Early Talent – Media
Job Description
Industry: Media/advertising/marketing
Salary: £24,000 per year
EARLY CAREERS AT OMG
Omnicom Media Group are always looking for the next cohort of future leaders who have the potential to be just as passionate about media and advertising as we are. They have a range of apprentice and assistant level roles in different departments across the group that require no previous experience in the industry.
About OMG
OMG UK is made up of four distinctive, fully integrated media agencies – OMD UK, MG OMD, PHD UK and Hearts & Science, all operating as part of a global agency network.
Each agency is enhanced by having open access to OMG’s centres of excellence which provide market leading capabilities across Digital Transformation, Creative Solutions and Investment and Futures. This support and combined scale helps us to drive best practice, unlock new strategic value, and provide and develop specialist products and services for future scaling and differentiation.
Our core strength at OMG is our people and it’s the collective blend of creativity and performance they provide that allows us to create competitive business advantage, accelerate growth and drive transformation for our clients.
Early Careers (omgukcareers.com)
Simply put, a media agency takes a client’s messaging for their brand and looks at how best to strategically communicate it to the consumer, considering people’s habits and behaviours (when and what they watch, read, listen to, how they buy products etc.) A media agency will typically have many departments that cover each specialist area within this process, all working together to deliver commercially successful, outstanding campaigns for the client.
We regularly recruit for the following entry level roles;
Digital
- Biddable Assistant
- Planning and optimisation for Paid Search & Paid Social campaigns.
- Programmatic Assistant
- Help plan, evaluate and use programmatic technology to deliver best in class digital
- Data Operations Assistant
- Provide campaign activation across digital channels including Display, Audio & Visual, Paid
Client Services
- Client Assistant
- Support the client team on the day to day running of the client’s media activities.
- Media Assistant
- Help plan and manage media campaigns across all forms of media.
- AV Assistant
- Helping plan and buy campaigns for TV, Cinema, VOD, Radio and Digital Audio. Please note, these job titles are not exhaustive.
Preferred Candidate’s Strengths
- Attention to detail
- Organisation
- Passionate
- Communication
- Comfortable working with numbers
- Task Prioritisation
- Keen to learn
- Basic understanding of Microsoft suites
All our roles are permanent and full time, so please ensure your situation allows for this.
Advantages of working for OMG UK
- Flexible & hybrid working
- Early finish Fridays (4PM, 3PM in summer) Multi-faith facilities
- 27 days annual leave
- Daily food and drink allowance
- Private medical care
- Cycle to work scheme
- Eyecare vouchers
- Therapy
- Advisory groups
- Free financial planning clinics Employee discounts, season ticket loan
- Subsided gym membership
- Training opportunities
The Application Process
To help reduce bias and increase fairness, the OMG early careers team have moved away from CVs and now ask you to respond to 3-5 skills-based questions depending on the role applied for.
You will also need to complete a timed math test, scoring 70% or above to be considered for a role.
If you are successful, we will contact you to schedule an interview with the hiring manager. A hiring manager is the person the role reports into.
Right To Work
Unfortunately, we are unable to sponsor candidates at entry level. We require you to have full right to work in the UK, without the need for sponsorship.