This role offers a unique opportunity to work in a fun, entrepreneurial environment that's also part of the world's largest marketing services group. You'll be part of a proven and fast-growing team of media specialists servicing some of the biggest brands in the region. This is a revenue-driving role in a high-growth sector of the marketing services industry, putting you at the forefront of digital innovation.
Measures of Success
- In three months, you will:Formulate digital strategy for your clients businesses, ensuring recommendations are consistent with their objectives.
- Offer newer media options, and help build a strong media product.
- Keep abreast of current events in target markets that could impact client business.
- In six months, you will:Support the training of digital staff and provide recommendations for managing their career paths.
- Train direct reports in media and marketing disciplines as well as in the specifics of the client's business and industry.
- In 12 months, you will:Oversee the media financial management and profitability of the Client account.
What Your Day Job Looks Like at Mindshare
- Formulate digital strategy for client businesses and ensure that recommendations and decisions are consistent with client objectives and strategies.
- Assume the lead role in integrating all of the client's media efforts and demonstrate a full understanding of the client's businesses as the basis for all future work.
- Demonstrate an understanding of 3rd party research methodology and how data can be used to shape client conversations.
- Actively promote GroupM's ambition and values to all media partners by establishing strong relationships with key media owners.
- Investigate all new opportunities from a broad perspective to determine the appropriateness and soundness of an idea.
- Manage GroupM's digital planning and implementation resources and partner agencies to deliver quality and timely programs and buys.
- Continually seek innovative and breakthrough ideas, approaches, and solutions.
- Keep up to date with emerging digital trading platforms, identifying those with benefit, scaling the opportunity, and advising on their implementation.
What You'll Bring
- A strong understanding of the new age digital ecosystem, with a focus on programmatic, data-based media approaches, and integrated digital management.
- Excellent understanding of media fundamentals, including media math, target audience development, and communication goals.
- Sharp strategic thinking and effective problem-solving skills.
- The ability to work within and effectively manage a team, decisively organizing multiple assignments for both yourself and your direct reports.
- Adherence to tight deadlines while delivering flawless work.
- Extremely business-minded and detail-oriented, with clear and proven organizational skills.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Demonstrated training and leadership capability.
- Genuine curiosity and interest in our clients and their businesses.
- Digitally savvy, with specific proficiency in MS Suite: Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
Minimum Qualifications
- 12+ years of related media/communications planning experience, with a focus on team leadership and management.
- A Post Graduate degree is preferred, with a concentration in advertising, marketing, business administration, and/or communications.
