Media planning manager

Tokyo , Japan

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Brief Description 
We are hiring a Media Planning Manager to demonstrate B to B online campaign project management experience for the well-known global brand. You will also assist your line director as the subject matter expert within a wider integrated media planning team. This is a critical role within the agency, one that offers a variety of client facing and internal stakeholder management. 
 
3 best things about the job: 
l Great work culture – You will work with a diverse and collaborative group of co-workers passionate about digital media between local mindshare and oversea 
l Flexibility and Empowerment – We appreciate colleagues who are thinkers and problem solvers, those who think outside the box and contribute to new ways of working 
l Global and dynamic working environment – Being as a partner for the global premium brand and closely connect with the worldwide team to connect and bring the global standard to be localized 
Key Responsibilities: 
· Build a detailed understanding of your campaign pipeline and task status. 
· Manage relationships with key decision makers within your client portfolio through a structured client engagement plan. 
· Contribute innovative ideas as part of the wider team planning process. 
· Deliver best in class execution plans using our available range of tools and software to plan client campaigns 
· Develop and deliver a data driven performance plan framework and the strategy for your clients, to increase their campaigns effectiveness. 
 
Client Management 
· Develop strong relationships with clients, be their go to person for anything to media 
· Work with wider team members – biddable team, data analytics, trading and ad operation team – to ensure regular reporting that serves the client’s needs. 
· Anticipate the client’s needs and set up internal process to meet / exceed them 
 
Operational Excellence 
· Work closely with the team to produce best in class campaign strategy, plan and rationale documents, for both digital and offline media. 
· Be the custodian of your client’s advertising presence on digital platforms & the go-to-person on all matters digital 
· Lead the delivery of measurement, analysis and reporting of all media campaigns and feed this intelligence and insight back into the media planning process 
· Provide insight and analysis closely with the support from the Client Lead to develop the media strategy and plan. 
 
Technical Capability 
· Online and Offline Media Strategy and Execution Planning 
· Publisher collaboration & idea creation 
· Post campaign insights analysis 
· Internal & external briefing management 
· Media buying & insertion order management 
· Biddable hands on operation experience as a plus 
· Experience in DoubleClick tools (GCM), verification tools (IAS/DV), and offline media will be a huge advantage 
 
Qualifications and Requirements 
· 5+ years’ media agency experience, across a range of industries 
· Online & Offline Media Planning Experience 
· Exceptional verbal, written, communication skills with an analytical mind set 
· An excellent work ethic, problem solving and proficient time management skills 
· Experience working across either Media, Marketing, Consultancy, Business Analytics 
· Experience working in e-commerce paid media a huge plus 
· MS Office skills with advance knowledge in Excel 
· Bilingual is a must. Communication, reading and writing in both English and Japanese is required