AV Director

The Specialist Works

. **Role Overview ** . The AV team are the broadcast media specialists of *The Specialist Works.* . We offer clients a unique combination of high service levels, international exposure and market leading analysis, whi

Posted 5/6/2026full-timeLondon • 🇬🇧 United KingdomLeadWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

**Role Overview **
The AV team are the broadcast media specialists of *The Specialist Works.*
We offer clients a unique combination of high service levels, international exposure and market leading analysis, which has helped bring about sustained fast revenue growth.
You will be leading a team in planning and buying across all areas of AV (traditional linear spot, BVOD, CTV, radio and sponsorship).
You will be directing the business of 2-3 key agency clients, free from the shackles of network agency deals to lead best-in-class planning proposals.
You’ll also be a leader of people, managing and developing others, like a guiding light; your attitude and positive behaviour will filter through the rest of the team. You’ll have a can-do attitude and an infectious ‘What’s Possible’ approach to delivering the best work our clients have seen. You’ll get the best work out of a willing team.
The role can be based in either London or Bristol and we trust our people to adapt to what is most effective – thinking about what you need and the needs of your clients and colleagues. We call this employee-centric working, giving you the ability to choose where you work on any given day (home/office/other).

Requirements

What you’ll need

**What you'll ideally bring to the role:**
- Good experience in utilising AV systems including DDS, Techedge, C Flight etc
- Understanding of the linear audio landscape & how radio supports TV.
- Strong leadership skills to oversee the planning and output across the team on your assigned AV accounts.
- Applying data insights to influence future buying and planning optimisations.
- Creating, presenting and communicating insights to clients (written & oral)
- Strong experience working with data & creating actionable insights.
- Experience in understanding the AV landscape & the fragmentation of viewing for audiences.
- The ability to tell a story, to take clients on a journey through your response to briefs
- Experience of managing, developing and coaching team members
- Experience of working with external agency partners

Benefits

Comp & perks

**Working Conditions:**
· A minimum of 3 days per week in the office.
· May require some travel to meet with clients or attend industry events on an ad-hoc basis.
**Benefits**
We provide an exciting, fast paced, people first environment that allows everyone to grow, learn and thrive.
We work a 9-day fortnight, meaning staff have every other Friday off!
We offer all our employees share options, and we’ve built a benefits package that invests in our employees’ long-term personal and professional growth and wellbeing.

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Hard Skills & Tools

AV systemsDDSTechedgeC Flightdata insightsplanning optimisationsactionable insightslinear audio landscapeAV landscapefragmentation of viewing

Soft Skills

leadershipcommunicationteam managementcoachingstorytellingpositive attitudeclient engagementcollaborationproblem-solvingadaptability