welcomes career changers and returners.

This role is part of our commitment to improving the representation of age-inclusivity in the advertising industry.

Joining our cutting-edge Digital Media Team as a Digital Media Assistant, you will automatically be enrolled into our unique and industry-leading dentsu Digital Performance Academy.

These positions are on a hybrid working basis, meaning you will work both from home and in our Leeds office. They are full time, permanent roles (37.5 hours per week), with a starting salary of £21,300 p.a. Job Title: Digital Media Assistant - Career Changers and Returners Welcome Job Description: We are dentsu. As champions for meaningful progress, we help our clients to win, keep and grow their best customers with best-in-class services and solutions in media, customer experience management, and creative. Our dentsu Academy is a unique, industry-leading programmes that offers a unique opportunity to train or re-skill in the world of digital marketing. This inclusive programme provides individuals with the fundamental skills and knowledge to develop a career within digital media and marketing. We are proud to be different, and we know that starts with our people. At dentsu you aren’t defined by your race, age, gender, sexual-orientation or disability, but by your thinking, your actions, your collaboration and imagination. Last year alone we won some amazing awards for our efforts to drive change and support our employees:

• In July 2022 we achieved Age Inclusive employer status with 55/Redefined, the global leader in helping organisations attract, engage and retain an experienced and valued older workforce. We actively encourage individuals of all ages to consider our academy
• We were named one of Working Families top 30 employees for parents and carers
• We were named one of Stonewall’s top 100 employers, our LGBTQ+ employees feel safe and valued at work
• dentsu achieved a silver award in the 2021/22 Mind Workplace Well-being Index.
• Named as an ‘All In Champion’ by the Advertising Association, an industry-wide initiative to ensure that everyone with a role in UK advertising feels they belong.

What is the Digital Performance Academy and what training is provided? The first two months of your academy journey will see your skills and knowledge nurtured and developed by some of the most experienced minds in the industry, equipping you with the fundamentals to succeed in your role. In month three, you’ll join one of our teams to work on digital marketing campaigns for our globally renowned clients. Your development journey is ongoing throughout your new career here, with a structured approach around both technical and interpersonal skills. You’ll also have the opportunity to sign up for a qualification in Digital Marketing level 3 alongside your employment at dentsu. What does a Digital Media Assistant do? Our Digital Media Assistant roles are responsible for helping ensure that we deliver on our client’s needs. The roles are varied and include a diverse range of duties, including:

• Helping to deliver high quality, innovative marketing campaigns across various digital platforms including Google Ads, Facebook and TikTok
• Completing quality checks to ensure we deliver world class campaigns for our clients
• Generating reports and insightful analysis on the effectiveness of our campaigns
• Completing all relevant training and accreditation e.g., Google, Facebook
• Keeping up with what’s happening in the world of digital marketing; trend spotting for clients as well as staying up to date on how digital platforms are changing

What are we looking for? Our Academy allows us to train you in the technical and industry specific skills and knowledge that you will need to succeed. What we’re looking for you to bring is:

• Highly effective communication skills, both verbal and written
• The ability to follow processes, multitask and prioritise work accordingly is important
• A high level of numeracy and literacy is important due to the nature of the role being analytical and often client-facing
• Your ability to work under pressure with attention to detail as we are usually up against a tight deadline!
• A desire to collaborate and work as a team. Building relationships with your colleagues is key to being successful at dentsu
• A love of problem solving & analytical skills. These will help you thrive in your role due to the nature of the work that we do
• Experience in excel would be great, but not mandatory

These positions are full time permanent roles, but dentsu offers hybrid working, meaning you will split your work between home and our Leeds office. Our Benefits The starting salary for this role is £21,300 p.a. In addition we offer everything you would expect from a large company – like 25 days’ holiday, plus your birthday off – and a few additions, like two paid volunteering days each year to support charitable causes and three wellness days per year. We also provide pension contributions, life assurance, private health care, income protection, critical illness cover, travel season ticket loans, a cycle to work scheme, free eye tests and a host of great local and national discounts from leading retailers that you’ll have access to as an employee. Location: Leeds Brand: Dentsu Media Time Type: Full time Contract Type: Permanent