Head of Media & Marketing Communications

Scope
The Head of Media is tasked with optimising media and marketing communications across all brands and channels to contribute to meeting key marketing and business objectives.  The successful candidate will play a leading role in driving global “best practice” in media planning and integrated marketing execution, and be a key contributor to brand activities in the marketplace through cutting-edge integrated marketing communications (IMC), ideas and deployment. 
Purpose of Role

    Support the Marketing Team in providing media leadership based on consumer media lifestyle insight, media insights and brands’ strategic direction. Provide information and that that will aid the delivery of strategic media management decisions that will translate into market leadership for respective brands
    Develop, evolve and improve media/marketing communication processes and procedures for efficient and effective communication plan development across the portfolio
    Manage the Media/Digital and other communication Agencies to provide best in class strategic thinking and thought leadership that will drive business results

Accountabilities
MEDIA

    Support & direct brand teams as they develop media briefs and allocate resources across channels
    Set strategic direction for media campaigns. Strong strategic & thought leadership
    Develop new capabilities within the media team on the Agency side and particularly in new/digital media
    Provide guidance & support to global media community on periodic data requests in the following areas-Communication evaluation, post campaign evaluation, competitive reporting etc
    Initiate & lead media projects resulting in cost efficiencies & effectiveness to achieve set Media Productivity targets across portfolio
    Work with Brand teams and Franchise teams to execute media strategies from planning-buying-monitoring
    Develop, review and ensure that Media Processes are in line with global best practice
    Identify and deploy unconventional media opportunities and big bets that rapidly grow brand equity
    Develop value based relationships within the media opportunities and big bets that rapidly grow brand equity
    Develop value based relationships within the media industry- Media Houses, Monitoring Agency and Government regulatory bodies (LAASA) etc
    Media/Digital Agency management – Goal/Objective setting and periodic Agency evaluation.

SPONSORSHIP/ASSET MANAGEMENT

    Identify/explore/develop winning media contents and property to Guinness Nigeria (GN) and Diageo Brands Nigeria (DBN) brands
    Set strategic direction for brands
    Evaluation of sponsorship opportunities & ideas for amplification
    Optimization & leveraging of existing sponsorship platforms
    Sponsorship audit & evaluation

AGENCY MANAGEMENT

    Responsible for ensuring campaign monitoring & tracking by independent monitoring agency
    Manage Media budget with Media Agency to ensure that campaigns run within agreed budget/scope
    Ensure prompt payment by Agency to 3rd party ensuring that GN remains reputable in paying for services as a favored media partner

Qualifications and Experience Required

    Bachelors or equivalent
    10 years experience in a strategic marketing function like media, advertising or brand management
    Understanding of media trends and insights driving change in media consumption habits/behaviors
    Forecasting: knowledge and ability to apply information and procedures used to forecast consumer behaviors
    Lead strategic direction in delivering brand experience
    Drive Media Cost efficiencies across brands/markets
    Numeracy and good understanding of statistics/Data
    Understanding Media Management/Development Processes
    Digital & New Media knowledge
    Consumer Knowledge
    Project Management
    Pursue innovation
    Negotiation

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