Advertising Executive

The role.

In this role you will work within our advertising team, which is split into groups, reporting into either the Head of Advertising or a Group Advertising Strategist. As part of the advertising team, you will work closely with other search departments within the agency along with our Client Services team. You will be given guidance by senior colleagues with the aim to increase your knowledge and confidence growing within the team.

As an Advertising Executive you will be involved in the day-to-day delivery and management of our smaller to medium sized advertising accounts and projects within your group. Supporting your team to analyse trends and find insights when reviewing data. You will support the client services team with reporting, statistics and sharing possible opportunities and ideas. You’ll attend and eventually lead client meetings for some smaller to medium client accounts, often with support from the team. You’ll assist your team by taking responsibility of the admin function, client communications and meeting organisation.

The person.

We are looking for someone with a good understanding and some experience in delivering creative and effective advertising campaigns, making practical use of digital advertising principles and platforms. We work with lots of data, so proficiency with Excel would be hugely beneficial. If you’re a creative thinker, this will enable you to overcome potential issues that may arise and the confidence to suggest improvements.

You will have a keen eye for digital advertising and take pride in what you deliver. We work as an extension of our client’s team, we spend time learning about their aims, vision and share in their goals. We are looking for someone who is dependable and committed to our clients and our team. 

What we can offer you.

This role comes with great career progression. You will work as part of a team who genuinely care about each other and share goals. Our Advertising team are a mix of creative individuals made up of Trainees, Advertising Executives, Advertising Consultants, Senior Advertising Strategists, Principal Advertising Strategists and Group Advertising Strategists. 

Due to the nature of this role, which includes mentoring from the wider team, we are looking for someone who can travel to our Ipswich office, to enable cross-team knowledge sharing and learning opportunities. We operate a hybrid working model, where our team can choose to work from home, in the office, or a mixture of both. We come together twice a month for full agency days, and for team days. 

You can find more details of the benefits we offer below.

The process & how to apply.

• Firstly, please review the full job description to get more detail on the role, the technologies and experience we are looking for.
• You can apply by submitting your CV via the form below. This comes directly through to our careers inbox.
• We will then share some initial questions along with a return date. This is the ideal time to showcase your passion, enthusiasm and skillset. 
• Once you have returned the questions, your CV and supporting questions will be reviewed.
• If you are successful, we will organise an initial culture call with you to get to know you, your experience and talk through the role and Crafted in more details. 
• Following on from the culture call you will be invited to a final face-to-face interview, in person or via Teams, where you will meet with our team. For this role, you will meet with our Head of Advertising and Group Advertising strategist. 
• During this final stage interview there will be an interview task, which we will send across to you to review. Once reviewed we’ll organise the interview allowing enough time to prepare. 
• If you have not been successful in being shortlisted, we aim to be in touch as soon as possible. 

Making interviews accessible.

We understand the interview process is nerve wracking, and in some cases reasonable adjustments will need to be made for candidates who may find interviews difficult.

Please let us know if we can do anything to assist with your interview, below are some ideas of what we can do but we are always happy to receive guidance. 

• Assign a mentor for your visit with us, this might be our People and Culture Manager but may also be another member for team you will be interviewing with. We will share details of ahead of your interview.
• A pre interview tour of the Crafted office to familiarise yourself with your surroundings.
• We will do our best to arrange your interview at a time that suits you.
• We can take breaks during the interview process if needed.
• We will let you know the type of interview questions you can expect 
• We can have an informal walk through of the interview process ahead of the day.

Post interview. 

We will aim to come back to you with feedback as soon as possible.