Wavemaker | Business Manager

Overview of job

Wavemaker is an agency of GroupM, the world’s largest media investment company and are a part of WPP. In fact, we are responsible for one in every three ads you see globally. We are currently looking for a Business Manager. In this role, the candidate should be proficient to create integrated media solutions and responsible for handling day to day operations. Interact with all the Strategic Units & ensure smooth functioning of the team & processes.

At GroupM APAC, our people are our strength, which is why fostering a culture of diversity and inclusion is important to us.

Reporting of the role

This role reports to: Associate Business Director

3 best things about the job:

1. Be a part of the most dynamic team & spearhead the brand
2. Lead & mentor a team of skilled offline & online experts to deliver high quality product for client portfolio.
3. Attain strong understanding of cross channel media strategy by working on wide-ranging categories

In this role, your goals will be

In three months:

• Presented brand & plan strategies to all the clients handled
• Understood Wavemaker way of working & can navigate through the verticals

In six months:

• Win client confidence
• Initiated & delivered at least 2 key projects

In 12 months:

• Worked on Award entries
• Built high credibility with the team & client

What your day job looks like at Wavemaker:

• Provide strategic communications & planning leadership on your set of business
• Help build effective media interventions on the back of strong Comms planning
• Act as a senior level contact for the client and have a strong understanding of cross channel media strategy. Should be able to lead strategic conversations on Media and communication planning
• Be responsible for the planning team career development & progression in the team

Develop creative ideas and disruptive comms innovations for the client, aligned with their business, customer and brand goal.

What you’ll bring:

• Passionate – brings a genuine thrill and excitement to the role Agile – is able to be nimble in thought and action and overcome obstacles to achieve great things
• Collaborative – works well with others, and can align behind a shared purpose
• Entrepreneurial – is open to new ideas and will challenge old ones Diverse – is proud of the difference they can bring.

Minimum qualifications:

• 4-5 years’ experience in managing media planning/communication strategy & client relationships
• Strong understanding of brands & consumers
• Highly passionate, collaborative, outgoing, creative media leader and thinker
• Strong presentation skills
• Highly articulate, story-telling capability
• Business acumen
• Ability to understand mediums beyond ATL
• Excellent communication/presentation/client management skills
• Deep understanding of all media especially Digital. Experience in Mobile Marketing preferred  

More about Wavemaker

We believe there always is a better way to grow. We positively provoke growth for our clients by reshaping consumer decision-making and experiences through media, content and technology. The Wavemaker way is globally consistent. Fueled by the world’s most powerful consumer data, we understand where and how marketing can intervene decisively to help brands win more sales.

Our name is our mission and our method. To make waves, you need to be provocative, even fearless. We do our best work for brave brands and people who want to be challenged to go further and faster. We know it’s not easy, but if it’s in you, we will get it out of you.

Our 7,600 people across 90 markets provoke growth for some of the world’s leading brands and businesses. Our attitude of Positive Provocation is enabled by:

• deep knowledge we have of our clients’ business
• confidence to challenge what’s gone before
• the support to go further than we thought possible

We are a part of GroupM, WPP’s global media investment management company. Discover more on wavemakerglobal.com, Twitter and LinkedIn  

About India

2020 brought opportunities for brands to innovate because of which we saw an evolving media stack. The growth of digital is set to soar high because of changing consumer habits. With approximately 500 million smartphone users, low-priced data plans, 45 to 50 million e-commerce shoppers, approximately 60 OTT offerings and a young population, India is a mobile-first internet market. It is also one of the top 10 ad spend markets in the world and is set to climb the ranks. Global big tech corporations have made considerable investments in top e-commerce/retail ventures and Indian start-ups, blurring the lines between social media, e-commerce and mobile payments, resulting in disruption on an unimaginable scale.

At GroupM India, there’s never a dull moment between juggling client requests, managing vendor partners and having fun with your team. We believe in tackling challenges head-on and getting things done.

GroupM is an equal opportunity employer. We view everyone as an individual and we understand that inclusion is more than just diversity – it’s about belonging. We celebrate the fact that everyone is unique and that’s what makes us so good at what we do. We pride ourselves on being a company that embraces difference and truly represents the global clients we work with.