About the job

• 3 best things about the job:A competitive yet fun environment that combines the best of being excellent media planners of creative media thinking and at the same time being part of the largest media company in the world.
• Opportunity to learn and create leading work, working alongside specialist departments, who are evolving experts in the field.
• Be an expert hybrid planner in both traditional and digital mediums.
• In this role, your goals will be:In three months:Being up to speed with cutting edge proprietary planning tools as well as able to extract and analyze 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:Being able to comprehend and apply our proprietary planning framework model in key campaigns.
• 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.
• Master a flawless media execution process, working alongside various stakeholders.
• In 12 months:Develop a strong category acumen - from a media and business point of view.
• Identify a pipeline of commercially viable solutions to support our client’s goals.
• Create and execute a pipeline of exciting business building ideas which could potentially be industry award winning.
• What your day looks like at EssenceMediaCom:Develop and maintain media plans.
• Assist Senior Media Planner in devising strategy for brands.
• Review and update purchase orders within the execution framework.
• To ensure that all campaign efficiencies are achieved by analyzing campaigns, and recommending tactical changes to maximize campaign performance.
• Interacting with media suppliers to work on upcoming opportunities.
• Prepare and update media reports for internal and external stakeholders (i.e. post buys, droppage reconciliation, PIBs, double spotting, SOV Tracker).
• Present plans both internally and externally.
• Monitor client billing.
• Supervise with the Assistant Media Planner in creating, updating, and executing media plans.
• Assist Senior Planner's in preparing quarterly, semi-annually & yearly reviews.
• Assist Senior Planner's to work with cross function departments/teams as part of the media management process.
• Respond to client day to day requests.
• What you’ll bring: Must have strong organizational and numeracy skills
• Flexibility and able to work under pressure.
• Proficient in MS Excel.
• Respect hierarchy and follow a complete chain for assignments.
• Excellent personal/organizational management.
• Able to set and meet multiple demands within challenging deadlines.
• Excellent interpersonal skills – ability to communicate effectively at all levels, internally/externally, formally & informally.

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration/Management, Marketing Management, Advertising, Economics, Communication Research, Communication Arts, etc.
• Must have an experience of at least 1-2 years in media/digital/marketing experience.