Account Executive, Ford
Posted 9 days ago by Group M Worldwide Inc.
Mindshare is a global media agency designed to make media exciting, fun, and life-changing. For the last 20 years, our values of Speed, Teamwork, and Provocation have guided our 10,000 people who work with some of the world's best brands and companies. Located in 116 offices across 86 countries, we are the largest media agency in GroupM, WPP's media investment management arm, which is the media holding group globally.
Mindshare Worldwide is the headquarters for Mindshare based in London. We are a team of 400+ people, coordinating media campaigns for our global clients.
What We Can Offer YouAt Mindshare Worldwide, we offer a competitive salary package, with 25 days holiday increasing with service to a maximum of 30 days, with the option to buy an extra 5 days per year. We also have an enhanced pension scheme, Bupa healthcare, a monthly wellbeing fund, and early finishes on a Friday during summer.
Based ten minutes from London Bridge tube station, our office has a rooftop with 360 views of London - a great space to hang out with colleagues and friends!
We also offer an extensive training programme to help guide your career development whilst you're with us.
The RoleThis is a pivotal role on WPP's biggest global client, a lynchpin between the comms strategy and ideas developed by the central WPP team and the expert and innovative media deployment across 19 markets and c.$450 million annual European media investment. The successful candidate will have to build transformative, trusted relationships with key clients, the central team, and each of the local markets.
The TeamMindshare Team Ford work with other WPP companies to deliver a full-service comms product to Ford including but not limited to connections planning, CX, social strategy and deployment, analytics, CRM, PR, platform design and build, centralised biddable execution, and market coordination across 19 European Markets.
This role sits within the EU Media Network Team, a small but crucial connector on media-based topics and best practice between the Global team based in Dearborn (USA); the central EU team based in London; and to each of 19 Local European Markets.
Key Behaviours Media champion:- Passion for and understanding of media. Is proactive in gathering information on current and future trends, in technology and media.
- A trusted advisor delivering accurate and timely information.
- Has acquired the skills necessary to use the tools relevant to their job and can show examples of tools in practice.
- Caring for and inspiring others. Operates effectively within a team environment. Understands the value of feedback and how to receive it.
- Client Relationships. Always returns calls and emails promptly and ensures client needs are met.
- Audit management. Assisting with ensuring timely and thorough data submissions.
- Working with analytics team to deliver rolled up media reports with actionable insights.
- Committed to helping build a positive team culture in London and across 19 Markets.
- Understands their role within the team and can begin taking responsibility and ownership for work.
- Ability to analyse data and generate actionable insights with a keen eye for detail.
- Anticipates where problems could occur and takes decisive action accordingly.
- Pan European media experience.
- Knowledge of all key media tools.
- This is an entry-level role, but translatable experience will be beneficial.
- An interest in cars and car marketing.
- A passion for media and the increasing number of possibilities it offers to deliver impact through data, tech, and content.
- An ability to recognise the role of paid media channels as part of the broader communications mix.
- A positive attitude to collaboration, vital when mentoring planning teams and markets alike.
This is a fantastic entry point into a unique Global integrated agency which is a compelling part of WPP PLC, the largest creative transformation company in the world.