Senior Digital Director – Global Media Agency (UAE & Bahrain) Dubai | HR Source Consulting (HRSC) Dubai, UAE
The Role
The Role
The Senior Digital Director (It’s a very senior role) Dubai based, will be responsibility of managing UAE & BAHRAIN clients. This role involves lots of traveling between UAE (2 days a week) and Bahrain (3 days a week). Will supervising the media planning & buying staff on assigned accounts. This job entails providing key strategic input on the strategies, plans & deliverables. The lead also has the responsibility for accounts profitability, business development and maintaining high level contact with the key clients. This job also requires recruitment of the growing team.
Job Responsibilities:
• Leads and manages multiple work streams of client business, serving as the primary and high level contact to articulate The Company’s view on digital media strategy and business philosophies
• Manages and directs the requests/projects for the group
• Oversees the development of objectives and strategies
• Oversees the development of plans and presentations
• Trains and evaluates the digital team
• Oversees and maintains the publishers’ relationship
• Proactive in support of team and company
• Involved in emerging media technology, new business, corporate processes and initiatives
Requirements
• Must have an entrepreneurial drive and WILLING TO TRAVEL ON WEEKL BASES.
• Bachelor’s degree, preferably with a concentration in advertising, marketing, business administration, and communications
• 5+ years in Digital experience and understanding
• Complete knowledge of buying and planning, and reporting process
• Excellent written and verbal communication and presentation skills
• Ability to work successfully with teams, handling multiple projects and meeting tight deadlines under pressure
• Demonstrated critical thinking and problem solving abilities
• Strong analytical abilities and quantitative skills, including math proficiency
• Ability to effectively utilize media research and reporting resources
• Technical proficiency, particularly with media systems and MS Excel, Word and PowerPoint
• Ability to work great alone and better in a team
• Extremely organized
• Ability to provide excellent client service
• Solid financial management skills
• Strong up to date understanding of: search, social media, mobile marketing, tracking and tagging, behavioral marketing, retargeting & addressability
• Vision for defining digital consumer insights
• Knowledge of emerging media space
• Ability to articulate, write POV
• Expertise in at least one emerging media
• Baseline understanding of: offline media, DR, CRM
AGENCY EXPERIENCE IS A MUST
