Business Head - Digital Marketing/Digital Transformation - Media

Head - Leadership/Business - Digital Marketing/Digital Transformation - Media

OVERVIEW OF JOB:

We are looking for a futuristic dynamic leader who will bring in thought leadership, disruptive ideation that would turbocharge the business leading to excellence in delivery. This role is the key anchor in leading the integrated practice leveraging all client learning to deliver integrated solutions to clients ensuring excellent customer service and client satisfaction. You will be responsible for providing leadership, fostering teamwork and ensuring best in class media innovation and strategic thinking for all the brand categories.

RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE ROLE:

- Entrenching senior client relationships that position us as a principal business partner of the client. Be unafraid to push back, be audacious and stand your ground in terms of ideas. The foundation of this will be your unmatched understanding of the key issues on the client's business.

- Set forth a vision for your team (both direct reports and other internal stakeholders) on what needs to be delivered on the business and empower and inspire them to make it a reality

- Work closely and collaboratively with global, regional, and national managers and specialist teams to identify opportunities for business growth and then sell-in and deliver solutions that leverage consolidated strengths and result in ideas that move our client's business forward.

- Consistently grow the talent pool within the teams by identifying the star performers on your team and mentoring them as well as helping those under-performing overcome the barriers that stand in their way to effective performance.

- Ensure that teams are delivering world class service to our clients and contractual targets and commitments are being met to the client's satisfaction across all departments and teams working on the business.

- Build client satisfaction by soliciting feedback and operating like a consultant

- Always operate with a talent mindset

What you will need:

- You have an integrated thinking approach - thorough understanding of marketing and advertising principles (including having POVs on digital media, creative, segmentation and data). Strong understanding of media concepts, terms, and budget requirements. Ability to collaborate across all marketing disciplines. Proven record of accomplishment of success working across "earned, owned, and bought media" to drive business results

- You have gained strong persuasive and consultative selling skills - lead important client presentations. Command presence is critical

- Results oriented: Lead the team to build campaign solutions that drive client success; possess strong analytic orientation and you are excited about innovating measurement tools used to enhance decision-making.

- Relationship building: You understand how critical strong client relationships are to the business, and you forge ties with other agencies in and outside the family that can help Wavemaker be successful.

- Pushing against status-quo: Willing to challenge clients and colleagues based on proven case knowledge and experience.

- Business Savy: Detailed awareness of client business issues, industry trends, consumer trends, promotional resources, market status and competition.

- Media Knowledge: Solid understanding of media data sources in terms of what is measured, the method, and information reported; superior analytical and quantitative skills.

- High Emotional quotient- self-aware and sensitive to people's needs, styles, enabling to develop and maximise relationships

- You have excellent internal and external network with key industry contract