Who We Are
TBWA\Media Arts Lab (or MAL as you’ll hear us called) is the bespoke global advertising agency dedicated sole to Apple. Our mission is to create smart, simple, and iconic work that transforms business and makes culture for the world’s best brand.
We’re headquartered in Los Angeles, California, with 7 further international hubs and over 800 people making great work for Apple in 26 markets around the globe. We’d love to meet you!
Role
We are looking for a Senior Account Manager to be based in Manila, working directly with the Singapore ISEA hub and reporting into the Business Director in Singapore. Senior Account Managers at MAL must be natural leaders and communicators, able to juggle multiple responsibilities.
This role will be leading the Manila office and be accountable for managing the localisation workstream, which includes project management and delivery of Apple advertising campaigns in the Philippines across multiple product lines, including hardware and services. The Senior Account Manager ensures flawless execution of projects while being the driver of larger objectives of both the client and the agency.
The Work
- Develop a full understanding of the client’s business, market nuances and objectives.
- Liaise on a daily basis within the ISEA hub to manage integrated campaigns and understanding the regulations and legalities for tech, music, gaming and video streaming advertising for the Philippines across all active pods.
- Work with fellow business management team, local planners, creatives, producers, media partners, and MAL global team to represent local market’s point of view throughout the creative development, localisation, censorship clearance and implementation of global campaigns flawlessly.
- Be the face of the Manila office and champion local market insights, trends, and the cultural landscape in order to better represent and advocate the local markets’ point of view – both internally and within the regional/global network.
- Develop a good understanding of media landscape and platforms to ensure flawless implementation of campaigns.
- Build a strong relationship within the business management team, SG hub, and MAL LA to become a trusted member of the team.
- Be excellent in project management and be able to prioritise daily tasks including adhoc work.
- Oversee financial management of the business, and assist with finalising, invoicing and closing jobs per the client’s processes and procedures.
- Execution of all tasks should be done meticulously and tirelessly to ensure the highest possible standards are met.
- Be able to work across time zones to ensure campaigns run smoothly.
Who will thrive in this role?
- 7+ years of creative/advertising agency experience, especially on regional and global technology brands.
- Someone who is mature and unflappable under pressure and tight deadlines, with an art for solving problems.
- A master communicator – someone who can give clear direction and support to the team and client, as well as leading conversations across teams to navigate local clearance processes.
- Someone with an unrelenting ambition to create smart, simple, iconic work for our client.
- Ability and ambition to manage multiple complex work streams in a fast-paced environment.
- Someone with the ability to keep teams motivated and positive, and to turn lessons learned from each project and experience into training tools & growth opportunities.
What We Do
In 1984, TBWA helped launch Apple’s first Macintosh personal computer with the iconic “1984” commercial. In 1997, TBWA once again disrupted traditional advertising with the “Think Different” campaign. As the Apple brand grew, the need for a confidential, creative incubator, with a dedicated team focused solely on game-changing work, became more evident. In 2006, TBWA\Media Arts Lab was born. Created for one client, we have one shared ambition. We create smart, simple and iconic work that makes culture, for the world’s greatest company. Today, Media Arts Lab has six dedicated global offices serving 26 markets around the world. Headquartered in Los Angeles, California, Media Arts Lab is housed in a unique 50,000 square foot space, hidden in plain sight from the outside world. TBWA\Media Arts Lab is part of the TBWA Worldwide collective. TBWA is The Disruption® Company: the cultural engine for 21st-century business. Named one of the World's Most Innovative Companies by Fast Company and to the AdAge A-List, we create disruptive ideas that locate and involve brands in culture, giving them a larger share of the future. Our collective has 11,300 creative minds across 275 offices in 95 countries, and also includes brands such as Auditoire, Digital Arts Network (DAN), eg+ worldwide, GMR, TBWA\Media Arts Lab, TBWA\WorldHealth and TRO. Global clients include adidas, Apple, Gatorade, Henkel, Hilton Hotels, McDonald's, Nissan and Singapore Airlines. TBWA is part of Omnicom Group.
