Media Manager

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 Manager role will be responsible for delivering on the roles requirements across planner and buying to ensure that channel and investment is effective to meet the client objectives. Investment is 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.

What you will need:
You will have meaningful career experience within a major agency across planning and buying both online and offline, with an offline focus. Ideally experience in managing direct reports and managing workflow within a team. Ideally you will have 3-5 years within the media industry with previous buying experience.

Key Responsibilities

People:

- Living and breathing the Mindshare values everyday whilst possessing a proactive mentality and approach to workloads
- Possessing a strong commitment to creating a positive, motivating, and inspiring team culture with the ability to contribute POV's and follow leadership directives
- Works collaboratively with client team across all disciplines throughout the campaign development process ensuring they deliver work in a timely manner
- Communicates confidently and effectively on all matters with clear articulation holding both excellent written and spoken capabilities when communicating internally and externally.
- Conducting own personal brand within the Mindshare Professional Etiquette guidelines.
- Guides technical projects to build and develop best in class outcomes with the appropriate knowledge capability to deliver effectively for our clients

Product:

- Delivering a gold standard implementation of media planning and buying
- Identifying the right products and services to meet the client's 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

Partners:

- 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 opinions on the media landscape
- Developing strong internal partnership relations and builds knowledge of product offering
- Manages clients' expectations effectively about the delivery of all work across the team

Profit:

- Ensuring financial procedural adherence is met across all touchpoints including pro-forms, 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 contractu