Solutions Developer

The purpose of this role is to oversee production operations for multi-channel marketing solutions. This role oversees the day to day operations and team supporting the solution and ensures on time and on budget delivery of our production solutions.

Job Description:

Introduction

Dentsu is the network designed for what’s next, helping clients predict and plan for disruptive future opportunities and create new paths to growth in the sustainable economy. Taking a people-centered approach to business transformation, we use insights to connect brand, content, commerce and experience, underpinned by modern creativity.

Dentsu International is a global leader that specialises in Sales, Marketing, Customer Experience, and Retention to enable clients to keep “winning” whilst ensuring customer growth and experience is at the very forefront for their businesses.

We’re hiring a Solutions Developer as part of our team in Manchester working on a hybrid basis.

Purpose of the Role

The Solutions Developer, Media Solutions will lead various projects covering data prep, script, tool and dashboard development as an embedded expert in dentsu digital media teams. They will identify project opportunities from collaborating with other team members and clients, and discussing their common challenges, alongside helping to run hackathon sessions. They will research and plan the best approaches, considering timelines, costs and ease of use. During execution, they will ensure proper documentation, smooth communication, effective error handling thorough code testing and correct use of tools like Google Cloud Platform and GitHub, with a focus on security. They will communicate confidently with stakeholders and share knowledge through presentations and case studies. .

Job description

Core Accountabilities 

Proactively work with clients and other team members to spot opportunities for projects – this could be anything from enhancing audience data with additional data points to writing an automation script to turn on media campaigns based on weather triggers 

Supporting in running hackathon sessions to understand the problems a team are facing that could be solved by automation 

Researching the best way to build a solution, considering timelines, costs, ease of use, etc. 

Executing the build of a solution, while ensuring:

Adequate documentation is written 

Communication is smooth between all necessary stakeholders 

Errors are handled effectively 

Code is thoroughly tested before handing over the tool 

Candidate Profile

Professional 

Great communication skills and ability to communicate complex ideas 

Strong attention to detail and highly organized 

Ability to self-manage, working as part of the wider team 

Believe in clean coding and simple solutions 

Any knowledge of Performance Marketing specialisms, e.g. Paid Social, Paid Search, Organic Search, Programmatic (desired) 

Technical 

Experience with the following: 

Python 

JavaScript 

Google Cloud Platform 

BigQuery 

Cloud Functions 

Cloud Run 

Cloud Scheduler 

Cloud SQL 

Rest APIs 

Well versed in agile methodologies, git and version control best practices 

Knowledge of Data Analysis processes and effectively drawing insights from data 

What we offer

This is a permanent role. The team is based from our UK office in Manchester on a hybrid working basis.

As well as a competitive salary, you’ll enjoy a benefits package that you can tailor to your needs which includes:

Ongoing Training

Unparalleled professional development

Company-provided Medical Healthcare

Generous Pension provisions

Health and Wellness benefits

Life Assurance

Working in diverse teams where you can make a real impact.

Exciting and rewarding environment.

Varied work across industries

Great additional benefits

25 holidays per year, plus bank holidays, additional Christmas leave and your birthday off. We also offer 2 paid volunteer charity days and 3 well-being each year

Inclusion and Diversity

Our diverse and inclusive culture enables our employees to bring their whole selves to work and be proud of doing so. For us, this is the foundation for great innovation which, in turn, generates better outcomes for our people, partners and communities. This is why we encourage applications from people with disabilities, and of all ages, nationalities, backgrounds and cultures.

We are happy to discuss flexible and agile approaches to working for all our roles – we can’t promise we will be able to offer you everything you want or need but we do promise to discuss it with you openly and honestly. If you have any reasonable adjustment needs arising from a disability or medical condition to fully participate in the recruitment process, please discuss this with our recruitment teams.

About dentsu

Taking a people-centered approach to business transformation, we use insights to connect brand, content, commerce and experience, underpinned by modern creativity. As part of Dentsu Group Inc. we are headquartered in Tokyo, Japan and our 65,000 employee-base of dedicated professionals work across four regions (Japan, Americas, EMEA and APAC). Dentsu combines Japanese innovation with a diverse, global perspective to drive client growth and to shape society.

Diversity, equity, and inclusion sits at the heart of our Social Impact strategy – our fully integrated sustainability strategy which includes our ambition to build a fair and more equal society, where everyone is equipped to thrive.

Location:

Manchester - Bonded Warehouse

Brand:

Dentsu Media

Time Type:

Full time

Contract Type:

Permanent