Internship – Advertising and Marketing

Job Overview

Responsible for supporting the business needs of Marketing, Creatives, Media Operations, Innovations, and Client Servicing Departments. The intern will be exposed to all aspects of campaigns including business development, sales pitches, brainstorms, campaign kick-offs and wrap-ups, reporting, and more. This internship position is a great way to get hands on experience doing dynamic, innovative digital marketing, strategizing on integrated media campaigns with our digital advertising team.

Duties and Responsibilities

The Advertising and Marketing Intern’s primary duties include but are not limited to: 

• Assist in producing creative content for social media postings
• Assist with translating case studies and reflecting them on website
• Coordinate and order materials necessary for marketing projects
• Help carry-out plans for culture building
• Collaborate and participate in brainstorming sessions to create innovative ideas for campaigns
• Conduct competitive analysis
• Assist in designing, developing, and producing advertisement materials
• Graphic designs, layout, illustration, photo editing and contribute in planning editorial calendar 
• Possible event coverages
• Assist in strategising on media plans, constructing keyword architecture, and social listening
• Research on industry scoping and trend cycles
• Join and document discussions in internal meetings for pitches 
• Assist in creating end of campaign reports 
• Other projects as assigned

Qualifications

• Undergraduate students majoring in Marketing, Advertising, Communication Arts  
• Ability to effectively communicate information and ideas; excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Extensive knowledge of Web and high level understanding of social media platforms and and how they can be engaged in various scenarios
• Familiar with digital advertising and mobile marketing 
• Proficient in Microsoft Office (PowerPoint, Word, Excel) 
• Works well in a team environment
• Excellent work ethic, flexible, motivated, organized, able to multitask
• Passionate about brands, marketing, people, technology, and social media
• Creative and Innovative

Media Strategist

Job Overview

The Media Strategist’s primary focus is strategic planning and insighting for the client campaigns of AdSpark. He/she, alongside other relevant stakeholders, will spearhead the strategic direction of campaign briefs in terms of strategic approach, channel usage, media usage, and data storytelling as aligned with creative direction.

The Media Strategist ensures global and regional benchmarks are being applied to digital and mobile marketing best practices; and that proposed strategic plans maximizes client budgets according to their objectives, while ensuring internal revenue commitments based on AdSpark’s targets.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Effectively digest briefs from a paid media perspective, and correctly identify points of integration with either Creatives and/or Community Management.
• Create strategic proposals as aligned with clients’ briefs and objectives and correctly propose the best possible solutions.
• Ensure the proper valuation solutions as coordinated with either Products & Partnerships or Media Operations and integrate the possible KPIs into strategic proposals.
• Lead behavioral and media data insighting from a paid media perspective across various digital channels, platforms, and other possible sources of data to support strategies as well as other pertinent strategic planning requirements.
• Stay abreast of the latest innovations in digital and mobile as channels for advertising.

Account Executive

Duties and Responsibilities

• Daily, you’ll be involved in handling digital marketing campaigns and solutions for a range of clients, communicating with clients, briefing project teams and monitoring account deliverables to further grow the accounts and our business.
• Point person in setting meetings, creating status reports, and finance monitoring for owned brands.
• Understand clients’ business and marketing challenges to create marketing plans, scope campaigns, manage initiatives and upsell other AdSpark services.
• Write briefs, lead kick-off/download meetings for the project team, and work proactively with clients on feedback/approvals.
• Manage clients to meet critical deadlines (directly or when appropriate through other Client and Agency leaders).

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Understanding of the digital landscape
• Experience in project management
• Superb communication skills
• Ability to effectively communicate with stakeholders through email, written reports, presentations, etc.

Requirements

• Fresh Graduate
• Exposure on Digital and/or Advertising is a plus
• Demonstrate familiarity with marketing concepts and terms and be able to communicate them clearly both in writing and orally.
• Must possess strong interpersonal skills; be able to work independently, multi-task, and meet deadlines with a confident, positive attitude.
• Able to manage a project done during college stay.
• Proficient in MS Office applications including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.

Account Manager

We are looking for someone with great organizational skills, has a passion for winning, and is client-centric. Ideally having a background in working with an ad agency, you are familiar with account management processes as well as working with internal teams.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Daily, you’ll be involved in handling digital marketing campaigns and solutions for a range of clients, communicating with clients, briefing project teams and monitoring account deliverables to further grow the accounts and our business.
• Lead in setting meetings, creating status reports, finance monitoring for owned brands.
• Understand clients’ business and marketing challenges to create marketing plans, scope campaigns, manage initiatives and upsell other AdSpark services.
• Manage client feedback and input, challenging their thinking and helping them in learning more about digital, and clearly communicating objectives and challenges so the agency can develop solutions to solve those challenges.
• Have input on strategic decks, calendars, proposals, media plans, and presentations based on understanding of client business and issues.
• Write briefs, lead kick-off/download meetings for the project team, and work proactively with clients on feedback/approvals.
• Manage clients to meet critical deadlines (directly or when appropriate through other Client and Agency leaders).
• Manage account-level finance, billing forecasts, invoice requests, status reports and document decisions between the agency and our clients.
• Able to train and manage a direct report
• Collect constant feedback from clients on the performance of campaigns and marketing activities.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Understanding of the digital landscape
• Experience in managing accounts and projects
• Superb communication skills
• Ability to effectively communicate with stakeholders through email, written reports, presentations, etc

Requirements

• 2+ years of experience as an account manager role in a digital company.
• Creative, media and digital agency experience is a plus.
• Experience working within Corporate Brand guidelines
• Possesses a deep passion and understanding of digital media, traditional media and brand marketing
• Experience working with clients to develop and negotiate project scopes and budgets
• Demonstrate familiarity with marketing concepts and terms and be able to communicate them clearly both in writing and orally.
• Must possess strong interpersonal skills; be able to work independently, multi-task, and meet deadlines with a confident, positive attitude.
• Thorough understanding of emotionally driven creative concepts
• Proven ability to establish a direction and vision which mobilizes the creative team to meet clearly defined goals
• Proficient in MS Office applications including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Experience using Project Management Software (Jira) 

Software Developer Head

Job Overview

The Software Development Head will be responsible for overseeing and coordinating the people, resources, and processes required to deliver new software or upgrade existing products; managing projects through completion; analyzing, designing and developing software enhancements and new modules; and managing development projects from initial design through testing, while providing strategic management direction.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Exercises independent judgment and discretion in overall software development by prioritizing, planning, and tracking project progress.
• Designs, develops, and modifies programs, including prototypes as needed.
• Researches software development options and provides analysis for development direction.
• Consults with internal departments to identify customer needs and include them into project objectives. To plan and support product development and to ensure successful implementation of strategy to internal departments. 
• Responsible for the quality and technical approach taken by team members, ensuring it is aligned with the company strategy and that projects are delivered on time and on budget. 
• To oversee strategy for both products and bespoke code base platform definition and implementation.
• Leads and manages a team of software developers, supporting them in building industry-leading, robust and innovative software and applications solutions that are fit for purpose.
• Evaluates employee performance, sets expectations and goals for the department and individual staff members, recruits, disciplines, and trains staff.
• Ensures comprehensive turnover of developed products and solutions to support team.
• Adheres to software development best practices
• Creates related technical documentation. 

Financial Analyst and Planning Manager

• Significant analytical skill set, including the utilization of BI and reporting tools
• Minimum of six years of relevant analytical, accounting and audit experience
• Able to solve complex problems
• Strong leadership skills.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to build relationships
• Strong influencing and interpersonal skills
• High level of  commercial acumen
• Advanced computer software skills, including Excel and other accounting packages
• CPA Professional qualification