Job Title: Assistant Manager, Media
Employer: Airtel Nigeria (Airtel Networks Limited)
Job Purpose:
• The role will provide a resource which will focus 100% on media monitoring and compliance management.
• Assist in providing inputs for post campaigns evaluation, e.g. total spots planned vs spots carried, freebies received and documentation of value added services from media owners.
• Track competition activities and generate weekly reports to form inputs into competition mitigation strategies.
• Follow-up on media monitoring service agencies for timely receipt of monthly reports for compliance, SOV/SOE analysis.
• Cushion work load in the Media Unit and provide support for routine media management tasks.
Key Responsibilities:
• To ensure accurate payment of media invoices through thorough reconciliation of third party invoices by matching independent media monitoring reports, stations' certificate of broadcast and agency compliance reports.
• To revalidate all media planning schedules by subjecting them to scrutiny and ensure that agreed discounts and media owners' published rates are strictly followed.
• Track all outdoor posting from finished artworks release to date of receipt of posted billboards photographs.
• Track competition and ensure safe-keep of their communication materials.
• Raise and follow-up on Opex Approval Forms (OAF) and Purchase Orders and ensure timely approval of these documents.
• Sourcing and updating of media rates and programs storage for easy referencing.
• Media compliance report revalidation for rates and agreed discounts accuracy
• Finance and Supply Chain Management information management, e.g. OAFs and POs
• Any other media task that may be delegated by the Media Manager.
Dimensions:
• The job requires a good understanding of research (market, media and audience habit), interpretation and analysis of such studies for media planning and buying decisions.
• A good knowledge of Nigeria media planning and buying industry and negotiation skill is an advantage.
• The candidate should be ready to work under pressure and beyond the normal working hours with minimal supervision.
Financial Dimensions:
• The candidate should be comfortable with numbers and must have managed annual advertising campaigns worth over N2 billion with minimal supervisor.
• Understanding of media and third party invoices reconciliations, media monitoring report analysis and reporting for payment accuracy is mandatory.
Desired Skills & Experience:
• B.Sc., MBA
• APCON registered
• 4-6 years media planning and buying experience from a Media Independent Practitioners Association of Nigeria (MIPAN) agency and involved in managing a multinational account
• Must demonstrate sense of urgency in jobs execution, and willing to treat media owners and other stakeholders with integrity and respect
Type: Full-time
Experience: Associate
Functions: Marketing
Industries: Telecommunications
Job ID: 6718909
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