Description

You will provide media planning recommendations internally and directly to the client, oversee preparation of media plans and other deliverables, and supervise media plan implementation. You will also be in charge of supervising the team in executing media plans.

Reporting of the role

This role reports to the Planning Director.

3 best things about the job:

1. Initiate creative and business building ideas
2. Oversee plan negotiations and media team activities
3. Build a comprehensive media knowledge base and synthesizes information into ideas

Measures of success – 

In three months:

• Responsible for planning, buying and reporting to assigned accounts
• Develop and build strong working relationships with internal teams
• Responsible for mentoring, training, and team building

In six months:

• Manage vendor relationships
• Assist the Associate Director/Director in creating media plans, strategically and efficiently
• Assist the Associate Director/Director in setting overall direction for program planning and negotiating strategies

In 12 months:

• Initiate creative and business building ideas
• Build a comprehensive media knowledge base and synthesizes information into ideas
• Staff supervision, training and development as well as serving as a positive role model with a hard work ethic and vigorously reviewing all work to ensure high quality standard

Responsibilities of the role:

• Responsible for planning, buying and reporting to assigned accounts
• Develop and build strong working relationships with internal teams
• Responsible for mentoring, training, and team building
• Manage vendor relationships
• Assist the Associate Director/Director in creating media plans, strategically and efficiently
• Assist the Associate Director/Director in setting overall direction for program planning and negotiating strategies
• Initiate creative and business building ideas
• Oversee plan negotiations and media team activities
• Magnify the buying power of every dollar spent
• Maintain status reports to ensure efficient workflow in order to meet deadlines and write reports of key meetings
• Lead internal meetings with other departments and call on agency resources to strengthen ideas
• Build a comprehensive media knowledge base and synthesizes information into ideas
• Staff supervision, training and development as well as serving as a positive role model with a hard work ethic and vigorously reviewing all work to ensure high quality standard
• Writing and presenting presentations
• Maintaining client contact

What you will need:

• Bachelor’s degree
• 5+ years of experience
• Prior experience working in an Interactive/Digital environment
• Strong leadership and Strategic Thinker
• Detailed oriented
• Team player
• Excellent written and verbal communication and presentation skills
• Ability to work successfully with teams, handling multiple projects and meeting tight deadlines under pressure
• Strong negotiating skills and excellent attention to detail
• Strong relationship building skills which include maintaining positive client relationships
• Demonstrated critical thinking and problem solving abilities
• Strong analytical abilities and quantitative skills, including math proficiency
• Ability to effectively utilize media research and reporting resources
• Technical proficiency, particularly with media systems and MS Excel, Word and PowerPoint

About MEC

MEC is committed to growth. Growth for our people, our clients and our industry. MEC pushes the boundaries of what’s possible in order to thrive in ~ Ad Ops ~ Analytics ~ Brand Partnerships ~ Content Marketing ~ Data ~ Insight ~ Integrated Planning ~ Mobile ~ Multi-cultural ~ Performance Marketing ~ Planning & Buying ~ Programmatic ~ Search ~ Social ~ Sport, Entertainment & Cause Marketing.  Our 5,000 highly talented and motivated people work with category leading advertisers in 93 countries and we are a founding partner of GroupM. To find out more, visit us at www.mecglobal.com #dontjustlivethrive

About China

China is now the second largest media market, and the world’s most vibrant digital market, growing at double the rate of the US. In 2013, China surpassed the US in e-commerce, and China leads the world in mobile with over 600m smartphone connections. The pace of change and the scale of China’s emerging consumer market are unparalleled in any other market. Global CEOs are looking to China to drive growth, and brands are rushing to keep pace.

If you want a future in media and communications, there is clearly no place more vibrant, challenging and exciting than China, where opportunities for you to innovate and grow are unparalleled.

GroupM APAC is committed to fostering a culture of diversity and inclusion. Our people are our strength so we respect and nurture their individual talent and potential.