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Position at Mindshare WorldwideEU Media Network Account ExecutiveJob title: Account Executive, FordGroup: Mindshare WorldwideClient: FordReports to: Account Director, Ford
Mindshare is global media agency designed to make media exciting, fun and life changing. For the last 20 years our values of Speed, Teamwork and Provocation have guided our 10,000 people who work with some of the world's best brands and companies. Located in 116 offices across 86 countries, we are the largest media agency in GroupM, WPP's media investment management arm, which is the #1 media holding group globally. Mindshare Worldwide is the headquarters for Mindshare based in London. We are a team of 400+ people, co-ordinating media campaigns for our global clients.
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What We Can Offer YouAt Mindshare Worldwide, we offer a competitive salary package, with 25 days holiday increasing with service to a maximum of 30 days, with the option to buy an extra 5 days per year. We also have an enhanced pension scheme, Bupa healthcare, a monthly wellbeing fund and early finishes on a Friday during summer. These are just some of the great benefits we offer.
Based ten minutes from London Bridge tube station, our office has a rooftop with 360 views of London - a great space to hang out with colleagues and friends!
We also offer an extensive training programme to help guide your career development whilst you're with us. There's a wide range of options to suit everyone at all levels of your career.
Our Values & BehavioursOur attitude is reflected in our core values of Speed, Teamwork and Provocation, which drive our people and our business.
We want Mindshare Worldwide to be a place where everyone feels that they belong, everyone can be themselves and everyone has the same opportunities to develop their careers. Over the last 12 months we have made important steps in progressing on our journey to a truly inclusive organisation. We have launched The Collective and have seen the birth of a range of Employee Resource Groups who have shown some amazing and inspiring work.
The RoleThis is a pivotal role on WPP's biggest global client, a lynchpin between the comms strategy and ideas developed by the central WPP team (Mindshare, VMLY&R, H&K, and others) and the expert and innovative media deployment across 19 markets and c.$450million annual European media investment.This will mean the successful candidate will have to build transformative, trusted relationships with key clients, the central team and each of the local markets.
The TeamMindshare Team Ford work with other WPP companies Remote, at Sea Containers House, and Rose Court to deliver a full-service comms product to Ford including but not limited to connections planning, CX, social strategy and deployment, analytics, CRM, PR, platform design and build, centralised biddable execution, and market coordination across 19 European Markets.
This role sits within EU Media Network Team, a small but crucial connector on Media based topics and best practice between the Global team based in Dearborn (USA); the central EU team based in London; and to each of 19 Local European Markets.
This is not a traditional Media Network role. Ford is the largest client at WPP, we have worked hard over several years to break silos and ensure media is well integrated to WPP's full-service offering including tools, data, strategy, analytics, planning, creative, production, PR, Social and much more; partnering closely with VWLY&R, Wunderman, Ogilvy, Choreograph, H&K, GroupM and many more. The Media AE will support the 5 Market Connectors, AD, BD, and Partner as a team of 9 who work with these teams to design and deliver on these campaigns.
Key BehavioursMedia champion:Passion for and understanding of media.Is proactive in gathering information on current and future trends, in technology and media.
A trusted advisor delivering accurate and timely information
Tools & systems.Has acquired the skills necessary to use the tools relevant to their job and can show examples of tools in practice.
Personal and Interpersonal SkillsCaring for and inspiring others.Operates effectively within a team environment.Understands the value of feedback and how to receive it.Asks for additional responsibility and has high expectations of themselves
Client Relationships.Asks for additional responsibility and has high expectations of themselves.Always returns calls and emails promptly and ensures client needs are met.
Objectives.Actively participates in the creation of agreed, clear goals and SMART objectives in annual appraisal.
ReportingAudit management. Assisting with ensuring timely and thorough data submissions
Reporting. Working with analytics team to deliver rolled up media reports with actionable insights.
Developing TalentTeam.Committed to helping build a positive team culture in London and across 19 Markets.
Understands their role within the team and can begin taking responsibility and ownership for work.
RequirementsSkillsAbility to analyse data and generate actionable insights with a keen eye for detail
Anticipates where problems could occur and takes decisive action accordingly
Pan European media experience
Knowledge of all key media tools
ExperienceThis is an entry level role, but translatable experience will be beneficial
AttitudesAn interest in cars and car marketing
A passion for media and the increasing number of possibilities it offers to deliver impact through data, tech, and content
An ability to recognise the role of paid media channels as part of the broader communications mix.
An ability to paint a vision and to take people on a journey
A positive attitude to collaboration, vital when mentoring planning teams and markets alike
Future GrowthThis is a fantastic entry point into a unique Global integrated agency which is a compelling part of WPP PLC, the largest creative transformation company in the world.#LI-FG1
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