Total 9 job vacancies by M&c Saatchi World Services (singapore) Pte. Ltd.

Head of Research

We are a specialist division of M&C Saatchi.

Our aim is to harness the power of cutting-edge marketing, communications, and creativity, so that they become key tenets of social and behaviour change activity. Clients include a range of governments, INGO’s, foundations and multilaterals.

We are focused on tackling some of humanity's most challenging and important problems, in fragile states and developing countries, through the creation of multimedia messaging campaigns.

A specialist research team exists within the company to provide formative research support and to evaluate the progress of the campaigns. We are looking for an experienced mixed-methods researcher to lead this research team.

The Head of Research will be confident leading the Research & Insights Department, managing & overseeing a team across two offices. This will involve overseeing the design of assessment frameworks to ensure both the effectiveness of the messaging is assessed, as well as the assessment of the strategy/Theory of Change itself. The Head of Research will also oversee report writing for internal audiences as well as clients. The position requires relationship management with research partners who perform the primary research on behalf of the organisation. The position will also require representing the research team internally, with especial regard to working with the accounts, strategy and production teams. The position will additionally entail other research tasks, including but not limited to open-source research; desk reviews; lessons learned/best practice write ups; etc.

Reports to the Indo-Pacific Director

Job purpose

· Working as part of a core team that supports M&C Saatchi World Services’ communications campaigns, providing research, analysis and insights to support program management teams.

· Leading the measurement and assessment of ongoing communications campaigns, applying quantitative and qualitative research methods.

Main Accountabilities

· Implementing evaluation strategies, including designing assessment strategies and reviewing draft formative and evaluative research instruments produced by Analysts working on the project.

· Owning project research reporting including assessment reports and formative research reports. This includes reviewing reports delivered by Managers & Analysts working on the project to ensure we are providing meaningful and actionable insights.

· Presenting research findings to internal and external audiences in a clear, articulate and timely manner.

· Managing relationships with research fieldwork partners and overseeing all project management when outsourced.

· Assisting with optimising the project’s strategy and delivery.

· Feeding into strategy/Theory of Change development.

· Regional research craft leadership and line management of Managers & Analysts within the team, contributing to both formal and informal training and mentorship of members of the team.

· Development and productisation of research capabilities for existing and potential clients. This includes selling capabilities to prospective clients and development of bespoke methods and tools for commercialisation.

· Reporting and updating the Leadership team regularly, managing upwards as well as downwards

Knowledge and Expertise

· Expertise in quantitative and qualitative research methods; research, data and insights

· A firm interest and understanding of geo-politics and International Relations.

· Regional expertise: The SRD is expected to be (or become) an authority on the APAC region, with the ability to sense-check the analysis produced by the analysts within the team, and knowledge of best practice when conducting research in Asian markets.

· Proven ability to lead and manage a regional team.

Desirable:

· Knowledge of, and/or experience in, the media industry, creative production, and media dissemination.

· Knowledge of behaviour change communications.

· Knowledge of Strategic Communications.

Experience and Qualifications and Core Skills:

· Minimum of 8 years relevant research, monitoring and evaluation experience.

· Experience managing research projects from design to report writing.

· Strong qualitative and quantitative analysis skills (with experience using SPSS, Q, R or Stata).

· Experience designing and conducting mixed methods research studies.

· Department lead or extensive line management experience.

· Strong report writing and data visualisations skills.

· Good communication skills including experience presenting research findings and explaining technical concepts to multiple stakeholders including non-researchers, clients, etc.

· A strong work ethic with ability to stick to deadlines.

· Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field.

· Fluent in written and spoken English.

· Proficient in all components of Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, PowerPoint and Excel).

Desirable:

· Experience with evaluating behavioural change.

· Experience evaluating the impact/effectiveness of multimedia communications activity.

· Experience with digital and innovative research methods.

· Experience designing logical frameworks (logframes) and assessment strategies.

· Experience using data visualisation software such as tableau.

· Experience of myriad tools, research processes and partners that have improved ways of working.

Additional Key Qualities

· Understanding of the company’s culture and business area.

· Sense of responsibility towards the organisation’s reputation.

· Ability to travel and work independently.

· Forward leaning attitude and ability to represent the research team internally and externally.

· Willingness to manage, mentor and train members of the team.

· Anticipation of challenges and show of initiative across all projects.

Account Executive, M&C Saatchi World Services (Singapore)

We are a specialist division of M&C Saatchi.

Our aim is to harness the power of cutting-edge marketing, communications, and creativity, so that they become key tenets of social and behaviour change activity throughout the International Development sector.Together with our local partners we are focussed on tackling some of humanity's most challenging and important problems, in fragile states and developing countries.

If you are looking for a career with purpose, fascinating topics, and travel, that will challenge you and develop your skillset, we would love to hear from you. We work on a range of social change communications projects on behalf of third sector organisations. Support all aspects of our existing work, and any other contracts that become active over the course of employment, to ensure project delivery at the highest quality possible, on time and within budget. Assist the Account Managers and others in the wider team in project delivery from encompassing all aspects of a communications campaign life cycle.

Main Accountabilities. Have a clear understanding of the broader strategy on the business that you work on and start to take a role in shaping the individual project briefs with your strategist.

· Be familiar with research insights, previous campaign evaluation and the impact that has on the live projects and be able to talk confidently and clearly about strategic issues and considerations with your clients and team.

· Take an active interest in the sector and any issues or current affairs that may impact the strategy, including an understanding of different comms models and channels – and proactively share your point of view.

· Work in close partnership with both your strategist and your Account Manager to help inform the strategic direction on the projects that you work on and ensure that all work is on brief.

The Work

· Take an active role in how the work is presented and the development of presentations.· Help to inspire and shape the work and ensuring it is always on brief, and feel confident in having healthy and constructive debate with the production and creative teams.

· Be confident at presenting to clients in a way that is clear and articulate and be able to have debates and discussions about the work in a way that is constructive and intelligent.

· The support component of all production – a totally ‘safe pair of hands’ who can support the team’s production requirements, including managing timings, quality control of delivery, spotting out of scope projects or potential new, more productive ways of working.

The Agency

· Contribute to cross-agency groups and initiatives and forge inter-departmental relationships to encourage sharing and learning.

· Be kind, generous and enthusiastic member of your team.

Relationships·

· established strong relationships with your team. You should clearly demonstrate your knowledge of the region and the sector, ensuring that you are trusted to have an informed perspective.

· Be trusted by your team and client by demonstrating your expert knowledge and management of the production process.

· Forge strong relationships with your strategy and creative teams by working hand-in-glove with them, representing their views to the client and through demonstrating your knowledge of the issues, geographies, and target audiences.

Business Impact

· Be able to manage status meetings, draft reports and decks, run small scale PPMs (e.g. print/ digital) and write a killer contact report.

· Be effective at managing up ensuring the more senior members of your team can relax, knowing you have the day-to-day management of the account or project covered.

Reporting:

· Responsible for weekly reporting to Account Manager, Account Director or the client and elsewhere as required.

· Contribute detailed information on both projects as and when required by the team.

Situational Awareness:

· Build on an in-depth understanding of the media and political environment in the Southeast Asian context in order to understand the wider risk factors and adapt decisions accordingly.

Experience and Qualifications and Core Skills:

· Fluent in written and spoken English.

· Excellent oral and written communications skills (English)

· Proficient in all components of Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, PowerPoint and Excel).

Desirable:

· Demonstrable liaison skills across the numerous sectors normally associated with working in developing countries.· Experience of managing media projects or communications campaigns.

· Knowledge of the media industry, creative production and media dissemination.· Experience of working with Government(s).

· Fluency in another Southeast Asian language.· Knowledge of Southeast Asian communications tools and trends.

· Cultural knowledge of Southeast Asia and experience of living in region.· A firm interest and understanding of geo-politics and International Relations, particularly the Asia-Pacific region.

· Knowledge of behaviour change communications / Strategic Communications.

Additional Key Qualities

· Excellent communication skills to enable him/her to support work with senior stakeholders and to understand client requirements.

· Understanding of the company’s culture and business area.

· Sense of responsibility to towards the organisation’s reputation.

· Ability to travel and work independently.

· Forward leaning attitude in support of the team and for involvement in high-profile and developmental projects.

· Willingness to learn and participate in a comprehensive training and development program for transferable, communications specific skills.

· Anticipation of challenges and show of initiative across all projects.

Senior Research Director

We are a specialist division of M&C Saatchi.

Our aim is to harness the power of cutting-edge marketing, communications, and creativity, so that they become key tenets of social and behaviour change activity. Clients include a range of governments, INGO’s, foundations and multilaterals.

We are focused on tackling some of humanity's most challenging and important problems, in fragile states and developing countries, through the creation of multimedia messaging campaigns.

A specialist research team exists within the company to provide formative research support and to evaluate the progress of the campaigns. We are looking for an experienced mixed-methods researcher to lead this research team.

The Senior Research Director will be confident leading the Research & Insights Department, managing & overseeing a team across two offices. This will involve overseeing the design of assessment frameworks to ensure both the effectiveness of the messaging is assessed, as well as the assessment of the strategy/Theory of Change itself. The Senior Research Director will also oversee report writing for internal audiences as well as clients. The position requires relationship management with research partners who perform the primary research on behalf of the organisation. The position will also require representing the research team internally, with especial regard to working with the accounts, strategy and production teams. The position will additionally entail other research tasks, including but not limited to open-source research; desk reviews; lessons learned/best practice write ups; etc.

Reports to the Indo-Pacific Director

Job purpose

· Working as part of a core team that supports M&C Saatchi World Services’ communications campaigns, providing research, analysis and insights to support program management teams.

· Leading the measurement and assessment of ongoing communications campaigns, applying quantitative and qualitative research methods.

Main Accountabilities

· Implementing evaluation strategies, including designing assessment strategies and reviewing draft formative and evaluative research instruments produced by Analysts working on the project.

· Owning project research reporting including assessment reports and formative research reports. This includes reviewing reports delivered by Managers & Analysts working on the project to ensure we are providing meaningful and actionable insights.

· Presenting research findings to internal and external audiences in a clear, articulate and timely manner.

· Managing relationships with research fieldwork partners and overseeing all project management when outsourced.

· Assisting with optimising the project’s strategy and delivery.

· Feeding into strategy/Theory of Change development.

· Regional research craft leadership and line management of Managers & Analysts within the team, contributing to both formal and informal training and mentorship of members of the team.

· Development and productisation of research capabilities for existing and potential clients. This includes selling capabilities to prospective clients and development of bespoke methods and tools for commercialisation.

· Reporting and updating the Leadership team regularly, managing upwards as well as downwards

Knowledge and Expertise

· Expertise in quantitative and qualitative research methods; research, data and insights

· A firm interest and understanding of geo-politics and International Relations.

· Regional expertise: The SRD is expected to be (or become) an authority on the APAC region, with the ability to sense-check the analysis produced by the analysts within the team, and knowledge of best practice when conducting research in Asian markets.

· Proven ability to lead and manage a regional team.

Desirable:

· Knowledge of, and/or experience in, the media industry, creative production, and media dissemination.

· Knowledge of behaviour change communications.

· Knowledge of Strategic Communications.

Experience and Qualifications and Core Skills:

· Minimum of 8 years relevant research, monitoring and evaluation experience.

· Experience managing research projects from design to report writing.

· Strong qualitative and quantitative analysis skills (with experience using SPSS, Q, R or Stata).

· Experience designing and conducting mixed methods research studies.

· Department lead or extensive line management experience.

· Strong report writing and data visualisations skills.

· Good communication skills including experience presenting research findings and explaining technical concepts to multiple stakeholders including non-researchers, clients, etc.

· A strong work ethic with ability to stick to deadlines.

· Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field.

· Fluent in written and spoken English.

· Proficient in all components of Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, PowerPoint and Excel).

Desirable:

· Experience with evaluating behavioural change.

· Experience evaluating the impact/effectiveness of multimedia communications activity.

· Experience with digital and innovative research methods.

· Experience designing logical frameworks (logframes) and assessment strategies.

· Experience using data visualisation software such as tableau.

· Experience of myriad tools, research processes and partners that have improved ways of working.

Additional Key Qualities

· Understanding of the company’s culture and business area.

· Sense of responsibility towards the organisation’s reputation.

· Ability to travel and work independently.

· Forward leaning attitude and ability to represent the research team internally and externally.

· Willingness to manage, mentor and train members of the team.

· Anticipation of challenges and show of initiative across all projects.

RESEARCH DIRECTOR

We are a specialist division of M&C Saatchi.

Our aim is to harness the power of cutting-edge marketing, communications, and creativity, so that they become key tenets of social and behaviour change activity. Clients include a range of governments, INGO’s, foundations and multilaterals.

We are focused on tackling some of humanity's most challenging and important problems, in fragile states and developing countries, through the creation of multimedia messaging campaigns.

A specialist research team exists within the company to provide formative research support and to evaluate the progress of the campaigns. We are looking for an experienced mixed-methods researcher to join this research team.

The Research Director will be confident managing more junior members of the research team. This will involve overseeing the design of assessment frameworks to ensure both the effectiveness of the messaging is assessed, as well as the assessment of the strategy/Theory of Change itself. The Research Director will also oversee report writing for internal audiences as well as clients. The position requires relationship management with research partners who perform the primary research on behalf of the organisation. The position will also require representing the research team internally, with especial regard to working with the accounts, strategy and production teams. The position will additionally entail other research tasks, including but not limited to: open-source research; desk reviews; lessons learned/best practice write ups; etc.

Job purpose

· Work as part of a core team that supports M&C Saatchi World Services’ communications campaigns, providing research, analysis and insights to support program management teams.

· Lead on the measurement and assessment of ongoing communications campaigns, applying quantitative and qualitative research methods.

Main Accountabilities

· Implementation of evaluation strategies, including designing assessment strategies and reviewing draft formative and evaluative research instruments produced by Analysts working on the project.

· Ownership of project research reporting including assessment reports and formative research reports. This includes reviewing reports delivered by Analysts working on the project to ensure we are providing meaningful and actionable insights.

· Presenting research findings to internal and external audiences in a clear, articulate and timely manner.

· Managing relationships with research fieldwork partners and overseeing all project management when outsourced.

· Assisting with optimising the project’s strategy and delivery.

· Feeding into strategy/Theory of Change development.

· Line management of Analysts within the team and contributing to both formal and informal training of more junior members of the team.

· Regular upward reporting to the Senior Research Director and undertaking any other duties deemed necessary by the Senior Research Director.

Knowledge and Expertise

Essential:

· Expertise in quantitative and qualitative research methods.

· A firm interest and understanding of geo-politics and International Relations.

· Regional expertise: The RD is expected to be (or become) an authority on the APAC region, with the ability to sense-check the analysis produced by the analysts within the team, and knowledge of best practice when conducting research in Asian markets.

Desirable:

· Knowledge of, and/or experience in, the media industry, creative production, and media dissemination.

· Knowledge of behaviour change communications.

· Knowledge of Strategic Communications.

Experience and Qualifications and Core Skills:

Essential:

· Minimum of 6 years relevant research, monitoring and evaluation experience.

· Experience managing research projects from design to report writing.

· Strong qualitative and quantitative analysis skills (with experience using SPSS, Q, R or Stata).

· Experience designing and conducting mixed methods research studies.

· Line management experience.

· Strong report writing and data visualisations skills.

· Good communication skills including experience presenting research findings and explaining technical concepts to multiple stakeholders including non-researchers, clients, etc.

· A strong work ethic with ability to stick to deadlines.

· Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field.

· Fluent in written and spoken English.

· Proficient in all components of Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, PowerPoint and Excel).

Desirable:

· Experience with evaluating behavioural change.

· Experience evaluating the impact/effectiveness of multimedia communications activity.

· Experience with digital and innovative research methods.

· Experience designing logical frameworks (logframes) and assessment strategies.

· Experience using data visualisation software such as tableau.

Additional Key Qualities

Essential:

· Understanding of the company’s culture and business area.

· Sense of responsibility towards the organisation’s reputation.

· Ability to travel and work independently.

· Forward leaning attitude and ability to represent the research team internally and externally.

· Willingness to manage and train more junior members of the team.

· Anticipation of challenges and show of initiative across all projects.

We are a specialist division of M&C Saatchi.

Our aim is to harness the power of cutting-edge marketing, communications, and creativity, so that they become key tenets of social and behaviour change activity throughout the International Development sector.

Together with our local partners we are focussed on tackling some of humanity's most challenging and important problems, in fragile states and developing countries.If you are looking for a career with purpose and fascinating topics, that will challenge you and develop your skillset, we would love to hear from you.

Junior Digital Designer

Work on behaviour change strategic ideas and design for a range of social change communications projects.· Work closely with senior producer and creative director in asset delivery encompassing all aspects of a communications campaign life cycle.· Interpret content strategy briefs and distil production and design requirements.· Day-to-day output ranges from social media assets, banner ads, campaign artwork, visualization of creative ideas, toolkits, deck design, report design and more.· Ensure consistency in designs and content across platforms and formats.· Elevate creative standards by producing engaging work for the target audience.

Main Accountabilities: Responsible for the day-to-day output of design assets.· Apply creative thinking and provide solutions to briefs.· Establish good working relationships with different departments in the company: Creative production, accounts, strategy, media, research.

Reporting:· Responsible for weekly reporting to Creative lead and Head of Production as required.· Report status and progress of projects as and when required by the team.

Experience and Qualifications and Core Skills· Show success in conceptualising creative ideas and visualising them for 360 creative campaigns.· Strong art direction and design portfolio showcasing a range of work across various formats, products, brands. Digital-first work is a must. Knowledge of print design is also important for developing printed assets.· Be proficient in InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator and ideally across After Effects and/or Premier Pro too. Experience operating in a senior capacity in an agency environment.· Strong grasp of communications tools and trends in the Asia region.

Willing and able to flex beyond regular tasks to support other design tasks as required.· Be personable, engaging, and influential to the creative process.

You should be comfortable discussing ideas with the creative production team.·

Fluent in written and spoken English.

Degree level education required,.

Experience in branding and creation of toolkits.·

Experience in UI design. Able to edit short-form videos.· Able to animate.· Fluency in another Southeast Asian language. Experience in social or behaviour change campaigns.

Additional Key Qualities· Understanding of the company’s culture and business area.· Sense of responsibility and ownership.· Forward leaning attitude in support of the team.· Anticipation of challenges and show of initiative.

Skills
Adobe Creative slides

Photoshop, Ilustrator, Figma, Sketch and Ivision.

Job Description & Requirements:

Research Manager, M&C Saatchi World Services (Singapore)

We are a specialist division of M&C Saatchi.Our aim is to harness the power of cutting-edge marketing, communications, and creativity, so that they become key tenets of social and behaviour change activity. Clients include a range of governments, INGO’s, foundations and multilaterals.We are focused on tackling some of humanity's most challenging and important problems, in fragile states and developing countries, through the creation of multimedia messaging campaigns.A specialist research team exists within the company to provide formative research support and to evaluate the progress of the campaigns. We are looking for an experienced mixed-methods researcher to join this research team.

The Research Manager will be confident in designing assessment frameworks to ensure both the effectiveness of the messaging is assessed, as well as the assessment of the strategy/Theory of Change itself. You will need to analyse datasets to produce reports for internal audiences as well as clients. The position will require frequent liaison with research partners who perform the primary research on behalf of the organisation. Also entail other research tasks as required by the team, including but not limited to open-source research, desk reviews, lessons learned/best practice write ups, etc.

Reports to the : Senior Research Director

Responsibilities includes :· Work on a range of social change communications projects on behalf of third sector organisations.· Work as part of a core team that supports M&C Saatchi World Services’ communications campaigns, providing research, analysis and insights to support program management teams.· Lead on the measurement and assessment of ongoing communications campaigns, applying quantitative and qualitative research methods.

Main Accountabilities· Designing data collection tools for pre-testing, formative research and assessment (such as questionnaires, discussion guides).· Carrying out analysis and triangulation of qualitative and quantitative data for assessing the performance and effectiveness of multimedia communications activity.· Rigorously manipulating data sets to provide meaningful and actionable insights.· Writing assessment reports and feeding research findings into other reporting.· Liaising with research fieldwork partners and overseeing all project management when outsourced.· Feeding into strategy/Theory of Change development.· While it is not expected that this role have formal line management responsibilities, it is expected that this role will require the informal management of Research Analysts in the team.· Any other duties deemed necessary by the Senior Research Director.

Knowledge and Expertise Essential:· Expertise in quantitative and qualitative research methods.· Knowledge of best practice when conducting research in Asian markets.· A firm interest and understanding of geo-politics and International Relations.

Desirable:· Knowledge of, and/or experience in, the media industry, creative production, and media dissemination.· Knowledge of behaviour change communications.· Knowledge of Strategic Communications.

Experience and Qualifications and Core Skills:· Minimum of 5 years relevant research, monitoring and evaluation experience.· Experience managing research projects from design to report writing.· Strong qualitative and quantitative analysis skills (with experience using SPSS, R or Stata).· Strong report writing and data visualisations skills.· Good communication skills including experience presenting research findings and explaining technical concepts to multiple stakeholders including non-researchers, clients, etc.· A strong work ethic with ability to stick to deadlines.· Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field.· Fluent in written and spoken English.· Proficient in all components of Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, PowerPoint and Excel).

Desirable:· Experience with evaluating behavioural change.· Experience evaluating the impact/effectiveness of multimedia communications activity.· Experience with digital and innovative research methods.· Experience designing and conducting mixed methods research studies.· Experience designing logical frameworks (logframes) and assessment strategies.· Experience using data visualisation software such as tableau.

Additional Key Qualities Essential: Understanding of the company’s culture and business area.· Sense of responsibility to towards the organisation’s reputation.· Ability to travel and work independently.· Forward leaning attitude in support of the team and for involvement in high-profile and developmental projects.· Willingness to contribute to training of more junior members of the team.· Anticipation of challenges and show of initiative across all projects.

We are a specialist division of M&C Saatchi.

Our aim is to harness the power of cutting-edge marketing, communications, and creativity, so that they become key tenets of social and behaviour change activity throughout the International Development sector.

Together with our local partners we are focused on tackling some of humanity's most challenging and important problems, in fragile states and developing countries.

If you are looking for a career with purpose, fascinating topics, and travel, that will challenge you and develop your skillset, we would love to hear from you.

Report to : Strategy Director

Your Role

· To work alongside Senior Strategy team members to develop behaviour change communications strategies in the social impact and international development sectors, across the Indo-Pacific.

· To use and champion multiple sources of research, best practices and critical thinking to assist diverse client organisations in the pursuit of achieving their objectives.

· To collaborate with Research, Creative, Media, and Account Management teams to deliver holistic communications solutions.

· To develop reports and presentations on various topics of interest to the agency, including cultural trends, behaviour change and geopolitics.

Main Accountabilities

· Develop communications strategies, creative briefs, and messaging frameworks, with mentorship from Senior Strategy team.

· Read widely on relevant topics and conduct desktop research to inform strategic development.

· Lead and participate in creative briefings and brainstorms.

· Explore best practices in advertising, branding, innovation and behaviour change as well as discover learnings from fields such as psychology, social sciences, and semiotics to shape strategy and creative ideas.

· Grow an intimate understanding of the client problem set and regions of interest, including social, cultural, political, and economic aspects.

· Provide support to wider strategy team in developing presentations and workshops.

· Work with research team to shape research methodologies and measurement frameworks.

· Work with media team to develop touchpoint strategies and dissemination plans.

· Work with creative and production team to spur and build on creative ideas, ensuring ideas are strategically sound.

· Work with account management team to shape strategic output and address client expectations.

· Share knowledge and experience in formal and informal ways to grow collective knowledge of the agency.

· Be prepared to assist outside the stated core responsibilities and be proactive in supporting a small, dynamic project team dealing with daily challenges.

· Be an ambassador for M&C Saatchi World Services.

Knowledge and Expertise

· Supporting or leading strategy development

· Developing articulate and clear reports or presentations

· Conducting research and/or informing shaping of research methodologies and measurement

· Sharing creative territories and thought-starters

· Interest in geopolitics, international relations and social issues

Core Skills and experience:

· 1 – 3 years of experience in branding or communications strategy.

· Knowledge of fundamental techniques, tools, and practices of a brand and communications strategist.

· Ability to analyse and process large volumes of data and insights from multiple sources.

· Ability to communicate complex ideas clearly and simply.

· Ability to work collaboratively with various disciplines across the agency.

· Ability to understand and appreciate nuances of diverse countries, cultures and

communities.

· Excellent oral and written communications skills (English).

· Proficient in all components of Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, PowerPoint and Excel).

Desirable:

· Experience working on social impact or behaviour change campaigns (e.g. with Governments or international development sector)

· Knowledge of Asian languages and cultural understanding.

· Understanding of politics/geo-politics, conflict, peacekeeping and emerging issues such as disinformation.

Additional Key Qualities

· Understanding of the company’s culture and business area.

· Sense of responsibility to towards the organisation’s reputation.

· Forward leaning attitude in support of the team.

· Anticipation of challenges and show of initiative across all projects.

We are a specialist division of M&C Saatchi.

Our aim is to harness the power of cutting-edge marketing, communications, and creativity, so that they become key tenets of social and behaviour change activity throughout the International Development sector.

Together with our local partners we are focussed on tackling some of humanity's most challenging and important problems, in fragile states and developing countries.

If you are looking for a career with purpose, fascinating topics, and travel, that will challenge you and develop your skillset, we would love to hear from you.

Job purpose

• Work with Regional Director exploring new areas for business growth and capabilities within our remit of social change communications with third sector organisations.
• Leverage existing network of government and NGO contacts.
• Support, where appropriate or needed, existing work, and any other contracts that become active over the course of employment, to ensure project delivery at the highest quality possible, on time and within budget.
• Assist the Regional Director, and others in the wider team, on project delivery or wider business success. Assistance should encompass all aspects of a communications campaign life cycle.

Main Accountabilities- Strategy

• Be seen as the strategic partner of the client, helping them to navigate their business challenges and offering fresh opinions and insights that unlock new opportunities.
• Have a clear understanding of the broader strategy on the business in which you work.
• Be familiar with research insights, previous campaign evaluation and the impact that has on live projects. Be able to talk confidently and clearly about strategic issues and considerations with your clients and team.
• Take an active interest in the sector and any issues or current affairs that may impact the strategy, including an understanding of different communications models and channels – and proactively share your point of view.

The Work

• Be confident in having healthy and constructive debate with your strategy, and creative colleagues, and present to clients in a manner that is clear and articulate. Have the ability to sustain debates and discussions about the work in a way that is constructive and intelligent.
• Be bold, and lead by example by sharing your passion for good work. Continuously seek to inspire your team by demonstrate proactivity and capability. Be a completely ‘safe pair of hands’ who can oversee production, including managing timings, budgets, quality control of delivery, spotting out of scope projects or potential new, more productive ways of working.

The Agency

• Contribute and lead new business presentations including authoring and presenting. Dive into detail of bid paperwork ensuring all criteria are met prior to submission.
• Constantly keep one eye on the wider industry and stay familiar with the latest trends and debates taking place. Monitor the heartbeat of the market.
• Take the more junior members of the department under your wing, particularly those on your team. Helping them to get to grips with their role, to become part of the agency culture and, where relevant, inducting them on your business.
• Be kind, generous, and enthusiastic member of your team.

Relationships

• Have established, strong relationships with your clients. You should clearly demonstrate your knowledge of the region and the sector, ensuring that you are trusted implicitly to keep their interests at heart.

Business Impact

• Constantly scope out opportunities and work with your Regional Director and Business Director to develop proposals. Be confident in presenting them to the client and comfortable to negotiate where necessary.
• Be effective at managing up, as well as down, actively developing the more junior members of the team and ensuring the more senior members of your team can relax, knowing you have the day-to-day management of the account or project covered.
• Be comfortable having difficult conversations with both the team internally and, following sense-checking with your team, the client as appropriate. Follow your instincts on what is right.

Situational Awareness:

• Build on an in-depth understanding of the media and political environment in the Southeast Asian context in order to understand the wider risk factors and adapt decisions accordingly.

Essential:

· Knowledge of Strategic Communications.

· Knowledge of the media industry, creative production, and media dissemination.

· Knowledge of Southeast Asian communications tools and trends.

· A firm interest and understanding of geo-politics and International Relations.

· Knowledge of behaviour change communications theory.

Experience and Qualifications and Core Skills:

· Experience of working with Government(s) or third sector organisations.

· Experience in a similar working environment i.e. marketing, advertising, media.

· Undergraduate Degree in Politics, History, International Relations, Media, or a similar/related topic.

· Postgraduate degree in business or similar.

· Fluent in written and spoken English.

· Practical understanding of commercial operations.

· Excellent oral and written communications skills (English).

· Proficient in all components of Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, PowerPoint and Excel).

· Demonstrable liaison skills across the numerous sectors normally associated with working in developing countries.

· Experience working in the US / with US organisations.

· Experience of managing media projects or communications campaigns.

· Fluency in another Southeast Asian language.

· Cultural knowledge of Southeast Asia.

Additional Key Qualities

Essential:

· Excellent communication skills to enable him/her to support work with senior stakeholders and to understand client requirements.

· Understanding of the company’s culture and business area.

· Sense of responsibility to towards the organisation’s reputation.

· Ability to travel and work independently.

· Forward leaning attitude in support of the team and for involvement in high-profile and developmental projects.

· Willingness to learn and participate in a comprehensive training and development program for transferable, communications specific skills.

· Anticipation of challenges and show of initiative across all projects.

We are a specialist division of M&C Saatchi.

Our aim is to harness the power of cutting-edge marketing, communications, and creativity, so that they become key tenets of social and behaviour change activity throughout the International Development sector.

Together with our local partners we are focussed on tackling some of humanity's most challenging and important problems, in fragile states and developing countries.

If you are looking for a career with purpose, fascinating topics, and travel, that will challenge you and develop your skillset, we would love to hear from you.

Job Scope

· Work on a range of social change communications projects on behalf of third sector organisations.

· Support all aspects of our existing work, and any other contracts that become active over the course of employment, to ensure project delivery at the highest quality possible, on time and within budget.

· Assist the Account Manager and others in the wider team in project delivery from encompassing all aspects of a communications campaign life cycle.

Main Accountabilities

Strategy:

· Have a clear understanding of the broader strategy on the business that you work on and start to take a role in shaping the individual project briefs with your strategist.

· Be familiar with research insights, previous campaign evaluation and the impact that has on the live projects and be able to talk confidently and clearly about strategic issues and considerations with your clients and team.

· Take an active interest in the sector and any issues or current affairs that may impact the strategy, including an understanding of different comms models and channels – and proactively share your point of view.

· Work in close partnership with both your strategist and your Account Manager to help inform the strategic direction on the projects that you work on and ensure that all work is on brief.

The Work

· Take an active role in how the work is presented and the development of presentations.

· Help to inspire and shape the work and ensuring it is always on brief, and feel confident in having healthy and constructive debate with the production and creative teams.

· Be confident at presenting to clients in a way that is clear and articulate and be able to have debates and discussions about the work in a way that is constructive and intelligent.

· The support component of all production – a totally ‘safe pair of hands’ who can support the team’s production requirements, including managing timings, quality control of delivery, spotting out of scope projects or potential new, more productive ways of working.

The Agency

· Contribute to cross-agency groups and initiatives and forge inter-departmental relationships to encourage sharing and learning.

· Be kind, generous and enthusiastic member of your team.

Relationships

· Have established strong relationships with your team. You should clearly demonstrate your knowledge of the region and the sector, ensuring that you are trusted to have an informed perspective.

· Be trusted by your team and client by demonstrating your expert knowledge and management of the production process.

· Forge strong relationships with your strategy and creative teams by working hand-in-glove with them, representing their views to the client and through demonstrating your knowledge of the issues, geographies, and target audiences.

Business Impact

· Be able to manage status meetings, draft reports and decks, run small scale PPMs (e.g. print/ digital) and write a killer contact report.

· Be effective at managing up ensuring the more senior members of your team can relax, knowing you have the day-to-day management of the account or project covered.

Reporting:

· Responsible for weekly reporting to Account Manager, Account Director or the client and elsewhere as required.

· Contribute detailed information on both projects as and when required by the team.

Situational Awareness:

· Build on an in-depth understanding of the media and political environment in the Southeast Asian context in order to understand the wider risk factors and adapt decisions accordingly.

6. Experience and Qualifications and Core Skills:

Essential:

· Fluent in written and spoken English.

· Excellent oral and written communications skills (English).

· Proficient in all components of Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, PowerPoint and Excel).

Desirable:

· Demonstrable liaison skills across the numerous sectors normally associated with working in developing countries.

· Experience of managing media projects or communications campaigns.

· Knowledge of the media industry, creative production and media dissemination.

· Experience of working with Government(s).

· Fluency in another Southeast Asian language.

· Knowledge of Southeast Asian communications tools and trends.

· Cultural knowledge of Southeast Asia and experience of living in region.

· A firm interest and understanding of geo-politics and International Relations, particularly the Asia-Pacific region.

· Knowledge of behaviour change communications / Strategic Communications.

Additional Key Qualities

Essential:

· Excellent communication skills to enable him/her to support work with senior stakeholders and to understand client requirements.

· Understanding of the company’s culture and business area.

· Sense of responsibility to towards the organisation’s reputation.

· Ability to travel and work independently.

· Forward leaning attitude in support of the team and for involvement in high-profile and developmental projects.

· Willingness to learn and participate in a comprehensive training and development program for transferable, communications specific skills.

· Anticipation of challenges and show of initiative across all projects.