Journey Further

Discovery-led growth consulting for brands

Manager – Programmatic

Performance & Paid MarketingConfirmed live in the last 24 hours

Full-time£39k - £50k

About the Job

Requirements

You have significant experience working in paid media.
You have experience using advertising platforms, demand-side platforms, and Campaign Manager.
You have a solid understanding of Google Analytics, GA4, and other third-party measurement tools.
You are comfortable analysing large datasets.
You are confident presenting your ideas and findings to senior stakeholders.
You have an eye for creative and appreciate its role in online media buying.
Experience in digital is essential.

Responsibilities

Create high-performing campaigns across display, video, audio, gaming, out-of-home, and connected TV.
Deliver insightful reporting and present optimisations, strategies, and results to clients.
Develop strategies and use existing campaign learnings to optimise strategy and activation.
Work directly with clients to deliver results, supported by senior team members.
Manage and optimise programmatic campaigns day to day across a suite of demand-side platforms and advertising platforms.
Build, analyse, and interpret large datasets to extract insights and opportunities.
Produce clear performance reports for clients and articulate results into learnings that inform longer-term strategy.
Maintain direct communication with clients and keep them informed of direction and progress.
Develop testing roadmaps and optimise toward client goals.
Collaborate with internal teams to align media strategy with broader digital activity.
Support the rollout of automation, scripts, and data-driven workflows.
Support new-business pitches and create supporting materials.
Maintain understanding of industry changes, trends, and best practices.
Provide proactive client communication, sharing insights and recommendations regularly.
Document processes and contribute to improving ways of working.
Mentor junior team members where appropriate.

Desired Qualifications

Experience in offline media buying, connected TV, or digital out-of-home is advantageous.
The employer would consider someone at a more junior level who is ambitious to learn and grow quickly.

Manager, Programmatic

Journey Further · Leeds, United Kingdom (Hybrid) · Full-time · Posted 2026-08-06

Salary: GBP 40,000–45,000

Workplace: hybrid

Department: Programmatic

Description

About the Role

It’s never been a more exciting time to work in media and you will be at the forefront of excellence working across the digital media landscape to build pioneering strategies that deliver impactful results. You will work across planning, activation, reporting and strategy in partnership with our clients, our suppliers and other agency teams.

What you will do

Create high performing campaigns for the world’s leading brands across display, video, audio, gaming, OOH and CTV
Deliver insightful reporting and confidently present optimisations, strategies and results to clients
Develop pioneering strategies to deliver maximum results. Use existing campaign learnings to optimise strategy and activation
Work directly with clients to deliver exceptional results, supported by senior members of the team
Day to day management and optimisation of programmatic campaigns across a suite of DSPs and ad platforms
Build, analyse and interpret large datasets to extract insight and opportunities
Produce clear, compelling performance reports for clients. Articulate results into learnings which impact longer term strategy
Direct line of communication with your clients keeping them informed of direction of travel
Develop testing roadmaps and optimise toward client goals
Collaborate with internal teams to align media strategy with broader digital activity
Support the rollout of automation, scripts and data-driven workflows
Support in new business pitches and create supporting materials
Maintain a strong understanding of industry changes, trends and best practices
Provide proactive client communication, sharing insights and recommendations regularly
Document processes and contribute to improving ways of working
Mentor junior team members where appropriate

Requirements

You have significant experience working in paid media
You have experience using Ad platforms, DSPs and Campaign Manager
You have a solid understanding of Google Analytics, GA4 and other 3rd party measurement tools
You are comfortable with analysing large data sets
You’re confident presenting your ideas and findings to senior stakeholders
You have an eye for creative and appreciate its role in online media buying
Experience in Digital is essential, but it would be advantageous to be experienced in offline media buying or CTV and DOOH

Whilst we are ideally looking for someone at Manager level we would consider someone at a more junior level who has genuine ambitious to learn and grow quickly.

Benefits

Pension - Matched up to 4%

Health - Private medical insurance

Family - Enhanced maternity, paternity & adoption pay

Flexibility - 25 days annual leave, Christmas shutdown and home working allowance

Salary

Leeds - £39,000 - £45,000

Manchester - £40,000 - £47,000

London - £43,000 - £50,000

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About the Company

Journey Further

Discovery-led growth consulting for brands

Journey Further provides growth partnerships that start with discovery-led strategy. They map the market landscape, generate actionable insights, and translate them into concrete growth actions while measuring outcomes. With 200 specialists across Leeds, London, Manchester, and New York, the firm pursues sustainable, scalable growth for brands that won’t settle. Their approach combines terrain mapping, global collaboration, and an award-winning track record to turn insights into measurable, long-term growth opportunities.

Company size: 51-200
Company stage: Not listed
Total funding: Not listed
Headquarters: Leeds, United Kingdom
Founded: 2017

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