A little bit about us…
DDB Worldwide is a communications agency dedicated to making creative work that works.
We believe in the power of creativity to create the change we want to happen in the world and develop audacious and famous ideas for our clients that help to grow their businesses and shape culture by driving behaviour change at scale.
We are a global network of agencies who believe firmly in respect, kindness, openness, self-expression, and creativity, making spaces for the lived and learned experiences of all our people, and helping them to be the best they can be. We are intellectually curious about difference, embracing change for the better, and are committed to opposing injustice and constantly challenging the status quo. We are a place packed with the energy and passion to make things happen.
A little bit about the opportunity…
We’re looking for a senior planner who will work with:
- Our account and planning leads to create strategies that address clients’ business needs.
- Our creative and technology teams to inspire and validate the end-to-end conceptualisation, You will be expected to work well in a team or as an individual contributor. You will be a strategist and tactician with the ability to get hands-on with data (including but not limited to web analytics, transactions, social insights, search insights and traditional primary/secondary research) while always keeping the big picture in mind so you can formulate and defend an appropriate point of view on implications and actions.
You will have contact with clients of various levels of seniority and make confidence-instilling recommendations that drive behavioural change and business benefit, not views and likes.
This role is to support some of DDB’s largest clients and Singapore’s most loved brands. The work that DDB and this brand create together wins numerous awards and industry accolades.
Specifically, this role will support a portfolio of accounts across the telco, property, electronics and government sectors on a range of projects that span the gamut from integrated campaigns to long-term marketing platforms, digital transformation and new business. This portfolio cuts across all agencies within the group. No two days or engagements are identical. Variety and codeswitching aren’t a good-to-have; they’re 100% necessary to do well.
Key responsibilities include, but are not exclusive to:
Overall
- You are driven by supporting business growth, partnering with your team to propel creative business solutions that achieve a growth outcome.
- You are on the constant lookout for market trends, competitive activity, best-in-class digital and social case studies that keep our teams and clients abreast with what’s going on.
- You champion and use our DDB strategic tools to develop business proposals and plans that deliver emotionally charged creativity that moves people, brands, markets, and culture.
- You are constantly monitor progress and recommend ways in which the work can be improved.
- You immerse yourself in truly understanding our client’s business and are proud to manage the integrity of their brand image.
- You thrive on creative business problem solving and enjoy contributing to the culture of our agency.
- You want to be part of a team delivering innovative and intelligent strategies to solve the client’s marketing and communication needs, across all disciplines, both in the short and long term.
A little bit about you…
- You should be degree-educated, preferably in communications, marketing or business; or have relevant work experience in lieu of this
- 4 years of experience in an international creative, media or research agency: as an analyst, researcher, planner or account manager working with clients in Asian markets
- Be bright, articulate, numerate and full of initiative; able to write and present a persuasive story from disparate data sources
- Be intellectually curious and able to apply this curiosity in a practical manner. Have an innate sense of the right questions and measures of success for each situation
- Be cognisant of business realities and comfortable with a constant state of organised chaos – that’s just the reality of the trade
- Be passionate about digital and social media, and the places today’s consumers inhabit
- Have the ability to take the job but not yourself too seriously
- Having an entrepreneurial itch to champion business-building initiatives for the agency and clients – is a plus
- Having hands-on experience with industry tools such as Google Analytics, Radian6 and other research/benchmarking applications –is also a (huge) plus
Interested…
Please let us know should you require any additional support or assistance through the recruitment process.
DDB is an equal opportunities employer and will never favour or discriminate against anyone based on their age, gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability, pregnancy or maternity, religion or belief, marriage or civil partnership, gender identity, expression, or reassignment.
This role requires regular in-office presence with a minimum of four days per week, to engage and collaborate in in-person team interactions and meetings as required.
