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Mindshare Worldwide

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Job Description:

The Strategist, together with the internal team, works hand-in-hand with the clients’ marketing department and creative agency to ensure the development of effective and unique media campaigns. The strategist is to immerse themselves within the clients business gaining an acute understanding of the client’s needs and goals, as well as the brands’ customers, in order to provide clear and consistent input into the media strategy. Based on given objectives, the strategist applies their knowledge of media and communication platforms to identify the most appropriate vehicles for building awareness of a client’s brand.

Job Responsibility:

Create strong, compelling and strategic media recommendations on how different channels can be used to integrate the consumer journey and define the role of media use to the consumer
Strive to deliver media solutions that drive key objectives to ensure budget efficacy and performance
Work in collaboration with the client lead, planing, as well as implementation groups to develop budget allocations across media mix scenarios
Use client data and technology architecture to provide strategy solutions to clients
Have a good understanding of Mindshare/GroupM trading/proprietary offerings and ensure that these offerings are considered in recommendations, where relevant, to delivering on client objectives
Provide insights on emerging media and new opportunities
Build competitor/brand reviews to ensure execution of strategic actions
Ensure regular media update presentations to client e.g. trends, landscapes, hot topics etc
Collaborate across the Strategy Hub to drive continuous improvement
Actively participates in client/ vendor initiatives/ workshops ensuring media strategies receive the benefit of continuous research
Understand the competitive context within which brands operate (from SOV, SOM, pricing and distribution) providing insight into the competitive set that is beyond the required quantitative data
Use agency research and implementation planning tools to set overall communication/channel objectives for the campaign e.g. ARs, GRPs, reach, freq, etc. utilising industry & Mindshare tools/methodology e.g. threshold analysis for setting reach curves & max/min buying points
Coordinate & complete annual plans for all brands for the assigned categories
Collaborate with the implementation team on reporting to deliver insights and optimization recommendations
Be the key day-to-day contact for Clients and the Account Leadership team
Develop strong relationships at all client levels
Maintain and develop strong symbiotic relationships with media partners/ vendors to contribute to best of business media strategy
Ensure you update and maintain your knowledge of the client’s organizational structure, planning process, marketing calendar and the needs of key stakeholders
Ensure that client relationships continue to be strengthened by the quality of our deliverables and client satisfaction with our work
Work with clients and agency partners to bring campaigns to life, including attending and contributing to regular work in progress meetings

Requirements:

Marketing/advertising degree with a focus on strategy
Minimum 5 years’ work experience in business consultancy, market research/analytics or a strategic planning role, of which at least 3 years have been spent working on media/communications planning related business
Media agencies experience and working knowledge of media planning required
Significant proven experience of working with multiple stakeholders, e.g., suppliers, advertising/marketing agencies, media owners
Experience in campaign implementation and reporting is beneficial
Understands business principles and good practice and perceives issues in both financial and commercial terms
Highly evolved presentation and facilitation skills
Excellent communication
Strong analytical and number skills
Good understanding of media channels, both digital and traditional
Problem-solver
Proficiency in the use of computer programs for: Word processing
Databases
Spreadsheets
E-mail
Internet

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Job Posted:
December 10, 2025

Work Type:

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