Associate Consultant (Programmatic, SME)

Associate Consultant (Programmatic, SME)

24 March 2026 • London, UK

We're looking for an Associate Consultant to support the Digital Practice in delivering high-quality digital audit and advisory services to clients. This hybrid role requires working from our London office three days a week (including the Services Department anchor day on Tuesdays).

The Company

mediaSense is a global, independent advisor that brings clarity, connection and confidence to modern marketers. We help marketers eliminate waste and maximize the impact of their investments at scale. With over 200 employees across London, New York, Singapore and New Delhi, we aim to create a new category of trusted marketing advisor.

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What We Offer

• Hybrid working
• Initial 28 days holiday (before bank holidays) with an accrual of 4 days over the first 4 years of service
• Day off for your birthday + 10 days annual leave purchase per year
• Length of service awards
• Work from any location in the world up to 4 weeks per year
• Discretionary company bonus scheme & new business bonus, employee referral bonus
• Pension & Group life insurance
• Private healthcare, enhanced parental leave, employee assistance program
• Annual season ticket loan, cycle to work scheme + tech & voucher schemes
• Eye test & contribution towards glasses for VDU
• Charity day plus fundraising events
• Learning & development opportunities
• Frequent events - summer, winter & bi weekly socials
• Free fruit & snacks, dog friendly environment, gym access & complementary gifts, classes or discounts

The Role

In this role, you will:

• Work as part of project teams to deliver our digital audit products (DiPA Diagnostic and DiPA Tracking) and advisory services.
• Analyse and evaluate digital media campaigns, providing insights and recommendations to improve efficiency and effectiveness.
• Visualise client data to identify key performance trends and signals.
• Review agency and partner best practices and advise on global adoption.
• Create global programmatic best practices for clients and agencies.
• Lead communication with agencies, set up project timelines, and ensure accountability.
• Support pitch management projects to help clients evaluate agency digital capabilities, proposals and commercial offers.
• Provide ongoing knowledge updates to internal teams on emerging digital media practices.
• Mentor and train Senior Analysts and Analysts on projects.
• Engage with clients to present and articulate audit outputs.

The Candidate

You have programmatic media experience and strong analytical skills, and you enjoy staying current with media developments.

Ideal candidate will have:

• Minimum 3 years of programmatic media experience
• Experience trading and reporting from specific programmatic platforms (e.g., DV360, Amazon DSP, The TradeDesk, Ad Server, verification tools)
• Strong analytical skills to synthesize cross platform data into actionable insights
• Confidence translating quantitative insights into a clear narrative for clients
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills
• Excellent organisational skills with strong attention to detail
• Experience working with clients from various sectors and complex organisations
• Self starter, autonomous, and collaborative in cross functional teams
• Ability to prioritise across multiple projects
• Positive, proactive attitude to solve problems efficiently and with quality
• Strong project management skills, leading workstreams to completion
• Passion for media and a desire to change the industry
• Ability to maintain up to date weekly timesheets
• Demonstrate core mediaSense values: curiosity, courage, teamwork, integrity, continuous improvement

Preferred (training provided):

• Experience with Tableau data visualisation tools

Every application is reviewed by a human on our team (not AI), so it may take us a bit of time. We appreciate your interest.

Please note we can only consider candidates who already have the right to work in the UK and do not require, now or in the future, visa sponsorship.