Jobs at Havas South Africa

Job Description Summary : 

• The Media Development Expert is responsible for developing and deploying best practices for media experiences specifically for global clients.  
• The role sits between Strategy and Activation and is the point where Strategy is translated into Media Experiences for global clients.

Job Description :

Mission & Responsibilities 

• Contribute to champion Havas unique approach for global clients to ‘media planning +’ in the form of Mx – emphasizing media experience versus media planning which includes connection, context and content 
• Be instrumental in the Mx excellence and design optimal Mx guidelines for global clients across Havas countries 
• Work closely with data and strategy communities as well as client leadership and specialists’ teams 
• Build relationships with creative / content stakeholders and key media owners to ensure optimized and innovative Mx recommendations for our global clients 
• Ensure optimal Mx delivery for global clients in the countries in liaise with relevant internal specialist teams and make sure processes are respected for local implementation 
• Ensure audience planning and data integration from Mx brief to Mx measurement 
• Ensure quality control on plan recommendation against Mx delivery 
• Provide insightful post campaign optimization 
• Contribute to the client satisfaction 

Previous Experience & Industry Background 

• 8+ years professional experience in strategic planning 
• Media, Brand 

Qualifications & Languages: 

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Business, Marketing or Advertising 
• Languages: English (Intermediate) 

Soft skills & Competencies 

• Managing execution 
• Being authentic and open 
• Being flexible and adaptable 
• Media and media planning  
• Mx Expert (Connection, Context, Content) 
• Omnichannel 
• Strong knowledge of partners and suppliers (Media / Tech / Data / Content) 
• Advanced Programmatic 
• OSEP 

Technical skills 

• Media planning tools  
• Advertising technologies 
• Business intelligence software (i.e. Tableau, Datorama) 
• Office software 

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Job Description :

• The Strategy Director is responsible for delivering market leading strategies for local clients as well as contributing to new business pitches.

Mission & Responsibilities

Strategy

• Partner with client teams to drive best business outcomes and effective, innovative media plans for local clients
• Oversee a group of strategists
• Train and manage best practice delivery, on product and process roll out
• Coordinate and support Global Strategy teams on global and/or multi-markets clients

New Business

• Actively contribute to drive growth, both organic and new business
• Champion the strategic planning process within the new business process
• Suggest strategy based on solid insight in new business pitches
• Foster successful global pitch assignments in coordination with Global Strategy teams

Previous Experience & Industry Background

• 15+ years professional experience in strategic planning
• Media, Brand, Consultancy

Qualifications & Languages:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Business, Marketing or Advertising
• Languages: English (Advanced)

Soft skills & Competencies

• Strategy
• Storytelling
• Strategic communications planning
• Media and media planning
• Communication skills
• Written & presentation skills
• Collaborative
• Leadership
• Interface with clients and multiple stakeholders
• Ability to distil information & complex research findings
• Listen to client needs
• Accountable
• Delivery oriented
• Doer
• Strategic thinker
• Creative thinker

Technical Skills

• Office software

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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)

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Job Description Summary : 

• The Associate Content Creator desires to learn how to tell a story and refine the ability to create compelling video content from idea to execution.  The Associate Content Creator with oversight from experienced Content Creator will be leverage across multiple touchpoints of consumer experience including social media and on site. 

Job Description :

• The Associate Content Creator with oversight from experienced Content Creator will be leverage across multiple touchpoints of consumer experience including social media and on site.
• Works on concepting and designing digital assets, from advertising collateral to educational materials that support the brand, including the creation of social media campaign elements.
• Works closely with Client teams to develop concepts for campaigns and design projects.
• Helps develop visuals that can appear across media channels including social, web, video, and email (creating infographics etc).
• Has a hand in brainstorming sessions, taking concepts through to final delivery.
• Be encouraged to provide out of the box ideas, creative solutions and recommendations.

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Job Description Summary : 

• The Channel Expertise Director is responsible for building the Media Experience (Mx) for a portfolio of clients on a specific channel. S/He is the keeper of the Mx (Media Experience) plan structure, negotiation and delivery.

Job Description :

Mission & Responsibilities 

• Be responsible for building Media Experience (Mx) for your client portfolio on your channel(s) expertise in alignment with Mx Brief and Mx Development guidelines (omnichannel strategy) 
• Champion Mx activation (Connection, Context, Content) on your channel by selecting Partners, using the relevant decision frameworks (MRP, MDM) to define placements and manage campaign flighting 
• Work with the Audience Architect to activate right audience on your channel(s) and with the Mx Creative lead to materialize the suggested ideas 
• Ensure the Mx plan structure and delivery by using data visualization tools 
• Negotiate with relevant Media Partners on specific channel 
• Supervise the smooth running of campaigns respecting deadlines 
• Ensure client satisfaction on the campaign delivery and performance 
• Be accountable for reaching the target objectives/productivity plan, driving the trading teams in reaching their objectives 
• May contribute to cross media operations while leading on your channel expertise, alongside with the Media Development Director 
• May instruct digital media buying 
• Manage a team of channel experts and work in conjunction with (programmatic) trading team

Previous experience & Industry background  

• 8+ years in media planning 
• Media Agency, Trading desk  

Qualifications & Languages  

• Master’s degree in Business, Marketing, Advertising
• Languages: English (Advanced)  

Soft skills & Competencies   

• Understanding the business 
• Taking initiative 
• Focusing on performance 
• Building collaborative relationships 
• Media planning and media buying  
• Mx champion (Connection, Context, Content) 
• Strong negotiation skills 
• Programmatic 
• Data processing & management 
• Marketing strategy 

Technical skills   

• Planning tools (i.e. Polaris Suite)  
• Operational performance management tools (Pilot, IOMT) ​ 
• Business intelligence software (i.e. Tableau, Datorama, Power BI) 
• Advertising technologies (i.e. ad servers, ad platforms)​