Digital Media Strategist at Havas South Africa April, 2025

Digital Media Strategist at Havas South Africa April, 2025

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Job Description Summary : 

  • The Media Development Expert is responsible for developing and deploying best practices for media experiences specifically for global clients.  
  • The role sits between Strategy and Activation and is the point where Strategy is translated into Media Experiences for global clients.

Job Description :

Mission & Responsibilities 

  • Contribute to champion Havas unique approach for global clients to ‘media planning +’ in the form of Mx – emphasizing media experience versus media planning which includes connection, context and content 
  • Be instrumental in the Mx excellence and design optimal Mx guidelines for global clients across Havas countries 
  • Work closely with data and strategy communities as well as client leadership and specialists’ teams 
  • Build relationships with creative / content stakeholders and key media owners to ensure optimized and innovative Mx recommendations for our global clients 
  • Ensure optimal Mx delivery for global clients in the countries in liaise with relevant internal specialist teams and make sure processes are respected for local implementation 
  • Ensure audience planning and data integration from Mx brief to Mx measurement 
  • Ensure quality control on plan recommendation against Mx delivery 
  • Provide insightful post campaign optimization 
  • Contribute to the client satisfaction 

Previous Experience & Industry Background 

  • 8+ years professional experience in strategic planning 
  • Media, Brand 

Qualifications & Languages: 

  • Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Business, Marketing or Advertising 
  • Languages: English (Intermediate) 

Soft skills & Competencies 

  • Managing execution 
  • Being authentic and open 
  • Being flexible and adaptable 
  • Media and media planning  
  • Mx Expert (Connection, Context, Content) 
  • Omnichannel 
  • Strong knowledge of partners and suppliers (Media / Tech / Data / Content) 
  • Advanced Programmatic 
  • OSEP 

Technical skills 

  • Media planning tools  
  • Advertising technologies 
  • Business intelligence software (i.e. Tableau, Datorama) 
  • Office software 

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