Strategic Media Director

2 weeks ago


Sandton, South Africa Publicis Media Full time
Job Description

Key Responsibilities

As a Business Unit Director at Publicis Groupe, you will provide strategic media insight, thinking and direction for the clients and business you work on. This role demands confidence, presence and the skills to make a meaningful impact.

Responsibilities

  1. Takes overall responsibility for the VISA PO1 team (media and creative), running of the day to day as well as the strategic outputs for the unit.
  2. Leads the teams, the contractual delivery, operational adherence, financial management and output quality and turnaround within your portfolio.

Requirements

· A marketing / media / communications degree, diploma or certificate

· Google Fundamentals of Digital Marketing

· Google Analytics

· Google Ads Video

· Google Shopping Ads

· Google Display Ads

· Google Ads Search

· Facebook Blueprint Planning

· Thorough understanding of creative tools and processes

· At least 7 years of media experience in agency

· Background in creative agency along with media expertise

Skills and Experience

  1. Able to effectively project manage
  2. Comfortable Presenting
  3. Numerically strong and analytically able
  4. Strong communicator with effective interpersonal relationships across team and clients
  5. Advanced IT skills including Microsoft Word, best-in-class Power Point, Excel, Outlook and web-based applications.
  6. Strong presentation skills
  7. Solid data interpretation and analytics skills
  8. Be able to exercise strategic principles and structured thinking to tackle business development projects assigned by client

Soft Skills

  1. Is open to constructive feedback and challenges accordingly
  2. Is effective at building relationships and working as a team
  3. Shows leadership and decision-making ability
  4. Manages change well – adapts and remains flexible to business priorities
  5. Ability to collaborate without ego as well as work effectively independently
  6. Is willing to transfer skills and share knowledge openly
  7. Ability to self-start and self-manage
  8. Mentorship of top-talent
  9. Agile in change management

The Ideal Candidate

We are looking for a highly motivated and experienced media professional to join our team at Publicis Groupe. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in media and a proven track record of delivering successful campaigns.



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