Summary:

It's a once in a lifetime opportunity – being part of the US team responsible for Facebook Inc. campaigns (e.g. Facebook, Instagram, Oculus, WhatsApp, etc.). You will take part in strategy, planning, and operations for Mindshare's US dedicated Facebook team located at Mindshare Los Angeles.

With 116 offices across 86 different countries, each Mindshare office is unique. While this role is based in Los Angeles, it works closely with the Facebook Global teams in Portland and San Francisco. Irrespective of office, we're all bound by a few things that remain important: strategic vision, an understanding of the fundamentals, an eye for innovation, curiosity, and passion.

We collaborate extremely closely with our agency partners, media or creative – in fact a vast majority of all our successes have come from our strong partnerships. And in this case, it's especially true – with much of the creative being done in-house, and a wealth of information and intelligence coming directly from the client.

We were appointed to the global Facebook account in 2014 and have grown quickly ever since. The US market is the largest market in the Facebook portfolio and it continues to grow – in this position, you will be fully dedicated to the brand, building both your skills as well as supporting one of the most high profile brands in the world.

Reporting structure:

The Director Media Planning will report into the US Planning lead

The Role: Director, Facebook Company

As a Director working on Facebook, you'll lead the newest – and one of the most high profile – pieces of business across the entire company. Your role within this team will be to lead media planning and implementation for the Facebook Company (corporate and brand reputation) division. You will work directly with the US planning lead and integrated investment leads to craft high impact campaigns and launch a new phase in Facebook's overall brand marketing road map. You will also liaise with the Global Planning Directors based in San Francisco and London, who will be peers in client management and overall strategy development.

The team is growing fast, so the best candidate will be a proven 'self starter' who can take on projects with sometimes limited information, and understand how to get the appropriate information out of the client. This person should understand the news and politics landscape, and be up to date on the media partners in this landscape. They should also understand traditional media and be savvy in digital and new, innovative media opportunities. A positive attitude and innate curiosity with the world of media are an absolute must.

This is an extremely fast moving business, so you will need to manage deadlines and timelines in new and different ways, and be okay with things not always being perfect.

You must have the ability to build strong relationships with Facebook clients (from junior up to senior levels), be a patient and willing partner to help them navigate and unravel complex questions, and create a working environment for your team that enables us to get the best from everyone. You will be the ultimate source of guidance and inspiration for the US, as Facebook continues their hyper-growth transition into one of the Mindshare's largest media clients.

You'll manage junior staff (associate, senior associate, manager, and associate director) through the day to day relationship with our clients, creative teams, internal buying teams, and analytics teams. The best partner will be someone who is highly collaborative, interested in differing viewpoints, able to work with a wide range of client and agency personalities, be confident in expressing and explaining Mindshare's value within the Facebook org, shows a keen interest in developing their team, and is not afraid to roll up their sleeves and pitch in when things move fast.

Tasks:

The primary functions of this position include:

• Account Management; lead the team and day to day client interaction. Attend and oversee critical client briefings and manage senior client interaction. Apply your experience to elevate strategic thinking across the portfolio.
• Media Planning; oversee development of end to end media plans, working with clients to refine the brief, comms teams to set the strategy, research teams to identify and apply learnings, and local investment teams to ensure flawless implementation; push team to elevate work and thinking beyond "the typical"
• Relationship development; foster close relationships with senior clients, our colleagues at other agencies (including other media agencies), the MS global team in San Francisco and London, and key media partners. Travel to client offices in Menlo Park, California will be a regular occurance
• Learning and education; identify learning opportunities for clients and work with US and Global leads to establish agendas; production of content for client sessions and actively presenting content will be a key requirements
• Team management; develop and nurture team members, support career path, create development plans, help through day to day challenges, and ensure teams progress appropriately; continually scout for strong talent who could become a potential team member

Skills & knowledge:

• Expect 8+ years of media experience
• General knowledge of the news, information, and/ or political landscape
• Advanced level of IT skills including all Microsoft
• G-Suite experience; Dropbox and BlueJeans exposure is helpful, but not required
• Awareness and understanding of research tools, syndicated services and publicly available data.
• Up to date knowledge of media owners, content owners, production agencies, research companies and other suppliers which we could partner with.
• Excellent analytical, written, verbal, and numerical skills.
• Excellent organizational skills, multi-tasking capabilities, and detail oriented nature
• Familiar with industry planning tools such as ComScore, Kantar or Adviews, AdRelevance or Pathmatics, and MRI/Simmons/Scarborough data
• Familiar with social media buying and implementation on Facebook including an understanding of key technologies used is helpful, but not required
• Prior experience with any of the following may be prioritized: brand reputation or corporate image development, political or governmental experience, or any industry where news/ politics plays a primary role media planning and investment

ABOUT MINDSHARE:

At Mindshare, we believe in speed, teamwork and provocation. Mindshare USA empowers people to challenge the status quo, through what we call Provocation with Purpose. We'll encourage you to break the rules, knock things down, rebuild them better, and push the boundaries of what's possible. It takes a team of people who invest in other's success, and together we make Mindshare the place where we do the best work of our career. We're a team that is radically honest – we call this our Authenticity Quotient. We are curious and competitive – that's our Passion Quotient. We embrace teamwork and adaptability – that's our Emotional Quotient. We're proud to be unmistakably #TeamMindshare. 

GroupM and all its affiliates embrace and celebrate diversity, inclusivity, and equal opportunity. We are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We are a worldwide media agency network that represents global clients. The more inclusive we are, the greater work we can create together.