Marketplace Executive

Buying, Trading & Investment Melbourne, Melbourne

Position at EssenceMediaCom

Overview of the role
 
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.
authorisations, 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.
 
Key Relationships
 
Internal Departments: Collaborate closely with your client team, including client leads,
comms planners, strategy leads the Marketplace 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.
 
Role responsibilities
 
  • 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.
 
The experience you will need to perform this role
 
  • 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 to achieve the very best delivery of
    all campaigns against the set parameters, never accepting the market or average