Job Description

Description

Position at MediaCom

GroupM is the worlds largest media investment company and are a part of WPP. In fact, we are responsible for one in every three ads you see globally. We are currently looking for a Director - Investment/Media Buying to join us.

At GroupM APAC, our people are our strength, which is why fostering a culture of diversity and inclusion is important to us.

Overview of job

Confident & self-motivated individual with 8+ years of experience for the role of Director - Media Buying

Excellent knowledge and experience in Offline Media Planning & Buying Pre-dominantly Television (Knowledge of Digital Media would be an added advantage)

Lead communications with clients and business partners, building positive relationships in the process.

Confident in presenting and ideating

The resource will be responsible for a range of work on prestigious brands across categories. including deal evaluations, dealing with the channels, integrations, interacting with the client on key questions & also managing internal SUs. There is a lot of learning expected with an opportunity to work with a team having varied experience. Some of the key responsibilities include:

• Negotiate best in class media rates and placements for our clients
• Work closely with the GroupM trading community
• Manage teams and interna & external stake holders
• Drive post buy, CPRP reports and quarterly reviews
• Compliance against internal / External Audit
• Accountable for internal and client reports
• Ensure tracking of deals as per audit norms
• Help team with market intelligence & structured data which help in structuring better deals

Reporting of the role

This role reports to the Sr. Investment Director

3 best things about the job: * Opportunity to grow both personally and professionally.

• Managing teams and clients
• The opportunity to work on the best of accounts of MediaCom. Would be in a different pedestal if successful on these accounts.

Measures of success -

• Complete knowledge of your clients benchmarks
• Completely hands on with negotiation strategy, deliver internal targets, client KPIs etc.
• Ability to run the show all by yourself with guidance / direction from leadership team
• Enhanced internal and external relationships and score well in delighting clients

What the person will need to be:

• High commitment & passion towards learning, growing & moving up your career
• Extremely flexible attitude and an ability to read between the lines
• Quick turnaround time & sharp analytical skills

• A strong commercial negotiator - able to gauge good value for our clients and influence senior people within large media companies to deliver it
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills - both written and verbal.

More about Mediacom

Welcome innovators, initiative takers and instigators.

Founded in 1986 and established in Japan for over 10 years, we have grown to become 8,500 of the worlds leading media communications specialists, in 125 offices, across 100 countries.

We are proud to be recognised as the Japan Media Agency of the Year in both 2017 and 2018 with a Silver Award in 2019. With clients including Adidas, Mars, SK-II, Dell, The Coca-Cola Corporation, Cartier, IKEA, Peugeot and Citroen, working at MediaCom is a gateway to working with leading global brand organisations and connecting to people across the planet.

But the real secret to our success is simple (and not really a secret). Its our People First, Better Results philosophy.

Our focus is on providing long term, rewarding careers and we know that when we invest in our people, well deliver better results not only for them, but also for our clients.

We also know that talent comes in all shapes, sizes, genders and ethnicities. Thats why our agencies are open environments that celebrate difference and have built in flexibility that reflects the many different ways in which people work and succeed. And its why we actively encourage participation in our Global Mobility programme with opportunities to live and work around the world.

We are super connected and our employees contribute to and shape the working environment, from promoting work-life balance and well-being to organising team events and celebrations.

Do you want to work with smart, creative, connected and enthusiastic people in a stable and rewarding environment? So do we.

Welcome to MediaCom.

About India:

2020 brought opportunities for brands to innovate because of which we saw an evolving media stack. The growth of digital is set to soar high because of changing consumer habits. With approximately 500 million smartphone users, low-priced data plans, 45 to 50 million e-commerce shoppers, approximately 60 OTT offerings and a young population, India is a mobile-first internet market. It is also one of the top 10 ad spend markets in the world and is set to climb the ranks. Global big tech corporations have made considerable investments in top e-commerce/retail ventures and Indian start-ups, blurring the lines between social media, e-commerce and mobile payments, resulting in disruption on an unimaginable scale.

At GroupM India, theres never a dull moment between juggling client requests, managing vendor partners and having fun with your team. We believe in tackling challenges head-on and getting things done.

GroupM is an equal opportunity employer. We view everyone as an individual and we understand that inclusion is more than just diversity - its about belonging. We celebrate the fact that everyone is unique and thats what makes us so good at what we do. We pride ourselves on being a company that embraces difference and truly represents the global clients we work with.

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