Overview of job

MediaCom Hong Kong is looking for a Senior Planner to join our energetic team. You will be responsible as a supporting role in delivering planning recommendations and ensuring smooth account coordination internally and externally with our clients.

Reporting of the role

This role reports to Business Director.

3 best things about the job:

1. Opportunity to learn integrated media planning skills from the experienced team lead
2. Opportunity to learn full media planning skills across all traditional & digital media activities
3. Work with young and energetic team

Measures of success

In three months:

• Become familiar with all relevant media and finance systems, and the team processes
• Provided support to the team as well as build knowledge of the media landscape

 In six months:

• Master client reporting and tracking of booked media
• Started to build relationships with the key decision makers within the client and agency organizations

In 12 months:

• Confidence and precision in updating media schedules and participate to construct a media campaign
• Be the person whom the client goes to for day- to-day activities. Able to propose ideas and activities to answer identified challenges

Responsibilities of the role:

• Contribute to overall media strategy development. This will include the ability to understand and interpret briefs and the application of insights to develop marketing and communications solutions
• Understand the client’s market position to achieve optimal negotiation for clients
• Ensure regular reporting is delivered on time and accurately
• Ensure that campaigns are tracked and measured based on agreed KPIs and media efficiencies
• Develop and build relationships with clients, acting as first point of contact on account requirements
• Develop strong working relationship with key agency and media partners. This will include acting as the first point of contact for operational issues
• Keep current on media trends, identify and implement local media initiatives

What you will need:

• Eagerness and willingness to learn and contribute to a team, and to help support a fast-paced team
• Excellent spoken English and Chinese, strong communication skills
• Willingness to be hands-on and a team player
• with 3-4 years’ experience working in media agency

We offer 5 days work week, an attractive remuneration package and excellent career development opportunities. Interested parties, Please send your resume stating your present and expected salary together with your cover letter to Click Here!

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About MediaCom

MediaCom is the “The Content + Connections Agency”, working on behalf of its clients to leverage their brands’ entire system of communications across paid, owned and earned channels to step change their business outcomes. MediaCom is one of the world’s leading media communications specialists, with billings exceeding US$33 billion (Source: RECMA 2015). It employs 6,500 people in 125 offices across 100 countries around the globe. Its client roster includes P&G, VW Group, Dell and Universal. In 2015, MediaCom was recognised by RECMA as the leading global agency network in its Network Diagnostics report, and also was the first agency network to top all 3 key RECMA reports across EMEA. Also in 2015, MediaCom has been awarded Media Agency of the Year in the US by AdAge and Adweek, Agency of the Year in the UK by Campaign and The Drum, and Global Agency of the Year at the M&M Awards. The agency captured six Media Lions at the 2015 Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, making it the top performer among all global media agency networks.

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About Hong Kong

Hong Kong’s small yet highly dynamic and efficient media market means it gets to operate with agility. Its internet and digital penetration continues to grow year-on-year, and has the highest smartphone penetration in Asia Pacific at 87%, while tablet ownership clocks in at 57%. Hong Kong’s digital market boasts a healthy mix of local, regional and global players, providing new opportunities in the media space.

If you want a future in media and communications, and believe in Hong Kong’s belief of “work hard, play hard”, there is clearly no place more vibrant, challenging and exciting than Hong Kong, where opportunities for you to innovate and grow are unparalleled.

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