Data Strategist

Overview of the Job EssenceMediacom is one of the world’s renowned media agency. We are a key part of GroupM, WPP’s global operation arm. With the vision statement “Seeing the bigger picture”, we missioned ourselves to help client see through the market from a bird eye view, locating and maximizing business opportunity with first in class communications planning and data analytics. “People First, Better Results” describes our core value, which sees as respect talent’s expertise as well as their wellbeing.  We are seeking a Data and AI Consultant to drive our analytics consulting services. This role combines business development, project management, and knowledge sharing responsibilities. The ideal candidate will identify and develop new business opportunities in data analytics and AI, while managing multiple client projects and contributing to the team's professional growth. For more information, visit https://www.essencemediacom.com/Like us on Facebook at facebook.com/essencemediacomhongkong Reporting of the roleThis role reports to Associate Director, Data Analytics

Responsibilities of the role:Business Development

• Identify and pursue business opportunities in data analytics and AI
• Support pitch presentations for new business opportunities
• Develop compelling proposals for data-driven solutions
• Work with technical teams to translate business needs into solutions
• Support the growth of our data analytics and AI service offerings

Project Management

• Lead multiple concurrent client projects and deliverables
• Create and manage project timelines, resources, and budgets
• Coordinate with internal teams
• Ensure profitable delivery of client projects
• Monitor project scope and manage change requests
• Regular client reporting and status updates

Internal Training & Development

• Design and deliver training sessions on data analytics and AI
• Create learning materials and documentation
• Share industry best practices and new developments
• Support team's professional development in data-driven approaches

 Requirements: 

• Bachelor's degree in any field
• At least 2 years of relevant work experience
• Consulting or technical sales experience is desired
• Experience in developing data analytics and AI business proposals, and project management
• Strong understanding of data analytics solutions, AI technologies, cloud platform and BI visualization tools
• Good understanding of MarTech platforms (such as CM360, DV360, SA360, Google Tag Manager, Google Analytics, Adobe Analytics, and Meta) is a plus
• Strong written and verbal communication skills in both Chinese and English  

 More about EssenceMediacom

EssenceMediacom is “The Content + Connections Agency”, working on behalf of its clients to leverage their brands’ entire system of communications across paid, owned and earned channels. By focusing on the totality of our clients' communications, we deliver step-changing media effectiveness improvements, transforming our clients’ business through systems thinking. We employ 1800 people in 23 offices across 15 countries around Asia Pacific.Our people are at the heart of everything we do; we firmly believe in our “People First, Better Results” philosophy and want to be certain that work is always challenging, engaging and satisfying. We aim to ensure that our employees’ skills are constantly evolving, and so provide all EssenceMediacom staff with training and development.We were named the best-performing media agency of 2017 (Recma New Biz Balance 2017 report). In terms of new billings alone, EssenceMediacom topped the charts with over $1.6bn in new clients (Recma New Biz Balance 2017 report). We are named the Media Agency Network of the Year by Festival of Media Global Awards (2018/2017), AdWeek (2017), Campaign (2017) and M&M Global (2017). For more information, visit https://www.essencemediacom.com/Like us on Facebook at facebook.com/essencemediacomhongkong

About Hong Kong

Hong Kong’s small yet highly dynamic and efficient media market means it gets to operate with agility. Its internet and digital penetration continues to grow year-on-year, and has the highest smartphone penetration in Asia Pacific at 87%, while tablet ownership clocks in at 57%. Hong Kong’s digital market boasts a healthy mix of local, regional and global players, providing new opportunities in the media space.If you want a future in media and communications, and believe in Hong Kong’s belief of “work hard, play hard”, there is clearly no place more vibrant, challenging and exciting than Hong Kong, where opportunities for you to innovate and grow are unparalleled.  #LI-Post