Job Description

Who are we? Initiative is a global media agency designed to grow brands through culture. Brands that succeed can move and adjust with consumers at speed, and meaningfully contribute to their lives. W Who are we Initiative is a global media agency designed to grow brands through culture. Brands that succeed can move and adjust with consumers at speed, and meaningfully contribute to their lives. We call this Cultural Velocity - a measure for the speed at which a brand moves through culture to drive relevance. Over the last three years, Initiative have been ranked the fastest growing media agency in the world by independent media ratings agency, RECMA. At the heart of our success is our people, and our culture is one of empowerment. Diverse and inclusive, we respect that everybody has something unique to contribute, and we look forward to discovering how your unique talent can help us to realise our ambition to be the best media agency in the world. Find out more about us at www.initiative.com The opportunity The Client Lead, APAC reports into the Initiative President, APAC and is responsible for leading and managing an integrated regional B2B Performance Media team and maintaining positive client profitability. Achieving positive client scores across your portfolio of clients Deepen relationships with senior leaders within your client's organization Astute listener and learning to drive the right solutions Drive client confidence in your team across all areas of discipline - Strategy, Design, Partnerships and SBUs Manage client satisfaction ensuring issues and challenges are actively identified and fixed Ready to professionally push back on clients when needed Deepen relationships and craft collaborative partnership with clients' partner agencies Lead QBR client meetings Regularly ensure on-boarding of Initiative team and Management on your client's business, culture and industry Keep leadership and team at Initiative updated on client business/developments and involve them in key client meetings Partner with the discipline leaders (e.g., Strategy, Investment, Analytics) to provide team members with well-rounded performance goals, evaluations and career paths Carefully monitor utilization, profitability, fees, and scope of work boundaries Establish reasonable and achievable performance KPIs Ideally Vast experience in Performance Marketing, Advertising or Media Experience in B2B category of Marketing, Advertising or Media Proven ability to develop and maintain strong professional relationships with clients, colleagues and vendors Ability to drive projects from conception to completion, project management experience Background in consulting, marketing, advertising, or integrated communications Strong leader, presenter, and packager of opportunities Initiative is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace. People with Disabilities and all historically excluded or under-represented people are encouraged to apply.