Regional Digital Manager - Singapore - Wavemaker

Wavemaker

Verified Company

Singapore

3 weeks ago

Posted by:

Wei Jie

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Description

About the role:

In this role, you will be responsible for digital channel planning, lead implementation and help drive digital transformation for our clients.

You will be the go-to digital person for clients and agency partners and proactively lead presentations and meeting discussions.

You must possess excellent working knowledge of paid owned earned digital channels in Singapore and own existing relationship with media owners in this market.

At GroupM APAC, our people are our strength, which is why fostering a culture of diversity and inclusion is important to us.

Reporting of the role:

This role reports to the Regional Director

3 Best Things About The Job:

Working with a high performing integrated media team to drive best in class digital channel planning and ROI for well-known local retail chain and renowned international brands.
Hone leadership skills through building and leading operation excellence for the team.
A culture built on collective energy, passion, collaboration and support.

In this role, your goals will be:

In 3 months:

Build good rapport with clients. Proactively participate in meeting discussions with clients and agency partners.
Competent in planning all digital channels and managing digital integration within the bigger communication plan.
Own projection management, ensure smooth workflow and clients and team members are up to speed on all tasks.
Rigor in setting and tracking campaign KPIs. Ensure effective and accurate optimisation and delivery of performance utilising all relevant internal teams, agency processes and tech.

In 6 months:

Holistic digital thinking is carried across channel planning and drive innovative solutions beyond tried and tested with outcomes that can be clearly measured.
Direct and mentor the team to drive operation excellence throughout project implementation.
Strong ability to assess attribution of marketing activities (eg. owned and earned) to paid channel performance to optimise overall campaign performance.

In 12 months:

Build trusted advisor relationship with clients. Able to support the broader strategic output for clients' marcom needs and inject your digital specialization.
Fully competent in developing and articulating a compelling digital strategy/approach to successfully sell in campaign recommendation or new initiatives.
Lead and direct all team members to support in the development of channel plans and creative solutions that are planned holistically with the broader media mix.

What Your Day Looks Like In Wavemaker:

Develop digital campaign approach and how everything integrates within the bigger communication strategy.
Lead calls with client discussion to presenting the Digital media with the rest of the team
Drive strategic and tactical innovation across media platforms, including display, video, search, mobile, social and programmatic.
Manage implementation and collaborate with media owners, agency partners and internal specialist teams to ensure all deliverables are met/launched on time.
Evolve use of measurement systems to provide greater insight into ROI of media plans and ensure the team deliver on agreed KPIs.

What You Need:

Currently living/working in Singapore.
At least 4 years of digital planning experience in a media/digital agency, with the last 12 years in a regional role.
Possess working knowledge of media planning, trading and buying process, with solid understanding of the digital channel landscape, the role of channels and how channels interplay across paid, owned and earned.
Excellent technical knowledge of buying and trading tech including adservers, verification tools and DSP/DMPs etc.

More about Wavemaker
We believe there always is a better way to grow. We positively provoke growth for our clients by reshaping consumer decision-making and experiences through media, content and technology. The Wavemaker way is globally consistent.

Fueled by the world's most powerful consumer data, we understand where and how marketing can intervene decisively to help brands win more sales.

Our name is our mission and our method. To make waves, you need to be provocative, even fearless.

We do our best work for brave brands and people who want to be challenged to go further and faster.

We know it's not easy, but if it's in you, we will get it out of you.

Our 7,600 people across 90 markets provoke growth for some of the world's leading brands and businesses.

Our attitude of Positive Provocation is enabled by:
- deep knowledge we have of our clients' business
- confidence to challenge what's gone before
- the support to go further than we thought possible

About Singapore
GroupM Singapore operates in one of the most dynamic and exciting environments in the world. Although it is a small domestic market, there is a vibrant media industry which is undergoing rapid evolution as digital technology reshapes the way marketing support