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Starcom MediaVest Group, one of Australia’s largest full service media and communications agencies is currently looking for a Senior Planner, responsible for the efficient delivery of services to assigned clients within the agency.

The Senior Planner needs to demonstrate a proactive approach in building our clients business and in turn Starcom.

The key responsibilities include:

• The development and stewardship of the client’s media plans

• Ensuring that the client’s ultimate outcome – a captivated consumer – is central to the media services that Starcom delivers

• Understanding the client’s measure for captivation, ensuring that it is clearly communicated internally, and accurately measured to deliver positive client outcomes

• Anticipate our clients’ business needs and proactively approach them with media solutions to grow their business

• Engage the activation and investment department to buy the media activity to maximise the client outcome

Ideally you will have 4 -5 years experience in a similar position and are proactive and self motivation. We are looking for a strong communicator who will build strong relationships with our clients.

We are located at Walsh Bay (right around the corner from the rocks), bright and fun office environment, birthday day off and an array of social activities that add to our fantastic culture.

Starcom MediaVest Group, one of Australia's largest full service media and communications agencies is currently looking for a Client Business Manager, responsible for the efficient delivery of services to assigned clients within the agency. The successful candidate will ideally have a minimum of 6 years experience, and have a thorough knowledge of planning and buying across all media. They will have excellent client service skills and be responsible for overseeing the day to day running of the account.

The key responsibilities of the Client Business Manager include:

• The development and stewardship of the client’s media plans

• Ensuring that the client’s ultimate outcome – a captivated consumer – is central to the media services that Starcom delivers

• Understanding the client’s measure for captivation, ensuring that it is clearly communicated internally, and accurately measured to deliver positive client outcomes

• Anticipate our clients’ business needs and proactively approach them with media solutions to grow their business

• Engage the activation and investment department to buy the media activity to maximise the client outcome

To be successful in this role you must be able to demonstrate the following key skills and qualities:

• Strong relationship building skills (client and internal)

• Strong communication

• Proactive, productive and self motivating

• Strategic thinking skills

• Clear critical thinking and problem solving approach

• Strong business computer skill-base

• Budgeting skills

• Business acumen

When you work with Starcom MediaVest Group you’re globally connected to 110 offices in 67 countries. Not only do we work with many of the world’s most powerful marketers and best loved brands, we also boast a dominant share of the world’s best consumer connection industry talent.

Why is this position vacant?
On 13th July, MediaCom won the Yum! Restaurants assignment, worth $40m in annual billings. The successful candidate will play a critical role in managing KFC

What are the responsibilities associated with this position?
To be a central point of contact for KFC in the matter of producing great work, full of strategically sound and useful insights that generate differentiating ideas that are brilliantly executed
To have an insightful understanding of the retail sector, and specifically the Quick Service Restaurant (QSR) sector, and KFC’s business and marketing challenges. To have an understanding of the role that communications plays for KFC.
To be involved with the day to day communications planning requirements of KFC.
To have a clear understanding of KFC’s, MediaCom’s and the media industry’s research resources.
To be involved with major presentations and documents jammed full of great insights, differentiating strategies and head-turning ideas.
To regularly, and appropriately, use MediaCom’s resources and best practices.
To maintain excellent relationships with key media suppliers. To challenge the media establishment to deliver additional benefits and innovative solutions to KFC by providing it with insightful, idea-oriented briefs.
To maintain an excellent relationship with Ogilvy and Ensemble. To have a sound understanding of all strategy and creative development projects
To manage the broader team, including Strategy and Implementational Planning & Investment (IP&I). To motivate them in an inspiring and enthusiastic manner
To be involved with new business pitches; to produce industry award submissions
To hit deadlines

Key initiatives for KFC
Group meals, individual meals, beverages. 24/7.
Cricket. Cricket. Cricket. Cricket. Cricket. Cricket. Cricket. Cricket. Cricket. Cricket. Cricket.
V8 Supercars

What are the skills associated with this position?
Strong, proven, insightful communications planning skills
Excellent, proven client and team handling skills. Similar networking skills.
Superb administrative and organisational skills
Highly developed verbal and written communication skills

What are the attributes of the successful applicant?
The successful applicant will have a passion for communications, advertising, media, technology, retail and food.
He or she will have buckets of initiative, always taking the lead
He or she will be curious, always asking ‘why?’ and ‘why not?’
He or she will have an opinion in the room
He or she will be tenacious, always getting the very best for MediaCom and KFC
He or she will be consumer centric and digitally ahead
He or she will be a winning maniac

What are the behaviours of the successful applicant?
Brave, when dealing with internal and external partners
Wondrous, in the development of ground breaking strategies
Ninja, in the pursuit of mastering his or her craft
Better Together, through collaboration with internal and external partners on development of ‘best in class’ communications solutions, and working as part of the broader MediaCom team to nurture and grow its people

4 entry level positions are available at Mindshare in North Sydney. The agency is happy for you to work part-time with a view of working full time once you have completed your studies. The role is Assistant to client teams working across both online and offline.
Please send CV and letter of interest to Kerry Field kerry.field@mindshareworld.com

Responsibilities:

• Assistant will be trained in buying all channel media with a view to assisting Exchange Executives in buying all channel campaigns
• Checking station pre-times weekly and addressing any issues with the buyer and networks by Tuesday
• Checking weekly TV post analysis and addressing any issues with the buyer and networks
• Advising key numbers to the Traffic/Production departments
• Creation of Programme Sets for Buyers and updating programme changes
• Updating TV post discrepancy sheets for the Exchange Executives/Managers
• Providing dispatch advice’s to creative/account service departments
• Checking booking confirmations
• BCC Data loading
• Updating weekly tracking sheet of new programmes
• Collecting tearsheets and updating print post analysis sheets
• Signing and filing of IOs across all media
• Ensuring material instruction sheets are completed correctly for all channels
• Setting up campaigns in our third party adserving system and uploading creative for online campaigns (will be trained for this)
• Collating screenshots of live campaigns to be sent to client/used for agency case studies
• Aiding the team with campaign reporting and post analysis
• Collecting the mail and distributing it to members of the group
• Light photocopying/binding duties
• Light reception relief required once a week
• Updating client and rep contact lists
• General filing
• Making tea/coffee for client meetings