Media Executive - Marketing /Media / Advertising / PR

Job description / Role

Are you a young dynamic Graduate/Executive that looking to pursue a career in the media world? Do you have a passion for advertising, media or marketing, then look no further? We are looking for bright, passionate and educated graduates that are looking to pursue a career in media, working for a leading global company. You will be a joining a cutting edge team and working with seniors players within the company supporting the day to day operation of a busy media department. Your role will include, media planning and media buying, working on advertising campaigns across all media channels, TV, Online, Newspapers, Magazine, Radio & Outdoor. The role will involve handling multiple accounts and require you to go the extra mile in a competitive and demanding environment.

Main Duties & Responsibilities
- You will work with the Media Director and Group Media Directors to develop strategic direction on all media for assigned accounts
- Take primary responsibility for Media performance by acting as the final supervisory checkpoint for all Media documents, and ensure timely issuance of reports.
- Ensure all buying tactics/strategies have been followed as outlined in plans.
- Be ready to help the team when youre needed
- Recognize, respect and address differing opinions. Actively solicit ideas from others.
- Bring favorable closure to team issues and recommendations.
- Work synergistically with planners and Account Management.
- Maintain a sense of humor. Remain enthusiastic in the face of setbacks.
- Display passion and energy for the challenges the team faces.

Requirements

- Bachelor's degree (BS/BA).
- Min 6 months of business-related Marketing or media experience, i.e. e-Commerce, Social Media etc.
- Experience in online marketing and understanding of the value of analytics in driving online strategies.
- Excellent time and project management with exceptional attention to detail.
- Knowledge of HTML, Photoshop. (Advantage)
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, especially important for communicating technical matters. Strong social skills and comfortable at holding conversations at all levels. Possesses excellent writing skills, writing for twitter.
- An good understanding of social media, primarily with Face book, Twitter, Digg, YouTube, Foursquare, Pinterest, having the knowledge and passion to pursue/explore new mediums to engage social media with.
- Must be able to demonstrate a strong knowledge and practicality of technology and its up to the moment application.
- Video editing capabilities.
- Advanced skills with social media management applications.
- Determined, tenacious, like to experiment, thinking out of the box is a must.
- Passionate about social media.
- Arabic speaker a must. (Read, write and speak)

About the Company

Since 2010, our team has successfully placed some of the world’s finest graduate to mid and C-level talent in organisations across EMEA and APAC, and it all comes down to our niche approach and understanding of the market place, skill sets and trends.

From our offices in Dubai, Riyadh, London and Singapore, we run a sector specific operation. Meaning we specialise in your industry and are able to completely understand your vision, provide market insights and intelligence, and deliver the best talent to fit seamlessly into your operations.