The Provision of Media Buying Services

The University of Strathclyde requires a Media Buying Agency to provide strategic media consultancy, design media buying plans and schedules for the faculties and to bring marketing activity in line with each faculty’s strategic intents. The appointed media buying partner will be required to deliver targeted, effective and customer-responsive media campaigns. Campaigns which are scheduled to generate high quality leads that the universities marketing and communications teams can convert into applicants. Campaigns are required to have a global reach and target a multifaceted, international student demographic targeted to areas which include but are not limited to China, Thailand, USA, Germany. The services required included but are not limited to strategic media advice on sector insights, media scheduling (including placement, negotiating rates and coordination with the central and other faculty teams) advising on partnerships/sponsorship opportunities, evaluation of number of leads generated, best copy, regular adjustments to the advertising to gain the best yield, press campaigns, press supplements, search engine advice, online recruitment profiles, Associated advertising options for social media, paid for sponsored advert, boosts, lead generation. The contracted supplier must have digital marketing expertise and services across channels that cannot currently be managed in-house.