Managing Director – Ink Singapore

INK PUBLISHING PTE. LTD.; Singapore; On-site; SGD 180,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading travel media company based in Singapore is seeking a Managing Director to oversee daily operations and set strategic direction. The ideal candidate will have over 10 years of experience in commercial leadership and the travel media sector, possess strong leadership skills, and be capable of driving the company's vision and culture. Leadership, strategic planning, and relationship-building are essential for success in this role.

Qualifications

• More than 10 years proven experience in a commercial leadership position.
• Proven experience in the travel media sector.
• Natural leader and motivator of people.
• Excellent organizational and leadership skills.
• Outstanding analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Prepared to travel.

Responsibilities

• Hitting and exceeding budget and profit for the APAC region.
• Setting the overall commercial strategic direction.
• Leading the company and ensuring commitment to vision and culture.
• Establish and maintain relationships with customers.
• Providing leadership and motivation to employees.
• Maintaining existing commercial and advertising partnership relations.

Skills

Leadership

Strategic Planning

Communication

Problem-solving

Commercial Acumen

Analytical Skills

Communication skills

Analytical abilities

Results focus

Mentoring

Self-motivation

Tenacity

Entrepreneurial spirit

Job description

Ink is looking for a Managing Director (MD) responsible for the day to day running of the company, its strategic direction, financial success and every process that generates revenue.

Travel is so vitally important to the world, and the stories we tell on behalf of our customers plays a crucial role in driving local economies and brands.

We build a “Market Place for Travellers” allowing brands to communicate to real actual, travellers across multiple platforms at every stage of their travel journey at the right stage, at the right place and at the right time.

More about us

Ink (www.ink-global.com) has been in business for 31 years and is the world’s leading travel media company. We work with the largest travel media brands and airlines worldwide. In 2019 we became part of Stagwell a Nasdaq trading company, founded in 2015, by Mark Penn (ex-Microsoft). We have a collective vision as a global marketing and communications group on transforming marketing globally. Our headquarters is in London, and we have global offices in Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, London and Miami.

The role will include and not be exclusive to

• Hitting and exceeding agreed budget and profit for the APAC region in each financial year
• Setting the overall commercial strategic direction of the company.
• Commercial launches planned and executed to achieve goals - manage and participate in any RFP pitch process including heading up new partner presentations
• Financial compliance and instructions are being followed and only good business is written.
• Creating new inventory to drive commercial success
• Leading the company and ensuring all employees commit to and be the company vision and culture. Creating a tribe who all believe in the same thing.
• Provide leadership and motivation to all employees
• Plans attractive strategies to retain skilled, hardworking, and productive employees.
• Establish company policies and legal guidelines
• Implementing new processes and procedures across the business.
• Corporate governance
• Establish and maintain relationships with our customers – partners, advertisers, readers, and internal staff
• Global communication and sharing of best practice
• Responsible for the production, admin, commercial design, finance, and digital support with cross discipline synergy achieving their objectives
• Maintain existing commercial and advertising partnership relations

The essential skills of this role are

• More than 10 years proven experience in a commercial leadership position
• More than 10 years proven experience in the travel media sector
• An understanding of the global travel markets place
• Natural leader and motivator of people
• Demonstrable experience in developing strategic and business plans
• Excellent organizational and leadership skills
• Excellent communication, interpersonal and presentation skills
• Outstanding analytical and problem-solving abilities. Able to analyses problems and strategize for better solutions
• Proven track record of successfully leading similar sized organizations
• Target driven, and results focused individual
• Encouraging to team and staff; able to mentor and lead
• Motivated to be successful and want to win
• Relentless tenacity
• Positive - with the drive and ability to self-motivate
• Entrepreneurial spirit
• See pressure of a dynamic sales culture as a privilege
• Prepared to travel
• Have superb communication skills
• Can plan and implement a plan under little supervision, with a can-do attitude