Wavemaker Search Analyst

**Search Analyst**

At Wavemaker, we believe there always is a better way to grow. By Positively Provoking Growth for our clients and our people, we shape decisions and experiences through media, content and technology.

Wavemaker is a global media, content and technology agency. In Australia, we are currently ranked as the #2 Media Agency. We have over 250 people working across six offices: Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne, Sydney, Perth and Auckland, New Zealand. We are part of GroupM and WPP; the largest media buying alliance and marketing communications group in the world. For the last four years we have rated in the top 20 ‘Best Places To Work Australia’, we pride ourselves on our culture and our people.

**The Role**

The Search Analyst works closely alongside the client, SEM Executives, SEM Managers, as well as key partners, to ensure campaigns are executed and amplified in an effective, efficient and future facing way.

The Search Analyst is a crucial role within our SEM Team and provides the foundations for the success across campaigns, responsible for varied aspects of campaign implementation, monitoring and reporting, working very closely with your Executives & Manager to produce best-in-class solutions, offer unparalleled service and deliver against targets.

**What you will need**:

- Interest in SEM as a career
- Exceptional verbal and written communication skills
- An excellent work ethic, problem-solving and proficient time management skills
- Able to work to deadlines in a fast-paced agency environment
- So that the team is successful, the ability to follow instructions and be organised
- Have a passion for learning
- Work effectively in a team environment
- Intermediate MS Office skills
- Beginner level experience in Google Ads
- Intermediate Excel skills (Pivot tables, conditional formatting, LEN formula, IF statements)

**What success looks like**:
The easiest and simplest way to see if you have done a great job is when:
**In 3 months, you would have**:

- Immersed yourself in the team with an understanding of the status of all active and upcoming campaigns.
- Established collaborative relationships with all key stakeholders and internal reports.
- A strong understanding of and can clearly articulate the Wavemaker proposition, core SEM processes and our way of working.

**In 6 months, you would have**:

- Supported your Executive with briefing, planning and tactical strategies across your accounts.
- Proactively delivered additional value to the client
- Put your mark on the culture of the team, having put measures in place to drive a positive and progressive working relationship between team members
- Have built relationships with key external agency and media & platform partners
- Demonstrated your ability to deliver on all aspects of the role in an efficient, effective and proactive way.
- Strengthened your key stakeholder relationships to deliver great team work consistently.

**In 12 months, you would have**:

- Taken on greater ownership for campaigns and clients - responsibility and volume. Proactively adding value to the team based on campaign performance
- Proactively taken ownership of projects and initiatives outside your day to day role to drive performance and innovation.
- Built strong relationships with publishers, representing the Wavemaker team appropriately and ensuring that our campaigns are delivered to the highest quality
- An understanding of Wavemaker’s broader proposition and service channels.

**About GroupM Australia**

GroupM Australia takes pride in being a group built on a set of core values that extend to every aspect of our operation. We are committed to providing an empowering workplace that offers opportunities to learn, succeed and grow. GroupM is the largest media investment management company in Australia. _GroupM is an Equal Opportunities Employer. We believe that diversity is vital and positively influences the environment in which we operate. We are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive work environment that is free of discrimination, harassment or bullying. Race, colour, ancestry, religion, gender, gender identity, national origin, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability or veteran status have no bearing on our hiring decisions, we encourage all applicants._