Freelance Consultant - Digital Media Specialist

Our client, an American multinational consumer products company is looking to engage with a Digital Media Specialist.

Primary Responsibilities:

Responsible for the development of the Digital strategy across different channels/platforms (eg: Online video, social media & influencer strategy) based on a consumer journey.

Strategic Development :

Lead the development and implementation of comprehensive digital media strategies.

Ensure alignment of digital strategies with brand experience goals and business growth objectives.

Utilize consumer journey analytics to inform strategy across different digital channels, including online video, social media, and influencer strategies.

Execution and Optimization :

Ensure monthly media briefing is managed as per agreed timelines, work with media agency to have the media plans shared on time, evaluate and approve monthly media plans (all touchpoints). Align plans with Brand Managers and ensure creative agencies fill the Material requisition accurately & timely.

Weekly check-in on plan deliveries and creative optimisations where necessary

Set and monitor KPIs across consumer journeys to optimize both top and down-funnel objectives.

Integrate off-platform plans with eCommerce activations to drive traffic and conversions.

Identify data-driven insights to continuously enhance digital campaign performance.

Cross-Functional Collaboration :

Work closely with brand, marketing, and eCommerce teams to ensure cohesive digital strategies.

Collaborate with external agencies and internal stakeholders to scale digital initiatives effectively.

Innovation and Trend Adoption :

Drive digital transformation by challenging teams with innovative thinking and planning approaches.

Keep abreast of digital media trends to refine and optimize media effectiveness.

Owned media management: the candidate will also hold accountability for the owned media assets like the work on the Website, SEO and SEM. He/She will also be expected to collaborate with the CRM lead to have strong FPD data usage in our brand plans.

Agency and Budget Management :

Manage digital agency relationships for media planning and creative development.

Work with finance teams to oversee digital media budget and ensure efficient billing processes

Skills Required

Preferred Requirements :

5-8 years of experience in digital marketing

Direct experience on digital planning/buying across all platforms

Integrated campaign planning(assigning roles to channels such as social, video, search, influencer)

Must have some experience in performance digital marketing

First hand knowledge of relevant ad tech tools and technology - Facebook ad manager, Google Marketing platform, Brand safety and tagging tools

The candidate may come from an agency experience or from any other organization where he/she has done a similar role

Sharp and sensible understanding of the Digital Ecosystem. Be able to apply innovative problem solving skills and logical analytical thinking that can connect the dots to drive results in a sustainable and scalable way

Team players who can collaborate effectively, convince, influence and inspire various stakeholders to achieve structure, scale, efficiency and agility.

Thrive in a dynamic and ever-changing, ambiguous environment and be comfortable with unprecedented ways of working.

Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English with ability to present thoughts in a coherent and organised manner.