Mindshare | Business Manager Karachi, Pakistan

Mindshare

Karachi, Pakistan

1h ago

Description

Position at Mindshare

Mindshare is an agency of GroupM, the worlds 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 Business Manager to join us. In this role, you will be responsible for to build and maintain successful relationships with the brand teams, marketing managers and be in day-to-day contact with the assigned brand team as well as client senior staff / executives.

They will also aid in the training of new and junior level department staff. Business Manager will work closely with the Marketing Managers and other executives, acting as media experts on all projects as required.

You would have to track record of building and maintaining successful client relationships with day-to-day client contacts as well as client senior staff / executives.

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 Associate Director - Mindshare

3 best things about the job :

Client that likes to be hands on and wants to learn more.

Have fun while working.

Be part of a team that works and plays together.

In this role, your goals will be :

In three months :

Build a rapport with the immediate team.

Establish relationships with media vendors.

Ensures all processes employed by the team are compliant.

In six months :

Monthly meetings to be run and executed by you.

Has made or developed any changes that will impact any buying performance to the clients.

Clear and concise communication skills written and verbal.

In 12 months :

Having started to develop skills for the next level.

Understand and developing negotiations on behalf of the client.

Demonstrates selling skills with the ability to sell in media plans / additional internal initiatives to clients.

Achieving the given KPI's given by immediate supervisor.

What your day job looks like at Mindshare :

Responsible for complete portfolio for media deliveries as well as company KPIs.

Act as the primary media expert for assigned clients and client service team, including planning and buying of media. Contribute to media strategy development on other client teams as needed.

Maintain and develop responsive working relationships with all the stake holders of the business to identify potential opportunities

Acquire comprehensive understanding of client overarching marketing objectives.

Review quarterly / semi annual & annual category reviews.

Ensure timely deliverables of the deadlines for e.g. Annual Media Strategy Presentations (MRG), Monthly Post Buys.

Review campaign analysis directly relevant to optimization and / or planning and buying decisions.

Analyze multiple sources of external data to assist in planning and buying decisions. Utilize both digital and traditional data sources.

Help develop new hire training, as well as department-wide continuing education programs. Actively mentor new employees and encourage shared learning across the department.

Work cross-functionally with client management team and Account Directors as needed.

Review campaign analysis directly relevant to optimization and / or planning and buying decisions.

Analyze multiple sources of data to assist in developing a plan of action for the brand

Recommend on periodic basis any new media vehicles (Non Tv) and devise strategies.

What youll bring :

Clear and solid understanding of the business

Mentor and train new Media Planners

Ensure quality control of media deliverables to Client.

Minimum qualifications :

Must be a BBA / MBA from a reputable university of equivalent.

Must have an experience of at least 4-6 years.

More about Mindshare

We were born in Asia in and for more than 20 years our values of Speed, Teamwork and Provocation have guided us in a world where everything is media.

We are the Cannes Lions Media Network of the Year and WARC Media #1 Media Network , with the top 3 most creative campaigns in the world for the past year.

In Asia Pacific we have been Campaign Asias Media Agency Network of the Year every year sinceand we are also Performance Agency of the Year.

Our 10, people work with some of the worlds best brands and companies to accelerate their growth. In offices across 86 countries we integrate brand and demand, ruthlessly focus on outcomes and create the unexpected.

We manage $24bn in billings and are the largest media agency in GroupM, WPPs Media Investment Management arm, which is the #1 media holding group globally with billings of $63bn (Source : ).

Hear our stories (and join us) at and follow us at : WeChat ID : Mindshare China; Instagram and Twitter : ; Facebook : and Linkedin : .

About Pakistan

GroupM Pakistan is the leading global media investment management operation in Pakistan. It serves as the parent company to WPP media agencies i.

e m / SIX, MediaCom, Wavemaker, Xaxis and Mindshare. We see major growth coming on Digital Platforms where we have seen Internet Penetration growing to 87 million Broad Band users + 85 million 3G / 4G subscribers.

Social media platforms have also grown substantially in Pakistan where FB stands at 34 million subscribers & Tik Tok has replaced Instagram to become 2nd most penetrated social platform with 22 million subscribers in Pakistan.

While the digitization of the market is happening at a faster pace it has also given a lot of new opportunities in various areas & specializations like Ecommerce, Digital Content, Video Planning solutions, Technology and Data & Analytics in Pakistan.

As such, GroupM Pakistan is in a very strategic position to develop and grow our talents.

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