PageGroup Values
PageGroup is a global recruitment business operating in 37 countries worldwide with over 150 offices. Our purpose at PageGroup is to Change Lives, for our customers, our employees and our investors. We are customer led, people powered and insight driven and everything we do is underpinned by our values:
We Earn Trust
We do the right thing, even when it’s not the easy thing. It makes us different from other organisations. Being accountable and bringing our best is something we should do with pride, every day.
Grow Connections
We are connection-builders. We open doors, work together and take our customers further. We create a culture where everyone’s welcome and where everyone can thrive.
Make a Difference
We keep looking forward, aiming to make a difference by being agile and adaptable. We are committed to being a driving force for positive change.
Role Purpose
The Senior Media Manager role will lead strategic media planning to drive candidate attraction and support hiring goals for a range of clients within Enterprise Solutions comprising Outsourcing, advisory and volume hiring.
This role combines commercial expertise, strategic execution, and data-driven insights to pitch and deliver successful candidate attraction solutions. Leveraging a deep understanding of media platforms, industry trends, and candidate behaviors, the role focuses on creating tailored solutions to meet individual customer need.
The role sits within the Channel Marketing team for Enterprise Solutions and Page Executive and has one direct report (remote).
Primary duties
Supporting Sales
* Client-facing – supporting pitch processes to understand client needs and align expectations
* Collaborate with the sales team to create and present tailored candidate attraction plans for pitches, ensuring alignment with client needs and commercial objectives
Strategic Media Planning and Execution
* Develop comprehensive and credible media strategies to attract talent across diverse industries and geographies
* Create customized media plans using platforms such as job boards, CV databases, programmatic advertising, social media, and search engine marketing
* Align media strategies with employer branding initiatives and recruitment objectives
* Vendor management where required
Reporting and Optimisation
* Prepare regular reports and presentations for client and internal stakeholders, demonstrating the impact of media strategies on recruitment outcomes
* Provide actionable advice to stakeholders for campaign enhancements/course corrections based on data and insights
Team Leadership and Collaboration
* Line management of Global Media Manager, enabling effective delivery and supporting career development
* Collaborate closely with recruitment consultants, operations teams to align media strategies with hiring needs.
* Partner with internal stakeholders to co-ordinate recruitment marketing initiatives
Key Skills and Competencies
* Extensive experience in media planning and buying, sector experience a must
* Strong knowledge of job boards, social media platforms, programmatic advertising, and other candidate attraction channels.
* Proven track record of delivering successful recruitment campaigns within budget and timelines.
* Excellent communicator with client-facing experience
* Confident stakeholder management skills
* Commercially astute
* Vendor management experience
Expected Behaviours
* Self-starter
* Data-driven in approach
* Responsive and agile
* Strong and creative in problem-solving
* Resilient, confident and self-assured
* Culturally aware and international in outlook