In your role you will be responsible for negotiating and purchasing of media. Activities include

plan development and investment maintenance; working with Strategy & Planning to

develop recommendations for client campaigns; tracking all aspects of campaign (i.e.

authorizations, specifications, reports, buy changes, etc.); collaborating with Insights team on

reporting and analysis to benchmark and value reporting; and managing relationships with

media partners.

 

With our deep industry expertise, we navigate the ever-changing media landscape to

create meaningful connections. Our commitment to transparency and accountability drives

best-in-class results for our clients. Leveraging our exceptional relationships to keep our finger

on the pulse of all things Media.

 

 

Internal Departments: Collaborate closely with your client team, including client leads,

comms planners, strategy leads the Implementation & Activation Executive team and other agency and group departments to manage expectations and collectively deliver the strongest outcomes for

clients.

 

Media Owners: Establish strong relationships with our media partners at a Sales Executive and

Assistant level.

 

External: Establish a deep understanding of our client’s business and build strong relationships

with creative agencies.

 

 

• Engage with our media partners to build knowledge of the media landscape and

understanding of core media principles and the capabilities of each media

touchpoint.

• Engage with internal product teams including GroupM proprietary solutions teams to

ensure you have an understanding about their offerings and relevance to our clients.

• Activate approved media plans, ensuring campaign deliverables are met

consistently, across all touchpoints.

• Book, load, confirm, traffic, optimise, track and post analyse client media campaigns.

• Support the construction of insightful and progressive post analysis reports.

• Responsible for ensuring all financial and compliance processes are followed with

100% accuracy, including bookings and loadings, account queries and monthly

proforma checks.

• Seek to find, communicate, and implement improvements in all aspects of the role.

• Dedicate time to self-learning through reading industry publications, research papers

and online courses (including GroupM University and MFA)

• Provide clear guidance and instruction when teaching & helping others.

• Openly communicate and collaborate with all internal key stakeholders on delivery

and reporting regularly.5

• The role involves the application of specialist technical skills and relative autonomy of

decision making. It is not a position to which any industrial award applies.

 

 

• Practical knowledge of the media landscape

• Relevant experience in Media or Marketing

• High level technical skills in organization, communication, problem solving, strategic

thought, proactive management.

• Demonstrates a clear understanding of clients business, category & challenges

• Keeps abreast of key market and media trends, developments or changes that will

impact any buying performance & proactively communicates these to the client

• Demonstrates knowledge of relevant media partners across each field - has

awareness of relevant assets and how they can be used in a media strategy

• Able to write & provide comprehensive Media Briefs to media partners using our

templates

• Can challenge and negotiate with media owners