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Campaigns Activation Lead - EMEA
Remote / Online - Candidates ideally in
Greater London, London, Greater London, EC1A, England, UK
Listed on 2026-01-16
Greater London, London, Greater London, EC1A, England, UK
Listing for:
DS Smith
Full Time, Remote/Work from Home
position Listed on 2026-01-16
Job specializations:
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Marketing / Advertising / PR
Digital Marketing, Social Media Marketing -
IT/Tech
Digital Marketing, Social Media Marketing
Job Description & How to Apply Below
Campaigns Activation Lead - EMEA page is loaded## Campaigns Activation Lead - EMEAremote type:
Hybrid Working locations:
London:
United Kingdom time type:
Full time posted on:
Posted Todayjob requisition :
R-12133
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* Location:
UK (home-based with occasional travel or hybrid in London, Paddington)
**** About the role
** We are currently looking for
** a Campaigns Activation Lead
** to manage the strategic planning and execution of digital marketing campaigns across the EMEA region, ensuring alignment with business objectives and central communications plans.
This role drives excellence in campaign delivery across multiple geographies and digital channels, managing budgets and agency partnerships to achieve measurable impact. You will oversee the entire activation process - from agency briefing through to performance monitoring - while generating actionable insights and sharing updates to support transparency and continuous optimisation.
You will also lead the deployment of Account-Based Marketing (ABM) initiatives, targeting priority accounts and personas across key digital touchpoints. You will manage and optimise social media and digital advertising channels, overseeing paid media strategies, organic content planning, and channel-specific execution in partnership with internal teams and external agencies.
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* KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
*** Lead the activation of digital marketing campaigns across EMEA, ensuring alignment with the central communications plan
* Collaborate closely with the central campaign planning team responsible for overall strategy and communications to ensure seamless execution and message consistency. Develop and implement channel strategies (social, paid media, programmatic, etc.) that deliver on campaign objectives and maximise performance across digital touchpoints
* Maintain and govern all owned social media accounts to ensure proper access control, security, and compliance
* Co-develop and co-own brand safeguarding practices with the content and brand communications teams to ensure consistent application of brand guidelines, tone, and visual identity across social media accounts
* Develop and implement a long-term agency strategy to enable scalable, high-impact digital campaign activations across EMEA
* Select and onboard agency partners aligned with business goals and sub-regional needs. Own strategic budget allocation across agencies and channels to maximise ROI and enable innovation in digital activation
* Partner closely with the communications team and the Marketing Operations Lead to ensure seamless deployment of ABM campaigns through the company’s marketing technology stack.
* Define and align campaign KPIs with business objectives to ensure meaningful measurement of impact and effectiveness. Establish governance models for campaign performance tracking, reporting, and accountability across teams and platforms
* Build and champion a test-learn-deploy approach to continuously optimise campaign strategies, creative assets, and channel mix based on data-driven insights.
** About You
*** A Degree or professional qualification in Business administration, Sales, Marketing, Communications, or other relevant field of study
* Demonstrated success in strategic campaign activation across multiple geographies and digital channels, with strong experience in setting KPIs, building governance frameworks, and implementing test–learn–deploy models
* Proven ability to develop and implement an agency strategy for digital campaign activations, including partner selection, governance, and performance management
* Skilled in cross-functional collaboration with the broader marketing team to leverage Mar Tech platforms effectively
* Experience in Account-Based Marketing (ABM) and driving engagement with priority accounts
* Proficiency in using marketing automation platforms such as Dynamics Real Time Marketing. Hands-on knowledge of paid media platforms (Linked In Ads, Meta Ads, Google Ads, programmatic DSPs). Basic understanding of Optimizely Content Marketing Platform (e.g. Optimizely CMP)
* Experience with campaign dashboards, reporting tools (e.g., Power BI)
* Strong grasp of data privacy regulations (e.g., GDPR)…
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