Description

Maxus is looking for an enthusiastic, and self-motivated media buying professional to take charge as the buying lead on Google and other businesses handled under Team Google. You should have at least 10+ years of experience in Media and currently handling a Media Buying role. An earlier stint in media planning would be a good experience to have. In this role, you will be responsible for a range of work on including investment strategy and negotiation, deal evaluations, dealing with the channels, integration and innovation, creating and developing best practices, market knowledge and MIS, interacting and presenting to senior leadership internally and at the client end.

Reporting of the role

You would be reporting in to the Client Leader-Buying.

3 best things about the job:

• Lead strategic thinking and investment strategies for one of the leading brands as it expands in India
• Complete independence in brokering and managing the deals. Full accountability is yours – the canvas is open for you, if you have the hunger
• Work with a fun and collaborative team in a dynamic, growing company

Measures of success –

In three months,

• Complete knowledge of your clients benchmarks
• Begun to develop deep client relationships with the key day-to-day contacts
• Completely hands on with the deal structuring, how to approach negotiations, standard SOPs for the clients etc.
• Start doing deals on some of the channels.
• Present “ points of view” to senior client leadership

In six months,

• Set the overall vision of the buying function – with clear annual strategies agreed, implemented and tracked on a regular basis
• Set goals for self and the team keeping the account realities and individual development needs
• Customised training requirements for team
• Build in an array of best practices on the account
• Collaborate and contribute towards the goals of the unit

In 12 months,

• Set the standard for all processes that pertain to implementation and investment within the team
• Inspired and motivated the team to deliver high performance output by providing regular and constructive feedback
• Maintained a positive, motivating and inspiring team culture

Responsibilities of the role:

• Maintain understanding of the macro trends in the marketplace with regards to revenue, supply, innovation and development
• Constantly share your knowledge with others and maintain open communication channels throughout the agency
• Construct negotiation strategies to deliver on clients objectives
• Identifying opportunities to value ad on the existing deal
• Demonstrate selling skills with the ability to sell in deals, media plans/initiatives to clients
• Demonstrate leadership skills at all times

What you will need:

• Willingness to learn and drive to succeed
• Solid understanding of all media channels and with knowledge of strengths and weaknesses of each channel
• First class negotiation skills – delivery of a balanced approach to the marketplace
• Client Management experience
• Excellent presentation skills
• Strong communication skills
• Willingness to be hands on and a team player

About Maxus

Maxus builds innovative plans that result in consumer actions for our client’s brands through our passion, agility, collaboration & entrepreneurial culture. It’s our consumer centric focus, innovation in channel application and market leading leverage that helps to differentiate us in any of the markets that we operate in around the globe. We bring all of this to life through our talented people, our unique ways of working, our tools and data pipes that fuel truths, ideas and recommendations based on achieving business not media objectives. We love what we do, we do what love and we hope you will to. To find out more, please visit us at http://maxusglobal.com.

About India

Digital media advertising in India continues to grow at 35% since 2014, cementing India’s position as the third largest internet market with close to 250m users. The Internet growth is driven by mobile data and connectivity, making it an exciting market for digital advertising and content over the next five years. India also has a booming e-commerce industry with remarkable growth potential. With a new stable government in the centre and renewed foreign investments into several industries, India is an exciting market for any media and advertising professional.

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