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Marketplace Executive

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EssenceMediacom

2mo ago

  • Job
    Full-time
    Mid Level
  • Marketing
    Media & Journalism
  • Melbourne
  • Quick Apply

AI generated summary

  • You need media knowledge, relevant experience, strong skills in organization and communication, market awareness, media brief writing, and negotiation ability with media owners.
  • You will engage with media partners, activate media plans, optimize campaigns, ensure compliance, create analysis reports, and collaborate with internal teams while pursuing self-learning opportunities.

Requirements

  • • Practical knowledge of the media landscape
  • • Relevant experience in Media or Marketing
  • • High level technical skills in organization, communication, problem solving, strategic thought, proactive management.
  • • Demonstrates a clear understanding of clients business, category & challenges
  • • Keeps abreast of key market and media trends, developments or changes that will impact any buying performance & proactively communicates these to the client
  • • Demonstrates knowledge of relevant media partners across each field - has awareness of relevant assets and how they can be used in a media strategy
  • • Able to write & provide comprehensive Media Briefs to media partners using our templates
  • • Can challenge and negotiate with media owners

Responsibilities

  • Engage with our media partners to build knowledge of the media landscape and understanding of core media principles and the capabilities of each media touchpoint.
  • Engage with internal product teams including GroupM proprietary solutions teams to ensure you have an understanding about their offerings and relevance to our clients.
  • Activate approved media plans, ensuring campaign deliverables are met consistently, across all touchpoints.
  • Book, load, confirm, traffic, optimise, track and post analyse client media campaigns.
  • Support the construction of insightful and progressive post analysis reports.
  • Responsible for ensuring all financial and compliance processes are followed with 100% accuracy, including bookings and loadings, account queries and monthly proforma checks.
  • Seek to find, communicate, and implement improvements in all aspects of the role.
  • Dedicate time to self-learning through reading industry publications, research papers and online courses (including GroupM University and MFA).
  • Provide clear guidance and instruction when teaching & helping others.
  • Openly communicate and collaborate with all internal key stakeholders on delivery and reporting regularly.
  • The role involves the application of specialist technical skills and relative autonomy of decision making. It is not a position to which any industrial award applies.

FAQs

What is the main responsibility of a Marketplace Executive?

The main responsibility of a Marketplace Executive includes negotiating and purchasing media, developing media plans, tracking campaign aspects, collaborating with various teams, and managing relationships with media partners.

What internal departments will the Marketplace Executive collaborate with?

The Marketplace Executive will collaborate closely with client teams, including client leads, comms planners, strategy leads, the Marketplace team, and other agency and group departments.

What external relationships are emphasized in this role?

The Marketplace Executive is expected to establish strong relationships with media partners at a Sales Executive and Assistant level as well as build connections with creative agencies.

What kind of experience is required for this position?

Practical knowledge of the media landscape, relevant experience in Media or Marketing, and high-level technical skills in organization, communication, problem solving, and strategic thought are required.

How important is self-learning in this role?

Self-learning is important, as the Marketplace Executive is expected to dedicate time to reading industry publications, research papers, and online courses to enhance their knowledge and skills.

What specific skills are critical for success in this role?

Key skills include the ability to communicate effectively, problem-solve strategically, manage proactively, and demonstrate a clear understanding of clients' business and market trends.

What are some of the tasks involved in managing media campaigns?

Tasks include booking, loading, confirming, trafficking, optimizing, tracking, and post-analyzing client media campaigns while ensuring all campaign deliverables are met.

Will the Marketplace Executive be involved in financial processes?

Yes, the Marketplace Executive will be responsible for ensuring all financial and compliance processes are followed with 100% accuracy, including bookings and monthly proforma checks.

Is this position a part of any industrial award?

No, this position does not apply to any industrial award.

Can the Marketplace Executive negotiate with media owners?

Yes, the Marketplace Executive should be able to challenge and negotiate with media owners effectively.

How will a Marketplace Executive keep abreast of industry trends?

They are expected to stay updated on key market and media trends, developments, and changes that may impact buying performance and proactively communicate these insights to clients.

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EssenceMediacom

We are EssenceMediacom. GroupM’s newest and largest agency, committed to delivering marketing breakthroughs for brands.

Marketing & Advertising
Industry
5001-10,000
Employees
1986
Founded Year

Mission & Purpose

Hello. We are EssenceMediacom. GroupM’s newest and largest agency, committed to delivering marketing breakthroughs for brands. We have disrupted the old models across media, creative, innovation and analytics to find new opportunities for advertisers and deliver truly integrated media solutions. Born out of two pioneering agencies, EssenceMediacom fuses Essence’s performance, data, analytics and creative technology DNA with MediaCom’s scaled multichannel audience planning and strategic media expertise. Our ‘breakthrough’ ambition is underpinned by our commitment to ‘continuous learning’. We aim to ensure our people fulfil their potential by investing their whole-person wellbeing, careers and capabilities, which in turn helps grow our clients’ businesses. With 10,000 people across 120 offices in 96 markets, we are one of the world’s leading communications specialists with billings of more than US$22 billion (Source: COMvergence, 2022). Our global client roster includes adidas, Coca-Cola (TCCC), Dell, Google, Hasbro, Mars, NBC Universal, P&G, Richemont, Shell, Sony and Uber.

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