Activation Manager

MBM, New Zealand's most certified Google Marketing Platform Partner, was named NZ Media Agency of the Year in 2023 (for the fourth time), IAB’s Digital Agency of the Year three years in a row and RECMA’s fastest growing media agency the last three years. Our solutions are delivered through the intelligent use of data, market-leading tools, strong service offerings and a very talented team, and we’re on the lookout for an Activations Manager to join our Platforms team – someone who’s passionate about digital media, thrives on campaign performance, and enjoys mentoring others along the way.

As our Activations Manager, you’ll lead the charge across ad operations and biddable platforms, ensuring best-in-class campaign implementation and measurable outcomes for clients. You’ll work closely with Digital Account Managers to bring ideas to life, champion platform excellence, and identify opportunities that push boundaries.

This role reports into our Head of Platforms and gives you the chance to step up as a team leader – mentoring and supporting Specialists and Assistants to do their best work while helping to shape MBM’s collaborative and positive culture.

Key responsibilities

• Lead ad operations and biddable activity, ensuring campaigns are implemented, optimised, and measured to the highest standard.
• Partner with client teams to deliver proactive solutions and innovative initiatives.
• Stay across new platform developments and champion best practice across adserving, programmatic, and measurement tools.
• Mentor and develop junior team members, sharing your expertise to grow their skills.
• Contribute to pitches, RFIs, and new business opportunities.
• Keep the finance and admin side of campaigns on track – from bookings to reporting.

About you

• 2+ years of hands-on implementation experience plus 2+ years in biddable media.
• Strong knowledge of programmatic platforms, adserving, data-driven targeting, and measurement.
• Current Google Ads, Google Analytics, Display & Video 360, and Campaign Manager 360 certifications.
• A collaborative mindset, excellent communication skills, and the ability to build strong client and team relationships.
• Experience leading or mentoring others is a bonus – but just as important is the desire to contribute to a high-performing, supportive team.
• A relevant tertiary qualification is preferred.

Our offer to you

MBM will offer solid career progression opportunities, and the role will be mentored by experienced seniors.

Community and culture

• A collaborative, fun and rewarding team culture where collaboration is key
• Team ‘forced fun’ events to enjoy each other outside of the day-to-day
• Attendance at industry events
• Ready access to senior management for development and mentoring

Wholeself program:

• Flexible working conditions
• Confidential 24-hour support via our employee assistance programme.
• Birthday day off
• Industry leading parental leave policy

Career Development:

• Learning & Development opportunities
• Access to Best-in-class network capability and support

If this sounds like you, and you are ready for your next step, we’d love to talk!

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  A comprehensive Wholeself program supporting Physical, Mindful and Financial wellbeing
• A creative, fun and rewarding office environment backed up by our Publicis Liberté flexibility approach “working your way, with us!”
• Access to our Global AI Platform, Marcel, connecting Publicis Groupe employees with opportunities for career mobility and collaboration across our global network
• Extensive Learning & Development opportunities, including more than 15,000 learning programs via our online learning platform Marcel Classes
• A culture of open feedback and support to reach your goals through our Career Conversations program
• A committed Diversity, Equality and Inclusion strategy driven through our Viva! Women, Égalité, enABLE and Embrace (reconciliation action plan) programs
• Work Your World program enabling employees the flexibility to work from anywhere in the world for up to 6 weeks per year
• A workplace that stands together to provide a more open, supportive, and recovery-forward culture for all employees with life-threatening illnesses. Read more about our Working With Cancer Pledge - Homepage - Working with Cancer Pledge
• Inclusive leave policies such as Fertility Treatment, Menopause, Flexible Public Holidays, Gender Affirmation and Parental leave with up to 18 weeks paid primary carer leave and generous secondary carer benefits
• Access to counsellors, psychologists, and professionals through Sonder - an all-in-on digital wellbeing technology platform designed to support psychological, medical & safety needs

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