We are seeking an Associate Media Director to oversee, mentor, and provide direction for a team of performance marketing professionals and deliver first in class solutions for our clients. This role is responsible for managing and growing key Neo@Ogilvy account relationships, creating strategies for clients, and helping the department grow through partnership with Ogilvy departments and new business generation.

We are a results-driven digital marketing agency with expertise in performance marketing covering programmatic media, search engine marketing, search engine optimization, DSP, affiliates and social media marketing. We employ a team of industry-recognized talent and apply an agenda of innovation to produce breakthrough results for our clients.

The ideal candidate draws on a wide range of industry and client-specific experience to help create a big-picture perspective for clients' business efforts.                                                                                       

Duties and Responsibilities:                                  

Account Management                                                                                                                                       

• Responsible for the success between Neo@Ogilvy and its clients; builds a relationship to better understand their needs
• Oversees and ensures quality of work the agency provides; deliverables and integration of creative media ideas are executed to the highest level of client satisfaction.
• Serve as an immediate point of escalation for all clients; register and resolve concerns
• Leads business / media planning sessions (e.g. QBR’s, annual reviews)
• Responsible for staffing levels and quality of talent for required client deliverables including business development proposals.

Business Development                                                                                     

• Responsible for defining an annual revenue target per client roster and reaching that goal
• Seeks additional revenue opportunities through awareness of current client’s business, changes in agency’s offering, and leads from external sources
• Work closely with other departments within the Ogilvy group (e.g. OgilvyOne, Ogilvy PR, RedWorks) as their media channel partner and subject matter expert
• Contribute to business development efforts, including proposal generation and development of new service offerings. 

Team Management                                                                                               

• Provide guidance and leadership through direct and indirect training (e.g. One on one’s, host weekly team meetings, delegation of training tasks)
• Oversees day-to-day management of the team: monitors staff performance, provides annual performance reviews, and spearheads recruiting efforts.
• Recommends when staffing or service levels need to change to adapt to client expectations
• Is the team’s cultural leader; provides an environment that motivates and develops staff.

Qualifications:

• 6+ years of increasing levels of responsibility in marketing and media; such as SEM, SEO, Programmatic Buying, and Paid Social. A combination of digital and traditional media and marketing is also preferable.
• Strong technical skills in media strategy, planning and buying.
• High attention to detail and ability to multitask.
• Experience with Asia Pacific media clients and knowledge of the Asia Pacific media landscape.
• Must exemplify leadership and excellence in client management and new business development.
• Must be able to personally develop a strong external presence for the company.
• Superior written and verbal communication skills and outstanding presentation abilities.
• Strong listening skills and open to new ideas from team members, coworkers, industry sources and clients.
• A source of innovation, passion and creative vision.
• Technical Requirements
• Client communication: Excel, Powerpoint or Keynote
• Media buying: Adwords, Doubleclick (or other form of tracking), Facebook, DSP/DMP’s

We offer 5-day work with attractive salary, fringe benefits and good career prospects to the right candidates.

All information will be treated in the strictest confidence and used for recruitment purposes.  Only short-listed candidates will be contacted for interview.

  "Talent, I believe, is most likely to be found among nonconformists, dissenters and rebels”.

~ David Ogilvy ~

Ogilvy & Mather is one of the largest marketing communications companies in the world, and we have been a part of the Hong Kong creative community since 1962. What has always defined our business is our ability to deliver creative and effective communications for our clients. We have been named by Marketing Magazine as Hong Kong's Agency of the Year for 8 consecutive years; in addition to being crowned Campaign Asia's 2014 Greater China Creative Agency of the Year.