Media Manager


Company:	Hays Specialist Recruitment
Salary:	£65,000 to £70,000 a year
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	High Wycombe, HP12 3NR
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	26 Oct 2026
Closing date:	16 Nov 2026

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Summary

Your new company

Are you an experienced Media Manager with a passion for media effectiveness, data-led decision-making and innovation? This is an exciting opportunity to take ownership of a high-impact media effectiveness programme for one of the UK's leading homebuilders.

Working at the heart of the organisation's media strategy, you will maximise the value of media investment through robust measurement, optimisation and governance. You will collaborate with senior stakeholders, business unit leadership teams, media agencies and major media partners to improve performance, strengthen marketing effectiveness and ensure investment decisions support clear commercial outcomes.

You will join a welcoming, collaborative environment where people are encouraged to share ideas, develop their skills and explore new opportunities. With a supportive, no-blame culture and a strong commitment to professional development, this is an organisation where you can undertake meaningful work and build a long-term career.

Your new role

As Media Manager, you will lead the media effectiveness programme, ensuring media investment is measurable, accountable, efficient and aligned with business objectives.You will manage the performance of the organisation's media agency, establishing robust measurement frameworks, service standards, audit processes and continuous improvement plans. This will include reviewing annual agency performance and agreeing appropriate bonus and malus structures against established KPIs.

A key part of the role will be managing and developing the organisation's Marketing Mix Modelling capability. You will translate complex data and insights into practical recommendations, using the findings to improve media budget planning, channel strategy and return on marketing spend.

You will build strong relationships with relevant portals, overseeing annual contract negotiations and ensuring the best use of listings and available product packages. Working alongside the media agency, you will also develop relationships with major media partners such as Google and Meta to create effective annual plans and make the best use of partner data services.

Further responsibilities will include:

Identifying opportunities to improve media efficiency, effectiveness and return on investment across all channels

Acting as an escalation point for business unit performance and media budget challenges

Partnering with business unit leadership teams to align media investment with local commercial priorities and sales objectives

Working with the Digital Team to deliver an effective SEM strategy across paid and organic search

Evaluating emerging media channels, technologies and strategic partnerships

Identifying, testing and scaling AI-enabled media solutions across planning, activation, measurement, automation and decision-making

Delivering training on media innovation, strategy, targeting, channel mix and performance

Presenting clear performance insights and evidence-based recommendations to senior stakeholders

Working with creative teams to ensure a consistent approach to marketing and clear guidelines for creative assets

What you'll need to succeed

To succeed as Media Manager, you will bring extensive experience in media measurement, analytics and performance optimisation. You will understand how to assess media effectiveness and convert complex information into clear, commercially relevant recommendations.

You will need:

A strong understanding of media effectiveness frameworks

Practical knowledge of Marketing Mix Modelling, attribution and incrementality testing

Proven experience managing media agencies and evaluating agency performance

Experience establishing media governance, measurement frameworks and service standards

Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills, including experience working with senior leaders

The ability to connect media strategy and investment decisions with wider commercial and sales objectives

Excellent analytical, communication and presentation skills

Curiosity about emerging media trends, technologies and AI-enabled marketing opportunities

A strategic mindset and the confidence to identify, test and scale new approaches

The ability to turn detailed performance data into focused, actionable business recommendations

You will be commercially aware, collaborative and comfortable challenging established approaches. Most importantly, you will bring the curiosity and forward-thinking mindset needed to continuously improve media performance and future-proof the organisation's media strategy.

What you'll get in return

This is offered as a permanent position, with a salary range of £65,000 - £70,000 per annum.

A comprehensive benefits package includes but is not limited to bonus (up to 10%), car allowance, retail discounts, life insurance, private healthcare, employee share plans and the option to buy additional annual leave.

What you need to do now

If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV to Jessica Dando.

If this job isn't quite right for you, but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion about your career.

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