Wavemaker | Business Director
Description
Job title: Business Director
Reporting to: Client Lead– Wavemaker
Location, Country: Gurgaon, India
Brief role description:
- Spearheading brand AOP and approach decks of campaign, crafting integrated solutions for the business challenges/briefs given by client.
- Integrated planner with good grasp on digital media, understanding of media eco system.
- Collaborative with clients, SU and internal teams to orchestrate defined solution to the client.
- To be able to think beyond traditional media and craft out of the box solutions/ideas.
- Knack for award winning work
- Experience of working on the new business developments/pitches
- Ability to manage people.
- Should be able to manage multiple clients.
3 best things about the job:
- Be a part of the most dynamic team & spearhead the brand
- Work with team of skilled offline & online experts to deliver high quality product for client portfolio.
- Attain strong understanding of cross channel media strategy by working on wide-ranging categories
About Wavemaker
We always believe there is a better way to grow our client and our people. We do this by positively provoking growth for our clients and people. We work with clients to help them grow and shape their consumers’ brand decisions and experiences through media, content, and technology.
We have one single attitude – Positive Provocation.
Our name is our mission and our method. To make waves, you need to be provocative, even fearless. We always make sure we have each other’s backs through our inclusive culture.
We do our best work for brave brands and people who want to be challenged to go further and faster. We know it’s not easy, but if it’s in you, we will get it out of you.
Our attitude of Positive Provocation is enabled by:
• The deep Knowledge we have of our clients’ business
• The confidence to Challenge what’s gone before
• The Support to go further than we thought possible
Core responsibilities:
- Work as part of a team to contribute to the Product & Strategy function and streamline operations/ reporting with minimal supervision
- Be the qualitative storyteller from the analysis and design analysis in tune with the client’s requirements
- Proficient in escalation handling and resolve conflicts
The Candidate:
- 10-12 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/présentation/client management skills
- Hands-on on all the media related tools and software of Industry
We are a part of GroupM, WPP’s global media investment management company. Discover more on wavemakerglobal.com, Twitter and LinkedIn
We are an equal opportunities employer.
All GroupM agencies are equal opportunities employers and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, gender identity, disability, culture/religion/belief, sexual orientation, or age.
More about GroupM India
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. Discover more at www.groupm.com.
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. Discover more at www.groupm.com.