Implementation & Activation Manager
Description
Explore your future with Mindshare, part of GroupM. If this role isn’t 100% aligned, apply anyway and we’ll add you to a specific Talent Pool so we can collaborate on future available positions.
We’re currently seeking an Implementation & Activation Manager to mainly look after TV buying;
GroupM
GroupM is the leading global media investment management company serving as the parent to WPP media agencies including Mindshare, EssenceMediacom and Wavemaker, each with leading market positions in their own right.
With 800 people based in Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Brisbane, GroupM’s primary purpose is to maximize performance of WPP’s media agencies by operating as leader and collaborator in trading, content creation, sports, digital, finance, proprietary tool development and other business-critical capabilities. GroupM’s focus is to deliver unrivalled marketplace advantage to its clients, stakeholders and people.
A Bit About Us
We are Mindshare, a media services company that accelerates Good Growth for our 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. People at Mindshare create ideas and solutions that help not only our clients, but also people and the planet.
YOUR TEAM
The broader Implementation & Activation (I&A) team is responsible for delivering best-in-class implementation planning and activation for clients, across traditional offline channels.
Our I&A team are fully embedded within our Mindshare client teams, and accountable to the clients they work on.
This role sits within our OpenMind squad. OpenMind was created to accelerate the global transformation for Nestlé’s media function. Core to the solution is the best data and technology capabilities, fuelled by WPP’s investment in AI, to maximise the impact of Nestlé media investment.
OpenMind was recently awarded Nestle’s media agency of record in Australia & New Zealand, commencing June 2024. In January 2024, OpenMind commenced working across 47 countries in Europe, joining our colleagues who have been working across North America for a number of years. This is a truly global model, with deep specialist expertise and scale.
The Open Mind team typically collaborate in the Sydney office Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, overlooking Darling Harbour.
YOUR ROLE
Location: Sydney
Direct Reports: 1
The I&A Manager is a critical role, over-seeing activation of client campaigns to ensuring best-in-class delivery for clients consistently, whilst also shaping effective, efficient, creative, and future facing implementation plans and media schedules for clients, to deliver business growth.
As a Manager you are responsible for supervising elements of team workload to ensure client demands are met, and ensuring a high level of effective collaboration between team members and key stakeholders.
- Collaborate closely with your manager, you will produce best-in-class solutions, offer unparalleled service and deliver against targets.
- Cultivate strong, trusted relationships with clients at an intermediate level, as it relates to implementation planning & activation.
- Brings innovation and creativity to the table, leveraging insights from across the market
- Oversee the construct and presentation of insightful and progressive post analysis reports.
- Contribute to great teamwork with a supportive and positive can-do attitude.
YOUR IDEAL SKILLS & EXPERIENCE
To thrive in this role, you’ll enjoy spending the majority of your time on TV buying (the rest being financing, reporting, etc). We’re also looking for;
- You feel empowered to bring your authentic self to work, and contribute to great teamwork, knowing your individual ideas and thoughts will be welcome.
- Attention to detail.
- Problem solving mentality.
- Owning the processes for specific allocated clients/campaigns from end to end, ensuring that your manager and wider team are regularly updated on the performance of each campaign
- Within first 12 months, comfortable to take on greater ownership for campaigns and clients – responsibility and volume.
What is your pathway for Good Growth?
We’d love to hear what your ambitions are to achieve personal growth, and how we can help you realise them with us!
What We Offer
At Mindshare ANZ, we offer a competitive salary package, with 20 days holiday increasing with service to a maximum of 25 days, with the option to purchase extra leave of up to 4 weeks per year. We also offer a flexible working environment, paid parental leave, flexible public holidays, birthday leave and early finishes during the summer months. These are just some of the great perks you can utilise.
Based in North Sydney / Melbourne Southbank, our office has 180 degree views of Sydney Harbour/Melbourne Skyline and is a great space to hang out with colleagues and friends!
We have a culture of learning where we invest in your career growth and development through a range of learning and development opportunities. We offer a supportive and inclusive workplace culture that values diversity and collaboration and we provide mental wellness support via our Employee Assistance Program.
Our Values
Our values of Energy, Empathy and Impact not only align with our Good Growth ambition but represent our commitment and dedication to our people, helping them grow their careers, fostering creativity, embracing humanity, and changing the world. At Mindshare we are open to different. We believe in being open and supportive of our people and all their differences to help them succeed.
Be different at Mindshare and use your difference to shape the world through media.
What We Value The Most
• Being ‘open to different’
• Living our values of empathy, energy and impact
• Achieving Good Growth for business, people and the planet
Our Commitment
We want you to have the best opportunity to show us your skills and talents, please let us know if there is anything we can do to make the application/interview process work for you. Should you require any adjustments throughout the process, please collaborate with our hiring team who will be happy to assist.
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