About the Role:
We are seeking an experienced Executive Director to join our core global agency team. This new role will report directly to the Global Commerce Lead and will be instrumental in providing top-tier commerce solutions, integrating them with media, and leveraging the best solutions from Omnicom to well-known global brands.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead and manage the execution of commerce initiatives, ensuring alignment with overall business objectives.
- Provide strategic oversight and guidance to junior team members, fostering a culture of learning and development.
- Develop and implement comprehensive global commerce strategies across multiple channels.
- Monitor and analyse market trends, identifying opportunities for innovation and growth.
- Prepare and deliver compelling presentations and reports to senior leadership and clients.
- Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to drive commerce solutions and integrate them with media strategies.
- Build strong relationships with clients, ensuring their needs are met and expectations exceeded.
- Drive the adoption of best practices and solutions from Omnicom commerce agencies.
- Identify and leverage eCommerce, commerce, and retail media white space opportunities (e.g., Hybrid Selling, Rapid Commercialization).
- Manage 3rd party partnerships and support tech stack integration.
- Curate and share global commerce knowledge, best practices, and content.
- Explore future commerce knowledge sharing and broader agency product/services (Omni Suite, AMC, etc.).
- Coordinate multi-market commerce activities and strategies.
- Conduct scoping exercises and develop playbooks for various commerce initiatives.
- Understanding of retail media, digital in-store and offsite tactics.
- Understanding of organic components and performance
About You:
- Proven expertise in commerce across various channels.
- Understanding of the retail media ecosystem.
- Knowledge of instore and offsite tactics, organic performance, and media channels.
- Experience in a regional or global role and Ability to coordinate multi-region activities.
- Experience in scoping exercises and playbook development.
- Experience in training and educating internal teams and clients.
- Mastery in PowerPoint and storytelling, with the ability to create engaging and persuasive presentations.
- Strong leadership skills, with experience managing internal and external stakeholders.
- Excellent team player, capable of coaching and guiding junior team members.
- Strategic thinker with a track record of delivering innovative solutions.
- Innovator with a growth mindset.
About the Agency:
At OMD EMEA, we strive to deliver on our promise of ‘better decisions, faster‘ for our clients, partners and all 6,000+ OMDers across our region every day. As part of the world’s largest media network, our business is staging experiences for consumers who have more choice and less attention than ever before. The key to the process is empathy. Empathy to see the world through the eyes of the consumer, to recognise the needs of our clients and to identify aspirations of our talent.
Learn Fast, Act Fast. To help navigate the road to a ‘new normal’, learning from, and acting upon data signals at scale and speed is crucial. Visit Why OMD? to learn more about our unique Act Fast Framework.
Be Your Best
We want everyone to make the most of the opportunity to shine and showcase your talents and we are happy to make adjustments in the recruitment process so you can be your best. Please discuss any specific requirements with your dedicated Talent Team member or if you would feel more comfortable, you can email us confidentially at [email protected] to let us know how we can support you.
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at OMG
At OMG, our vision is to be an agency where difference is valued and everyone is able to thrive in a culture of equality, inclusion and belonging. We are committed to providing a truly inclusive environment that reflects today’s society, where everyone is able to bring their true selves to work, and where diverse voices and backgrounds are valued, heard, and well-represented.
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What We Do
OMG UK delivers transformational experiences for consumers, clients and talent. Powered by the Omni marketing orchestration system, OMG connects best-in-class capabilities that enable our full-service media agencies OMD, MG OMD, PHD and Hearts & Science to deliver more relevant and actionable consumer experiences, more productive and proactive client experiences, and more collaborative and rewarding talent experiences.
We are enormously proud of our Agency and Network of the Year accolades, including most recently, PHD named Adweek’s Global Media Agency of the Year, MG OMD named Thinkbox TV Planning Agency of the Year, and OMG Unite named Media Agency of the Year at the Leadership and Diversity Awards.
We are committed to providing a truly inclusive environment where everyone is able to bring their true selves to work, diverse voices and minority communities are valued, heard and well represented, and where everyone is able to thrive in a culture of equality, inclusion and fairness.
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