Essence Global - Senior Media Activation Manager

About Essence

Essence, part of GroupM, is a global data and measurement-driven agency that blends data science, objective media and captivating experiences to build valuable connections between brands and consumers. Clients include Google, FrieslandCampina, and the Financial Times. The agency is more than 1,100 people strong, manages over $3.2B in media spend and deploys campaigns in 71 markets via its global offices throughout North America, EMEA and APAC.

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About the role:
 
- The Media Activation team is responsible for providing thoughtful and exciting recommendations for Display, Social and Biddable owning supplier relationships, and then executing those recommendations expertly. The Media Activation team leverages their mastery of each channel to make sure its recommendations are consistently excellent and innovative, and that in-channel performance and data integrity is maximized.

- This role within the Media Activation team is responsible for the consistent process, delivery and design of local market teams in conjunction with the Director Media Activation Hub in the region.

Some of the things we'd like you to do:

- Lead the creation and growth of a Activation practice across India and SEA

- Build team by designing job specs and recruiting/interviewing for traders in local markets with assistance from Director Activation

- Develop and enforce best practices for activation across media channels with local markets outside India

- Accountable for for consistent work delivery to local teams and ensuring a high quality of activation work in local markets. Strategic focus on bringing Essence best practices to the India programmes, with visible impact to senior stakeholders.

- Serve as point of escalation for Media Activation across client account teams

- Line manage 2-5 direct reports with as many as 5-10 indirect reports, providing guidance on career growth and development

A bit about yourself:

- 6-8 years in digital media execution

- Experience managing a media activation teams

- Experience training and maintaining best practices at scale

- Experience providing service to local teams from a centralized location

- Mastery of Adwords Required

- Expert-level knowledge of Search bid management platforms desired

- Expert-level knowledge of Social platforms desired

- Expert-level knowledge of DSPs desired

What you can expect from Essence

- Essence's mission is to make advertising more valuable to the world. We do this by employing the world's very best talent to solve some of the toughest challenges of today's digital marketing landscape. It's important that we hire people whose values reflect those of our own: genuine, results-focused, daring and insightful. As an Essence employee, we promise you a workplace that invests in your career, cares for you and is fun and engaging. We believe these factors create a workplace where you can be yourself and do amazing work.

- We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, or marital status.