Executive / Senior Executive / Group Head - Intergrated

Havas Media Network India; Mumbai; On-site; INR 800,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Havas Media Network India in Mumbai seeks a digital media planner to lead client engagements by translating briefs into integrated media plans with a strong emphasis on digital planning and buying for assigned accounts.

You will support the Director – Digital in developing end-to-end digital and integrated strategies, ensure alignment with client business goals, manage campaign execution end-to-end and drive post‑campaign analysis with clear insights for clients.

Qualifications

• 2-8 years of relevant work experience.
• Post Graduate Degree/ Diploma in Advertising/Marketing/Communication.
• Solid understanding of marketing and media planning principles.
• Experience using technology to connect with key target audience segments.
• Proficiency in digital media planning and trafficking software.

Responsibilities

• Lead client engagement by translating briefs into integrated media plans with a focus on digital planning and buying.
• Support the Director – Digital in developing end-to-end digital and integrated strategies.
• Demonstrate understanding of media planning fundamentals and platforms such as Google and Meta.
• Manage campaign execution end-to-end, including brief responses, coordination, optimization and delivery.
• Drive post-campaign analysis and reporting with KPI-based insights for clients.
• Build and maintain strong client relationships to manage expectations.

Skills

Digital planning

Media buying

Client management

Campaign optimization

Analytics

Education

PG diploma/degree in Advertising/Marketing/Communication

Tools

DoubleClick/DART

Similarweb

ComScore

Job description

• Lead client engagement by understanding briefs and translating them into well‑structured integrated media plans, with a strong focus on digital planning and buying for assigned accounts.
• Support the Director – Digital in developing end‑to‑end digital and integrated strategies, ensuring alignment with overall client business goals.
• Demonstrate a solid understanding of media planning fundamentals and key platforms such as Google and Meta, ensuring effective channel selection and execution.
• Manage campaign execution end‑to‑end, including brief responses, coordination with biddable and ad‑ops teams, optimization, and delivery as per planned objectives.
• Drive post‑campaign analysis and reporting, tracking performance against KPIs and ensuring insights are shared with clients.
• Build and maintain strong client relationships to ensure smooth day‑to‑day operations and clear management of expectations.

Profile Requirements

• 2-8 years of relevant work experience
• Post Graduate Degree/ Diploma in Advertising/Marketing/Communication
• Solid understanding of marketing and media planning principles
• Experience using technology to connect with key target audience segment
• Proficiency in digital media planning and trafficking softwares, including DoubleClick/DART (or equivalent), Similarweb and ComScore

Preferred Skills

• Excellent research and analytical thinking skills
• Excellent verbal and writing skills
• Team player, and ability to work under pressure
• Experience in performance and programmatic media planning would be an advantage

About Havas Media Network India

Havas Media Network India is a media conglomerate that operates within a global framework – Mx – to drive Media Experiences and invest in Meaningful Media to build Meaningful Brands. The network offers a wide range of integrated marketing solutions covering strategy, media planning & buying, PR, social media, mobile, sports & entertainment, data, research & analytics services across traditional and digital media. It consists of media networks – Havas Media, PivotRoots and Arena Media, and specialist brands – Havas Market (e-commerce), Havas Play (entertainment, gaming, sports and fandom), Havas Play Gameplan (sports marketing), Havas Programmatic Hub (programmatic trading desk), Havas Analytics (data & analytics), Socialyse (social media), KlugKlug (influencer marketing) & Havas Media Tribes (out-of-home).

For more information, visit https://in.havas.com/ & follow Havas Media Network on social media.

About Havas

Founded in 1835 in Paris, Havas is one of the world’s largest global communications networks, with more than 22,000 people in over 100 countries sharing one single mission: to make a meaningful difference to brands, businesses, and people. Havas has developed a fully integrated model through its 70+ Havas Villages around the world, covering all communication activities. The teams of the three business units, Havas Creative Network, Havas Media Network and Havas Health & You, work together with agility and in perfect synergy to offer tailor‑made, innovative solutions to clients that support them in their positive transformation. Havas is committed to building a diverse culture where everybody feels they belong and can be themselves and thrive. Havas integrated into Vivendi, a global leader in media, entertainment, and communications, in December 2017. Further information about Havas is available at www.havas.com.

About Havas India

Havas India gathers the expertise of 21 agencies, specialised divisions and strategic alliances across 3 verticals:

• Havas Media Network – Havas Media, PivotRoots (integrated digital), Arena Media, Havas Market (e-commerce), Havas Play (sports, entertainment & content), Havas Programmatic Hub (programmatic trading desk), Havas Analytics (data & analytics), Socialyse (pure play social media); strategic alliances: Havas Media Tribes (out‑of‑home), Havas Play Gameplan (sports marketing) and KlugKlug (influencer tech stack)
• Havas Creative Network – Havas Worldwide India (creative), Havas People India (talent communications & employer branding), Havas CX India (customer experience), ekino (technology consulting & digital deployment), Think Design (UX/UI), Shobiz (experiential marketing), Shobiz Exhibits (exhibitions) Conran Design Group Mumbai (branding & design), PR Pundit Havas Red (PR), and Prose on Pixels (content‑at‑scale)
• Havas Health & You – Havas Life Mumbai (health & wellness communications)

With its unique Village model, it is an integrated network present across 3 Villages in Mumbai, Gurgaon and Bengaluru, and regional offices in Kolkata, New Delhi, Hyderabad and Chennai, with over 2000+ professionals and associates.

As one of India’s fastest growing and agile networks, Havas India has bagged multiple new clients across verticals and won several prestigious awards over the last 2 years including the group being Great Place To Work® Certified™ twice in a row (Nov 2022 - Nov 2023 & Dec 2023 – Dec 2024), consistently being featured in the top 3 at R3 New Business League rankings, and winning at Campaign Asia-Pacific Agency of the Year awards, e4m Indian Marketing Awards 2023, ABBY One Show 2023, Campaign Women Leading Change awards, and more. Our CSR programs, DE&I initiatives, and being actively involved in various industry associations is what keeps us invested as a network that has a clear mission of making a meaningful difference to brands, businesses and people.

Here at Havas across the group we pride ourselves on being committed to offering equal opportunities to all potential employees and have zero tolerance for discrimination. We are an equal opportunity employer and welcome applicants irrespective of age, sex, race, ethnicity, disability and other factors that have no bearing on an individual’s ability to perform their job.

For more information, visit https://in.havas.com/ and follow Havas India on social media.