AdSomeNoise is looking to hire a creative media hero
By: Steven Verbruggen
Tags: Belgium, Advertising, Agency, Job Search, Digital Media

We’re looking for a hero because we want to hire someone who does good to the media world. Who wants to make a difference. Fix media. Integrate buying with creative. Skills are important but attitude is king. Full description below.

AdSomeNoise is a digital campaign agency that wants to make a genuine difference for its customers. That is why we are fully committed to a different, integrated approach where media play a pivotal role. Within our plug-in method of working this will often result in collaborations with other parties that manage media; more and more often this means the advertisers themselves. We want to respond optimally to this trend so we are looking for someone who can plug in when the media side is being handled by another agency but who also possesses the insight and the knowledge to manage and oversee the process when we do it ourselves. We are looking for someone who is not afraid to get his/her hands dirty but who can also brainstorm strategically on the highest campaign level. The ultimate goal: create the best campaign possible that dovetails perfectly with the needs of the client/the brand…

Your typical Tuesday…

For AdSomeNoise, media is a growth area where we want to make additional strides in the coming months and years. This means we are looking for someone who wants to grow with us in this area and who can oversee the media side of a campaign, whether it’s being organised externally or in-house. Ideally we’d like to hire someone with several years of experience in a media agency, someone with enough experience to perform at a decent level yet still fresh enough to want to make the difference.

What we need:

Good knowledge of the media ecosystem: the market, the agencies, key players and suppliers. Good contacts with technology vendors and publishers are a major asset!

The ability to manage and upgrade the relationship with other media agencies

Motivated to gain a deeper insight and with a passion for research: you want to know everything down to the smallest detail so your next campaign will be even more successful.

Strategically skilled but with a pragmatic, hands-on attitude. You know how to design and carry out a plan but you can also tweak it if necessary.

Hands-on, you can and want to work with the tools yourself.

A feel for creation: how can we ensure the whole is more than the sum of its parts ? How can media and creation reinforce each other?

A feel for clients and their campaigns and a good sense of balance in particular. A bigger budget is not always the answer.

Being able to manage a budget.

The necessary commercial skills to help the client understand what can sometimes be a complex media component of a campaign or a sales trajectory. And — just as important — the ability to explain this properly to your colleagues in order to allow an integrated approach.

Finding the right balance between performance and branding. The best campaigns don’t need to hide behind one of those terms.

Always looking for ways to boost the relevance of individual campaigns.

KPIs are a means, not an end.

The ability to evaluate an existing plan, call it into question and make adjustments if necessary.

Interpreting results, drawing conclusions and establishing reports.

Bottom line: we are looking to recruit someone with a keen mind, common sense and a great deal of motivation to make the difference through media.

Your abilities:

Good knowledge of the Google / Doubleclick stack is very important.

A must: display advertising (DV360, premium / programmatic guaranteed, ..) and social advertising.

An asset: knowledge of adwords.

Knowledge of Analytics (Google, Moat, …)

Knowledge of tag managers and DMPs is a plus

E-commerce experience would also be interesting

AdSomeNoise boasts strong DCO skills so if you have no first-hand experience this will be your №1 priority.

Knowledge of other tech vendors, ad servers, adops lingo, … would come in handy.

Dashboards help you and others keep a finger on the pulse.

The more languages you know the better. French is not unheard of, especially in media. English is an alternative if your French is a bit rusty.

You can work independently but you are also a team player.

In short, you have to be a bit of a nerd and proud of it.

What are we offering? A hell of a ride. We are a fun company — that’s what our staff say when they ask us for a raise — but above all we have one clear and firm mission: to do better. We want to improve the industry and we support anyone who shares this goal. AdSomeNoise wants to lead by example, get its hands dirty, prove that online campaigns can be pretty damn cool… campaigns that work, that are creative and that respect instead of disturb consumers, campaigns that aim for maximum relevance.

In a restaurant you’d never ask a vegetarian if he’d like a juicy steak so why would you ask someone online to buy a pair of shoes he or she obviously doesn’t like? We have to do better as an industry and we will do better because you want to help us make the difference.

Interested?

Stop wasting time and send your resume and cover letter to Steven Verbruggen: steven@adsomenoise.com