Mediacom|Business Director

Overview of job

MediaCom is an agency of GroupM, the world’s 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 Media Planner to join us. In this role, you will be responsible for all tasks and client service activities associated with an assigned brand/account.

Reporting of the role

This role reports to: Cluster Planning Lead (P&G Business)

3 best things about the job:

• A great client/agency that already exists built around mutual trust and creating solutions right for the business.
• A category with great opportunities for quality thinking and opportunities beyond spots and dots.
• An opportunity to have a leadership role in a progressive, fast moving business.

In this role, your goals will be:

In three months:

• Build relationships with the key decision makers at client side and within the company
• Be an expert on the client’s business proactively engaging with senior clients and actively shaping the quality of Mediacom delivery.
• Developed a deep understanding and begun to use the Mediacom planning product and tool

In six months:

• Proactively delivering additional value to the client, leading the team to successfully implement ideas that will improve Mediacom delivery and client’s business outcomes.
• Established as the lead by both clients and the internal team alike; strong client service ways of working established with strong team communication.

In 12 months:

• Considered a ‘business’ leader for the client and for Mediacom, providing solutions that deliver a tangible business benefit for both client and agency.
• Activating a business plan that delivers success to the client and secures Mediacom’s client relationship; leading client, product, people, commercial and profile initiatives

What your day job looks like at MediaCom:

• Manage the end to end strategy of the brand
• Provide planning leadership on the brand
• Demonstrate strong understanding of consumers and consumer segmentation to derive insights
• Infuse best in class media practices, both from domestic as well as international learnings
• Communicate embedded learning to increase impact of insights into action
• Communicate complex ideas/insights in a way that all understand and apply
• Integrate relevant multimedia opportunities into campaign plans

What you’ll bring:

• Passionate – brings a genuine thrill and excitement to the role
• Agile – is nimble in thought and action and overcome obstacles to achieve great things
• Collaborative – works well with others, and can align behind a shared purpose
• Entrepreneurial – is open to new ideas and will challenge old ones.
• Diverse – is proud of the difference they can bring

Minimum qualifications:

• 9-12 years’ experience in managing media planning/communication strategy & client relationships
• Strong understanding of brands & consumers
• Highly passionate, collaborative, outgoing, creative media leader and thinker
• Strong presentation skills
• Highly articulate, story-telling capability
• Business acumen
• Ability to understand mediums beyond ATL
• Excellent communication/presentation/client management skills
• Deep understanding of all media especially Digital. Experience in Mobile Marketing preferred

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 world’s 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). It’s 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, we’ll 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. That’s 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, there’s 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 – it’s about belonging. We celebrate the fact that everyone is unique and that’s 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.