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We care and it shows. We pride ourselves on employing the leading minds in creative content and have offices in London, Hong Kong and Cape Town. What does it take to be a Cedar person? Talent, humanity and commitment – and a ‘Yes we can’ mentality our clients love. Sound like you? Then join us. We draw on the talents of the whole team, from the most junior to most senior, to deliver the exceptional. Together we produce fabulous multi-platform content with an unexpected twist – and always with a human touch.

But that’s enough about us. We’re not the point – you are.

Please look below for details of our current vacancies.

• Junior Content Manager, Tesco London

  The Junior Content Manager is responsible for uploading content to the Tesco Real Food website and Tesco’s internal content-sharing platforms, copywriting for major landing pages and ensuring optimisation in terms of performance and SEO. The role also requires analysis of content and data to inform content plans and feed into post-campaign analysis reports.

  Desired Experience, Skills & Knowledge:

  • Previous experience of working on a CMS
  • Understanding of SEO
  • Copywriting for digital platforms - web, email, apps
  • Basic understanding of data platforms like Google Analytics
  • Strong organisation and time management skills
  • Confident creating and following a content calendar based on user mindsets, channel nuances and seasonal events
  • Ability to compile client-facing reports
  • Confident presenting to internal stakeholders and clients.

  Preferred Experience:

  • Experience working in food/lifestyle content
  • Knowledge of Moz, SEMrush, PiDatametrics Assist, Google Analytics, Google Trends, Google Keywords
  • Experience of working with development teams (BED/FED/UX/UI) on creation of new templates, migration projects and PWA.

  How to apply:

  Please email your cover letter and CV demonstrating your relevant experience to hannah.emery@cedarcom.co.uk and martha.burton@cedarcom.co.uk

  Closing date for applications: 21 February 2019

• Senior Account Director, Tesco London

  OVERVIEW

  Cedar Communications is looking for a dynamic and experienced Senior Account Director to join one of their biggest and most innovative accounts, Tesco. The Senior Account Director will be responsible for leading the ‘always on’ food portfolio consisting of: cross-channel seasonal campaigns, the social media channels and Tesco Real Food Online (RFO).

  ROLE OBJECTIVES

  • Lead the campaign, social and RFO account management teams to ensure that they are functioning effectively across channels
  • Look after the day-to-day relationship with multiple mid-level and senior Tesco clients
  • Maintain and optimize process and systems that ensure the smooth running of your areas of the account
  • Produce presentations and proposals for clients as required
  • Drive forward the digital-first agenda and ensure Cedar are constantly innovating
  • Provide leadership within account management and across the agency
  • Empower and provide guidance to direct reports

  SKILLS & EXPERTISE

  • Strong leadership skills with the ability to facilitate collaboration across departments
  • Adept at producing cross-channel content with a focus on digital and social
  • Experienced in overseeing web design and build projects
  • A good commercial and financial understanding
  • A practiced and confident presenter
  • The ability to manage stakeholder expectations
  • Interagency working experience
  • Line management experience
  • A passion for digital transformation and content

  RESPONSIBILITIES

  Commercial

  • Manage and coordinate budgets, including reviewing all budgets created across the team to ensure that these are created responsibly, and to reduce any unforecast costs
  • Work with the finance team to ensure all costs have been through internal sign off processes, are reconciled on time, and that invoicing and payment is managed successfully

  Account growth

  • Identify growth opportunities for Cedar across your area of the account, and create business plans to outline the proposed route to pursue the opportunities and reach targets
  • Coordinate organic business opportunities within the account

  Strategy

  • Develop a clear understanding of Tesco’s business objectives, and be proactive and creative; adding value to Tesco’s relationship with Cedar
  • Work with the Business Director, Group Innovation Director and channel heads in formulating strategies for the food proposition, and campaign planning. Together, own the strategic overview for all the seasonal channels.
  • Collaborate with the Global Innovation Director and Cedar DCX’s digital teams on digital transformation projects stemming from Tesco’s long-term content vision

  Channel and campaign management

  • Responsible for driving forward all new digital dev projects as part of the Tesco Real Food website transformation
  • Looks for opportunities to improve the cross-channel planning process to be more efficient and effective
  • Overall governance for Tesco social and RFO channels and five seasonal campaigns each year

  Liaison

  • Liaison externally with multiple Tesco clients and agencies

  Team/ People Development

  • Establishes strong working relationships with all staff within Cedar
  • Regularly provide reports to the Business Director
  • Develops, trains, and motivates direct reports, and acts as mentor to colleagues and direct reports

  How to apply: Please email your cover letter and CV demonstrating your relevant experience to hannah.emery@cedarcom.co.uk and kate.mcleod@cedarcom.co.uk

  Closing date for applications: 19 February 2020

• Account Director, Tesco (10-month maternity cover) London

  OVERVIEW

  Cedar Communications is looking for a dynamic and experienced Account Director to join one of their biggest and most innovative accounts, Tesco. The Account Director will be responsible for leading the GM and Christmas projects side of the Tesco account by planning and implementing multi-channel content strategies for Homes, Homes press activity, Christmas in July, Christmas Gift Guide, Toys and Festive Food to Order.

  ROLE OBJECTIVES

  • Lead the GM/Christmas projects account management team to ensure that they are functioning effectively
  • Look after the day-to-day relationship with multiple mid-level and senior Tesco clients, and all the tasks which come with this
  • Drive process and systems that ensure the smooth running of your areas of the account

  SKILLS & EXPERTISE

  • Excellent knowledge of content agency sector
  • Excellent written, verbal and presentation skills
  • Strong commercial and financial understanding
  • Experience of working across both print and digital
  • Understanding and appreciation of non-traditional content channels
  • Interagency working experience
  • Line management experience
  • Strong attention to detail
  • Strong understanding of the creative/editorial process
  • Experience of working with retail clients

  RESPONSIBILITIES

  Commercial

  • Manage and coordinate budgets, including reviewing all budgets created across the team to ensure that these are created responsibly, and to reduce any unforecast costs
  • Work with the finance team to ensure all costs have been through internal sign off processes, are reconciled on time, and that invoicing and payment is managed successfully

  Account growth

  • Identify growth opportunities for Cedar across your area of the account, and create business plans to outline the proposed route to pursue the opportunities and reach targets
  • Coordinate organic business opportunities within the account

  Strategy

  • Develop a clear understanding of Tesco’s business objectives, and be proactive and creative; adding value to Tesco’s relationship with Cedar
  • Work with the Business Director, Group Innovation Director and channel heads in formulating strategies for the GM proposition and campaign planning. Together, own the strategic overview for all the seasonal channels.
  • Champion channel neutral planning

  Channel and campaign management

  • Look for opportunities to improve the cross-channel planning process to enable it to be more efficient and effective
  • Overall governance for Tesco GM and Christmas projects content

  Liaison

  • Liaison externally with multiple Tesco clients and agencies

  Team/ People Development

  • Establishes strong working relationships with all staff within Cedar
  • Regularly provide reports to the Business Director
  • Develops, trains, and motivates direct reports, and acts as mentor to colleagues and direct reports

  How to apply: Please email your cover letter and CV demonstrating your relevant experience to hannah.emery@cedarcom.co.uk and kate.mcleod@cedarcom.co.uk

  Closing date for applications: 7 February 2020

   

   

We are always interested in hearing from talented people, so if you’d like to work with us but there’s no suitable role at the moment, just drop us a line with your CV to: hannah.emery@cedarcom.co.uk

At Cedar, we have an underlying belief that our services should reflect the society in which we live. Be that Age, Disability, Education, Ethnicity, Gender, Gender identity, National Origin, Race, Religion or Belief or Sexual Orientation. 

Simply, we believe that Inclusion and Diversity makes for a more stimulating, creative and inspiring working environment, where people are treated with respect and can be comfortable being themselves. Embracing these different approaches and thinking helps deliver tangible and positive results for our clients' businesses.