New Business Director, Media (Mat Cover)

New Business Director, Media (Mat Cover)

New Business Director, Media (Mat Cover)

Apply locations London time type Full time posted on Posted 7 Days Ago time left to apply End Date: March 6, 2025 (20 days left to apply) job requisition id R

Job Description:

Dentsu is an integrated growth and transformation partner to the world's leading organizations. Founded in 1901 in Tokyo, Japan, and now present in over 145 countries and regions, it has a proven track record of nurturing and developing innovations, combining the talents of its global network of leadership brands to develop impactful and integrated growth solutions for clients. Dentsu delivers end-to-end experience transformation (EX) by integrating its services across Media, CXM and Creative, while its business transformation (BX) mindset pushes the boundaries of transformation and sustainable growth for brands, people and society.

Introduction

The Media New Business team at dentsu operates at a group level, fostering collaboration and sharing best practices across our three media agencies. Within this team, three members are dedicated to supporting our Carat brand-this role and two direct reports. Additionally, this position works closely with Carat's leadership team to drive success.

Purpose of the Role

This role is responsible for designing, developing, and executing a persuasive narrative for new client opportunities, crafting unique value propositions that set Dentsu apart from the competition. Carat often works collaboratively with practice areas beyond media, as well as other markets or the central global function, with this role ensuring an integrated, results-focused approach to addressing client challenges. The focus is on managing large-scale, transformational pitches and applies across net new business opportunities as well as major client retention efforts.

Key Responsibilities

1. Working alongside pitch lead(s) to translate complex, at times multi-market client needs into a unified solution offering, strategic approach, implementation plan, and commercial proposal.
2. Develop and communicate strategy and go-to-market narratives with a 'media +' lens, helping to promote the Carat and/or dentsu brands or communicate our proposition to new contacts.
3. Design and oversee complex projects involving multiple brand solutions.
4. Analyse customer business objectives, needs, processes, and existing infrastructure to ensure alignment with solutions.
5. Clearly communicate and support all aspects of the proposed solution to stakeholders - internal as well as client and/or intermediary contacts.
6. Ensure new business processes are fair, fulfilling and career-defining for our people.
7. Select, support and manage pitch teams throughout the duration of a process.
8. Continuous sharing of great pitch work, best practices teams can take into client day-to-day, and promoting and recruiting new talent into pitch experiences.

Qualifications + Skills

1. Experience across some combination of sales, new business, client-facing roles frequent pitching, in a communications organisation, operating at a senior level.
2. Strong understanding of the communications industry developments, big topics and challenges clients are tackling and a passion for brands and great campaigns.
3. Managing multiple, senior stakeholders within fast-paced work processes.
4. Strategic and storytelling experience - able to work alongside lead strategists and planner to ensure compelling and competitive pitch - across all deliverables.
5. Commercial nous - ensure pitch commitments flow through all pitch deliverables.
6. Experience persuading clients and colleagues to adopt new services and approaches.

What we offer

1. This a 12-month FTC maternity cover role.
2. This role will be based in our London office where we currently operate under hybrid working arrangements.
3. As well as a competitive salary, you'll enjoy a benefits package that you can tailor to your needs.

Inclusion and Diversity

Our diverse and inclusive culture enables our employees to bring their whole selves to work and be proud of doing so. For us, this is the foundation for great innovation which, in turn, generates better outcomes for our people, partners and communities. This is why we encourage applications from people with disabilities, and of all ages, nationalities, backgrounds and cultures.

We are happy to discuss flexible and agile approaches to working for all our roles - we can't promise we will be able to offer you everything you want or need but we do promise to discuss it with you openly and honestly. If you have any reasonable adjustment needs arising from a disability or medical condition to fully participate in the recruitment process, please discuss this with our recruitment teams.

Location:

London

Brand:

Dentsu Media

Time Type:

Full time

Contract Type:

Fixed Term Contract (Fixed Term)