Director, Data Management and Visualisation in London

About the Role: Data Transformation & Tech is the data analytics and insights team at OMD EMEA. We support all clients in our agency and help them apply advanced analytics to understand their consumers and how to grow their business.

The DTT team consists of the below main disciplines:

• Insight: Consumer insight focused team, identifying target groups and how to reach them.
• Data Sciences: Our analytics unit where we conduct ad-hoc projects and client-focused studies.
• Business Intelligence: A mix of product development specialists and consultants supporting both planners and clients make better data-driven decisions.
• Data Management and Visualisation: Visualisation, technology and data specialists solving complex data-related problems to provide clear and effective insight back to clients.

This role sits within the Data Management and Visualisation discipline within the wider Marketing Intelligence team. We are looking for a Data Management and Visualisations Director to lead the development of high-impact, client-facing dashboards and reporting solutions. This role combines leadership with active delivery, requiring an individual who can translate complex data into compelling visual narratives for senior stakeholders on our newly won Shark Ninja EMEA remit.

We are increasingly involved in ensuring all media activity is delivered following not only overall best practice guidelines, but also with complex and detailed processes and rules. We require an experienced candidate with a high level of understanding of the media environment to not only devise and support these processes, but to also ensure that these are being observed throughout the OMD network in EMEA and beyond.

This role would ideally be best suited to someone who has strong media experience with reporting on large scale campaigns on multiple ad-servers, and who is now looking to take that experience into a wider leadership role. There will be a focus to lead operations for necessary communication across OMD markets & partner agencies to manage data, quickly resolve errors and identify opportunities to evolve projects.

Comfortable with gathering requirements from internal and/or external stakeholders, develop scopes of work through to successful delivery of final visualisation and automated reporting solutions the ideal candidate will be a proactive, problem-solver who thrives on thinking outside of the box and collaborating with our team of data experts to develop innovative data solutions. They will use a variety of tools, practices, and processes to deliver best in class projects across our client base.

You should also be comfortable with ETL processes and be familiar with cloud-based backend data architecture. We are looking for a strong leader, with an entrepreneurial spirit, who is as comfortable in front of a client as they are mentoring and growing more junior members of the team. Having excellent communication skills with ability to showcase achievements and promote solutions to the wider agency with a positive motivational team ethic.

Ideally, your career experience has been gained in media agency/marketing agency, and you are comfortable dealing with multiple stakeholders and juggling priorities. This is an exciting role with excellent career opportunities and benefits within a high-profile team. To that end, we are looking for someone who can hit the ground running, define their work efficiently, and drive the visualisation and data performance reporting practice area within the overall team and agency.

About the Agency: At OMD EMEA, we strive to deliver on our promise of ‘better decisions, faster‘ for our clients, partners and all 6,000+ OMDers across our region every day. As part of the world’s largest media network, our business is staging experiences for consumers who have more choice and less attention than ever before. The key to the process is empathy. Empathy to see the world through the eyes of the consumer, to recognise the needs of our clients and to identify aspirations of our talent.

Learn Fast, Act Fast. To help navigate the road to a ‘new normal’, learning from, and acting upon data signals at scale and speed is crucial. Our working pattern for colleagues is to be present in the office three days a week at our offices in London with the other days available to work remotely.

Flexible Working: At Omnicom Media Group, we are committed to supporting flexibility for our people while fostering collaboration, innovation, and teamwork. We have a hybrid working model (three days in the office, two working remotely), to ensure that we meet the needs of both our people and our business, balancing the benefits of in-person connections with the flexibility of remote working.

Our standard working hours are 9:30 – 17:30, but we offer the ability to flex around core hours of 10:30 – 16:30 to give our people flexibility on how they manage their working day, whether that’s in the office or working remotely. We encourage open conversations between our people and managers to help navigate high-need periods and individual circumstances. Our goal is to create an environment where people feel genuinely supported to do their best - both in their careers and in their lives outside of work.

Be Your Best: We want everyone to make the most of the opportunity to shine and showcase your talents and we are happy to make adjustments in the recruitment process so you can be your best. Please discuss any specific requirements with your dedicated Talent Team member or if you would feel more comfortable, you can email us confidentially at beyourbest@omnicommediagroup.com to let us know how we can support you.

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at OMG: At OMG, our vision is to be an agency where difference is valued and everyone is able to thrive in a culture of equality, inclusion and belonging. We are committed to providing a truly inclusive environment that reflects today’s society, where everyone is able to bring their true selves to work, and where diverse voices and backgrounds are valued, heard, and well-represented.