Senior Performance Manager (ProgSocial)

At Zenith we are a connected team with purpose. We are driven to create new perspectives through modern media. We believe marketing is a powerful investment that can build and grow brands and increase business profitability. So we unlock opportunities for growth by placing consumer behavior attitudes and insights at the heart of everything we do. We pride ourselves on delivering return on investment imagination and insight.

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About the role:

At Zenith we believe performance isnt just a channel its a growth engine. As a Senior Performance Manager youll sit at the heart of a global blue-chip client shaping how audiences experience a brand across markets and moments. A rare opportunity to step into a high profile piece of business where the scale complexity and visibility are unmatched. You will play a senior role in shaping how performance media delivers meaningful business outcomes across your client portfolio. Setting the ambition direction and standard for performance media ensuring a seamless connection between strategy planning activation and optimisation and driving measurable marketing growth.

This role sits at the intersection of client strategy and execution. You will translate complex business objectives into performance led solutions that create real commercial impact while partnering closely with stakeholders to provide clear direction and confident leadership. With oversight across markets and teams youll ensure our performance capability consistently delivers strong market leading outcomes while continuously evolving our approach through data technology and innovation.

The Senior Performance Manager is accountable for influencing highquality digital campaign activation across all performance channels translating plans into flawless implementation and ensuring campaigns are delivered accurately optimised effectively and conduct bestpractice standards. This role acts as the bridge between planning and delivery owning activation workflow guiding implementation teams and ensuring performance campaigns launch smoothly perform efficiently and deliver on client objectives.

What you will do with us:

• Build trusted seniorlevel relationships with clients through proactive
• latest market knowledge general media industry topics and competitive intel which may affect their business on a regular basis
• Present to clients as part of WIPs and QBRs on performance outcomes optimisation strategy and activation learnings
• Spearhead end-to-end activation of Digital campaigns (Programmatic Direct Digital Social Search) ensuring flawless launch accurate set-up and achievement of performance benchmarks
• Ensure quality control from briefing media through buying optimisation and reporting with budgets spent effectively and within approved limits
• Oversee post-campaign reports performance updates and client presentations; influence performance narratives in Quarterly Business Reviews and feed actionable learnings back into planning
• Review outcomes of audits and MMM studies implementing improvements where needed
• Enforce the use of briefing templates ensuring briefs have clear context and timely feedback is given to media partners
• Provide planning costs and tactical recommendations to enhance media plans and deliver ROI across digital channels
  
  Stay close to performance trends and insights proactively identifying opportunities to improve results or mitigate risk.
• Assist in the development of Digital I&A Executives by providing feedback and guidance assist them in delivering their KPIs
• Develop the teams commercial acumen strategic thinking and solution-finding abilities beyond technical implementation
• Identify areas for improvement and feedback to direct reports and offshore Activations team seeks alignment from Director
• Oversee workload across the team to ensure they can deliver on accountabilities and can attend training and development sessions.
• Effectively oversee workflow and communications with the offshore team to ensure seamless campaign implementation and reporting
• Capable of making informed-choices in high-pressure circumstances. Looks to find solutions that result in win-win outcomes for everyone involved
• Be deeply qualified and assured withactivation platforms systems and tools used across performance channels.
• Assist teams in using platforms correctly and confidently with a strong focus on output interpretation and decisionmaking.
• Troubleshoot delivery or system issues as they arise and escalate effectively when required.
• Ensure consistent use of activation templates processes and bestpractice ways of working across accounts.
• Be the best representative of our core values by contributing to the broader agency culture and initiatives. Project confidence energy and build team morale
• Actively participate in brainstorm internal forums team training and development to enhance craft knowledge and share learnings across teams especially emerging connection opportunities

What Youll Bring:

• Proven experience in Performance Media.
• Strong experience in Paid Search Social and Programmatic.
• Must have an excellent grasp of planning & activation
• Experienced in working knowledge of Google paid search platforms (Google Ads SA360) the Microsoft Advertising platform as well as key platforms like Meta LI TTD etc
• Managerial experience preferred
• Strong communication experience both written and verbal
• Solution seeker and strong analytical thinking.

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