Business Director

People

As a Business Director at Magna you will be leading one of the biggest assignments for Magna. You will be managing a team in excess of 35 Full Time members working across three verticals; Hospitality, Real Estate & Theme Parks which encompasses 40 brands.

The Business Director will strategically drive the Business within Magna through our vision and product excellence. The lead will ensure that overall quality of media strategies, media plans and media activation across offline and digital media are of a high quality. In addition to the brilliant basics, it is important that the lead sparks innovation across all media touch points, think of the bigger picture on how we are contributing to our clients overall bottom line and ensure we short list and win multiple awards from the great work we produce.

You will be responsible for the structure, professionalism, and performance of the team. With a focus on an open working environment; offering support, training, and insights to team members.

Product, Pitching, Planning

• Set annual media strategy for all brands and categories

• Advise, consult, and lead on communication strategies.

• Stakeholder management is a key part of this role. The lead needs to ensure that key senior stakeholders are managed and are kept up to date on business and media performance

• Uphold a touch-point approach through use of industry and proprietary research tools

• Ensure media research and analysis is correctly used in the team

• Ensure implementation, creativity, and tactical executions across all brands

• Translate media strategies into actionable media plans and act as a knowledge hub on trends for team members

• Manage media budgets, reporting and competitive analysis

• Manage process between clients / brand agency.

• Involved in all major Client negotiations with Buying Director.

• Quality control of all written media evaluations, recommendations and presentations to Clients.

• Manage an integrated staff of media professionals. Develop the staff through performance. management and giving consistent feedback. Identify with staff, developmental opportunities and help them to work toward their professional goals.

• Manage human resource administration, which includes maintaining staff levels through effective recruiting, salary administration, performance management and conflict resolution.

• Promote an open working environment where opinions, views and ideas can be shared.

• Solid leadership and management capabilities.

• Training and development of team members.

• Lead best practices presentations internally with office.

• Contribute to innovation idea generation, and ensure best practices flow between offices.

• Identify areas of organic growth and new revenue streams.

• Maintain a profitable set-up and structure.

• Lead & Support on new business pitches.

• Responsible for the professionalism and performance of the team.

• Responsible for the structure of the team to ensure to ensure its smooth operation, and advise on resources needed within the team.

• Ensure the team maintains a good relationship with all clients, media owners and others in the agency.

• Provide training for the team to improve professionalism and keep young talent in the company.