Network Manager - Maternity Cover

Job Description:

Dentsu is the network designed for what’s next, helping clients predict and plan for disruptive future opportunities and create new paths to growth in the sustainable economy. Taking a people-centered approach to business transformation, we use insights to connect brand, content, commerce and experience, underpinned by modern creativity. The Carat family consists of over 12,000 passionate experts across the globe and the role of the Carat Global team is to help enable and drive the connectivity between us all.

Vodafone has been a client of Carat’s since January 2020, after winning a global pitch and securing the business across Vodafone’s owned markets. Shifting their focus as a business into technology, Vodafone have launched a new brand positioning, putting purpose at the core of their communications as they look to a future enabled by people + technology. This role presents an opportunity to be part of a high-performing team, working at pace to lead and accelerate Vodafone’s ongoing media transformation initiatives, driving global media excellence across our market.

Role purpose & Responsibilities:

Support the Vodafone global account in all aspects of account management, client relationships and project delivery with a key focus on managing our markets.

• Reporting: manage the global reporting workstream e.g. investment, competitive, KPIs, effectiveness.

o Support in the timely delivery of monthly reports to Vodafone which includes ensuring accuracy on the MMIR template / Wizard platform and ongoing usage.

o Global support for Percept and local teams for Wizard requests such as User approvals.

o Support with finance and billing teams

• Account Management: Strong communication and project management skills required to work collaboratively with our global team and colleagues across local markets.

o Requires regular communication with markets, understanding of their priorities, gathering and sharing case studies and inspiration and driving deadlines.

o Ensure project status is up to date for weekly internal and client calls

o Respond to network and clients in a timely and accurate manner

• Thought leadership: drive process and support content for weekly and monthly sessions and newsletters

o Drive agenda and overall process of aligning speakers, proactively suggesting topics and coordinating materials and input across internal and external teams and resources

Professional Skills

Media and Insights skills:

· Knowledge of the media planning process and how this applies to global clients

· Ability to translate data & information across platforms, sources and markets and analyze for insights and conclusions which inform strategic priorities for Vodafone.

Communication:

· Excellent communicator: verbal, written, presentation, listening skills with internal and external stakeholders both senior and junior.

· High level of attention to detail with all outputs.

Teamwork:

· Understands how to handle difficult and sensitive conversations within the network.

· Checks in for support where necessary and manage up

· Ability to manage direct and virtual teams across the matrix

Self-awareness and organisation:

· Adopts energised and enthusiastic approach even when under pressure.

· Project management skills to draws up plan for delivery of work to deadlines, with all milestones plotted; follows up key deliverables to ensure timely delivery and heads off any risk to this with proactive checking in.

· Ability to understand cultural nuances and adapts own style to fit. Respects differences in culture, approach and skillset.

· Proficient with key tools (i.e. ppt, Excel, etc)

Working with us

Joining dentsu international, you’ll join a team of 48,000 people. It’s an opportunity to produce career-defining work. Along the way, you’ll team up with inspiring colleagues and encounter a richness of clients, cultures and experiences. We offer exciting challenges, memorable experiences and opportunities to shape your future.

Inclusion and Diversity

We’re proud to be different and that starts with our people. We believe in equal opportunities for everyone. We won’t define people by their race, gender, sexual-orientation, age or disability. Individuality is what makes us great, we want everyone to bring their full self to work and create something amazing. That’s what we care about.

So, whether you’re joining us, or looking to move to a different part of the business, we work hard to make sure we create equal opportunities for everyone.

#LI-Hybrid #LI-Carat #LI-Dentsu

Location:

London

Brand:

Global Carat

Time Type:

Full time

Contract Type:

Fixed Term Contract (Fixed Term)