Head of Investments at Havas South Africa

Job Description :

• The Investment Director is responsible for the media buying and trading strategies and policies as well as their optimization.

Mission & Responsibilities

• Be responsible for the quality of the team’s media expertise
• Be responsible for the delivery and quality of the media buying and trading strategies, from negotiation to implementation
• Embody the media purchasing policy for the agency at internal and external level
• Ensure the implementation and the respect of our agreements / commitments with our partners and clients
• Be accountable for the optimization of the agency revenue with appropriate and performant purchasing, negotiation and auditing strategies
• Be accountable for the optimization of the services’ efficiency and relevance
• Be responsible for the accuracy in reporting and oversee the traders in updating reporting
• Manage Expertise & Negotiation teams

Qualifications & Languages

• Master’s degree in Marketing or Advertising
• Languages: English (Fluent)
• Previous experience & Industry background
• 15+ years’ experience in advertising
• Media agency, Ad network, Publisher, Tech or Data company 

Soft skills & Competencies

• Champion in media buying
• 360° Media expertise: audio, video, publishing, programmatic, social, mobile, performance marketing, geolocal
• Strong negotiation skills
• Strong knowledge of the partners & suppliers (media owners/publishers, ad networks, data & tech providers…)
• Revenue optimization
• Team management

Technical skills 

• Operational Performance Management softwares (ie. Pilot)
• Table (ex: Excel)
• Advertising technologies (ex: adservers, retargeting platforms)