Full-Time

Optimisation Manager

Wunderman Thompson

Wunderman Thompson

5,001-10,000 employees

Integrated creative, data-driven marketing agency

No salary listed

London, UK

Hybrid

Four days in-office per week.

Category
Growth & Marketing (1)
Required Skills
Amplitude
A/B Testing
Google Analytics

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Requirements
  • Proven hands-on experience using optimization and A/B testing software (e.g., Optimizely, VWO, Adobe Target, Siteimprove, or similar meta-optimisation tools).
  • Proficient in setting up custom reports, segments, and event tracking in web analytics suites (e.g., Google Analytics 4, Adobe Analytics, Amplitude).
  • Experience editing, publishing, and running personalization initiatives within enterprise CMS platforms (e.g., Adobe Experience Manager, Sitecore, or Shopify).
  • High Velocity: A "rapid delivery" mindset. You thrive in fast-paced environments and love seeing your work go live to drive immediate commercial impact.
  • Agile Competency: Comfort working in agile sprint cycles, managing weekly backlogs, and juggling multiple fast-turnaround tasks simultaneously.
  • Analytical Thinking: Naturally curious and highly analytical. You don’t just look at data; you look for the "why" behind user behavior.
  • Collaborative Communicator: Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to bridge the gap between creative, technical, and commercial stakeholders.
Responsibilities
  • Daily Campaign Management: Own the hands-on execution and QA of the weekly site optimisation roadmap, ensuring rapid deployment and zero-defect delivery of experiments and content updates.
  • A/B Testing & Personalisation: Build, launch, and monitor A/B tests, multivariate tests, and personalisation campaigns designed to immediately boost real-time trading performance and conversion rates (CRO).
  • Cross-Functional Coordination: Collaborate daily with copywriters, designers, developers, and the Paid Media team to coordinate asset production and ensure rapid execution of updates.
  • Real-Time Monitoring: Keep a finger on the pulse of live campaign performance, monitoring real-time analytics suites to identify sudden performance drops, bugs, or immediate conversion opportunities.
  • Insights Translation: Synthesize complex data from test results into actionable recommendations. Help the Optimisation Lead compile weekly performance reports demonstrating trading uplift and ROI.
  • Audience Segmentation: Utilise Customer Data Platforms (CDPs) and web analytics tools to build, manage, and optimize dynamic audience segments for targeted messaging.
  • Platform Operations: Act as the super-user and administrator for our stack of site optimization, analytics, and content management platforms.
  • Data Quality & Tagging: Ensure tracking codes, analytics tags, and event-tracking parameters are correctly implemented on all optimized pages to safeguard data integrity.
Desired Qualifications
  • Familiarity with how Customer Data Platforms (CDPs) ingest and activate audience data for real-time personalization is highly desirable.
  • Basic Frontend Knowledge: A foundational understanding of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript (specifically how they affect browser rendering and A/B test implementation) is a significant plus.

Wunderman Thompson blends creative advertising, data-driven consultancy, and technology to drive growth for brands. It delivers creative campaigns and brand strategies, uses data and insights to help businesses transform, and offers technology solutions such as WaterLight, a product that converts salt water into electrical power. The company earns revenue through project-based fees, retainers, and performance-based incentives. It differentiates itself with an integrated approach that combines creativity, data, and technology, backed by global clients and award-winning work. Its goal is to help ambitious brands grow by delivering measurable, impactful results.

Company Size

5,001-10,000

Company Stage

M&A

Total Funding

N/A

Headquarters

New York City, New York

Founded

1958

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • VML merger October 2023 expands resources for client growth.
  • Integrated Brand, Customer Experience, Commerce with Human First philosophy.
  • Serves global clients like Unilever, Bose with omnichannel experiences.

What critics are saying

  • Ceased operations January 2024; standalone brand eliminated.
  • Hulbert's transition to VML causes talent exodus now.
  • VML structure erodes commerce, CRM expertise; clients shift in 6-12 months.

What makes Wunderman Thompson unique

  • Blends creative agency, consultancy, and technology for data-driven growth.
  • World-leading MAP center excels in Marketing Automation, Personalization, Loyalty, CRM.
  • Wins Cannes Lions Innovation Grand Prix 2021 for Degree Inclusive deodorant.

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Health Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

401(k) Retirement Plan

401(k) Company Match

Paid Vacation

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