James Grant

Experience

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  ZenithOptimedia

  Jan 2010 - Dec 2012

  Joined as a graduate trainee for a Search Assistant role. Daily tasks included:- Reporting and analyzing results.- Presentation building.- Building client relationships.- Client presentations.- Account management and optimisation.Also part of the ZenithOptimedia digital media advocate group Digital Champions - Gaming team. Researching the media opportunities in In-Game Advertising, Advergames and Virtual Goods.Currently manage the twitter account for updates on the In-Game advertising industry:www.twitter.com/zogaming Show less

  • Search Executive

    Jun 2010 - Dec 2012

  • Search Assistant

    Jan 2010 - Jun 2010
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  Performics EMEA

  Oct 2012 - Jun 2016

  Developing existing client relationships and managing team of 7 search specialists. Working closely with planning and client teams to drive search strategy forward. On-boarding of new technology - including reporting, data management and TV synchronisation. Evolving a growing team and overseeing progress of new and existing team members. Developing multi-market best-practice guidelines for Search and coordinating deployment within regional PPC account teams. Working predominantly with Finance and Automotive clients. Show less

  • Search Business Director

    Nov 2015 - Jun 2016

  • Search Director

    Mar 2015 - Nov 2015

  • Search Manager

    Oct 2012 - Mar 2015
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  Google

  Jun 2016 - now

  Working with top 10% customers on Joint Technical Plans as a program manager. Coordinating platform specialists, engineers, data scientists in delivering business aligned, technical project work: data integration, 1P audiences, W2A, MMM. Working with our largest and most complex customers to design 1st party data strategies on Google platforms. Driving performance and growth through value-centric approaches to measurement and automation. Sales Engineer, part of the Specialist Team within Tech org, assigned primarily to Acquisition team. Responsible for driving new business across Google top tier customers and aiding Partner network in scaled approach for mid tier opportunities. Solutions selling, value selling and solutions architecture for Google's biggest and most complex customers. Assigned to Retail vertical to drive Data Maturity and product adoption against large customers. Leading projects on O2O, margin based bidding and account hygiene. Part of the Media Buying Solutions team within Google, charged with delivering a pipeline of new business for DoubleClick Search against challenging targets. Responsible for pipeline development, commercial deals, contracting, pitching, on-boarding and eventual account management. I work with some of the largest and most complex customers that Google has. DoubleClick Search is the leading Search Management Platform tool globally.

  • Engagement Manager

    Mar 2023 - now

  • Data and Measurement Solutions Lead

    Jul 2022 - Mar 2023

  • Google Marketing Platform | Sales Engineer

    Feb 2019 - Jun 2022

  • Google Marketing Platform | Search Ads 360 Lead

    Jun 2018 - Feb 2019

  • DoubleClick Search Lead UK

    Jun 2016 - Jun 2018