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Join one of the fastest growing regional media agencies in the UK.
We have offices in Derbyshire and the West Midlands with aspirations to expand further, and to that we need more people like us – like you.
Current VacanciesWorking at CNS
What we offer.
A role at CNS allows individuals to upskill and develop their career, all while having fun at the same time! We pride ourselves on our fantastic work culture and supportive time environment, where everyone is made to feel relaxed.
We have the pleasure of being able to work with some big players as our services are on a nation-wide scale. We offer competitive salaries based on experience and a hunger to succeed in our results-driven agency.
CNS offer the opportunity of working from home occasionally, we see this as beneficial to allow the clear headspace to optimise creativity for some projects.
Time to brush up on your ping pong skills 🏓 – just don’t beat the boss. 😜
(But seriously, don’t. 🤬😳)
What We do
We have a good time and we get sh*t done.
Our services cover regional and national media planning & buying for TV, radio, Out of Home, press, magazines, ambient, digital and web development.
We have an enviable mix of national, regional and local clients across a number of sectors including retail, motors, care, public sector, recruitment, education and services. Many of them are well known, leading national or regional brands within their sector.
Current vacancies
We’re on the lookout for talented individuals to fill the roles below.
Account Manager (Digital)
To support continued growth, we are looking for an Account Manager (Digital) to join our team.
The Role
You’ll be responsible for maintaining and growing existing CNS digital accounts. Clients will vary by size, and run across various digital disciplines – it’s this variety that will make the role an exciting opportunity. You’ll be working collaboratively with the Sales Team & Digital Team across new and existing campaigns. You will help the agency to deliver customer success, satisfaction and loyalty.
The successful candidate will take responsibility for account management, client briefs, instructing campaigns to the internal teams, working closely with the Digital Commercial Director and Digital Marketing Manager. Ideally you will be a strong communicator, who is willing to pull together informative presentations and deliver to clients, deliver performance reports, collate information from client briefings, and manage expectations. A strong understanding of client goals and needs is essential, working with the wider team to create marketing strategies for the good of the client. Experience working in a Digital environment is a must. If you enjoy working within a client services setting – this role is for you.
Highlights of the role
- You’ll have access to a broad portfolio of products across the digital landscape.
- You will be responsible for your own accounts, as well as supporting and helping to grow existing clients within the business.
- You will be liaising directly with clients and the agency’s digital experts, ensuring requirements are met in full.
- We know digital marketing trends move at pace. We’re committed to support you in your ongoing professional development Add some info on learning & development opportunities
What does success look like?
- Creating client reassurance and building strong relationships.
- Servicing existing clients to generate revenue growth.
- Onboarding new clients
- Meeting and exceeding team targets.
- Keeping clients informed of campaign performance and opportunities.
- Being an expert across the ever-changing digital landscape.
The ideal candidate will have…
- 2+ years account management experience.
- Excellent knowledge of digital marketing strategy, particularly for Google and/or Meta.
- A passion to unearth opportunities in the local and regional marketplace, utilising team capabilities.
- Fantastic organisational and time management skills, with the ability to deliver to deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
- Experience working with CRM and planning systems.
- Excellent communicator, with a focus on delivering outstanding client service and building strong client relationships.
- Proven experience working independently and as part of a team.
- Being able to create and build full proposals, including sourcing insight, figures and market intelligence.
Media Planner/Buyer
To support continued growth, we are looking for a Media Planner/Buyer to join our team.
Got what it takes to make a difference?
CNS Media are one of the fastest growing full-service regional media agencies in the UK. We have offices in South Yorkshire and West Midlands with aspirations to expand into further regions.
Our Offline team work across all traditional media channels including TV, Radio, Press, Outdoor as well as other new channels and ambient media. CNS also have a full in house digital, design and development team working on Web/App development, Animation, Graphic Design and multi-platform online marketing.
We have an enviable mix of national, regional and local clients across a number of sectors including retail, motors, care, public sector, recruitment, education and services. Many of them are well known, leading national or regional brands within their sector.
About the Role
To support continued growth, we are looking for a Media Planner to join our team. The key responsibilities of the role will be:
- Plan, book and manage the delivery of client campaigns for TV, Radio, OOH and other media
- Proactively managing the day-to-day activities of assigned accounts with clients and CNS Media suppliers – providing and requesting information required for media campaign planning and booking
- Providing internal support to Account Managers – creating presentations, provision of planning information, booking, tracking and billing for media campaigns
- Gathering and presenting media insight and research to inform campaign strategy
- Preparing comprehensive post campaign analysis reports where appropriate
- Complete work within appropriate SLA/deadline on a daily basis: setting up distribution reports, campaign set up, compiling internal campaign trackers, entering in delivery #’s etc.
- Ensure the quality of services and solutions, including satisfactory resolution of all support requests, and troubleshooting of all reporting or data issues.
- Facilitate and ensure contract billing process is administered with quality in a timely manner.
- Write and develop rich content for media and digital clients
- Manage and/or participate in ongoing process improvement initiatives.
Candidate Requirements
- Strong understanding of media strategy
- Confident in the planning, execution and reporting/insight stages of media campaigns
- Experience in planning and buying some of the following media: TV / VOD / Radio / OOH / Press and other media
- Excellent communicator, with a focus on delivering outstanding client service and building strong client relationships
- Must be comfortable presenting to clients
- Strong numeracy and analytical skills, comfortable working with data for insight and post campaign analysis
- Need to be able to manage workload effectively and deliver to deadlines in a fast-paced environment
- Experience in content creation and/or blogging would be beneficial
Account Manager
To support continued growth, we are looking for an Account Manager to join our team.
The Role
You will work collaboratively with an Account Director across new and existing clients to help deliver successful campaigns. There’s an exciting mix of clients by size and by markets, operating across both private and public sectors.
The successful candidate will be responsible for client brief creation and on-going account management. The role also includes working closely with media owners across TV, Radio, Out of Home and Press, as well as our internal teams across Media Planning & Buying, Creative and Digital to ensure accurate and timely delivery of campaigns. You will therefore need to be a strong communicator who can also create and deliver compelling client presentations. The ability to gain a strong understanding of client goals and their market is essential as you will work with the wider team to create marketing strategies that deliver results for clients. If you enjoy working within a client services setting, this is the role for you.
Highlights of the role
- Exciting Account Manager position within a rapidly expanding full service advertising agency.
- Access to a broad portfolio of products across the media landscape.
- Assisting with the delivery of media, creative and digital campaigns; from inception to completion.
- Developing proposals alongside the Account Director and preparing post campaign reports.
- Supporting the Account Director to help grow existing clients within the business.
- Identifying new business opportunities and assist with new prospecting initiatives.
- You will be liaising directly with clients, CNS teams and suppliers to ensure client campaign requirements are met in full.
- CNS is committed to supporting personal training and ongoing professional development
What does success look like?
- Creating client trust and building strong relationships
- Servicing existing clients to generate campaign results and revenue growth
- Winning and onboarding of new clients
- Valuable contribution to meeting and exceeding sales team targets
- Keeping clients informed of campaign performance and opportunities to enhance results using other CNS product areas
- Becoming an expert across the ever-changing media landscape.
The ideal candidate will have…
- Account management experience is preferred but not essential
- Previous exposure to the media/marketing industry (preferred but not essential)
- A passion to unearth opportunities in the local and regional marketplace, utilising team capabilities.
- Proven organisational and time management skills, with the ability to deliver to deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
- Experience working with CRM and planning systems.
- Excellent communicator, with a focus on delivering outstanding client service and building strong client relationships.
- Proven experience working independently and as part of a team.
- Ability to create and build full proposals, including sourcing insights, statistics and other market intelligence.
- Confident with presenting advertising solutions to a wide range of clients.