**Reporting of the role**This role reports to the Senior Manager.**3 best things about the job**:- The office is the "World in One Place", with more than 10 nationalities and half of our talents are below the age of 30. You can definitely expect a young, fun and casual working environment! You get to wear jeans to work too!- Learn and train from the media industry's best practitioners and recognised leaders, which will connect you with global media partners (e.g. Facebook, Google, Twitter, etc).- Fantastic opportunity to build a successful and rewarding career in integrated media advertising and digital communications with a global company with 400 offices in 81 countries.**Measures of success -****In three months**:- Been up to speed with cutting edge proprietary planning tools as well as able to extract & analyse important data; validating our recommendations.- You would have a pulse of the business category & knowledge of competitive frame- Worked on moderate scaled live campaigns.- Have initiated contact with key media partners and understood the baseline of their offerings particularly digital.- Connected with internal specialist & external stakeholders units to integrate solutions.**In six months**:- You would have landed live; larger scaled campaigns.- You will have started to build relationships with the key decision makers within the current client portfolio.- Mastered a flawless media execution process, working alongside various stakeholders.**In 12 months**:- Developed strong category acumen - from a media and business point of view.- Identify a pipeline of commercially viable solutions to support our clients' goals.- Have created & executed a pipeline of exciting business building ideas which could potentially be industry award winning**Responsibilities of the role**:- Respond to / follow up on client's campaign briefs and requests received, and working alongside the Business Director- Orchestrate/support the inputs from the strategy, implementation and specialist teams to develop innovative, business building solutions for clients.- Manage the planning, execution and post mortem of the campaigns briefed.- Engage with specialist partners to drive commercially viable media solutions.- Manage the campaign tracker, monitor spends, campaign progress and KPI's to be delivered as agreed- Entrepreneurial spirit, always challenging the status quo with innovative ideas and with a strong #cannotalsocan attitude- Build trusted, meaningful relationships with clients, as well as relevant internal & external stakeholders.**What you will need**:- Minimum of 5 years' experience in a Media Agency as a hybrid planner.- Experience working with multiple stakeholders, e.g. suppliers, advertising / communication agencies, media owners and internal specialist resources.- Shows a depth of understanding of the industry, business, brands and consumers in client conversations.- Strong communication and presentation skills.- Passion for data, insights and idealization.**More about GroupM**GroupM is the world's leading media investment company responsible for more than $63B in annual media investment through agencies Mindshare, MediaCom, Wavemaker, Essence and m/SIX, as well as the outcomes-driven programmatic audience company, Xaxis. GroupM's portfolio includes Data & Technology, Investment, and Services, all united in vision to shape the next era of media where advertising works better for people. By leveraging all the benefits of scale, the company innovates, differentiates and generates sustained value for our clients wherever they do business.**About Malaysia**GroupM Malaysia is situated in the prime location of Mutiara Damansara, Petaling Jaya. Malaysia is a multi-racial and multicultural country, there is a strong "Muhibbah" culture and the office environment is full of "Semangat" as half of our talent are below the age of 30.You can expect diversity, strong collaboration and a fun yet dynamic environment here! With endless growth opportunities for marketing, media and branding professionals, we provide the support to enable ambitions to come to life. If you are looking for an exciting and challenging career in media, there is no better place to be in than Malaysia.GroupM is an equal opportunity employer. We view everyone as an individual and we understand that inclusion is more than just diversity - it's about belonging. We celebrate the fact that everyone is unique and that's what makes us so good at what we do. We pride ourselves on being a company that embraces difference and truly represents the global clients we work.
