Activation Manager - Audio & Display

About the7stars

The7stars is unlike any other agency. The distinction started the day we launched in 2005 when we named ourselves after a pub, but more importantly when we made a promise that we were doing things differently.

And this commitment has stuck with us. It guides how we work, how we think and how we treat one another and can be expressed in a single word.

Freedom.

Our Freedom philosophy lives across our entire business from people, product and planning. It means we plan & buy media how we want, develop careers how we want, take holiday when we need it, invent tools when we need them, give people a platform to speak up, question and express themselves freely - but more importantly it has allowed us to create an amazing place to work.

We have a unique working environment and open structure which encourages personal development through client contact, team work, training, exposure to all media and internal teams - and a "sky's the limit" approach to your growth within the agency.

In 2025 we achieved our 13th year in a row as a Sunday Time Top 100 compan to work for and in 2023 were awarded Campaign's number one media agency to work for accolade for the second year running.

The7stars is c300 passionate media people that are able to focus purely on creating great work for our clients. Clients such as Warner Music, Entain, Suzuki, Gousto, Freemans and The People's Postcode Lottery. UK focused, we also operate within an agile network of like-minded friends, extending our client portfolio into Europe and the US.

If thinking freely and with integrity is your bag, then the7stars is an agency you should meet.

Background

the7stars is known as an agency that plans and buys media unlike no other, with precision in how we target audiences paying attention to the smallest of detail. We have a team of Activation planners AND buyers, we know the importance of delivering a plan that you have meretriciously created.

As our billings are nearing £500m we need to ensure that we place the same level of rigour across all plans that leave Bush House with creativity at the heart of what we do. Therefore we want to supercharge team Activation, we want to create a team that is best in class, that delivers the best implementational campaigns that deliver for our clients, and we want to be known in the UK as the BEST Activation team.

The Role

To be a future-facing Activation team that truly plans in a holistic way means that we need to supercharge the agency. This is an fantastic opportunity for the right candidate and we are looking for driven motivated individuals to be part of this new exciting team.

What you’ll be doing;

• Deliver the best in class and market leading media plans across Publishing, Audio and Digital
• Understanding trends, technological developments, and how these translate into implications for the agency’s output and in turn clients
• Drive innovation! We want to win awards for our clients so be creative
• Work closely with Client teams to ensure all plans are adhering to business objectives, the comms platform and key KPI’s
• Assist with the management and delivery of audit guarantees across PRF Clients
• Drive the development of media owner relationships to ensure we are seeking out opportunities for our clients that are new to market and managing weekly media owner sessions
• Attending Client status’ and/or reporting calls to ensure excellence in campaign delivery.
• Execute and deliver best in class PCA’s across the agency
• Support the wider team and the trading team via supplier & value forecasting
• Help develop and upskill junior planners/buyers setting out roles and responsibilities ensuring a level of accountability

Requirements

Essential

• Prior experience working within planning and/or buying
• Have a passion for delivering innovation and award winning work through implementational planning and buying
• Highly motivated to drive value for clients across Audio and Display

Desirable

• Experience in managing a team
• Great supplier relationships

Apply if you want to…

• Join the largest independent, free thinking, fast moving media agency in the UK
• Have the freedom to grow your career at pace
• Be surrounded by a diverse team of talented thinkers, who love the work they do
• Have the freedom to design a flexible approach to your working life
• Be challenged to learn and grow every day
• Join a business that does more than just media – that gives 5% of its profits back into the community
• Be part of a culture that encourages creativity, entrepreneurialism and most importantly of all… fun

Please don’t apply if…

• Thinking big isn’t your thing
• Shaping the company you work for and things around you doesn’t get you excited
• Challenging yourself isn’t something you want to do

Benefits

• Uncounted holiday
• Flexible & hybrid working
• Work from anywhere for up to 2 weeks of the year
• Free breakfast & company bar
• New Business Bonus eligible in your first year as a 7stars employee
• Personal finance advice
• Discretionary summer profit share bonus and Christmas bonus
• Private Medical Insurance
• Choice of 5 gyms
• Season ticket Loan
• Cycle to work Scheme & Techscheme
• Life Assurance, critical Illness cover & income protection
• Enhanced family friendly policies, including Shared Parental & Adoption Leave
• Royal London pension (8% employer contributions up to £35k, 5% thereafter)
• Employee assistance programme & MHFA trained colleagues

The7stars is committed to creating a diverse environment, where employees feel empowered to share different ideas, perspectives and experiences in a collaborative and creative work environment. Equality and inclusion are at the heart of our culture. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race (which includes colour, nationality and ethnic or national origins), religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation.