Media Operations Manager

Job Description

THE CARWOW GROUP

Carwow Group is driven by a passion for getting people into cars. But not just any car, the right car. That’s why we are building the go-to destination for car-changing. Designed to reach drivers everywhere with our trail-blazing portfolio of personality rich automotive brands; Carwow, Auto Express, evo, Driving Electric and Car Buyer.

What started as a simple reviews site, is now one of the largest online car-changing destinations in Europe - over 10m customers have used Carwow to help them buy and sell cars since its inception. Last year we grew over 50% with nearly £3bn worth of cars bought on site, while £1.8bn of cars were listed for sale through our Sell My Car service.

In 2024 we went big and acquired Autovia, doubling our audience overnight. Together we now have one of the biggest YouTube channels in the world with over 1.1 billion annual views, sell 1.2 million print copies of our magazines and have an annual web content reach over 350million.

WHY JOIN US?

We are winners of the prestigious Culture 100 award that recognises the most loved and happiest tech companies to work for! We have just raised $52m in funding led by global venture capital firm Bessemer Venture Partners (an early backer of LinkedIn and Shopify) to accelerate our growth plans!

As pioneers, we’re always driving for new territory and positive change, so our work as a group is never done. Where others see difficulty, it’s our responsibility to see possibility – building new experiences, launching new titles and listening to drivers.

Being a part of Carwow Group means championing drivers and the automotive industry, acting as a disrupter and never being afraid to fail (but learning fast when we do!).

Our team of 500 employees across the UK, Germany, Spain and Portugal are revolutionising car-changing and we are fast expanding our mission across every single brand and country we operate in, so jump in!

ABOUT THE ROLE

We are looking for a Media Operations Manager to join our ambitious OEM and Media team. You will handle the delivery of our strategic client advertising plans, owning the ‘last mile’ for the team.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

• Be the main point of contact for all client communication post-sale and be fully responsible for everything from this point, including but not limited to the setup, pacing, optimisation, performance, and post-campaign analysis of our advertising campaigns
• Analyse performance data to highlight key trends and advise the teams internally and external clients based on this, whilst considering fill rates
• Be the linchpin between Carwow internally, the client, and the media agency
• Proactively investigate issues (delivery discrepancies, technical issues, etc) and provide resolutions to these issues
• Create and provide detailed and accurate campaign delivery reports each month, for client invoicing; pull both internal and 3rd party reporting to our advertisers, agencies, and demand partners
• Identifying and developing process improvements as our product set increases
• Work with teams across the business to constantly improve our media offering

WHAT YOU'LL NEED

Please note: We know that no candidate will be the perfect match for all we've listed in this posting, so we’d encourage you to apply if you feel you're close to the brief but not an exact match

• Relevant work experience at a digital media agency, publisher, SSP, DSP or AdTech company is highly desirable
• Experience with Google Ad Manager and working with a variety of creative types including video, display, rich display, HTML5, etc
• Programmatic and yield management experience a major plus
• Continually promotes and achieves high standards of quality at work, applies attention to detail to execution, and constantly looks for problems to solve and ways to improve
• Proven track record of exceptional time management – effectively plans long-term and big picture projects while maintaining day-to-day effectiveness
• Cultivates and maintains strong, productive relationships with a range of internal and external stakeholders. Takes a collaborative approach to their work, understands the limitations of their own perspective, and works hard to understand the interests/perspectives of others. Able to manage stakeholders’ expectations
  

WHAT'S IN IT FOR YOU

• Hybrid working that works around you
• Competitive salary to fund that dream holiday to Bali
• Matched pension contributions for a peaceful retirement
• Share options - when we thrive, so do you!
• Vitality Private Healthcare, for peace of mind, plus eyecare vouchers
• Life Assurance for (even more) peace of mind
• Monthly coaching sessions with Spill - our mental wellbeing partner
• Enhanced holiday package, plus bank holidays
• 28 days annual leave
• 1 day for your wedding
• 1 day off when you move house - because moving’s hard enough without work!
• On your third year anniversary, you get 30 days of annual leave per year
• On your tenth year anniversary, you get 35 days of annual leave per year
• Option to buy 3 extra days of holiday per year
• Work from abroad for a month (due to popular demand, this offer excludes the moon).
• Inclusive parental, partner and shared parental leave, fertility treatment and pregnancy loss policies
• Bubble childcare support and discounted nanny fees for the little ones
• The latest tech (Macbook or Surface) to power your gif-sending talents
• Up to £500/€550 home office allowance for that massage chair you’ve been talking about
• A generous learning and development budget to help you master your craft
• Regular social events:, tech lunches, coffee with the exec sessions, book clubs, social events/anything else you pester us for
• Refer a friend, get paid. Repeat for infinite money
• Lunch & learns and Carwow Classrooms with expert speakers who are here for a free lunch

Diversity and inclusion is an integral part of our culture. We know that diverse teams are strong teams, so we welcome those with alternative identities, backgrounds, and experiences to apply for this position. We make recruiting decisions based on experience, skills and potential, so all our applicants are treated fairly and equally.