About the role:
As Senior Planner for our Singapore office, this role will involve marrying culture, data and creativity to drive brand growth in the areas people truly care about.
The Senior Planner will have commercial and business acumen but also, have their finger on the pulse of culture and trends in APAC that can be translated for our clients and brand needs.
This is a client facing role where the Senior Planner will be working with the client services team to deliver insights and guidance to our top brands.
The candidate will have the confidence and heft to collaborate with and challenge stakeholders both internally and on the client-side, with a high level of emotional intelligence and a natural ability to think on their feet.
This is a fast moving and creative business where decisions are made fast. So we need someone who can come into the team who isn’t afraid of delivering top-notch thinking to sometimes very tight turnaround times.
We’re not after a typical advertising agency clone - we look for people to join our team to approach problems from a fresh point of view.
Key responsibilities
Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
- Working with global and local clients to represent VCCP in Singapore
- Integrating with the VCCP Partnership on Planning appropriate projects/briefs
- Support international offices to deliver Asia insights when required
- Work on new business/pitches
- Grow existing accounts alongside account team
- Daily office operation and support
- Integrating with the VCCP Partnership globally
- Elevating the profile of the agency through thought pieces / publishing strategic insights on socials/in PR/ speaking on panels etc
Skills & experience
- An established track record in Singapore advertising to understand local APAC markets and clients
- Experience working on strategic output on medium piece/s of business, directly influencing the output
- Confident in being able to deliver strategic responses and direct on major business
- Be able to demonstrate you are integral to the creative ideas and development of accounts you work on
- A track record of being the Planner that senior day-to-day clients want to speak to
- Able to demonstrate man-marking Brand Managers and Insight Managers
- Fast thinker - able to quickly turn around well articulated & strategically valid responses to briefs
- Curious and hungry, not afraid to dig into rabbit holes
- Someone with the right blend of being a self-starter and team player
- Creative problem solver
- Good written and verbal English
- Entrepreneurial spirit
- Strong sense of collaboration and supportive attitude
- A hustler, more of a doer than a talker
- Honest and positive personality
Attitude
- A passion for all things media and advertising
- Resilience to keep going in a fast paced environment
- Strives for excellence
- Can do attitude
- Approachable and personable
- Builds rapport and is able to quickly establish excellent working relationships
- Team player
