Total 65 job vacancies by GroupM

Job Title: Media Manager - Beauty Category

Job Overview: As the Media Manager at Mindshare Singapore, you'll lead the charge in shaping and executing innovative global media strategies for the Beauty category. You'll be at the forefront of influencer strategies, full-funnel planning, and retail media, delivering impactful solutions. Building robust client relationships, driving team excellence, and staying ahead in industry trends are crucial elements of this dynamic role.

Responsibilities:

• Strategic Development: Craft comprehensive global media strategies for Beauty brands, aligning with business goals and leveraging market insights.
• Client Engagement: Build and nurture strong client relationships, serving as a trusted strategic advisor in the Beauty category.
• Collaboration: Work seamlessly with internal teams to deliver integrated solutions, fostering a culture of collaboration and knowledge sharing.
• Thought Leadership: Stay updated on Beauty industry trends, technologies, and consumer behaviors, providing thought leadership to clients and internal teams.
• Team Leadership: Lead and inspire a team of media professionals, providing guidance, mentorship, and fostering a positive and inclusive work environment.

3 Best Things About The Job:

1. Opportunity to shape media strategies for leading Beauty industry clients.
2. Be part of a collaborative and inclusive team culture that encourages innovation and growth.
3. Exposure to multi-country projects and ample career advancement opportunities in the FMCG industry.

What You Will Need:

• Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Advertising, Business, or a related field.
• 10+ years of proven track record in media planning, buying, and strategy within the Beauty category.
• Expertise in influencer strategies, full-funnel planning, and retail media.
• Strong strategic thinking, presentation, and communication skills.
• Leadership and team management capabilities.
• Deep industry knowledge and a network of media contacts in the Beauty sector.

About Mindshare:

GroupM 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.

Discover more about GroupM at www.groupm.com
Follow @GroupMAPAC on Twitter
Follow GroupM on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/groupmworldwide

About GroupM Singapore:

GroupM Singapore operates in one of the most dynamic and exciting environments in the world. Although it is a small domestic market, there is a vibrant media industry which is undergoing rapid evolution as digital technology reshapes the way marketing supports advertisers’ needs. Being at the crossroads of Asia means, that aside from the local clients and media owners, we also have a high proportion of multi-national clients, renowned brands and media owners. Making GroupM Singapore the Number One organisation to join and develop your career in media investment.

GroupM is an equal opportunity employer. We view everyone as an individual and we understand that inclusion is more than just diversity – it’s about belonging. We celebrate the fact that everyone is unique and that’s what makes us so good at what we do. We pride ourselves on being a company that embraces difference and truly represents the global clients we work with.

WPP AUNZ–North Sydney NSW

This is a role at GroupM Agency which is part of the WPP network.

Job Type: Full-time

Salary: $85,000 - $90,000 inclusive of superannuation

Location: Office location will be determined dependent on the right applicant, as we have offices based in Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Perth and Brisbane

L’Atelier Australia is seeking an experienced Media Manager to work on one of the world’s leading luxury groups. This is a rare opportunity to work at the absolute cutting edge of luxury marketing in one of the world’s most exciting luxury markets. With in-bound shoppers from China contributing a staggering $8bn in retail and average e-commerce basket size tripling over the past 2 years, set to reach 18% share of luxury by 2025, Australia is one of the fastest-growing luxury markets in the region. Powered by the dual forces of domestic demand – fuelled by rapid digitization of both purchase and delivery – and the continuing flow of overseas travellers attracted by the nation’s incomparable sights and experiences, Australia is the region’s best example of Eastern and Western commercial values coming together. What happens next? The best way to predict the future is to invent it. L’Atelier exists to invent the customer experience of tomorrow. That’s where you come in.

Reporting of the role
This role reports to the Business Director.

3 best things about the job:

1. You will join a new agency, powered by GroupM, created specifically to service a luxury client portfolio. You will be connected to a fluid and fast-moving regional team that will support and nurture your development with training, mentorship, and constant feedback. You will be set up for success.

2. Working on such a large luxury client with a depth of brands means there is a lot of diversity in the role with a focus on leading their media campaigns.

3. We are a relatively young team with a vibrant culture of work hard play hard. The brands we look after offer event and entertainment opportunities to enjoy with clients and media partners alike.

Measures of success –

In three months:

· An understanding of the client’s product portfolio, position in market and an insight into their key competitors.

· Become fully up-to-speed in the Australian luxury media landscape, and competitor media landscape across all media channels

· Started to form a point of view of the client’s business and opportunities for building more Digital media into their marketing plans.

· Learnt about Group M’s Behaviours and started applying these in your day-to-day work.

In six months:

· Become a trusted advisor for the client’s media campaigns and be fluently translating these opportunities into campaigns.

· Worked on category trends and insights across the region, keeping up-to-date on all things beauty and luxury in Australia

In 12 months:

· Become a trusted client partner and guiding the client’s annual plans including traditional and new media opportunities

· Forecasted Annual investment and worked with the Investment Director in establishing and maintaining trading agreements with media partners.

· Identify areas for improvement that add value to the client and agency

Responsibilities of the role:

· Lead the channel planning, buying, execution and reporting for media campaigns to the highest standard.

· Manage a number of team members, delegating work effectively throughout the planning and implementation process.

· Ensures any team executives or Assistants receive positive and constructive feedback on a regular basis.

· Has a thorough understanding of all L’Atelier and GroupM products/processes.

· Ensures there is full compliance with Mindshare processes (trading/implementation excellence, feedback, briefing templates etc)

· Ensures all communication to internal and external stakeholders is clear and delivered in a timely manner

· Ensures team delivery of gold standard implementation 100% of the time (including recommendation documents, media schedules and PCA decks) using AMF process. Delivering added value as part of every campaign.

· Interprets relevant data sources to build insights that leads implementation thinking (i.e. GroupM Knowledge, EMMA, Roy Morgan, Nielsen)

· Ensures accurate and timely reporting in line with client requirements (including final buys, PCAs, invoicing and optimisations)

· Understand the Australian Media landscape and provide recommendations to clients on new trends and innovations.

· Contribute to the wider agency, particularly with a focus on championing products and processes.

What you will need:

· Minimum of 5 years’ experience in the Media or Marketing industry.

· Experience managing a team, with multiple members reporting into you.

· An understanding of the Australian Media landscape including Digital Media.

· A strong understanding and passion for the luxury market

· Hybrid experience across all media channels, with sound knowledge of digital

· Preferably a background in channel planning and investment

· A critical eye for detail

About GroupM

GroupM leads and shapes media markets by delivering performance enhancing media products and services, powered by data and technology. Our global network agencies and businesses enable our people to work collaboratively across borders with the best in class, providing them the opportunity to accelerate their progress and development. We are not limited by teams or geographies; our scale and diverse range of clients lets us be more adventurous with our business and talent. We give our talent the space, support and tools to innovate and grow.

Discover more about GroupM at www.groupm.com
Follow @GroupMAPAC on Twitter
Follow GroupM on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/groupm

GroupM APAC is committed to fostering a culture of diversity and inclusion. Our people are our strength so we respect and nurture their individual talent and potential.

Overview of job

EssenceMediacom is GroupM’s newest and largest agency delivering marketing breakthroughs for their clients. Disrupting the old models across media, creative, innovation and analytics, the agency has been built to find new opportunities for brands and deliver truly integrated media solutions.

Composed of 10,000 people across 120 offices globally EssenceMediacom combines Essence’s performance, data, analytics and creative technology DNA with MediaCom’s scaled multichannel audience planning and strategic media expertise.

The agency includes an enviable global client roster, which includes adidas, Bayer, Dell, Google, Mars, NBCUniversal, PlayStation, Procter & Gamble, The Coca-Cola Company and Uber, and will be responsible for more than $21bn in global media billings.

We are looking for an Senior Manager/ Manager - Media Planning to join the EssenceMediacom team in this role, you will be responsible for planning in the ASEAN market across publishers such as Google, Meta, TikTok, along with local publishers. We are seeking someone who has experience working on eCommerce in the region with e-retailer partners like Lazada and Shopee.

Visit essencemediacom.com for more information and follow us on Twitter at @emglobal.

Reporting of the role

This role reports to: ASEAN Market Lead, Singapore

3 best things about the job:
1. Working on a global beauty client that is a leader of the sector and gain exposure to best practices across e-commerce and digital analytics

2. Being part of an innovative and fast paced agency and working with passionate people

3. Able to work with the team on Strategizing a media and communications roadmap that not only fits the client's requirements but also exceeds them and hence delivers client success.

Responsibilities of the role:

• Proactively planning and implementing digital development and growth of the client
• Supporting key functions including but not limited to Strategy, Media Planning, Reporting and Billing
• Developing strategy and digital channel recommendations to ensure we deliver as per the set targets
• Deliver innovative and Creative solutions to media briefs
• Lead to address critical issues as they arise. Sample issues might be “Sales on the ecommerce site are lower than expected. Can you help us figure out why?” or “We want to launch a new product, what media approach makes sense?” or “how could I improve my full funnel metrics utilizing data and insights”
• Ensuring delivery of a digital solution which is relevant to the client’s business by fine tuning budget allocation, weights, phasing, site mix with creation of the media plan
• Leading Key market drumbeats with strategic stories and associated datasets on the media outcomes
• Be on top of in-campaign performance, and recommend changes across Media in-flight to deliver the best against the plan
• Identify opportunities and new interests for the client to drive revenue and benefit business needs as their advisor.
• Manage overall agency/client relationship by providing strategic input while translating the client’s vision and needs into business requirements
• Ensure compliance with Mediacom and the client
• Working closely with digital execution team and creative agencies to ensure assets are delivered on time.

Measures of success –
In three months:

• Demonstrate understanding of the media landscape and business challenges and begin to contribute ideas on how to drive clients’ business success.
• Streamlining of media plans across both traditional and digital channels.
• Great understanding of your portfolio of clients.
• Abreast one-self with the key e-com onsite reporting platforms and tools and provide pro-active recommendations if any

In six months:

• Be the market SPOC for the client media and brand team. Able to propose ideas and activities to answer identified challenges. Take ownership of day-to-day relationships and ways of working
• Leading E-com and Media planning efforts independently for assigned markets
• Conduct internal 101 training sessions on Media Planning Principles, Ecom Best Practices, Platforms like Lazada Seller centre, Shopee, etc.
• Collaborative leader, engaging with people of all levels.

In 12 months:

• Lead Strategy and Media planning efforts for the brands quarterly, half yearly and annual media roadmap
• Build 2 Business Breakthroughs for the client

What you’ll bring:

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree
• At least 4-5 years of media planning experience
• Form - Experience delivering actionable strategies; good storytelling in verbal and written form
• Experience working with multiple stakeholders (e.g. suppliers, advertising/marketing agencies, media owners and internal specialist resources)
• Be a strong communicator – English is our global language.
• Ability to manage daily communication with Global and local Publisher.
• Understanding and aptitude to translate existing & upcoming technology trends to media / business solutions.
• Strong analytical and detail-oriented approach, natural affinity with numbers and analysis
• Ability to leverage data visualization tools such as Power BI, Google Data studio is a good to have
• Style - Must be confident and approachable, helpful and easy to work with
• Culture - Be a great example of our company behaviours – know it / push it / share it / do it.

More about EssenceMediacom

We are a global communications agency leading with breakthrough thinking, building explosive growth for brands, and helping our clients see the bigger picture. Our daring 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.

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 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.

About Singapore

GroupM Singapore operates in one of the most dynamic and exciting environments in the world. Although it is a small domestic market, there is a vibrant media industry which is undergoing rapid evolution as digital technology reshapes the way marketing supports advertisers’ needs. Being at the crossroads of Asia means, that aside from the local clients and media owners, we also have a high proportion of multi-national clients, renowned brands and media owners. Making GroupM Singapore the Number One organisation to join and develop your career in media investment. GroupM is an equal opportunity employer. We view everyone as an individual and we understand that inclusion is more than just diversity – it’s about belonging. We celebrate the fact that everyone is unique and that’s what makes us so good at what we do. We pride ourselves on being a company that embraces difference and truly represents the global clients we work with.

GroupM APAC is committed to fostering a culture of diversity and inclusion. Our people are our strength, so we respect and nurture their individual talent and potential.

Overview of job

EssenceMediacom is GroupM’s newest and largest agency delivering marketing breakthroughs for their clients. Disrupting the old models across media, creative, innovation and analytics, the agency has been built to find new opportunities for brands and deliver truly integrated media solutions.

Composed of 10,000 people across 120 offices globally EssenceMediacom combines Essence’s performance, data, analytics, and creative technology DNA with Mediacom’s scaled multichannel audience planning and strategic media expertise.

The agency includes an enviable global client roster, which includes adidas, Bayer, Dell, Google, Mars, NBCUniversal, PlayStation, Procter & Gamble, The Coca-Cola Company, and Uber, and will be responsible for more than $21bn in global media billings.

We are looking for an E-commerce Executive to join the EssenceMediacom team in this role, you will be responsible for quantifying and measuring the success of campaign executions and delivering insights that enable us to innovate the work we deliver on marketplaces such as Lazada, Shopee and MOMO.

Visit essencemediacom.com for more information and follow us on Twitter at @emglobal.

Reporting of the role

This role reports to: Head of E-commerce, Singapore

3 best things about the job:
1. You will be working on a global beauty client that is a leader of the sector and gain exposure to best practices across e-commerce and digital analytics
2. Great work environment – you will collaborate with a group of quick-witted, diverse, extremely dedicated co-workers and clients who are all passionate about e-commerce
3. It is innovative and dynamic. There are new things constantly evolving and developing, and we are never static. We are connected and collaborate with teams across the region and worldwide.

Responsibilities of the role:

• Working together with the team to devise a Ecom media plan that is able to achieve the desired objectives
• Analysis of reporting provided by vendor which output actionable insights and optimization recommendations for Search, Display, EDM and sales forecasting.
• Measuring performance for key sale periods and new product launches both off-platform and on-platform such as Amazon, Lazada, Shopee etc.
• Go-to resource for audience insights, on-site behaviour, marketplace trends to capture new users, traffic, and revenue growth.
• Formulate strategic recommendations based on gathered insights.

Measures of success –
In three months:

• Understanding of the client’s product portfolio, position in marketplace and insights in landscape, competitors, and the role of EC analytics for the business
• Become comfortable with data collection, data cleaning, analysis, and validation.
• Support teams in analysing data, finding insights, and developing right strategy towards the larger objective.

In six months:

• Work with client teams and vendor to deliver high value, in-depth analytics, automated where possible.
• Communicate with global network and ensure best practices are followed.
• Working closely with Ecommerce team to develop strong testing and analysis framework.

In 12 months:

• Lead analysis of vendor reporting and insights development without senior support
• Take ownership of day-to-day relationships and ways of working
• Develop reporting solutions and processes for client teams to easily understand and track performance.

What you’ll bring:

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Business level English and Taiwanese Mandarin – Ability to manage daily communication with local retailers like MOMO, Lazada, Shopee, Rakuten, etc.
• 1-2 years’ experience in relevant analytics experience, preferably in an e-commerce and/or digital agency is a good to have
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint for clear reporting capability
• Strong analytical and detail-oriented approach, natural affinity with numbers and analysis
• Ability to leverage data visualization tools such as Power BI, Google Data studio is a good to have

More about EssenceMediacom

We are a global communications agency leading with breakthrough thinking, building explosive growth for brands, and helping our clients see the bigger picture. Our daring 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.

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 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.

About Singapore

GroupM Singapore operates in one of the most dynamic and exciting environments in the world. Although it is a small domestic market, there is a vibrant media industry which is undergoing rapid evolution as digital technology reshapes the way marketing supports advertisers’ needs. Being at the crossroads of Asia means, that aside from the local clients and media owners, we also have a high proportion of multi-national clients, renowned brands, and media owners. Making GroupM Singapore the Number One organisation to join and develop your career in media investment. GroupM is an equal opportunity employer. We view everyone as an individual and we understand that inclusion is more than just diversity – it’s about belonging. We celebrate the fact that everyone is unique and that’s what makes us so good at what we do. We pride ourselves on being a company that embraces difference and truly represents the global clients we work with.

GroupM APAC is committed to fostering a culture of diversity and inclusion. Our people are our strength, so we respect and nurture their individual talent and potential.

Role: Paid Search Senior Executive (Vietnamese Speaker)

GroupM is the world’s largest 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 a Performance Marketing Executive/ Senior Executive to join us.

In this role, you will have the opportunity to grow various aspects of Paid Search and Social across a range of agency clients, providing insight, strategy and high-quality deliverables in tandem with the wider agency team.

At GroupM APAC, our people are our strength, which is why fostering a culture of diversity and inclusion is important to us.

Reporting of the role:

Search Manager

3 best things about the job:

• Working with an extremely diverse, international group of individuals both at GroupM and with the agencies.
• You will be working on a global beauty client that is a leader of the sector and gain exposure to best practices across digital media & analytics
• Opportunity to expand the learning on Biddable Media, on digital planning and strategy.

Measures of success –

In three months:

• Understand client’s business goals and marketing objectives & understand the role Paid Search plays to drive their business forward.
• Great understanding of best practices and audit process to deliver best in class campaigns.

In six months:

• Continually building test and learn frameworks across Search campaigns, ensuring tests reach significance where possible and learnings / next steps are communicated to clients.
• Strong relationship with your team and senior stakeholders across the business
• Build relationships with Search reps across key biddable platforms
• Contributing to campaign performance to drive continued efficiencies across all campaigns

In 12 months:

• Contribution to evolving best practices through A/B testing
• Exceeding client KPIs across all campaigns and growing business revenue through increased billings where possible.

Responsibilities of the role:

• Set-up, monitor, manage and optimise Paid Search activity
• Regular tracking of platform run rates with ongoing commentary and actionable insights
• Provide on-time reporting to clients on key metrics and agreed KPIs
• Ongoing client servicing including but not limited to optimisation and campaign progress, prompt response to client and internal questions related to paid campaigns.
• Ongoing Paid Search strategy development and implementation with the search manager and lead
• Writing search ad copies to drive improved click through rates and relevancy for the searched keywords

What you will need:

• Business level English and Vietnamese Language skills – Ability to read & write in the language
• 1-2 years of experience in Search marketing on platforms like Google Ads, Apple Ads, Bing Ads is preferred
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint for clear reporting capability
• Google Ads Fundamentals Certifications is preferred
• Strong analytical mindset with attention to detail around data, insights and actions
• Able to speak confidently and maintains good working relationship with internal and external stakeholders

More about GroupM Nexus

GroupM makes advertising work better for people. GroupM Nexus comprise world-leading addressable specialists who provide media activation services and proprietary solutions that limit risks and guarantee outcomes. Underpinned by our digital media philosophy – everything that can be addressable, should be, as long as it translates into value for our clients – GroupM Nexus offer addressable solutions across Search, Social, Programmatic, Ad Ops, and eCommerce. As the largest media investment company in the world, we are agency partners to 1 out of 2 Top 100 global brands, representing more than $50 billion in media spend globally.

About GroupM Singapore

GroupM Singapore operates in one of the most dynamic and exciting environments in the world. Although it is a small domestic market, there is a vibrant media industry which is undergoing rapid evolution as digital technology reshapes the way marketing supports advertisers’ needs. Being at the crossroads of Asia means, that aside from the local clients and media owners, we also have a high proportion of multi-national clients, renowned brands and media owners. Making GroupM Singapore the Number One organisation to join and develop your career in media investment.

GroupM is an equal opportunity employer. We view everyone as an individual and we understand that inclusion is more than just diversity – it’s about belonging. We celebrate the fact that everyone is unique and that’s what makes us so good at what we do. We pride ourselves on being a company that embraces difference and truly represents the global clients we work with.

Role: Paid Search Executive (Vietnamese Speaker)

GroupM is the world’s largest 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 a Performance Marketing Executive/ Senior Executive to join us.

In this role, you will have the opportunity to grow various aspects of Paid Search and Social across a range of agency clients, providing insight, strategy and high-quality deliverables in tandem with the wider agency team.

At GroupM APAC, our people are our strength, which is why fostering a culture of diversity and inclusion is important to us.

Reporting of the role:

Search Manager

3 best things about the job:

• Working with an extremely diverse, international group of individuals both at GroupM and with the agencies.
• You will be working on a global beauty client that is a leader of the sector and gain exposure to best practices across digital media & analytics
• Opportunity to expand the learning on Biddable Media, on digital planning and strategy.

Measures of success –

In three months:

• Understand client’s business goals and marketing objectives & understand the role Paid Search plays to drive their business forward.
• Great understanding of best practices and audit process to deliver best in class campaigns.

In six months:

• Continually building test and learn frameworks across Search campaigns, ensuring tests reach significance where possible and learnings / next steps are communicated to clients.
• Strong relationship with your team and senior stakeholders across the business
• Build relationships with Search reps across key biddable platforms
• Contributing to campaign performance to drive continued efficiencies across all campaigns

In 12 months:

• Contribution to evolving best practices through A/B testing
• Exceeding client KPIs across all campaigns and growing business revenue through increased billings where possible.

Responsibilities of the role:

• Set-up, monitor, manage and optimise Paid Search activity
• Regular tracking of platform run rates with ongoing commentary and actionable insights
• Provide on-time reporting to clients on key metrics and agreed KPIs
• Ongoing client servicing including but not limited to optimisation and campaign progress, prompt response to client and internal questions related to paid campaigns.
• Ongoing Paid Search strategy development and implementation with the search manager and lead
• Writing search ad copies to drive improved click through rates and relevancy for the searched keywords

What you will need:

• Business level English and Vietnamese Language skills – Ability to read & write in the language
• 1-2 years of experience in Search marketing on platforms like Google Ads, Apple Ads, Bing Ads is preferred
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint for clear reporting capability
• Google Ads Fundamentals Certifications is preferred
• Strong analytical mindset with attention to detail around data, insights and actions
• Able to speak confidently and maintains good working relationship with internal and external stakeholders

More about GroupM Nexus

GroupM makes advertising work better for people. GroupM Nexus comprise world-leading addressable specialists who provide media activation services and proprietary solutions that limit risks and guarantee outcomes. Underpinned by our digital media philosophy – everything that can be addressable, should be, as long as it translates into value for our clients – GroupM Nexus offer addressable solutions across Search, Social, Programmatic, Ad Ops, and eCommerce. As the largest media investment company in the world, we are agency partners to 1 out of 2 Top 100 global brands, representing more than $50 billion in media spend globally.

About GroupM Singapore

GroupM Singapore operates in one of the most dynamic and exciting environments in the world. Although it is a small domestic market, there is a vibrant media industry which is undergoing rapid evolution as digital technology reshapes the way marketing supports advertisers’ needs. Being at the crossroads of Asia means, that aside from the local clients and media owners, we also have a high proportion of multi-national clients, renowned brands and media owners. Making GroupM Singapore the Number One organisation to join and develop your career in media investment.

GroupM is an equal opportunity employer. We view everyone as an individual and we understand that inclusion is more than just diversity – it’s about belonging. We celebrate the fact that everyone is unique and that’s what makes us so good at what we do. We pride ourselves on being a company that embraces difference and truly represents the global clients we work with.

The Mindshare Director, Data Architect role will work closely with the GroupM Nexus Commerce team. The GroupM Nexus team is a highly skilled performance marketers who drive measurable business growth for iconic brands across GroupM agencies. Our Commerce capability is comprised of Strategy, Activation, Creative, and Data & Technology, working as an interconnected unit and living on the cutting edge of modern marketing. Through proprietary tools, partnerships, processes and training, GroupM Commerce delivers industry leading Commerce solutions to our clients with global scale, local nuance, and effectiveness.

The Director, Data Architect will be embedded within our Mindshare agency team and leverage their experience to drive development and delivery of technical solution to support our commerce analytics requirements, specifically the underlying database and infrastructure approach. You will own the development of the solution supporting the commerce analytics requirements and assist in advancing the sophistication of our commerce measurement, reporting, and insights capability in parallel to our performance media reporting solutions.

With the proliferation of retail media networks and commerce platforms, this role presents an exciting opportunity for Mindshare. The successful candidate will play a crucial role in supporting our global commerce analytics offering, working as part of a connected team across functions and markets. The role will require a domain of the field of data engineering, including expertise in designing, building, and maintaining scalable data pipelines, proficiency in ETL processes, and experience working with various big data technologies, databases (Azure SQL, SSAS and Snowflake), programming languages (.Net, SQL, Data Analysis Expressions (DAX), R and Python) as well as Microsoft’s PowerBI and Advanced Excel functionality for data visualisation. An entrepreneurial spirit with a bias for action and problem-solving is necessary to be successful in this role.

Job Responsibilities:

• Co-Develop and implement a comprehensive data strategy that aligns with the global strategic vision and company's overall business objectives aligning to solutions already deployed across a client’s technology portfolio.
• Lead the design, development, and maintenance of the “commerce” data warehousing solution to support advanced analytics and key business initiatives and drive growth.
• Collaborate and align with cross-functional teams to identify opportunities for data-driven decision-making and develop innovative solutions to address these needs.
• Oversee the management of large datasets, ensuring data quality and integrity are supplied for analysis to teams.
• Establish and maintain strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders to ensure alignment on key projects and initiatives.
• Drive a culture of continuous improvement and innovation supporting the Commerce Data & Analytics team.
• Provide thought leadership and guidance on industry best practices and emerging trends in data warehousing and business intelligence.
• Collaborate closely with a high-performing team of data analysts and scientists, fostering an inclusive work environment.

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Computing, Computer Science or similar related field.
• 7+ years of experience in data engineering and warehouse design working with analytics and business intelligence teams, or a related field, with prior leadership experience. High preference towards delivering data engineering for a large retailer, CPG, or ecommerce business
• Strong understanding and proven experience in architecting relational data models
• Strong understanding and proven experience in architecting and working with ETL solutions
• Understanding of use of automation, artificial intelligence for data is a plus.
• Expertise in database technologies Azure SQL, SSAS and Snowflake
• Expertise in data visualization and reporting tools (e.g., Tableau, Power BI) and programming languages (e.g., .Net, SQL, DAX, Python, R).
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to translate complex data concepts into actionable insights for non-technical audiences.
• Understanding of advanced analytics techniques, including predictive modeling, segmentation, and optimization.
• Strong project management and organizational skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities and deliver results in a fast-paced environment.
• Demonstrated success in leading and developing high-performing teams.

About Mindshare:

Mindshare is a media services company that accelerates Good Growth for its 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. You can check out some of our people’s stories on LinkedIn or Instagram or hear about the company in their own words here. Mindshare is part of GroupM, the world’s leading media investment company, and WPP, the world’s largest advertising holding group.

At Mindshare and GroupM, we are Open, Optimistic, and Extraordinary.

• Open. We cultivate trust by taking ownership and accountability, and we empathetically and intelligently balance people and client experience in everything we do.
• Optimistic. We mobilize the enterprise, driving our vision forward, and we champion growth and career development so we can all thrive.
• Extraordinary. We harness our shared capabilities to inspire transformational creativity, and lead collectively to deliver a seamless client and colleague experience.

GroupM 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. Discover more at www.groupm.com.

About GroupM Singapore:

GroupM Singapore operates in one of the most dynamic and exciting environments in the world. Although it is a small domestic market, there is a vibrant media industry which is undergoing rapid evolution as digital technology reshapes the way marketing supports advertisers’ needs. Being at the crossroads of Asia means, that aside from the local clients and media owners, we also have a high proportion of multi-national clients, renowned brands and media owners. Making GroupM Singapore the Number One organisation to join and develop your career in media investment.

GroupM is an equal opportunity employer. We view everyone as an individual and we understand that inclusion is more than just diversity – it’s about belonging. We celebrate the fact that everyone is unique and that’s what makes us so good at what we do. We pride ourselves on being a company that embraces difference and truly represents the global clients we work with.

Overview:

GroupM Nexus Commerce is a team of highly skilled performance marketers who drive measurable business growth for iconic brands across GroupM agencies. Our Commerce capability is comprised of Strategy, Activation, Creative, and Data & Technology, working as an interconnected unit and living on the cutting edge of modern marketing. Through proprietary tools, partnerships, processes and training, GroupM Commerce delivers industry leading Commerce solutions to our clients with global scale, local nuance, and effectiveness.

The Director, Data and Analytics (Data Engineering) will be embedded within our Mindshare agency team and leverage their experience to drive development and delivery of our commerce analytics solutions and specifically its underlying data base and infrastructure. You will own the development of commerce analytics solutions. You will assist in advancing the sophistication of our commerce measurement, reporting, and insights capability.

With the proliferation of retail media networks and commerce platforms, this role presents an exciting opportunity for Mindshare. The successful candidate will play a crucial role in developing our global commerce analytics offering, working as part of a connected team across functions and markets. The role will require a domain of the field of data engineering, including expertise in designing, building, and maintaining scalable data pipelines, proficiency in ETL processes, and experience working with various big data technologies, databases, and programming languages such as, R, SQL, Python. An entrepreneurial spirit with a bias for action and problem-solving is necessary to be successful in this role.

Job Responsibilities:

· Develop and implement a comprehensive data strategy that aligns with the company's overall business objectives.

· Lead the design, development, and maintenance of advanced analytics models and tools to support key business initiatives and drive growth.

· Collaborate with cross-functional teams to identify opportunities for data-driven decision-making and develop innovative solutions to address these needs.

· Oversee the management and analysis of large datasets, ensuring data quality and integrity.

· Establish and maintain strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders to ensure alignment on key projects and initiatives.

· Drive a culture of continuous improvement and innovation within the Commerce Data & Analytics team.

· Provide thought leadership and guidance on industry best practices and emerging trends in data analytics and business intelligence.

· Manage and mentor a high-performing team of data analysts and scientists, fostering a collaborative and inclusive work environment.

Minimum Requirements:

· Bachelor's degree in data science, statistics, computer science, or a related field.

· 7+ years of experience in data analytics, business intelligence, or a related field, with prior leadership experience. High preference towards delivering data engineering for a large retailer, CPG, or ecommerce business.

· Strong understanding of advanced analytics techniques, including predictive modeling, segmentation, and optimization.

· Understanding of use of automation, artificial intelligence for data is a plus.

· Expertise in data visualization and reporting tools (e.g., Tableau, Power BI) and programming languages (e.g., SQL, Python, R).

· Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to translate complex data concepts into actionable insights for non-technical audiences.

· Strong project management and organizational skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities and deliver results in a fast-paced environment.

· Demonstrated success in leading and developing high-performing teams.

About GroupM:

At GroupM, we are Open, Optimistic, and Extraordinary.

• Open. We cultivate trust by taking ownership and accountability, and we empathetically and intelligently balance people and client experience in everything we do.
• Optimistic. We mobilize the enterprise, driving our vision forward, and we champion growth and career development so we can all thrive.
• Extraordinary. We harness our shared capabilities to inspire transformational creativity, and lead collectively to deliver a seamless client and colleague experience.

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. Discover more at www.groupm.com.

SALARY: $120,000 - $130,000 (inclusive of Super)

ABOUT GROUPM
GroupM Nexus is the world’s leading global performance organisation that unites GroupM’s global performance Talent & Technologies. GroupM Nexus unites GroupM's addressable content and TV, AI technology (Copilot), and omnichannel solutions from Finecast, Xaxis and GroupM Services into a single unit. The global organisation will be underpinned by a new cross-channel performance platform and international delivery hubs to set new benchmarks for performance innovation and efficiency for GroupM’s agencies and clients.
With 1,000 people across Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, and Adelaide, our primary purpose is to deliver unrivalled advantage to our clients, stakeholders, and people.
We have a clear vision for our business. Be responsible for shaping the next era of media where advertising works better for people. We believe that this spans how we make advertising work better for our people, our planet, our communities, and our clients.
As market leaders we work closely with our clients to develop a healthy, accountable, responsible and diverse ecosystem that enables data driven marketing at scale, and is mutually beneficial for all partners and the communities at large that we influence. For our people, we are driven by our proposition of offering fulfilling careers driven by intelligence, imagination and inclusion that help redefine the role of media in our daily lives.
ABOUT MINDSHARE
At Mindshare we believe in Energy, Empathy and Impact! These core values are the foundation of our culture and extend to every aspect of our operation.
We are a part of the GroupM family, which is the largest media investment management company in Australia. Across Mindshare we offer the opportunity to work with some of the biggest household names. Our ambition is to help our partners achieve their wildest ambition, anchored in good growth. This translates to producing amazing work and identifying ways to drive a positive impact on the world!
This is only possible when we have the right people to help us achieve these goals. So, WHY MINDSHARE?
Your growth, development and success are important to us. That's why we have a structured career framework and development program in place, including a clear career plan and access to local and global online learning platforms to support your personal and professional growth.
Beyond an opportunity to learn and grow an amazing career, we offer flexible working arrangements, combining working from home and the office to balance your professional and personal commitments. Other benefits include Summer Half Days, Birthday Leave, Long Service Leave, perkSpace (our internal perks and benefits hub full of resources to support your mental, physical, social and financial wellbeing, including discounts at hundreds of retailers and service-providers) and wellness benefits (including our Employee Assistance Program)
Mindshare, as a part of GroupM, is an Equal Opportunities Employer. We believe that diversity is vital and positively influences the environment in which we operate. We are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive work environment that is free of discrimination, harassment or bullying. Race, colour, ancestry, religion, gender, gender identity, national origin, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability or veteran status have no bearing on our hiring decisions, we encourage all applicants.
ROLE OUTLINE
The Performance Director – Campaign Delivery is a senior consultant that oversees and coordinates the delivery across a team of biddable media planning and campaign management experts. You will lead performance driven thought leadership, drive key client and agency contact, oversee the development of biddable media plans and brief responses. The Performance Director – Campaign Delivery will support in the co-ordination of biddable deliverables and work in partnership with the activation teams to ensure quality assurance and campaign delivery.
This role encompasses people management within the broader Campaign Delivery Team including recruitment, fostering key talent, reviews, training, coaching and performance management.
Other responsibilities include being a pivotal part of a broader eco-system in partnership with Mindshare’s strategic, client and marketplace teams. There is a level of accountability to that relationship and to ensure that biddable planning is a component of the broader media strategy. As a leader it is pivotal to drive a high functioning team with alignment on cultural values and business priorities across Mindshare x Nexus.
KEY RELATIONSHIPS
• Drive high functioning deliverables and culture in your immediate team
• Collaborating closely with activation teams
• Foster deep trust and understanding with agency client, strategic and marketplace teams
• Establishing strong relationships with relevant media, data, and technology partners
WHAT YOU SHOULD SPEND YOUR TIME DOING
People – 40% of your time
• Lead a team of high functioning Campaign Delivery planners within biddable media
• Continuously champion positive values that build strong connections, solution-oriented perspectives and genuinely care for collective team success
• Be responsible for driving a culture that builds relationships on trust between Mindshare and Nexus
• Ensure resource management and workflow designation are running at optimal capacity across Campaign Delivery teams
• Drive your teams training requirements, resource management and certifications in alignment with the Campaign Delivery training program
• Foster knowledge sharing, award entries and continuous learning around point of views, trends and relevant skills to continue nurturing a high-performing team
• Support teams while adapting to fast changing priorities
• Actively promote cross functional alignment across Activation, strategy, client and Marketplace teams
• Host a regular, constructive performance evaluation meeting with direct reports in addition to setting clear KPIs and monitoring achievements
Process & Operations – 30% of your time
• Serve as key point of contact on brief delivery responses and reporting requirements with Mindshare in developing tactical strategies/responses
• Run the planning operations for paid search, in-platform ecommerce, paid social and programmatic. In addition considering the requirements for ad operations scope and measurement
• Act as a thought leader in the digital space to sense check viability of performance innovations and identify opportunities with our existing clients for greater digital innovation
• Oversee end-to-end project management of campaign brief and delivery
• Lead the planning and development of all biddable media recommendations
• Consult and articulate actionable insights and optimisation recommendations, in partnership with the Activation team
• Act as the leading point of contact between the Activation team and Mindshare when delivery or quality is compromised
• Actively contribute in new business development and pitching when required
• Educating and advocating in partnership with Mindshare x Nexus on service level agreements
• Support in the delivery of biddable best practice planning principals
• Anticipate future challenges, trends, and changes to both your clients and the industry, proactively forming a view of strategies to mitigate risk and create opportunity
Client – 15% of your time
• Develop a vision and roadmap for encompassing digital operations, including technology partners, data management, effective measurement and reporting efficiencies
• Identify new product opportunities that will enhance clients’ digital footprint and support on digital maturity
• Drive a test and learn initiative to allow for continuous improvements in campaign performance through planning
• Provide technical perspective in client meetings when specific expertise is required

Overview of job:

The Media Activation team is responsible for collaborating closely with Media Planning to activate across Programmatic digital platforms across the APAC & Japan region for our B2B clients. This role is

specifically dedicated to Programmatic.

This lead should feel comfortable with managing a large client who is extremely data driven and being a thought leader. The role also provides an opportunity to work with global peers across Programmatic, Ad tech and data analytics to improve and scale our APAC & Japan Activation and Digital Spends in the region.

The Associate Director, Performance is expected to drive programmatic strategies, working with our GroupM services teams and deliver results through strategic optimisation and testing frameworks. Therefore, hands-on platform experience and account management skills are needed, long with advanced excel, strong analytical, presentation and organisational skills are needed.

This role is client facing and the programmatic lead will be the main point of contact with internal and external stakeholders.

This role reports to the Regional Field Marketing Lead.

3 best things about the job:

1. Exposure to client who is extremely data driven and being a thought leader.
2. Opportunity to work with global peers across Programmatic, Ad tech and data analytics to improve and scale our APAC & Japan Activation and Digital Spends in the region.
3. Working with an extremely diverse, international group of individuals both at MEDIACOM and at the client

Measures of success:

In 3 months:

• Accountable for the quality of Programmatic Campaigns running out of the APAC region in accordance to best practices and campaign KPIs
• Close collaboration with Planning, Client Services, Analytics and Data & Tech teams to drive channel innovation and overall account growth
• Close collaboration with other paid media channel teams to deliver effective cross channel digital campaigns
• Senior Stakeholder and Client Management & Resource Management
• Programmatic Platform knowledge (DV360 / Google Ads and Mediamath preferred). However other programmatic platform knowledge and experience are also beneficial (The Trade Desk / Xander / Amazon DSP)
• Clear understanding of different ways of buying such as Programmatic / PMP / Direct Buys.
• Demonstrable understanding of First Party Data / Privacy and impacts to media planning and buying
• Demonstrable understanding of measurement and targeting challenges and considerations such as Ad Operations / Tagging Requirements / First Party Data / ABM /B2B audiences.

In 6 months:

• Partner with APJ & Korea publisher/vendors to drive value for both client and agency
• Represent APAC programmatic to global stakeholders internal/external.
• Collaboration with other GroupM Programmatic Leads to drive Digital Maturity across Display and Programmatic
• Driving innovation and thought leadership of the channel and an understanding of the Channel in Region and the challenges that come with this as a growing medium in APJ and Korea
• Future-proof practice by anticipating industry trends and developing practices that enable Mediacom to be leaders in that industry

In 12 months:

• Develop/maintain an active industry presence by way of contributing POVs, thought leadership, conference appearances, etc. to raise industry profile for personal, team and Mediacom.
• Assist with new business pitches by providing subject matter expertise and deep insight as the Programmatic expert.
• Lead by example, create and maintain a positive atmosphere for the team.

Required

• 7-10 years work experience on the programmatic/ad-tech buy-side (e.g. agency, trading desk, DSP company)
• Excellent proficiency planning and deploying campaigns using enterprise level DSPs (e.g. DV360, The Trade Desk, MediaMath)
• Experience planning and executing campaigns delivering against both Brand and Direct Response objectives
• Experience deploying campaigns across multiple environments/devices via both direct and open buying leveraging audience and/or contextual data as needed
• Outstanding knowledge of the APAC / APJ & Korea publisher/vendor landscape at regional and market levels
• High attention to detail, and good organizational skills, with an understanding of optimization levers & testing approaches across programmatic platforms
• Good to have, Experience managing 1-2 reports, either direct or dotted line, with demonstrable skills in guiding the professional development of direct reports
• Highly developed interpersonal, team building and relationship management skills
• Up-to-date knowledge on the current state of programmatic/ad/mar-tech with a POV on future developments
• A passion for everything digital, with an active interest and understanding of digital marketing/advertising industry trends

About GroupM Singapore

GroupM Singapore operates in one of the most dynamic and exciting environments in the world. Although it is a small domestic market, there is a vibrant media industry which is undergoing rapid evolution as digital technology reshapes the way marketing supports advertisers’ needs. Being at the crossroads of Asia means that aside from the local clients and media owners, we also have a high proportion of multi-national clients and media owners.

As the largest media investment management company in Singapore with over 41% market share (Recma) and over 650 employees, GroupM Singapore is the premiere organisation to join and develop a career in.

Description

Mindshare is an agency of GroupM, the world’s largest media investment company and are a part of WPP

We are hiring a Media Executive to sit within the planning team who ideally has previous skills/experience in digital media and an eye for detail. You will be responsible for crafting and implementing creative and effective communication campaigns which are grounded in strategy and insights to drive our client’s business ambitions.

Overview of job

Mindshare is an agency of GroupM, the world’s largest 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 hiring an Account Executive to sit within the planning team who ideally has previous skills/experience in digital media and an eye for detail. You will be responsible for crafting and implementing creative and effective communication campaigns which are grounded in strategy and insights to drive our client’s business ambitions. You will be working in a fast paced and exciting environment for some of the world’s most established brands.

At GroupM APAC, our people are our strength, which is why fostering a culture of diversity and inclusion is important to us.

Reporting of the role

This role reports to the Account Manager within the team

3 best things about the job:

1. A fun and competitive environment that combines creative media thinking with the little details that matter and at the same time being part of the largest media company in the world.
2. Working within a culturally diverse team and servicing some of the top clients in the organization.
3. Opportunity to work with regional counterparts from both Mindshare and our clients.

In this role, your goals will be:

In 3 months:

• Be up to speed with cutting edge proprietary planning tools as well as able to extract and analyze important data; validating our recommendations
• You would have a pulse of the business category & knowledge of competitive market
• Worked on moderate scaled live campaigns
• Have initiated contact with key media partners and understood the baseline of their offerings, particularly digital
• Connected with internal specialist & external stakeholder’s units to integrate client solutions

In 6 months:

• Be able to comprehend and apply our proprietary planning framework model in key campaigns
• You would have landed live, larger scaled campaigns
• You will have started to build relationships with the key decision makers within the current client portfolio
• Mastered a flawless media execution process working alongside various stakeholders

In 12 months:

• Developed strong category acumen - from both a media and business point of view
• Identify a pipeline of commercially viable solutions to support our clients goals
• Have created & executed a pipeline of exciting business building ideas which could potentially be industry award winning

Responsibilities of the role:

• Respond to / follow up on clients campaign briefs and requests received, and working alongside the team.
• Orchestrate/support the inputs from the strategy, implementation and specialist teams to develop innovative, business building solutions for clients
• Manage the planning, execution and post mortem of the campaigns briefed in
• Engage with specialist partners to drive commercially viable media solutions
• Build trusted, meaningful relationships with clients, as well as relevant internal & external stakeholders

What you will need:

• Curious and willing to learn with passion in order to leverage opportunities from challenger to leading brands
• Strong analytical skills
• Excellent personal/organizational management
• Good interpersonal & social relations
• Strong understanding of the cultural and consumer trends that are changing the media landscape
• Minimum 1 year in media/digital/marketing experience. Open to fresh graduate.
• Digital media experience is an added advantage

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 Singapore

GroupM Singapore operates in one of the most dynamic and exciting environments in the world. Although it is a small domestic market, there is a vibrant media industry which is undergoing rapid evolution as digital technology reshapes the way marketing supports advertisers’ needs. Being at the crossroads of Asia means that aside from the local clients and media owners, we also have a high proportion of multi-national clients and media owners.

As the largest media investment management company in Singapore with over 41% market share (Recma) and over 650 employees, GroupM Singapore is the premiere organisation to join and develop a career in

Overview of job

GroupM is the world’s largest 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 a APAC Head Ad Operations to join us. In this role, you will be responsible for guiding a growing team in the local markets to support the next phase of Ad Operations development in biddable and non-biddable activation. The ideal candidate has operated in a complex Ad Operations businesses, is focused on flawless campaign execution, has managed highly technically skilled teams and has delivered successful results in a solutions-first environment.

At GroupM APAC, our people are our strength, which is why fostering a culture of diversity and inclusion is important to us.

Reporting of the role

This role reports to: Primary report to GMS Regional Head. Secondary report to Global GMS AdOps lead

3 best things about the job:

1. Be a member of a high performing team focused on technology, data, partners and platforms, a key strategic growth area for GroupM and WPP.

2. To deliver world class thinking and practice area specialization to Agency clients on platform-driven activation services

3. The opportunity to learn and collaborate with a wide range of stakeholders across all GroupM agencies and business units in APAC

In this role, your goals will be:

In three months:

· Established working relationships with your team across the region and broader stakeholders to understand current state and needs

· Developed a roadmap of programme development for Adops and prioritised the key rollout phases

In six months:

· Created a training programme for development and upskilling the Adops teams

· Tracked progress of the roadmap activities, report on progress and next steps

· Identified opportunities for further enhancements

In 12 months:

· Successfully upgraded the capabilities of Adops teams against defined agreed metrics

· Reviewed the full year activities

· Created a plan for second year rollout

What your day job looks like at GroupM:

GroupM Services Responsibilities

The GroupM Services team adopt a collaborative and customer-centric approach in delivering high value and innovative solutions for our Agencies and Agencies’ clients, including the activation and execution of dynamic media campaigns.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

· Building, deploying and ensuring rollout and adherence to best standard operational guidelines/practice across APAC markets for effective campaign delivery

· Working with local market Ad Operations leads to identify any operational issues/areas of improvement and develop a plan to implement corrective measures. Continued collaboration on working to improve Ad Operations to ensure flawless execution and best in class delivery.

· Manage the operational implementation of new ad products, in partnership with product innovation teams, including designing and implementing test environments, identifying resources, and ensuring that new products only go live with appropriate delivery capabilities in place.

· Act as APAC point of escalation for vendor issues related to extended resolution time when issues are encountered. Collaborate with Partnership team to ensure vendors are accountable to relationship expectations such as the adherence to SLAs.

· Work closely with the Global Head of Ad Operations to ensure regional direction of the Ad Operations practice aligns with the global strategy and provide feedback on regional experiences to ensure the global strategy aligns with regional needs.

· Maintain solid relationships with cross-functional regional practice leads including but not limited to Search, Social, Programmatic and Ecommerce to ensure executional alignment across GroupM Services

· Keep on top of industry trends in online advertising and ad operations including attendance of industry events and providing through leadership as it pertains to Ad Operations.

· Make sure we as a region innovate and surface best in class local work that can be scaled regionally or globally. This can be around process, automation, quality improvement or intelligence (data quality driving better reporting and insights)

Individual Responsibilities:

· Build a community of Ad operations experts across the region, mentoring development, fostering learning and sharing to build confidence and capabilities

· Support in-market adops excellence practice (inc. operational workflow efficiency, naming convention, quality assurance and process standardization) that delivers best in class tracking and data operations for measurement (i.e. tagging)

· Demonstrate aptitude across digital operations and deliver technologies (such as AdServers, DSP, DCO) to maximize campaign performance efficiency and performance

· Support agencies clients and new business requirements

· Identify, support or lead workstreams to drive efficiencies including automation (such as use of APIs/custom scripts or any third-party tools)

· Effectively communicate and simplify technical explanations to senior GroupM Agency’s stakeholders and/or clients

· Collaborate to strengthen partnership across technology players such as AdServers, reputable third-party AdTech companies and vendors in order to apply innovative product solutions across campaign delivery

· Represent GMS Ad Operations at industry events/forums

· Drive consistent performance feedback to the team members

What you’ll bring:

· A minimum of 10 years’ experience and at least 3+ years building and managing an Ad Operations team in a digital environment.

· A proven and respected industry Ad Operations lead with a strong digital pedigree.

· Ability to clearly communicate complex and technical issues to variety of internal and external stakeholders.

· Expert with leading ad servers and web analytics tools and strong industry knowledge of the Ad Operations environment.

· Experience working in a global staff environment, as well as leveraging outsourced Ad Operations resources.

· Experience of overseeing traffickers and managing a technically led Ad Operations team in order to maximize efficiencies and reduce response times.

· Knowledge of programmatic and commercial SSPs as well as DMP and DCO platforms and established relationships with media partners, verification companies and large digital players like Google/FB

· Excellent interpersonal and organizational skills and a motivator.

· Proficient with Microsoft Suite of Office Product

· Leadership skills demonstrated as the ability to anticipate and remove barriers to productivity, drive teams towards clear goals, take effective decisions and challenge the status quo.

· Strive for excellence demonstrated by setting high standards for yourself and others, holding teams accountable, focusing on continuous optimization while mitigating risks.

· Passionate about digital media, AdTech, marketing tools and technologies and eager to keep learning

· Ability to build and maintain a productive collaboration across teams

· Persuasive and effective communicator, ability to operate in matrix organisation

· Ability to read/write SQL qQuery, consulting databases and effectively read/write HTML/Javascript

More about GroupM Nexus

GroupM makes advertising work better for people.

GroupM Nexus comprise world-leading addressable specialists who provide media activation services and proprietary solutions that limit risks and guarantee outcomes.

Underpinned by our digital media philosophy – everything that can be addressable, should be, as long as it translates into value for our clients – GroupM Nexus offer addressable solutions across Search, Social, Programmatic, Ad Ops, and eCommerce.

As the largest media investment company in the world, we are agency partners to 1 out of 2 Top 100 global brands, representing more than $50 billion in media spend globally.

More about GroupM

GroupM - GroupM leads and shapes media markets by delivering performance enhancing media products and services, powered by data and technology. Our global network agencies and businesses enable our people to work collaboratively across borders with the best in class, providing them the opportunity to accelerate their progress and development. We are not limited by teams or geographies; our scale and diverse range of clients lets us be more adventurous with our business and talent. We give our talent the space, support and tools to innovate and grow.

Discover more about GroupM at www.groupm.com
Follow @GroupMAPAC on Twitter
Follow GroupM on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/groupm

About GroupM Singapore

GroupM Singapore operates in one of the most dynamic and exciting environments in the world. Although it is a small domestic market, there is a vibrant media industry which is undergoing rapid evolution as digital technology reshapes the way marketing supports advertisers’ needs. Being at the crossroads of Asia means, that aside from the local clients and media owners, we also have a high proportion of multi-national clients, renowned brands and media owners. Making GroupM Singapore the Number One organisation to join and develop your career in media investment.

GroupM is an equal opportunity employer. We view everyone as an individual and we understand that inclusion is more than just diversity – it’s about belonging. We celebrate the fact that everyone is unique and that’s what makes us so good at what we do. We pride ourselves on being a company that embraces difference and truly represents the global clients we work with.

Brief Description

We are currently looking for a digital specialist to join us as Account Manager within the media, planning and biddable team at Mindshare. In this role, you will lead clients to drive their strategy and media performance through innovative campaign planning, with a focus on digital.

Reporting of the role

This role reports to: Director

3 best things about the job:

1. Exponential growth opportunities for your career in and out of Singapore being part of the largest marketing services group in the world
2. Working within a highly inclusive and dynamic environment of young achievers and best in class specialists within the agency network
3. Being able to work on world class accounts that will give a wider opportunity to tap into global gold standards in new strategic planning frameworks

In this role, your goals will be:
In three months:

• Understand the client’s business and competitor landscape for the client’s industry
• Build good rapport with clients, being the person whom the client goes to for day-to-day activities. Proactively participate in meeting discussions with clients and agency partners.
• Competent in media planning and integrating all channels within the bigger communication plan.
• Own project management, ensure smooth workflow and clients and team members are up to speed on all tasks.
• Rigor in setting and tracking campaign KPIs. Ensure effective and accurate optimisation and delivery of performance utilising all relevant internal teams, agency processes and tech.

In six months:

• Establish credibility by applying understanding of clients’ category/competitive landscape and marketing priorities in day to day communication. Able to confidently lead meeting discussions with clients and agency partners.
• Holistic digital/offline thinking is carried across channel planning and drive innovative solutions beyond the tried and tested with outcomes that can be clearly measured.
• Strong ability to assess attribution of marketing activities (eg. owned and earned) to paid channel performance to optimise overall campaign performance.

In 12 months:

• Build trusted advisor relationship with clients. Able to support the broader strategic output for clients’ marcom needs and inject your digital specialization.
• Fully competent in developing and articulating a compelling digital strategy/approach to successfully sell in campaign recommendation or new initiatives.

Responsibilities of the role:

• Support the APAC region for one of Mindshare’s largest global clients.
• Develop and maintain strong relationships with clients and have a good understanding of our clients’ business.
• Drive the strategic approach on the account designed and delivered to meet client's business objectives and strategies both online and offline
• Leads and delivers the always on, campaign and annual planning for the client.
• Manage all aspects of campaigns and day-to-day needs of the accounts, handling from briefing through reporting. It will include understanding of client's brief to communication planning, leading meetings with clients, setting viable objectives and KPIs, recommend/develop measurement methodology against all briefs, monitoring campaign progress and reporting.
• Work closely with our execution team to ensure our plans and strategy are delivering what we expected.
• Work with media partners across different platforms for ideation, negotiation and implementation as well as working with internal specialist resources and group resources.
• Facilitate cross-team learning and knowledge sharing.

What you’ll need:

• 4 years+ of relevant work experience, in a reputed media agency environment
• Experience in digital media planning and buying
• Experience in offline & direct digital planning and buying
• Innovative thinker, charismatic and fun personality.
• Proven track record on the development and execution of media and digital strategies for clients
• Ability to work successfully with teams, handling multiple projects and stakeholders and meeting tight deadlines under pressure
• Demonstrated critical thinking and problem-solving abilities
• Strong relationship building skills which include maintaining positive client relationships
• Detailed oriented, strong negotiation skills and excellent written, verbal communication and presentation skills
• Knowledge of Paid search, Paid Social, Programmatic planning and buying and other digital channels
• Offline planning experience is a plus

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 SINGAPORE

GroupM Singapore operates in one of the most dynamic and exciting environments in the world. Although it is a small domestic market, there is a vibrant media industry which is undergoing rapid evolution as digital technology reshapes the way marketing supports advertisers’ needs. Being at the crossroads of Asia means, that aside from the local clients and media owners, we also have a high proportion of multi-national clients, renowned brands and media owners. Making GroupM Singapore the Number One organisation to join and develop your career in media investment.GroupM Singapore operates in one of the most dynamic and exciting environments in the world. Although it is a small domestic market, there is a vibrant media industry which is undergoing rapid evolution as digital technology reshapes the way marketing supports advertisers’ needs. Being at the crossroads of Asia means, that aside from the local clients and media owners, we also have a high proportion of multi-national clients, renowned brands and media owners. Making GroupM Singapore the Number One organisation to join and develop your career in media investment.

GroupM is an equal opportunity employer. We view everyone as an individual and we understand that inclusion is more than just diversity – it’s about belonging. We celebrate the fact that everyone is unique and that’s what makes us so good at what we do. We pride ourselves on being a company that embraces difference and truly represents the global clients we work with.

Wavemaker is an agency of GroupM, the world’s largest 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 a Regional Media Manager to join us. In this role, you will be responsible for operating as a key member of a client team, working closely with specialist units such as strategic planning, performance and digital team to develop integrated communication solutions for clients.

At GroupM APAC, our people are our strength, which is why fostering a culture of diversity and inclusion is important to us.


Reporting of the role

This role reports to Regional Business Director


3 best things about the job:

1. Working with a high-performance integrated media team to deliver best-in-class value for clients.
2. On-job training to be a self-starter and flex entrepreneurial skills in accelerating value-added services.
3. Honing business acumen across full spectrum of media channels/platforms, including digital, through sparring with our team of specialists.

In this role, your goals will be:

In three months:

• Immediate immersion on the accounts/brands and getting to know the clients, business partners and internal working teams.
• Learn and apply Wavemaker proprietary planning tools in deriving insights to deliver sound media recommendations and set appropriate measurement metrics.
• Able to lead campaign briefs with minimal supervision, providing strategic recommendation with strong insights (collaboration with Strategic team) and channel tactics.
• Good time management and able to follow through on process and delivery timelines.
• Develop strong bond and working relationship with the team, and be able to coach and groom direct report(s).
• Demonstrate good collaboration with various stakeholders.

In six months:

• Established strong team and client relationship, and to be the first port of call by client.
• Identify new opportunities and innovative media ideas for regional
• Identify bottlenecks and propose effective solutions.
• Facilitate quarterly revenue projections for financial reporting

In 12 months:

• Build trusted advisor relationship as business partner.
• Deliver good campaigns with strong business results worthy of case study/awards submission.
• Conduct annual business review for growth planning
• Achieve positive assessment from clients

What your day job looks like at Wavemaker:

Client Development

• Ownership of media strategy and campaign delivery across regional designated clients.
• Support relationship development with key regional clients – be the go-to for marketing opinion and advice.
• Up-selling of diversified products, including proprietary media.

Talent Management & Development

• Manage career development of team members in all relevant aspects: to educate and equip.

What you’ll bring:

• A meticulous and organized integrator who can prioritise and manage tasks with minimal supervision. You are also an independent manager and at the same time strong team player who collaborates well with a team.
• An effective communicator with strong interpersonal skills is an important prerequisite, as you will be working with stakeholders including clients, media vendors and internal cross-functional teams. Your eagerness to build good rapport and cultivate “trusted advisor” relationship will be an important attribute to success.
• Being a member of the team, you will be jointly responsible for delivering best-in-class work to clients in driving growth for Wavemaker. We seek an individual with inquisitive and analytical mind, who is rigorous in work approach and delivery. Not afraid to push envelope or challenge the norm; and have a keen interest to improve operational efficiency.
• You must be highly motivated to drive success not only for the team but for agency as well. You will help bring to life Wavemaker’s culture of positive provocation with a growth mindset and a can-do attitude. You will seek to actively contribute/support agency-wide initiatives outside your immediate team scope when required.

Minimum qualifications:

• 5 + years of managerial experience in integrated Media.
• Media agency experience preferred.
• Knowledge in cross-functional planning across SEO, SEM and Social & Performance media is an advantage.

About Wavemaker


We always believe there is a better way to grow our clients and our people.
We do this by positively provoking growth for our clients and people. We work with clients to help them grow and shape their consumers’ brand decisions and experiences through media, content, and technology. We have one single attitude – Positive Provocation.

Our name is our mission and our method. To make waves, you need to be provocative, even fearless. We always make sure we have each other’s backs through our inclusive culture. We do our best work for brave brands and people who want to be challenged to go further and faster. We know it’s not easy, but if it’s in you, we will get it out of you.

Our attitude of Positive Provocation is enabled by:
• The deep Knowledge we have of our clients’ business
• The confidence to Challenge what’s gone before
• The Support to go further than we thought possible

We are a part of GroupM, WPP’s global media investment management company. Discover more on wavemakerglobal.com, Twitter and LinkedIn

About GroupM Singapore

GroupM Singapore operates in one of the most dynamic and exciting environments in the world. Although it is a small domestic market, there is a vibrant media industry which is undergoing rapid evolution as digital technology reshapes the way marketing supports advertisers’ needs. Being at the crossroads of Asia means, that aside from the local clients and media owners, we also have a high proportion of multi-national clients, renowned brands and media owners. Making GroupM Singapore the Number One organisation to join and develop your career in media investment.

GroupM is an equal opportunity employer. We view everyone as an individual and we understand that inclusion is more than just diversity – it’s about belonging. We celebrate the fact that everyone is unique and that’s what makes us so good at what we do. We pride ourselves on being a company that embraces difference and truly represents the global clients we work with.

Wavemaker is an agency of GroupM, the world’s largest 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 a Regional Media Manager to join us. In this role, you will be responsible for operating as a key member of a client team, working closely with specialist units such as strategic planning, performance and digital team to develop integrated communication solutions for clients.

At GroupM APAC, our people are our strength, which is why fostering a culture of diversity and inclusion is important to us.


Reporting of the role

This role reports to Regional Business Director


3 best things about the job:

1. Working with a high-performance integrated media team to deliver best-in-class value for clients.
2. On-job training to be a self-starter and flex entrepreneurial skills in accelerating value-added services.
3. Honing business acumen across full spectrum of media channels/platforms, including digital, through sparring with our team of specialists.

In this role, your goals will be:

In three months:

• Immediate immersion on the accounts/brands and getting to know the clients, business partners and internal working teams.
• Learn and apply Wavemaker proprietary planning tools in deriving insights to deliver sound media recommendations and set appropriate measurement metrics.
• Able to lead campaign briefs with minimal supervision, providing strategic recommendation with strong insights (collaboration with Strategic team) and channel tactics.
• Good time management and able to follow through on process and delivery timelines.
• Develop strong bond and working relationship with the team, and be able to coach and groom direct report(s).
• Demonstrate good collaboration with various stakeholders.

In six months:

• Established strong team and client relationship, and to be the first port of call by client.
• Identify new opportunities and innovative media ideas for regional
• Identify bottlenecks and propose effective solutions.
• Facilitate quarterly revenue projections for financial reporting

In 12 months:

• Build trusted advisor relationship as business partner.
• Deliver good campaigns with strong business results worthy of case study/awards submission.
• Conduct annual business review for growth planning
• Achieve positive assessment from clients

What your day job looks like at Wavemaker:

Client Development

• Ownership of media strategy and campaign delivery across regional designated clients.
• Support relationship development with key regional clients – be the go-to for marketing opinion and advice.
• Up-selling of diversified products, including proprietary media.

Talent Management & Development

• Manage career development of team members in all relevant aspects: to educate and equip.

What you’ll bring:

• A meticulous and organized integrator who can prioritise and manage tasks with minimal supervision. You are also an independent manager and at the same time strong team player who collaborates well with a team.
• An effective communicator with strong interpersonal skills is an important prerequisite, as you will be working with stakeholders including clients, media vendors and internal cross-functional teams. Your eagerness to build good rapport and cultivate “trusted advisor” relationship will be an important attribute to success.
• Being a member of the team, you will be jointly responsible for delivering best-in-class work to clients in driving growth for Wavemaker. We seek an individual with inquisitive and analytical mind, who is rigorous in work approach and delivery. Not afraid to push envelope or challenge the norm; and have a keen interest to improve operational efficiency.
• You must be highly motivated to drive success not only for the team but for agency as well. You will help bring to life Wavemaker’s culture of positive provocation with a growth mindset and a can-do attitude. You will seek to actively contribute/support agency-wide initiatives outside your immediate team scope when required.

Minimum qualifications:

• 5 + years of managerial experience in integrated Media.
• Media agency experience preferred.
• Knowledge in cross-functional planning across SEO, SEM and Social & Performance media is an advantage.

About Wavemaker


We always believe there is a better way to grow our clients and our people.
We do this by positively provoking growth for our clients and people. We work with clients to help them grow and shape their consumers’ brand decisions and experiences through media, content, and technology. We have one single attitude – Positive Provocation.

Our name is our mission and our method. To make waves, you need to be provocative, even fearless. We always make sure we have each other’s backs through our inclusive culture. We do our best work for brave brands and people who want to be challenged to go further and faster. We know it’s not easy, but if it’s in you, we will get it out of you.

Our attitude of Positive Provocation is enabled by:
• The deep Knowledge we have of our clients’ business
• The confidence to Challenge what’s gone before
• The Support to go further than we thought possible

We are a part of GroupM, WPP’s global media investment management company. Discover more on wavemakerglobal.com, Twitter and LinkedIn

About GroupM Singapore

GroupM Singapore operates in one of the most dynamic and exciting environments in the world. Although it is a small domestic market, there is a vibrant media industry which is undergoing rapid evolution as digital technology reshapes the way marketing supports advertisers’ needs. Being at the crossroads of Asia means, that aside from the local clients and media owners, we also have a high proportion of multi-national clients, renowned brands and media owners. Making GroupM Singapore the Number One organisation to join and develop your career in media investment.

GroupM is an equal opportunity employer. We view everyone as an individual and we understand that inclusion is more than just diversity – it’s about belonging. We celebrate the fact that everyone is unique and that’s what makes us so good at what we do. We pride ourselves on being a company that embraces difference and truly represents the global clients we work with.