Description

Join GroupM China's most awarded agency - Maxus! We are seeking an experienced Media Planning Director success in delivering media strategies and business solutions on one of Maxus’ biggest and digitally forward accounts. This is a senior role requiring 7+ years of relevant experience.

Reporting of the role

This role reports to Business Director, Maxus Shanghai.

3 best things about the job:

1. You will be working in a unique “integrated” agency with digital, media and creative specialists all under one roof.
2. Young and like-minded colleagues at the work place.
3. Working within a proven, fast growing team of over 180 marketing & advertising specialists servicing some of the biggest brands in the region.

Measures of success –

In three months:

• Developed a strong understanding of the clients business and structures.
• Begun to influence the plans and approaches for the coming year.

 In six months:

• Been able to identify areas of improvement to deliver better service and work to the client from across the agency.
• Trained and mentored executives in your team
• Been a true leader of your team and gain their trust and respect.

In 12 months:

• Managed all annual review/planning proposal for this client, coordinating the full agency resource to deliver.
• Been managing the team on an independent basis.

 Responsibilities of the role:

• Lead the digital relationship with the client from a planning and implementation perspective
• Develop, plan and present the long term digital vision for the client
• Campaign strategy & planning, and integration with the wider comms
• Oversee & benchmark buying performance 
• Oversee the delivery of team’s day to day tasks
• Assist in training & up-skilling of client account teams
• Deployment of measurement frameworks across clients
• Management, extraction & interpretation of clients’ digital performance data
• Delivery of beyond-the-banner high value services, including: digital workshops; content solutions; performance marketing; social & mobile projects; competitor intelligence services

 What you will need:

• 7+ years of media planning experience, with strategic planning experience. 
• Familiar with the key digital media owners or vendors in China
• With the ability to see growth potential within existing accounts such as targeting emerging media trends and tactics to create innovative media programs for the client.
• An independent, self-driven individual with highly responsible nature.
• Ability to work in a matrix organization, managing complexity and challenges.
• Used to lead a team with 3+ staffs.
• Energetic, think differently, clear about career objective.
• Of course, you'll need to be fluent in both Mandarin and English. 

About Maxus
Our team of around 2,500 people across 55 markets worldwide work for some of the world’s most well-known advertisers. Maxus has been the fastest growing agency network over the last five years, and at the heart of this sits our mantra of Leaning into Change. We embrace technology and innovation, challenging our clients to move forward; providing solutions that deliver tangible benefit to their business.

We are driven by our internal PACE values: Passionate, Agile, Collaborative and Entrepreneurial. We hire, train and reward based on these behaviours. While Maxus operates with the freedom of smaller independent agency, it is still able to draw on the resources of GroupM. This has allowed us to provide each of our talent the opportunity to reach their potential, many of whom have been recognised this year alone at Media Week, as well as the Crème de la Crème Media Award. To learn more about Maxus, visit us at http://maxusglobal.com   

China market overview
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.