Media Executive

Omnicom Media Asia Pacific; Singapore; On-site; SGD 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Omnicom Media Asia Pacific invites applications from motivated individuals to support the end-to-end media planning development process. You will help implement plans, coordinate with regional teams, and ensure delivery within budgets, while contributing to the agency’s creative offerings and client workshops.

The role requires a Bachelor’s degree in Marketing or Advertising and strong planning, organizational, and interpersonal skills.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in marketing/advertising; 1 year of experience preferred.
• Strong planning, organizational and interpersonal skills.
• Proactive, flexible, energetic and approachable.
• Team player with initiative and a positive mindset.
• Eager to learn with a passion for self-development.

Responsibilities

• Account administration: schedule meetings, prepare reports, ensure deadlines.
• Compile competitive data and create insightful presentations.
• Prepare buying briefs and follow up on questions from trading teams.
• Contribute to media plan origination and translation from strategy to plan.
• Execute media plans and campaigns; coordinate with ad ops and trafficking teams.
• Ensure timely reporting and post-campaign analysis; maintain accuracy in invoicing.

Skills

Planning

Organizational skills

Interpersonal skills

Proactive

Team player

Willingness to learn

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Marketing/Advertising

Job description

Omnicom Media, an Omnicom (NYSE: OMC) Connected Capability, is the world’s largest global media management network. Powered by the Omni Intelligence Platform, Omnicom Media agencies leverage $73.5 billion in billings, 40,000+ specialists across 70+ markets, and the industry’s most powerful portfolio of Identity (Acxiom RealID™), Commerce (Flywheel), and Intelligence (Q™) assets to design dynamic Growth Ecosystems that enable the world’s most ambitious businesses to grow faster and smarter. The Omnicom Media portfolio includes leading global media agency brands OMD, Initiative, PHD, UM, Hearts & Science, and Mediahub; Data, Identity & Analytics powerhouses Acxiom and Annalect; and a broad spectrum of specialised services. For more information visit omnicommedia.com

Scope of role:

• Manage end to end in the media planning development process.
• Management of the implementation of plans through to their delivery and quality control of all buys.
• Manage deliveries from specialist services within the agency.
• Ensuring all media goals and strategies are delivered by all managed and executed within budgets.
• The day-to-day project management of media solutions.
• Work closely with the regional team to ensure quality of the work and meets guidelines.

Key Responsibilities:

Account Administration

• Account administration management such as arrangement of meetings, preparation of work-in-progress reports; compilation of project reports; financial administration etc. A level of pro-activity to these tasks will ensure the smooth running of the account(s) and team along with compliance to deadlines.

Competitive Reviews

• Compiling competitive data and helping to create insightful presentations. This should include the interrogation and manipulation of data, presented in a clear and concise manner, and supported with a point of view / implication.

Preparing Buying Briefs

• Support Account Managers in helping to prepare buying briefs for the Trading Community or directly to the media vendors.
• To follow up the brief by finding the answers to any questions asked by the trading teams and further having an opinion in assessing the media responses.
• Involvement of insights & media strategy development across client categories in line with global/regional guidance.
• You will be expected to be a vital part of our creative offer; this will include participating in formal and informal brainstorm sessions; and generating fresh new ideas.

Origination of the Media Plan

• Support the manager to create clear and coherent plans that bring the media strategy to life.
• Support in client presentation and workshops when required.
• Work closely with the regional team to ensure smooth and relevant translation from strategy to plan.

Execution of media plans and campaigns

• Ensure that signed media plans are executed in a timely manner.
• To work closely with ad trafficking team, site tagging team, ad ops team & campaign tagging team where necessary.
• For self-served platforms, ensure that campaigns are setup and executed accurately based on signed plans.
• For managed service medias, ensure that the relevant third parties are brief accurately and to follow up on media execution in a timely manner.
• Ensure all campaigns are monitored closely & pacing well.
• Timely delivery and upkeep of all relevant reporting systems and templates (media plans, interim reports reports).
• Management of post campaign reporting that quantifies the value of the media strategy.

Finance communication

• Ensure media invoices are checked correctly and returned to Finance within the agreed timeframe.
• Excellent attention to detail and the ongoing ownership of reporting and management of the trading team to ensure 100% accuracy.

Required Skills:

• Bachelor’s degree with 1 year of experience in marketing/advertising, preferably media. Fresh grads with advertising internship experience are welcome to apply!
• Good planning, organisational and interpersonal skills.
• Proactive, flexible, energetic and approachable.
• Strong team player with initiative and a positive, constructive mindset.
• Eager to learn with a passion for self-development.