The UK media business of Omnicom, running the media agencies OMD, PHD and Hearts & Science from London.
Omnicom Media Group UK is the media arm of the American marketing group Omnicom. Its UK agencies plan and buy advertising for brands, working out which audiences to reach and where an advert should appear, whether on television, online, outdoors or in social media. Its main agencies are OMD, PHD and Hearts & Science.
Omnicom Media Group was founded in 1998. Its profile says its goal is to deliver "transformational experiences for consumers, clients and talent", with more relevant consumer experiences, more productive client experiences and more collaborative and rewarding experiences for its people. It connects its agencies through a system it calls Omni. The profile also states the wider group has more than 24,000 people across its agencies worldwide. Its parent, Omnicom Group, says it serves over 5,000 clients in more than 100 countries. Built In lists 5,327 employees on its profile, though it does not say whether that is the UK or the whole group.
In the UK, its London office is listed at Chenies Street, in the WC1E area near Tottenham Court Road. Hearts & Science was launched in the UK in September 2016, its first market outside North America, with Frances Ralston-Good, then the group's UK chief strategy and innovation officer, as its chief executive. Omnicom Media Group's global chief executive at the time, Philippa Brown, said the agency would redefine the standard for consumer insights. Hearts & Science had started in North America in April 2016, with offices in the US, Canada and Puerto Rico, and offers shopper marketing, marketing innovation and content activation as well as media planning and buying.
We did not find much detail on culture, benefits or values on the pages we read, so treat this as a gap and ask current staff or visit the agencies' own pages. A job profile page shows UK roles such as programmatic account executives, partnerships and strategy directors, which gives a sense of the mix of jobs. Examples include a global group strategy director role on the Jaguar Land Rover account and a digital strategy director role, which shows that the agencies work for large car and consumer brands.
Media agencies hire for planning, buying, strategy, data and analytics, programmatic advertising, client service and finance. If you enjoy spotting patterns in data and understanding why people watch, click and buy, this is a good area to explore. Entry routes are not covered here, so look at OMD, PHD and Hearts & Science directly.
Website: www.omnicommediagroup.com
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