Description
Position at GroupM
Overview of job
Wavemaker is an agency of GroupM, the leading global 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 Business Director to join us.
We are seeking a creative, experienced, and organized Business Director to join the growing team. In this role, you will be in partnership with the client and team leader, deliver strategic responses to client’s briefs that meet and exceed their objectives, through understanding of the brand, consumers, media landscape and quantifiable success metrics.
3 best things about the job:
- You will be working in a unique “integrated” agency with digital, media and creative specialists all under one roof.
- Work with young and like-minded colleagues.
- Put you on the cutting edge of digital advertising and communications.
Measures of success –
In three months:
- Fully up to speed with the client(s) you are working on, and able to offer a viewpoint on their category, brand, consumer, competitors and objectives.
- Leading strategic planning projects the client(s) in your remit; attending briefing sessions; undertaking research utilizing appropriate tools, desk research or bespoke research; facilitating brainstorms, providing insights and ideas, delivering responses to brief.
In six months:
- Offer additional value and proactivity to the strategic product on the client(s) you are working on; providing new ideas and opportunities that will improve the Maxus service and the teams understanding of the business.
- Established as a key member of the team by both clients and internal team alike; actively leading strategic product to deliver best in class solutions and campaigns that work.
In 12 months:
- Fully established as the expert in the clients’ category and business; offering strong views, opinions, recommendations and solutions to our clients business challenges and proactively providing thought leadership to enhance the communications approach for our clients.
- Considered a key member of the agency by both clients and internal team alike; providing ideas and thought leadership to clients and the wider business.
Responsibilities of the role:
- Produce and highly efficiently lead strategic planning service relevant to development in accordance with client business objectives and status.
- Oversee key steps and decision makings in producing service and keep presenting in business meetings and communication on strategy.
- Resolve problems rising from service to ensure path to business success
- Initiate working system construction, improvement and be proactive in innovation.
- Good communication with clients and raise service quality consistently.
- Lead team to be active and positive in pitch projects.
- Expand business scope and explore new opportunities to meet revenue targets and drive incremental billing and revenue.
What you will need:
- Minimum 8-10 years of digital media planning experience.
- Experience in working with multiple stakeholders, e.g. suppliers, advertising/marketing agencies, media owners and internal specialist resources.
- Competence in media planning and buying across all platforms with a good understanding and working knowledge of digital media.
- A demonstrated depth of understanding of the industry, business, brands and consumers in client conversations.
- Strong communication and presentation skills.
- Fluent English communication skills. Fluent Mandarin and written Traditional Chinese would be advantageous
- Good time management skill and able to follow through on process and delivery timelines.
About GroupM China
GroupM is WPP’s media investment group and the world’s leading media investment company with a mission to shape the next era of media where advertising works better for people. The company is responsible for more than $60 billion in annual media investment, as measured by the independent research bureau COMvergence. Through its global agencies Mindshare, Wavemaker, EssenceMediacom, and mSix&Partners, and cross-channel performance (GroupM Nexus), data (Choreograph), entertainment (GroupM Motion Entertainment) and investment solutions, GroupM leverages a unique combination of global scale, expertise, and innovation to generate sustained value for clients wherever they do business.
In GroupM, we view everyone as an unique 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 diverse clients we work with.
