Associate Director, Carat

Job Title:
Associate Director, Carat

Job Description:

Dentsu is the network designed for what's next, helping clients predict and plan for disruptive future opportunities and create new paths to growth in the sustainable economy. Taking a people-centred approach to business transformation, we use insights to connect brand, content, commerce and experience, underpinned by modern creativity.

Carat is an award-winning media, content and branding agency that uses its peerless understanding of the passions, motivations, and behaviours of real people to bring brands and their customers together. Carat is privileged to work with some of the most eminent companies in the world.

Purpose of the Role

The purpose of this role is to deliver outstanding and profitable work for two of our most reputable and valued clients across Financial Services and Confectionary. You will achieve this by managing and executing innovative and ambitious integrated campaigns. This role will be a 50/50 split across both clients.

Key Responsibilities

• Working closely with Client Director & Strategy Director to deliver highly strategic communications plans in response to client briefs.
• Working closely with Digital Director to ensure successful roll out of Test & Learn Agenda.
• Owning and managing Annual laydown - adjusting and working with clients to ensure accurate implementation.
• Ensure the planning process is delivered end to end - mobilising appropriate resources from across the network to develop strategic recommendations and integrated consumer focused solutions to client business challenges.
• Working with the Client Director to deliver appropriate contact strategy and client service plans.
• Delivering multiple workstreams to always meet client expectations through effective deployment of the dentsu activation resource/teams.
• Proactively seek out opportunities for cross-sell and up-sell and consult with Client Director on mobilisation of these opportunities.

Qualifications + Skills

• Experience of creating and leading commercially sound media plans across multiple channels.
• Proven experience of collaborating with partner agencies.
• Familiar with audience planning tools and methodologies.
• Project management skill and experience - Ability to draw up plans for delivery to strict deadlines and with all milestones plotted, follow up on key deliverables and mitigate any risks.
• A trusted client advisor with strong people management experience and skills.
• Background and experience in measurement projects such as attribution, MMM & econometrics.
• Ability to analyse numerical data and pull out reasonable and rational conclusions to underpin innovative strategic plan.

What we offer

• This is a permanent role.
• The team is based in our London offices but operates under flexible working arrangements.
• 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.

About dentsu

Taking a people-centred approach to business transformation, we use insights to connect brand, content, commerce and experience, underpinned by modern creativity. As part of Dentsu Group Inc. we are headquartered in Tokyo, Japan and our 65,000 employee-base of dedicated professionals work across four regions (Japan, Americas, EMEA and APAC). Dentsu combines Japanese innovation with a diverse, global perspective to drive client growth and to shape society.

Diversity, equity, and inclusion sits at the heart of our Social Impact strategy - our fully integrated sustainability strategy which includes our ambition to build a fair and more equal society, where everyone is equipped to thrive.

Location:
London

Brand:
Carat

Time Type:
Full time

Contract Type:
Permanent]]>