Attend client briefing meetings and distil from the briefing sessions the client challenges and the role for dentsu services to deliver these challenges.
Construct overall media strategy in answer to the client brief (getting support from other teams if required)
Translate client brief into detailed internal brief which is used to brief all dentsu specialist areas: Display, Paid Social, PPC, SEO etc.
Be the main contact with specialists as they ask questions around the brief.
Collate the specialist media plans into an overall composite plan with accompanying rationale (client presentation if relevant).
Liaise with all specialists to ensure all media plans are accurate.
Oversee any changes of strategy and media plan between client and specialists
Owner of client composite plan encompassing all relevant activity for a client (multiple brands etc.)
Be the main point of contact for clients and can understand client requirements, assess if it is within scope, and decide the most effective way to answer the question.
Be able to answer client questions on all specialist areas (PPC, Display, Social, etc.) and only involve specialists with clients when there is a real need to do so.
Manage campaign analysis – working with your direct team (AM, AE) and all specialists.
Deliver strategic review of competitive activity, QBR presentations.
Ensuring that teams are skilled up and resourced appropriately and supported with up- skilling as required
Ownership of delivery of Performance Development Reviews including development plans for direct reports; proactive identification and management of performance issues.
Responsible for accurate and timely invoicing to clients
Responsibility for working with us and specialists to ensure media plans match MX and invoices are accurate
Delivering effective budget control for clients
Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
Delivers through others
Influential
Great understanding of the array of services that dentsu provides to clients
Ability to brief effectively and challenge responses
Builds credibility & client focused
Makes relationships count
Mobilizes
Strategic rigor and viewpoint
Quality decision making
Commercial acumen
EQ & IQ
Strong marketing, media and communications concepts, models, skills, practices, tools, frameworks, etc.
Strong understanding of holistic digital media concepts, propositions, Dentsu Media digital services
Lead medium client / team
Experience across relevant media, products and services