Hybrid

Agency : Havas Media 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)

Contract Type : Permanent

Equal Opportunity Employer: Here at Havas across the group we pride ourselves on being committed to offering equal opportunities to all potential employees and have zero tolerance for discrimination. We are an equal opportunity employer and welcome applicants irrespective of age, sex, race, ethnicity, disability and other factors that have no bearing on an individual’s ability to perform their job.