Job Information
VF Corporation Manager, Online Advertising & Media Planning in Shanghai, China
Role & Responsibilities:
Job Definition (Key Purpose of the Job) :
With holistic understanding of China’s digital media landscape & platforms, this role is accountable in searching and sharing best practices, introducing new capabilities & tools, build corporate media deal and agency pool, support brands’ marketing team to drive digital media efficiency to empower our brands and grow our business.
Key Result Areas:
Drive paid media center of excellence to elevate precision consumer engagement
Create robust corporate media strategy and work closely with brands on annual planning to enable business growth
Develop guidelines, how to win playbook/ use cases and KPI frameworks together with brands for key China media platforms
Champion data driven media investment and precision consumer engagement leveraging data & intelligence and consumer assets analytics
Work closely with brands to drive insights to action and impact/ efficiencies on media campaigns and build best in class way of working for paid media together with brands
Monitor, analyze campaign performance from both media efficiency and business impact angle, report KPIs and provide functional expertise on improvement opportunities
Introduce industry trends and best practices and be the “go to” person for paid media & planning
Drive share, learn & reapply across brands via regular workshops and informal sharings
Lead for corporate partnership with key media platforms
Act as the key contact person and form strategic partnership with key media platforms, Douyin, Red, etc.
Lead in annual group media agreement and look for saving opportunities across brands with regards to digital/ ecomm spending and drive for results.
Initiate media innovation together with media platforms. Work with cross functional teams and brands to conduct pilot campaign and build POC.
Build corporate media agency pool and continuously track performance to optimize agency list.
Competency Requirements :
Behavioral Competencies -
Communication
Driving for results
Business Acumen
Building trust
Customer Focus
Building Partnerships
Desirable –
Adaptability
Innovation
Continuous Improvement
Continuous Learning
Functional Competencies –
Sound know how on China digital media landscape, key media platforms and marketing tactics
The ideal candidate will be a well-seasoned manager with experience of a mid level brand marketing or media planning role.
They will specialize in media strategy, planning, precision consumer engagement, agency management
They will have a high degree of commercial acumen and will bring a results and ROI focused approach to decision making.
They will have good relationship-building skills to support across a diverse portfolio of brands and a complicated matrix.
Consumer passion and a strong collaborative spirit are key traits as well as being an excellent communicator, displaying a high degree of credibility and also self-awareness.
Experience
Minimum Relevant Experience: 5 Years
Nature of Work: Digital/ Media/ Marketing
Experience of working as a media planning/ brand marketing expert, in agency or a corporate role
Will be a strong relationship-builder, capable of gaining trust & buy-in from key stakeholders.
Academic Qualifications
Minimum Degree Held: Bachelor
Language Proficiency:
Fluent in : English/ Mandarin
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