Global Digital Media Director

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Job Description :

Havas is one of the world’s largest global communications groups, operating in over 100 countries. The Group is made up of three major divisions: Havas Creative Group, Havas Media Group and Havas Health & You.

We have a multi-disciplinary offering, united under one leadership, all in one building: advertising, media, data, technology, digital, social, mobile, CRM, UX, sports and entertainment, public relations, corporate communications, healthcare, design, research, employer branding and recruitment. Havas is the only truly integrated marketing and communications company in the UK.

Our mission is to unite brands and people through meaningful connections, driving business success. We are the fastest growing of the global networks and have a challenger brand mentality. We share one common purpose: to bring media and creative closer together for the benefit of our clients.

Havas Media Global is a dedicated team supporting global clients across strategy, insight, media, creative and digital. The culture of our group is best described as dynamic, entrepreneurial, and collaborative.

We are solely immersed in global assignments and have the experience and understanding to fulfil the needs and challenges of global clients. We believe in modelling team structures after those of our clients and are set up to meet the unique requirements of each, from centralised one-hub market management to more coordinated or decentralised needs, adding value by leveraging central and local media expertise and the totality of our clients’ media investments.

Job Summar

We are looking for an experienced digital media professional to join our Global Digital team and help us develop a best-in-class approach to digital media/data for our international clients.
You will have oversight of the technology and processes developed for the client, working closely with the global, regional and local agency teams to deliver digital guidance and governance and international campaigns. You will work with team members and other internal groups to make sure issues and questions are addressed and resolved in a timely manner in accordance with client processes and campaign objectives.
 

You will manage and work with global and local teams of specialists to create
aligned communication solutions and share exchange of best practices.

You will be a key member in developing innovative digital strategies that consider the consumers’ decision-making process and that respect the role of offline channels.

You will become a trusted partner for our clients, ably translating complicated digital and data information into understandable written and verbal comms to clients with a broad range of digital understanding from expert through to complete novice.
Other responsibilities include communicating ideas for improving and refining existing processes and assisting with the training of teams and clients.

Mission & Responsibilities

• Liaising with clients, colleagues and key ad tech and media partners.
• Building relationships with the internal Client team and Activation teams across multiple Havas business units
• Creating and managing global priority projects from start to finish, ensuring quality and measurable outcomes
• Guiding and advising on data available within trading platforms for reporting and insight generation.
• Troubleshooting

Experience

• Extensive experience across various platforms, particularly GMP.
• Proven track record of delivering creative digital strategies and best practice.
• Familiarity with data types and audiences available on trading platforms.
• Proven track record of building creative digital media strategies and solutions.
• An ability to consider the role of digital media and data in the broader media/comms picture.
• The ability to work with data to find true insight!
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to make technical information easy to understand.

Soft Skills & Competencies

• Digital media & tech savvy with a passion for staying on top of industry trends
• Able to effectively time-manage workloads
• Decisive and confident in pushing through solutions
• Keen problem solver
• Strong project management and managerial skills
• Excellent verbal and written communicator
• Confident and passionate presenter.
• Excellent attention to detail
• Fast learner and methodical thinker

Values

• Ownership: You think like an owner and expect others to do the same.
• Accountability: You fully commit to the projects, tasks and workstreams you’re responsible for.
• Transparency: You are open and transparent in your communication and decision-making. You justify your decisions and speak up if you hold a critical opinion.
• Resilience & Resourcefulness: You are willing to do the good but difficult things in pursuit of the necessary outcomes.
• Ambition: You take every task as an opportunity to grow and go from good to great.
• Open-mindedness: You analyse and reconcile different points of view to inform your decisions.

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Here at Havas across the group we pride ourselves on being committed to offering equal opportunities to all potential employees and have zero tolerance for discrimination. We are an equal opportunity employer and welcome applicants irrespective of age, sex, race, ethnicity, disability and other factors that have no bearing on an individual’s ability to perform their job.