Job Description

TBWA\Media Arts Lab (or MAL as you’ll hear us called) is the bespoke global advertising agency dedicated solely to Apple. Our mission is to create smart, simple and iconic work that transforms business and makes culture for the world’s best brand.

We’re headquartered in Los Angeles with 5 further international hubs and over 700 people making great work for Apple in 26 markets around the globe.

The Role We’re looking for a Senior Account Executive or Account Manager to join our Singapore office, which serves as the hub for the client’s marcom activities across 6 markets in APAC. This role operates as a hybrid of both account + project management, so organization, flexibility, and great communication skills are a must have.

The Work

• Develop a full understanding of the client’s business, market nuances and objectives.
• Working alongside a Senior Account Manager, liaise on a daily basis within the APAC hub to manage the project activity in the SEA region across all active pods.
• Work with fellow business management team, local planners, creatives, producers, media partner, and MAL global team to represent local market’s point of view throughout the creative development, localisation, and implementation of global campaigns flawlessly.
• Be a champion of local market insights, trends, and cultural landscape in order to better represent and advocate the local markets’ point of view – both internally and within the regional\global network.
• Develop a good understanding of media landscape and platforms to ensure flawless implementation of campaigns
• Build a strong relationship within the business management team, APAC office, and MAL LA to become a trusted member of the team.
• Be excellent in project management and be able to prioritise daily tasks including adhoc work.
• Create estimates and POs as part of the financial management of the business, and assist with finalising, invoicing and closing jobs per the client’s processes and procedures.
• Ensure weekly client status documents are up to date and meetings are scheduled in a timely manner.
• Execution of all tasks should be done meticulously and tirelessly to ensure the highest possible standards are met.
• Be able to work across time zones to ensure campaigns run smoothly
  

• Who will thrive in this role?
• Individuals with a passion for Apple and an unrelenting ambition to create smart, simple, iconic work for the brand.
• A stellar communicator, providing clear direction and support to the team while giving the Client the right information at the right time, based on the phase of the project.
• Ability to provide constructive feedback to all internal teams (account, creative, strategy, production + MAL LA) and navigate challenges with ease.
• A proactive individual who anticipates and solves problems while managing internal and external expectations.
• Ability to apply learning from past projects & experiences, eager to bring forth ideas on how to make the team, the department, and the processes better.
• Able to work independently with little supervision, while driving the day-to-day tasks of the project team.
• A champion of DEI, with the understanding that the expectation of DEI for leaders at MAL is that it is a responsibility and not just a
• Someone with the ability to turn lessons learned from each project and experience into training tools & growth
• Oversees and ensures accuracy and timelines of all tasks by the team.
• Master of time management + task prioritisation — able to keep on a schedule despite obstacles.
• Proficient in all Apple OS + iOS including Keynote, Pages, + Numbers.