GroupM is the world’s largest media investment company and is a part of WPP. In fact, we are responsible for one in every three ads you see globally. We are currently looking for a Senior Manager, Planning 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.
Reporting of the role
This role reports to the Senior Director, Client Leadership
3 best things about the job:
- Opportunity to work for one of the best accounts
- Work on not only on media planning but also on digital planning with the marketing communication approach
- Learn and develop career within one the best agencies in Vietnam
Measures of success
In three months:
Manage communications planning for clients and responsible for delivering an excellent service for clients which aims to exceed clients’ expectations.
In six months:
Identify opportunities to promote and sell House of Media services to the client.
In 12 months:
Proactive involvement in Business Development ensuring regular communication to juniors and colleagues (downwards and laterally) across divisions.
Responsibilities of the role:
- Build and maintain productive relationship with clients and team members.
- Team motivation and vision alignment.
- Assist with Fee and Contract negotiation.
- Have the understanding and confidence to discuss all aspects of business.
- To proactively lead the overall communication planning, implementation planning process to provide insightful communication plans with support from the Client Director in the strategic phase.
- Manage the team day-to-day acting as a mentor to junior employees. Conduct annual and interim appraisals of team members in a thorough and professional manner.
- Prioritize tasks and appropriately delegate to individual members of the team, ensuring they are given adequate time, resource and are sufficiently trained to execute the tasks.
- Agree a realistic timeframe for delivery of work with the client and revisit if necessary.
- Work with the clients to arrive at the best process/systems for managing their business.
- Work with other teams/departments to promote clients’ interests with strategically important media owners.
- Take part in new business pitches and provide insightful and comprehensive communications solutions as and when required to do so.
- Supervise all work, in terms of its quality, accuracy, insightfulness and innovation.
What you will need:
- Minimum 4 years work experience in a media agency, client-side in-house team, or media owner capacity
- Strong digital background with a strategic outlook
- Solid experience in media planning and buying across all digital platforms, with hands-on experience of advertising technology platforms, for example, ad servers, DSPs, Facebook Ads Manager, an advantage
- Highly evolved presentation and reporting skills.
- Experience in managing multiple work streams and integrating on large projects and teams
- Demonstrated experience and success working in a client-facing role, with FMCG experience an added advantage
- An ability to coach and develop junior members of the team
- Shows depth of understanding of the industry, business, brands, and consumers in client conversations.
- A passion for data, insights, and ideation
- Experience in integrated planning will be an advantage
About Mindshare
Mindshare is a media services company that accelerates Good Growth for its clients. Our company values of energy, empathy and impact bind together our diverse global family of 10,000 people from every culture and with every specialist skill you can imagine. You can check out some of our people’s stories on LinkedIn or Instagram or hear about the company in their own words here. Mindshare is part of GroupM, the world’s leading media investment company, and WPP, the world’s largest advertising holding group.
About VietnamIt’s no secret Vietnam is the fastest growing media market in Asia Pacific. Ad spends in Vietnam grew rapidly last year, with internet penetration reached in excess of 59.4% during 2019. With a population of more than 90 million, this market carries huge potential and possibilities for media players and talent. GroupM Vietnam fosters a culture of innovation and values our diverse and collaborative work environment.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.