Senior Director- The Exchange

Job title: Senior Director - The Exchange, Mindshare, India

Overview of job

Mindshare Bangalore is looking for Senior Director - The Exchange, for one of its largest FMCG Clients. In this role, you will be responsible for handling Britannia. The job entails a wide array of skills such as strategic understanding of the business, spread between urban and rural audiences, understanding media nuances, driving innovative approaches to business solutions. Deep understanding of all media, while always maintaining calm under pressure. 

Reporting of the role: Principal Partner - Client Leadership  

3 best things about the job:

1. Challenging
2. Vertical learning curve
3. Fun on the job, with an extremely motivated team

Measures of success -

In three months, you would have:

• Understood the business you handle
• Understood the Group M ways of working and are able to navigate through the verticls

In six months, you would have:

• Won client confidence
• Initiated and delivered at least 2 key projects

In 12 months, you would have:

• Have a vision for business growth
• Won awards

Responsibilities of the role:

You will need tp be proactive, an innovator, and a connector.

What you will need:

• 8-10 years of Experience in media
• Handled large and small brands
• Worked on innovative projects
• Understanding of all media including digital
• Strong management experience and skills with the ability to lead cross-functional teams and people not directly reporting to you
• Great Client management skills
• Revenue driver.

 About Mindshare:

Mindshare, the global media agency network, and part of WPP, the largest marketing

Communications network in the world, has more than 7,000 employees, in 116 offices across 86 countries.

Each office is dedicated to forging competitive marketing advantage for businesses and their brands based on the values of speed, teamwork and provocation. Mindshare’s network of people are acutely aware of what's happening in their city, and believe all great communication begins and ends in media.

In 2014 Mindshare Asia Pacific was the only media agency to be ranked in the top ten in Campaign Asia’s Most Admired Companies survey, and was also seen as the best agency to work at in the region.

Mindshare APAC has won over 250 awards in the past year - and counting, including the 'Campaign Asia Pacific Agency of the Year, 2013' and the SMARTIES™ APAC ‘Agency Network of the Year 2014’ for the second consecutive year. To learn more about Mindshare and our philosophy of Original Thinking, visit us at www.mindshareworld.com

India market overview

The Indian media & entertainment industry grew by 12% in 2013 and touched INR 920b, despite the economic slowdown. Digital media advertising in India continues to grow at 35% in 2014, cementing India’s position as the third largest internet market with close to 250m users. The Internet growth is driven by mobile data and connectivity, making it an exciting market for digital advertising and content over the next five years. India also has a booming e-commerce industry with remarkable growth potential. With a new stable government in the centre and renewed foreign investments into several industries, India is an exciting market for any media and advertising professional.