Campaign Executive - London

Since 2014, Acast has been creating the world’s most valuable podcast marketplace, building the technology which connects podcast creators, advertisers and listeners. Its marketplace spans more than 135,000 podcasts, 2,700 advertisers and c.1 billion quarterly listens.

Crucially, those listens are monetized wherever they happen – across any podcasting app or other listening platform. The company operates worldwide and is headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden. Acast is listed on the Nasdaq First North Premier Growth Market.

About The Role

Reporting to one of two Campaign Directors, this role sits within Acast’s Activation (post-sale) Team and plays a crucial part in ensuring advertisers and podcasters have the best commercial experience once a campaign is booked. By delivering the highest standards of customer service, this role helps optimize the sales cycle and contributes to the retention and growth of advertising revenue, even though it is not directly revenue-generating.

Campaign Executives work closely with the pre-sale teams, including Planning and Sales, to ensure a seamless transition from sale to campaign management, primarily for audio ads and lighter sponsorship campaigns. They are responsible for overseeing post-sale campaign management and ensuring all commercial deliverables meet the highest standards.

What You´ll Do

• Agency & Client liaison: leading on the external conversations that are necessary to set up, deliver and report on podcast campaigns. These will typically be 30” ad and lighter sponsorship campaigns.
• Podcaster & talent liaison: Liaison with some of the biggest podcasters in the UK to brief them on sponsorship campaigns where they will be required to create 60” of content voiced to promote a brand/ product/ service.
• Commercial management: Ensuring all commercial assets are delivered within timelines, so there are no campaign delays, whilst maintaining exceptional relationships throughout with our agencies and clients.
• Campaign Set up: working alongside Ad Operations, you will be responsible for setting up ad campaigns to ensure that they are heard on the required podcasts and for the correct time frame.
• Campaign Delivery & Reporting: you will be responsible for the day to day management and reporting on campaign performance. You will provide weekly reports to the agency/ brand to keep them informed of how their campaign is pacing. You will need to be able to manage multiple campaigns of varying sizes and complexity simultaneously.
• Campaign Performance: You will troubleshoot and problem solve where needed. If campaign amends are needed you will work with the Sales Planners & Sellers to make sure the necessary changes are made in agreement with agencies/ brands to ensure we deliver campaigns in full.
• Campaign Analysis: When a campaign has finished, you will lead on creating and delivering the post campaign analysis. Providing insight and data on the Post Campaign Analysis presentation creation alongside the Seller and Planner therefore Excel proficiency is a must.
• Wider Activation team support: at times, you will be required to support senior members of the Activation team on their campaigns providing a great opportunity for upskilling.
• Podcaster Payments: as dedicated by the billing type, at times you will be required to work closely with finance and your manager to make sure that our podcaster payments for commercial work are correct and paid on time.

Who You Are

Prior experience working in customer service roles is crucial as well as any of the below is preferable:

• Podcasting
• Content creation
• Talent management

Culture & DEI

Acast is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment regardless of race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, ethnicity, national origin or any of the other wonderful characteristics that make us different.

Culture is our number one priority as a business. We believe people come first, and we work every day to enable autonomy, continuous improvement and bring out the best in people. We’re global and have remote teams, so it’s even more important that we strive for an open, inclusive and caring environment where everyone feels visible and welcome.

We consider ourselves a modern organization driven by strong values to create the best, most fulfilling and nurturing culture.

We very much look forward to finding the next great person to join our cause!#J-18808-Ljbffr