GLOBAL Investment analytics executive

Buying, Trading & Investment London, England

DESCRIPTION

Position at GroupM

EssenceMediacom

Global Investment Analytics Executive

About EssenceMediacom

We are a global communications agency working across major brands such as The Coca Cola Company, Adidas, Mars, Google, Bayer and Sky to name a few. Our global network of 10,000 influencers help our clients breach traditional boundaries in media, uncover novel ideas, and unleash exponential growth. EssenceMediacom challenges conventional thinking to build, propel, and supercharge our clients’ businesses at scale and lead our industry in critical areas such as diversity, equity, inclusion, and sustainability.   

About the role

The EssenceMediacom Global Investment Unit evaluates our advertising pricing performance across TV, Digital, Paid Social, Out of Home, Radio, Print, Cinema, and provide insight to clients on areas where they can get a better deal.

In this role, you will be working with one of the world’s largest advertisers, Bayer, as well as other smaller clients depending on business needs. This allows for exposure to several methodologies and investment management programmes. Supported by GroupM, you will be involved in a fast-paced, dynamic environment across these truly global clientele to deliver their transformation goals.

Through this role, you will build a comprehensive knowledge of how media is traded in each country, liaise with colleagues around the world, and gain a holistic view of how advertising is bought around the globe.

You will be joining a team to support the stewarding and delivery of our clients’ global value commitments and reporting this analysis to your line manager and other senior members of the team. As part of the wider market-leading Global Investment unit, supported by GroupM, this position offers several opportunities for future career growth and development across client work and projects at EssenceMediacom.

The role will report into a Manager or Associate Director and involves frequent exposure to senior members of the team and media auditors.

Specific responsibilities

• Collecting, cleaning, and analysing media buying performance data across multiple markets and all media channel (emphasis on TV and Digital)

• Help generate regular client reporting documents, including quarterly business reviews and audit reviews, with the assistance of your manager.

• Supporting in status meetings (internal & external), following discussion, taking notes/actions and contributing where relevant

• Develop strong relationships with EM local market teams and media auditors.

• Developing knowledge of how media buying, and performance tracking works and the various methodologies used to track and quantify savings delivery.

• Supporting the team with ad hoc client requests, when necessary

Essential Skills, Knowledge, and Experience 

• No prior experience needed, though a strong desire to learn is required.
• Great numerical skills and a proficiency for problem solving.
• Proactive, a self-starter, and a strong attention to detail.
• Patience, resilience and the ability to get the job done.
• Excellent organisation, communication, and time management skills.
• An interest working in the advertising industry.
• An interest in working globally across international markets: appreciates and recognises cultural sensitivities and adopts their approach accordingly.

This role is based in London, UK. All candidates will need to have right to work in the UK.

Desirables

• Advanced Excel skills and comfortable analysing large data sets.

Benefits

• Extensive training opportunities for personal and professional development examples being GroupM University (e-learning in soft skills such as time management), Circus Street (specific media principles such as programmatic best practice) and regular media owner sessions to keep up with key industry trends
• Mental health support and regular health & wellbeing events
• 25 days holiday (+ extra day for Birthday)
• Private medical insurance, life assurance and permanent health insurance
• Corporate gym memberships
• Cycle to work scheme
• Free drinks on a Thursday (and sometimes on a Wednesday), including EM’s famous monthly parties.
• Free breakfast (cereal and fruit)

What it’s really like to work here?   

EssenceMediacom understands that our people are tasked with big goals: building breakthrough growth for brands and leading with breakthrough thinking in our industry. Our people are at the heart of this work because their ideas will enable us to decode the intersections of people, content, and technology to bring our aspirations to life. Our success is down to our eclectic, diverse, and talented people. EssenceMediacom is a place for us to grow our careers and expand our horizons. EssenceMediacom is committed to building an agency culture that supports our people, puts diversity at the forefront of our operations, and creates an opportunity for all. This collective culture will be our “new power” where ideas are freely exchanged, and collaboration is actively encouraged in a place where you can innovate in our hyperconnected world.

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