Mindshare Associate Media Director

**About Mindshare Australia**:
At Mindshare we believe in **Energy**,** Empathy **and **Impact** These core values are the foundation of our culture and extend to every aspect of our operation.

We are a part of the GroupM family, which is the largest media investment management company in Australia. Across Mindshare we offer the opportunity to work with some of the biggest household names. Our ambition is to help our partners achieve their wildest ambition, anchored in good growth. This translates to producing amazing work and identifying ways to drive a positive impact on the world

This is only possible when we have the right people to help us achieve these goals. So, **WHY MINDSHARE?**

Your growth, development and success are important to us. That's why we have a structured career framework and development program in place, including a clear career plan and access to local and global online learning platforms to support your personal and professional growth.

Beyond an opportunity to learn and grow an amazing career, we offer flexible working arrangements, combining working from home and the office to balance your professional and personal commitments. Other benefits include Summer Half Days, Birthday Leave, Long Service Leave, perkSpace (our internal perks and benefits hub full of resources to support your mental, physical, social and financial wellbeing, including discounts at hundreds of retailers and service-providers) and wellness benefits (including our Employee Assistance Program)

Mindshare, as a part of 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.

**About the role**

This Associate Director role will be responsible for implementing senior planning and buying demonstrating ability to strategize, plan and deliver multi-channel investment to meet the client objectives. Investment are fundamentally responsible for leading, managing and inspiring the investment team to deliver Purple standard implementation and trading practices. This team have developed trusted and influential relationships with client’s, media and agency partners. And is responsible for driving innovation in the field of investment.

When thinking about Product this roles responsibility is to **build and develop**
- Delivering a gold standard implementation of media planning and buying
- Identifying the right products and services to meet the clients needs and briefs
- Building an effective knowledge and use proprietary and industry tools & systems to deliver market leading campaign implementation
- Obtaining necessary certifications for required platforms

When thinking about Profit this roles responsibility is to **build and develop**
- Ensuring financial procedural adherence is met across all touchpoints including pro-formas, MBA's, bookings and loadings with an aim for zero account queries.
- Follows GroupM SOX Compliance and auditing processes with 100% adherence.
- Ensures timesheets are completed regularly with 100% accuracy and attention to detail.
- Understands contractual and commercial client requirements and ensures all external stakeholders follow compliant financial processes.

When thinking about Partnerships this roles responsibility is to **build and develop**
- Demonstrating a strong understanding of your client and their category whilst responding to all requests in a timely manner, consistently managing expectations
- Developing trusted relationships with media owners to build knowledge of product suite and formulate opinons on the media landscape
- Developing strong internal partnership relations and builds knowledge of product offering
- Manages clients' expectations effectively with regard to the delivery of all work across the team.

**What you will need**:
If this role seems like your prefect next step, we would love to hear from you APPLY NOW to send us your CV