Digital Manager (12m Fixed-Term Contract)

About the role

MBM is a well-known multi-disciplinary media agency in New Zealand, partnering with many of the country’s leading brands. The agency focuses on integrated media communication solutions and is known for challenging the ordinary, thinking creatively, and delivering innovative work that helps clients solve business problems. Its work has been recognised with several awards, including IAB Digital Agency of the Year and Beacons Media Agency of the Year.

The Auckland team is hiring a Digital Manager for a 12-month fixed-term contract to work across major retail and quick-service restaurant clients. This role would suit someone already working as an Associate Digital Manager who is ready to take on greater ownership while still being supported by an experienced, collaborative team.

What you’ll do

You will be central to the delivery of digital campaigns, guiding work from the initial brief through launch, ongoing optimisation, and final reporting. The position involves shaping media direction, partnering with specialist teams, managing active campaigns, and turning performance data into clear insights. You’ll support a portfolio of well-known consumer brands with practical, effective digital execution.

• Turn client briefs into practical digital media proposals
• Run campaigns across several accounts at once
• Collaborate with internal experts in search, social, biddable media, and data
• Track campaign performance and make optimisation changes
• Handle client communication, work-in-progress updates, and timelines
• Build reporting outputs and performance insights
• Coordinate media partners and direct buying activity

What makes this opportunity appealing

• A chance to move into broader ownership and planning responsibility
• Exposure to well-known retail and QSR brands
• Opportunity to expand hybrid planning experience
• A supportive, collaborative team environment
• Real autonomy and responsibility in the role
• Flexible hybrid working setup
• A lively and social workplace
• Occasional office visits from Beau the sausage dog

What we’re looking for

The ideal candidate will bring solid experience in a media agency or in digital campaign management. You should be comfortable with planning, buying, and reporting, and confident managing stakeholders and client communication. Experience using DV360, Google Ads, and Google Analytics will be valuable, along with familiarity with Meta, TikTok, and other biddable media platforms. Strong organisation and a sharp eye for detail are essential. Experience in retail, QSR, or hybrid planning environments is helpful but not mandatory.

Additional information

This role sits within the Publicis Groupe network, which offers a range of employee benefits and development opportunities. These include a comprehensive Wholeself programme supporting physical, mindful, and financial wellbeing; a creative and rewarding office environment supported by a flexible working approach; access to the global AI platform Marcel for collaboration and career mobility; extensive learning and development resources with more than 15,000 online learning programmes; and a career conversations programme designed to support open feedback and goal setting.

The organisation also runs a strong diversity, equality, and inclusion strategy through initiatives such as Viva! Women, Égalité, enABLE, and Embrace. Employees can take part in the Work Your World programme, which allows up to 6 weeks per year of work from anywhere in the world. The workplace also supports recovery-forward practices through the Working With Cancer Pledge and offers inclusive leave policies including fertility treatment, menopause, flexible public holidays, gender affirmation, and parental leave, with up to 18 weeks of paid primary carer leave and generous secondary carer benefits. Support is also available through Sonder, an all-in-one digital wellbeing platform offering psychological, medical, and safety assistance.

Equal opportunity and support

Candidates are encouraged not to self-select out if they do not meet every requirement. The hiring approach values inclusion, collaboration, adaptability, fearlessness, and integrity, and welcomes applicants from underrepresented groups. The organisation is committed to diversity, inclusion, and equity across race, age, culture, ability, ethnicity, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, and religious affiliation. Reasonable adjustments can be provided for applicants with disability or anyone who needs extra support during the application process, and confidential assistance can be requested by email.