Broadcast Executive Apprenticeship

Overview

Broadcast Executive Apprentice

Reporting to Broadcast Manager/ Head of Broadcast

About us:

A little about us….

Bray Leino is a creative and communication Agency that drives growth through creative energy, by going beyond, to find the most powerful way.

It’s the way we began back in 1974. Before email, before mobile phones, when London was still 6 hours by road, our founders set up shop in a gloriously rural part of the UK. It’s how we grew into a full-service global agency. And it’s how we still look at the world now.

Creativenergy is the force that makes us think, create and work differently to our competition. It’s what makes us this thriving powerhouse of free-range thinkers, creators and makers. And wherever we are in the world, connects us all back to one common ambition.

To use creativity to make businesses grow.

About our Media team:

Bray Leino media are a team of experienced media specialists and communications planners. We develop and execute highly effective media campaigns to drive client ambitions forward.  We cover all channels both online and offline, print, digital, out of home, radio, cinema, TV and video on demand, together with creative media solutions and bespoke partnerships. We collaborate with clients as part of a ‘full service’ in conjunction with the wider agency creative services. Our mission statement is to achieve growth through Creativenergy, therefore out-of-the-box thinking is something we strive for, bringing to bear our specialisms, and the broad network of media suppliers and partner businesses we work with.

About the role:

You will support the Broadcast Manager undertaking daily tasks of TV and Video campaign management. This is a highly numerate role in which you will learn to plan and buy TV/Video media campaigns, learn how the market works, and partake in meetings with media owners as well as a variety of training. Assist your Manager in research and gathering market information to share with the wider media team and agency. There will be opportunities to get involved in the agency pillar teams activities e.g. join the Green team, working toward a more sustainable future, or the Social team arranging events.

Key accountabilities and responsibilities include:

• With support of the Broadcast Manager, learn all aspects of TV planning and buying including knowledge of channels, terminology, channel audience profiles, campaign management using TV buying tools such as MediaOcean, TechEdge and CARIA.


• Learn to buy TV campaigns, liaising with sales representatives from the UK’s biggest TV companies; ITV, C4, Channel Five, Sky, YouTube. 


• Develop sound working relationships with TV sales contractors.


• Send out accurate and timely spot times to clients.


• Update and analyse TV spot schedules during and post campaign.


• Send ‘turnarounds’ which involves moving client’s adverts into the most appropriate TV programmes.


• Learn to use our finance booking system Easl.


• Assist with post campaign analysis.


• Ensure all administration is up to date and accurate.

Full training will be provided.

About the person:

The ideal candidate is likely to possess the following qualifications/key experiences:

• Strong numerical, statistical, and data-handling skills.


• A confident and clear communicator.


• Ability to assimilate information quickly. 


• Strong organisational, time keeping, time management and prioritisation skills.


• Proficiency with Microsoft Office (particularly Excel).


• Able to maintain organisational skills under pressure.


• Pro-active attitude and a hunger for learning.


• Ability to develop effective working relationships with the internal colleagues and media owners.


• Demonstrate knowledge and integration of Bray Leino values in time.

Measures of success:

• Colleague feedback.


• Room To Grow performance review.


• Targeted against KPI’s.


• Successful completion of apprenticeship.

We offer a competitive starting salary, a nice benefits package, and training from the best in the business.

• 25 days’ holiday, increasing to 29 after 2 years’ service + Plus Bank Holidays


• Company pension scheme, with enhanced Employer contributions after 1 years’ service


• Medical Cash Plan – including employee assist programme, contributions to dental, optical, physio etc.


• Employee Discount Scheme – an online platform for all staff offering a variety of discounts at various shopping outlets, gyms etc


• Electric Car Purchase Scheme, via Salary Sacrifice


• Outstanding training and progression, including access to LinkedIn Learning and The Mission Group Learning Management System


• Employee referral scheme


• Regular staff social events


• Company Christmas closure


• Long service awards


• Cycle To Work scheme


• Mission Share Scheme

Here at Bray Leino, we’re celebrators of difference. We know it’s where Creativenergy comes from. So our culture’s open, diverse and inclusive. Whether you’re coming for an interview or have been with us for years, what matters is your talent and character; the rest is what makes you, you.

We’re committed to equality of opportunity and welcome applications from individuals, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic background, religion and/or belief. We will consider flexible working requests for all roles, unless operational requirements prevent otherwise.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident Committed (Level 1) Employer. As a Disability Confident Committed Employer we have committed to; ensure our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible, communicating and promoting vacancies, offering an interview to those with disabilities who meet the minimum criteria for the job and anticipating and providing reasonable adjustments as required.