Mindshare | Strategic Planning Supervisor

Media Planning Shanghai, China

Position at Mindshare

Overview of job
Mindshare 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 Strategic Planning Executive to join us.

3 best things about the job:
  • Young and like-minded colleagues working together.
  • Work with amazing people from different units like strategic planning, social media and data analytics.
  • Full media planning across all traditional & digital media activities.
Measures of success –
In three months:
  • Have an understanding of the agency portfolio of clients
  • Provide assistance in the evaluation of media opportunities
In six months:
  • Assist Line Manager in annual review/planning proposal for the client.
  • Start to build a relationship with specialists from client side
In 12 months:
  • Be the person whom the client goes to for day-to-day activities. Able to propose ideas and activities to answer identified challenges.
  • Assist in leading a small-scale project (identify need, formulate idea into plan, set the scope and present to the Manager).
Responsibilities of the role: 
1.Provide high-quality strategy and tactics in client proposal and reporting. 
2.Strong problem-solving capability and implementation capacity. 
3.Manage day to day operational work on the given client(s) with the team. 
4.Ensure client projects are kept on track while adhering to campaign objectives. 
5.Manage the daily communication with multiple parties; able to tackle sudden requests/issues with proper attitude and professional skills. 
6.Understand and keep updated with the latest media, esp. digital trends. 
What you will need: 
1.3-4-year proven experience in planning department of media agency (4A agency is preferred). 
2.Good Presentation skills (written and oral). 
3.Bachelor’s degree and above. 
4.Good at English & Chinese speaking, reading & writing.
 
More about Mindshare
We were born in Asia in 1997, a start up with a desire to change the media world. Now we are a global agency with more than 7,000 employees in 116 offices across 86 countries, operating as one team - #teammindshare. We believe that in today’s world, everything begins and ends in media. We aim to be our clients’ lead business partner, to grow their business, and drive profitability through adaptive and inventive marketing. We do this through speed, teamwork and provocation and by operating as a network of networks rather than a rigid hierarchy. We create new things and have fun doing it. Whenever and wherever you join us, you open a door to opportunities in any and of all aspects of media, technology and innovation. We will support you, recognize you and reward you, making Mindshare the place where you do the best work of your career.
 Mindshare APAC has won 500 awards in the last year alone, including “Agency Network of the Year 2017” by both the MMA SMARTIES™ and Campaign Asia for the fifth and third consecutive year, respectively. Mindshare is part of GroupM, the media investment management arm of WPP, the world’s leading communications services group. To learn more about Mindshare and our philosophy of Original Thinking, visit us at www.mindshareworld.com and follow us on Twitter @mindshare and facebook.com/mindshareapac and linkedin.com/company/mindshare.

About 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.