Mindsahre Media Planning Manager

Reporting of the role

This role reports to: Director

3 best things about the job:

1. A fun environment that combines the best of being entrepreneurial whilst at the same time being a part of the most exciting business in the organization.
2. A role where there are no limits to good ideas.
3. Best client, encouraging most exciting work in the country.

In this role, your goals will be:
In three months:
. Responsible for planning, buying and reporting to assigned accounts.
. Develop and build strong working relationships with internal teams.
. Responsible for mentoring, training, and team building.
In six months :
. Manage vendor relationships.
. Assist the Associate Director/Director in creating media plans, strategically and efficiently.
. Assist the Associate Director/Director in setting overall direction for program planning and negotiating strategies

In 12 months:
. Initiate creative and business building ideas.
. Build a comprehensive media knowledge base and synthesizes information into ideas.
. Staff supervision, training and development as well as serving as a positive role model with a hard work ethic and vigorously reviewing all work to ensure.
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What your day job looks like at GroupM:
. Assist the Associate Director/Director in creating media plans, strategically and efficiently.
. Assist the Associate Director/Director in setting overall direction for program planning and negotiating strategies.
. Develop and build strong working relationships with internal teams and manage vendor relationships.
. Responsible for mentoring, training, and team building.
. Oversee plan negotiations and media team activities.
. Magnify the buying power of every dollar spent.
. Maintain status reports to ensure efficient workflow in order to meet deadlines and write reports of key meetings.
. Lead internal meetings with other departments and call on agency resources to strengthen ideas.

Minimum qualifications:
. More than 5 years of experience (experience working in an Interactive/Digital environment is preferred)
. Bachelor's degree and above
. Excellent written and verbal communication and presentation skills
. Ability to work successfully with teams, handling multiple projects and meeting tight deadlines under pressure
. Strong negotiating skills and excellent attention to detail
. Strong relationship building skills which include maintaining positive client relationships
. Demonstrated critical thinking and problem-solving abilities
. Strong analytical abilities and quantitative skills, including math proficiency
. Ability to effectively utilize media research and reporting resources
. Technical proficiency, particularly with media systems and MS Excel, Word and PowerPoint