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Analyst, Global Investment

Department: Wavemaker Global Investment Team

Position: Analyst, Global Investment

Reporting to: Associate Director, Global Investment

Who we are:

The Wavemaker Global Investment team is strategically positioned at the core of the Wavemaker Worldwide business, overseeing a portfolio of over $33 billion in media billings annually. On one hand, we coordinate the successful delivery of a range of international client trading commitments and on the other, we collaborate with our counterparts at GroupM to pioneer and champion innovative trading models and opportunities for our clients. We take pride in our role as the linchpin for both our client's success and the ongoing evolution of our own business to become the world most wanted media agency.

Our vision for this role:

The team’s primary focus is to ensure our global clients have the best pricing in market. We deliver this through regular reporting and analysis of buying performance, forecasts, and understanding local market buying mechanics/trends across all media types; Digital, TV, Print, OOH and Radio. The focus of this role will be to collaborate with our in-market local agency teams, to ensure accurate reporting on our media pricing commitments and to coordinate our consolidated performance back to clients. This entry level role will give you a great understanding into media investment and each media type.

Key Responsibilities:

Ensuring reports are accurate through reviewing data and discussing the results with local reporting teams.
Coordinating and building relationships with local agency teams to collect key reporting data.
Monitoring and analysing the Wavemaker/GroupM international network of client’s media buying performance and reporting this back to the client.
Liaising with auditors to independently verify our performance and delivery against commitments to our clients and ensuring that best media practice is employed.
Work on the new business proposals including pricing.
Collaborate internally to ensure that the investment team are sharing best practices across all centralised teams i.e. commercial and new business.

Other Responsibilities:

Contribute to the development of proprietary software through feedback and testing.
Looking-ahead is a big part of our teams’ culture, you will be able to get involved in cross-team projects across all areas of the business and based on your interests.
Opportunity to get involved in our employee representation groups, these cover anything from environmental sustainability to disability awareness to diversity and inclusion.

Required skills / experience:

We are looking for an entry level candidate who is dedicated to delivering exceptional result for clients using their communication, organization and analytical skills. Our work requires an eye for detail and accuracy, a strong work ethic and a keen interest in working in the media industry. No experience in media is required. As part of the world’s largest media agency and working in a fast-paced industry, we are looking for someone who has an excellent willingness to learn and is able to work in an agile environment. Other key attributes we are looking for:

Logical and numerate - You must be inquisitive and love working with numbers.
Basic to Intermediate Excel and PowerPoint skills – most of the workload is based in Excel including analysis of data sets, using formulas and pivot tables, and our proprietary analysis tool.
Good communication/ interpersonal skills - As well as working independently, the role involves collaboration with team members and partners based in local markets.
Self-motivated and hardworking with a strong attention to detail.

What’s in it for you

As part of the GroupM and WPP network, Wavemaker’s benefits are incredibly comprehensive ranging from unlimited training, superb holiday and private medical insurance. We’ve listed a few important benefits below:

Unlimited access to our GroupM University training, beginning with GroupM Orienteers designed for all new starters.
Following on from this the GroupM University team are dedicated to getting the best from our staff, by providing both external and internal training you will be given the opportunity to improve your personal and media skills and with time leadership skills.
Flexible working
25 days of holiday, increasing with length of service, plus 3 days of office closure between Christmas and New Year, plus an extra day for your birthday
Yearly uptake of independent advertising qualifications, to widen your knowledge of the market, including the Institute of Practitioners in Advertising Foundation Certificate.
Season ticket loan and private medical insurance (BUPA) and life assurance.
Impressive discounts across a range of high street and offline retailers through GroupM.
Superb development opportunities and ongoing support throughout your career.
Potential to travel abroad as you progress in the role.

About Wavemaker

We always believe there is a better way to grow our client and our people. We do this by positively provoking growth for our clients and people. We work with clients to help them grow and shape their consumers’ brand decisions and experiences through media, content, and technology.

We have one single attitude – Positive Provocation.

Our name is our mission and our method. To make waves, you need to be provocative, even fearless. We always make sure we have each other’s backs through our inclusive culture.

We do our best work for brave brands and people who want to be challenged to go further and faster. We know it’s not easy, but if it’s in you, we will get it out of you.

Our attitude of Positive Provocation is enabled by:

The deep Knowledge we have of our clients’ business

The confidence to Challenge what’s gone before

The Support to go further than we thought possible