Job Description

About Essence Essence, part of GroupM, is a global data and measurement-driven media agency whose mission is to make brands more valuable to the world. Clients include Google, Flipkart, NBCUniversal, About Essence Essence, part of GroupM, is a global data and measurement-driven media agency whose mission is to make brands more valuable to the world. Clients include Google, Flipkart, NBCUniversal, L'Oreal, and the Financial Times. The agency is more than 2,000 people strong, manages $4B in annualized media spend and deploys campaigns in 121 markets via 21 offices in APAC, EMEA and North America. Visit essenceglobal.com for more information and follow us on Twitter at @essenceglobal. About the role Data Strategy involves transforming the way our clients think about, organize and orchestrate data & technology to deliver more timely, engaging and meaningful brand experience for their customers. This involves thinking through their overall design of their ad stack, how they capture, manage and segment audience data, how they augment this with strategic partnerships, the shape of their reporting data pipeline and the things that need to flow through it, right down to the policies they need to adopt to govern the management of their data in a safe and compliant way. This is an Singapore-based role, with a strong focus on audience insights, data management and ad tech stack/marketing cloud consulting for the clients' account. Roles and responsibilities include but are not limited to: Support the day-to-day program lead (Data Strategy Director) in delivering client audience insights and data management for the clients' account. Support in both a consultative and executional role, devising solutions for the client by identifying and configuring the technology, data and processes that improve media targeting, and deepen analytical learning. This can encompass comprehensive audits of a client's current setup, as well as leading data and tech partner evaluations, and defining measurement frameworks to capture the most valuable signals Support in designing audience segmentation programs in partnership with Essence client teams, improving their understanding of basic segmentation logic, rule building and the technologies that enable this Aid in data partner discovery, vetting, onboarding and cataloguing, providing the relevant Essence/GroupM teams with a view on the latest solutions in the market, as well as current trends and issues relating to data management and audience targeting Support the implementation of client audience data strategy programs, specifically how client data is captured, managed, enhanced (through partnerships), deployed and measured for effectiveness, working closely with adjacent disciplines in Strategy, Planning, AdOps, Activation and Analytics to ensure audience management best practices flow down and through all client media campaigns Directly responsible for managing and developing junior team member (assuming staffing) Maintain strong, effective relationships with key partners and suppliers within the ad/mar-tech data space Build strong relationships with key client stakeholders, including communicating with them on subjects outside your remit, and build a reputation for excellence in communication Operating as an in-agency expert / trusted advisor to clients on all data management issues, including regulatory trends, whilst showing an excellent understanding of the overall media landscape Desired background experience: Required 3-4 years experience in a digital media agency (most recently in a programmatic, product or data management team), or have commensurate experience in client-side digital roles, or at a technology company whose focus is advertising data management Demonstrable knowledge of the APAC ad tech and data landscape, including hands-on experience managing audience data, for your own company or your clients. This includes, a working knowledge of the leading data management platforms (DMPs), customer data platforms (CDPs), knowledge of data onboarding and cross-device matching approaches and an understanding of the tools and technologies that can activate this data (e,g, DSPs, social platforms) Familiarity with and experienced in working with cloud-based data solutions (e.g. Google Cloud Platform, Amazon Web services) and tools within (e.g. BigQuery, Ads Data Hub) for data warehousing, insight generation and/or deployment. Strong analytical skills and a natural affinity for numbers is key You must be able to analyze raw data, draw insights and develop actionable recommendations as needed Strong organization and time management skills. Able to prioritize recurring deliverables against ad hoc requests. Mindful of personal deliverables and projects without needing reminding from line manager Exceptional verbal & written communication skills, able to build and develop strong relationships with, and communicate effectively with people at all levels of seniority in-agency, client-side, and in the supplier space The ability to think on your feet, present well, and effectively influence those around you Strong organizational skills, including experience with resource management, to effectively manage smooth flow of work through agency Exceptional diligence and attention to detail as well as resourcefulness and quick, practical thinking in a demanding environment A passion for everything digital, with an active interest and understanding of digital marketing/advertising industry trends Desirable Strong knowledge of the APAC ad/mar tech ecosystem, in particular local trends and key differences in platform availability and functionality specific to the market. Hands-on experience working within data management systems (ie. DMP/CDP) both pure-play and within enterprise marketing clouds [replace with relevant stack for client e.g. Adobe or Salesforce] Experience with Google stack products such as Campaign Manager, DV360, Google Analytics, etc Experience with the data management tools of paid social platforms including Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and Snapchat Experience using BI and/or data visualisation tools to create reports and dashboards for enhanced data expression and insight generation Familiarity with industry-relevant programming languages (e.g. HTML, Javascript, SQL, Python, R) Experience working on clients in the Technology and/or Travel verticals What you can expect from Essence Essence's mission is to make advertising more valuable to the world. We do this by employing the world's very best talent to solve some of the toughest challenges of today's digital marketing landscape. It's important that we hire people whose values reflect those of our own: genuine, results-focused, daring and insightful. As an Essence employee, we promise you a workplace that invests in your career, cares for you and is fun and engaging. We believe these factors create a workplace where you can be yourself and do amazing work.