Sr. Executive - Media Planning

DESIGNATION: Sr. Executive - Media Planning

DEPARTMENT: Media Planning

JOB SUMMARY:

A Senior Manager - Media Planning is responsible for creating integrated media solutions and handling day to day operations. This also includes interacting with all Strategic Units and ensuring smooth functioning of the team and processes.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Helping brand managers maximize audience for their brands by devising efficient media strategies.
• Presenting media plans and strategies to the clients and taking their approvals on the same
• Briefing teams for implementation and ensuring timely execution of the plans
• Projecting media budgets and deliveries to be achieved within that budget for the year ahead.
• Maximize brand awareness by evaluating, buying, and recommending high Impact media.
• Establish a team spirited environment through a positive and proactive leadership style.

PROFILE REQUIREMENTS:

• 5-7 years of agency experience
• Post Graduate Degree/ Diploma in Advertising/Marketing/Communication
• Passion for and knowledge of current and emerging technologies
• Deep knowledge and understanding of media planning and buying, including technical details.
• Strategic thinking and good negotiating skills
• Hands on experience on all media planning software

PREFERRED SKILLS:

• Excellent research and analytical thinking skills
• Strong presentation skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Hands on experience on all media planning software
• Strong relationships in the industry

About Havas India

Havas India gathers the expertise of 21 agencies, specialised divisions and strategic alliances across 3 verticals:

• Havas Media Network – Havas Media, PivotRoots (integrated digital), Arena Media, Havas Market (e-commerce), Havas Play (sports, entertainment & content), Havas Programmatic Hub (programmatic trading desk), Havas Analytics (data & analytics), Socialyse (pure play social media); strategic alliances: Havas Media Tribes (out-of-home), Havas Play Gameplan (sports marketing) and KlugKlug (influencer tech stack)
• Havas Creative Network – Havas Worldwide India (creative), Havas People India (talent communications & employer branding), Havas CX India (customer experience), ekino (technology consulting & digital deployment), Think Design (UX/UI), Shobiz (experiential marketing), Shobiz Exhibits (exhibitions) Conran Design Group Mumbai (branding & design), PR Pundit Havas Red (PR), and Prose on Pixels (content-at-scale)
• Havas Health & You – Havas Life Sorento (health & wellness communications)

With its unique Village model, it is an integrated network present across 3 Villages in Mumbai, Gurgaon and Bengaluru, and regional offices in Kolkata, New Delhi, Hyderabad and Chennai, with over 2000+ professionals and associates.

As one of India's fastest growing and agile networks, Havas India has bagged multiple new clients across verticals and won several prestigious awards over the last 2 years including the group being Great Place To Work® Certified™ twice in a row (Nov 2022 - Nov 2023 & Dec 2023 – Dec 2024), consistently being featured in the top 3 at R3 New Business League rankings, and winning at Campaign Asia-Pacific Agency of the Year awards, e4m Indian Marketing Awards 2023, ABBY One Show 2023, Campaign Women Leading Change awards, and more. Our CSR programs, DE&I initiatives, and being actively involved in various industry associations is what keeps us invested as a network that has a clear mission of making a meaningful difference to brands, businesses and people.

Here at Havas across the group we pride ourselves on being committed to offering equal opportunities to all potential employees and have zero tolerance for discrimination. We are an equal opportunity employer and welcome applicants irrespective of age, sex, race, ethnicity, disability and other factors that have no bearing on an individual's ability to perform their job.

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