Media Performance Executive in London

Company Description: With a history that dates back over 80 years, Starcom is a global communications planning and media leader. We are an agency still grounded in our founding principle that people are at the centre of all we do. Each day, we apply this belief to harness the transformative power of data and technology to inspire and move people and business forward. With more than 7,000 employees in over 100 offices around the world, Starcom is the flagship Publicis Media agency that uses our ‘Power of One’ business model to work across disciplines for clients such as Aldi, P&G, Primark, Samsung, Stellantis, and Visa.

Overview: We’re hiring Media Performance Executives to join our media teams across Paid Search, Paid Social, and Programmatic. This is a great opportunity for someone at the start of their career who’s keen to learn how digital advertising works across multiple channels and build strong foundations in performance marketing.

• Paid Search: You’ll be supported by experienced managers and specialists, working with data, platforms, and reporting tools to help deliver effective digital campaigns. No prior agency experience is required. We’re looking for curious, analytical, and motivated individuals who want to develop a career in digital media. You’ll focus primarily on one of the areas below, while building a broader understanding of performance media as a whole: you’ll help plan, build, optimise, and report on search advertising campaigns, including analysing performance data, spotting trends and opportunities, supporting campaign builds, and ensuring high levels of accuracy and quality control.
• Paid Social: You’ll support the setup and optimisation of paid social campaigns across platforms such as Meta, TikTok, LinkedIn, and others. You’ll work with performance data, contribute to reporting and insights, and help ensure campaigns are running smoothly and accurately.
• Programmatic: You’ll assist with the delivery and optimisation of programmatic display and video campaigns. This includes campaign trafficking, quality assurance, performance analysis, reporting, and learning how audience‑based buying and ad technology platforms operate.

Responsibilities:

• Work with data and reporting tools to track campaign performance
• Support campaign setup, optimisation, and quality assurance
• Help prepare clear, accurate reports with insights and recommendations
• Collaborate with teammates and stakeholders
• Learn industry tools, platforms, and best practices

Qualifications:

• Essential:
• Have a strong interest in digital media, advertising, or technology
• Enjoy working with numbers, data, and problem‑solving
• Have excellent attention to detail
• Are organised and able to manage tasks and deadlines
• Communicate clearly, both written and verbally
• Are eager to learn and develop new skills
• Are proficient in using Excel (with a strong interest in continuing to develop your skills)
• Work well as part of a team
• Nice To Have (but Not Required):
• A relevant degree, qualification, or equivalent experience in marketing, media, data, or analytics
• Any exposure to digital marketing tools or platforms

Benefits: Publicis Media has fantastic benefits on offer to all of our employees. This includes the classics like Pension, Life Assurance, Private Medical, Reflection Days, Shared Parental Leave, and various other initiatives.

Early Careers Programme: Employees joining The Pack, an early careers programme that connects, supports and develops you to kick‑start your career with us, initially start with an annual salary of £28,860.

Equal Opportunity: At Publicis Media, we are proud to be an equal opportunities employer. We welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, and do not discriminate on the basis of race, ethnicity, nationality, religion or belief, disability, age, citizenship, relationship status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other protected characteristic. We are committed to providing a fair, accessible, and inclusive recruitment process. If you have any access needs – for example, related to disability, neurodivergence, or a health condition – please let us know. We’ll work with you to ensure the process works for you. Sharing this information will never impact your application.