Senior Executive - Media Planning

Media / Advertising / Communication

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Job Description

GroupM Sri Lanka

Senior Executive – Media Planning

At GroupM our people are our strength, which is why fostering a culture of diversity and inclusion is important to us. There's never a dull moment between juggling client requests, managing vendor partners and having fun with your team. We believe in tackling challenges head-on and getting things done.

In 116 offices across 86 countries over 10,000 people work with some of the world's best brands and companies to accelerate their growth. 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, WPP's Media Investment Management arm, which is the #1 media holding group globally with billings of $63bn.

Job Role:

  • Respond to / follow up on client’s campaign briefs and requests received, and working alongside the team Manager.
  • Orchestrate/support the inputs from the strategy, implementation and specialist teams to develop innovative, business building solutions for clients.
  • Manage the planning, execution and postmortem of the campaigns briefed in.
  • Engage with specialist partners to drive commercially viable media solutions.
  • Build trust, meaningful relationships with clients, as well as relevant internal and external stakeholders.

The ideal candidate should bring in:

  • Minimum 1 year in media/digital/marketing experience.
  • Fresh graduates are encouraged to apply too.
  • Curious and willing to learn with passion to leverage opportunities from challenger to leading brands.
  • Strong analytical skills.
  • Excellent personal/organizational management.
  • Good interpersonal & social relations.
  • Experience in handling marketing campaigns on mainstream media.
  • Strong understanding of the cultural and consumer trends that are changing the media landscape.
  • Digital media experience is an added advantage.

If you are confident that you have met the above requirements, please share your updated CV with the details of two non-related referees to [email protected].