Digital Media Manager - Advertising Technology - 12 Month FTC

We are looking for a Digital Media Manager (focusing on Advertising Technology) to join our Digital Marketing team on a 12 Month FTC, to play a key part in driving success for NEXT. Based at NEXT Head Office in Enderby, Leicester with a competitive salary range of £64,000 - £86,000.

At NEXT, not only are we one of the UK’s largest fashion retailers, but we’re also one of the largest listed companies, full-stop. Selling our products and thousands of world-famous brands, both in-store and online UK and Internationally. What’s more, we’re growing. Fast. And it’s the kind of growth and investment that is exciting for everyone in our business. 

About The Role:

As the Digital Media Manager, you will report into the Head of Marketing and play a pivotal role within the eCommerce department by leading the development and optimisation of our Media Technology Suite. You’ll be responsible for enhancing reporting, building robust tagging infrastructure and improving cross-platform signals across Web and App. Your mission will be to identify where technology and AI can eliminate inefficiencies and elevate the effectiveness of our media activity, then project manage the design, development and delivery of those solutions. 

In this newly created role, you'll collaborate closely with advertising planning and channel teams to uncover challenges and opportunities and partner with tech teams across the business to bring innovative solutions to life. These could range from fast-turnaround projects like dashboard implementation to more complex, long-term innovations such as automating fail-safes or reducing SLAs for faster activation. This role is perfect for someone with a strong blend of technical know-how, strategic thinking, and project leadership who’s ready to drive efficiency and innovation at scale.

What else is involved?

• Identify areas of inefficiency across internal and agency teams.
• Collaborate with internal teams across planning, channel specialists, media solutions, technology & AI to understand potential impact of automation and to ensure smooth technology adoption and integration.
• Creation and ownership of a solutions roadmap with clear prioritisation of opportunities against business impact and ease of implementation.
• Project manage the development and implementation of technology solutions to streamline media operations.
• Monitor emerging ad tech trends and automation tools to stay ahead of the curve 
• Serve as the main point of contact for internal stakeholders on technology-related project execution.
• Review end to end work streams including briefing and creative processes with a view to making them more agile.
• Review technology in the market which supports efficient multi market advertising activations.

You’ll be doing all this from our Leicestershire Head Office. Our offices are inspiring, yes. But we understand that life happens. So, we’re big on making sure your work, works for you which is why we offer flexible working.

About You:

• Experience in ad tech or marketing technology (martech)
• Strong project management skills, with experience leading technology implementations 
• Good knowledge of ad tech and media platforms (eg Google, Meta) 
•  Exceptional communication and collaboration skills, with a track record of successfully working with diverse teams to achieve change.
• Comfortable working with cross-functional teams including marketing, tech and data.
• A proactive mindset to lead change, introduce new tech capabilities and improve existing processes.
• Understanding how AI and automation can be applied to improve media effectiveness and operational efficiency.

Bring your energy. Play to your strengths. Make things bigger and better than before. Let’s Take It On.

You know Next, but did you know we’re a FTSE-100 retail company employing over 35,000 people across the UK and Ireland. We’re the UK’s 2nd largest fashion retailer and for Kidswear we’re the market leader. At the last count we have over 500 stores, plus the Next Online and it’s now possible to buy on-line from over 70 countries around the world! So we’ve gone global!