Associate Vice President

2 weeks ago


Mumbai, Maharashtra, India Havas Media Network India Full time

DEPARTMENT: Strategy

PRIMARY LOCATION: Mumbai

JOB SUMMARY:

This role is to focus on client engagements in the remit of brand positioning/repositioning, innovation strategy, category vision, brand architecture and portfolio strategy based on insight. This role leads projects from brief through to successful delivery with support from a business team. It is also responsible for growing existing and new client relationships.

REPORTING: Chief Strategy Officer - Havas Media

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

  • Helps our most senior clients shape their marketing strategy, from sizing market opportunities and setting annual objectives, to mapping a communications architecture, audiences and messaging.
  • Ensures that strategic inputs are fed into the business teams and accounts leads.
  • Relentlessly raise the bar of best practice across the account, pushing beyond the bounds of traditional marketing and embedding the brand into culture.
  • Nurturing the capabilities and careers of other junior team members.
  • Deep understanding of traditional and digital media channels.
  • Familiarity with emerging media trends and technologies.
  • Awareness of media consumption habits across different demographics.
  • Experience in developing media plans that align with marketing strategies.
  • Knowledge of media buying processes and negotiation tactics.
  • Ability to optimize media spend to achieve maximum ROI.
  • Proficiency in analyzing media performance data and metrics.
  • Capability to interpret insights from media analytics to inform strategy.
  • Understanding of key performance indicators (KPIs) and their impact on campaign effectiveness.
  • Experience in creating integrated marketing campaigns across multiple media channels.
  • Ability to ensure consistent messaging and branding across all media platforms.
  • Ability to craft media strategies that drive brand awareness and engagement.
  • Knowledge of audience targeting and segmentation techniques.
  • Expertise in leveraging media to support overall marketing objectives.
  • Continuous monitoring of industry trends and media innovations.
  • Ability to adapt strategies based on the latest media developments.
  • Proactive approach to experimenting with new media channels and formats.

PROFILE REQUIREMENTS:

  • Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Business Administration, or related field; advanced degree preferred.
  • 8+ years of experience in marketing strategy with senior client management.
  • Proven track record in developing and executing comprehensive marketing strategies.
  • Strong analytical and strategic thinking skills.
  • Experience working closely with senior account leaders and business teams
  • Demonstrated ability to lead and collaborate with cross-functional teams.

About Havas

Founded in 1835 in Paris, Havas is one of the world's largest global communications networks, with more than 22,000 people in over 100 countries sharing one single mission: to make a meaningful difference to brands, businesses, and people. Havas has developed a fully integrated model through its 70+ Havas Villages around the world, covering all communication activities. The teams of the three business units, Havas Creative Network, Havas Media Network and Havas Health & You, work together with agility and in perfect synergy to offer tailor-made, innovative solutions to clients that support them in their positive transformation. Havas is committed to building a diverse culture where everybody feels they belong and can be themselves and thrive. Havas integrated into Vivendi, a global leader in media, entertainment, and communications, in December 2017.

Further information about Havas is available at

About Havas India

Havas India gathers the expertise of 20 agencies and specialised divisions across 3 verticals:

  • Havas Media Network – Havas Media, PivotRoots (integrated digital), Arena Media, Havas Media Tribes (out-of-home), Havas Market (e-commerce), Havas Play (sports, entertainment & content), Havas Programmatic Hub (programmatic trading desk), Havas Analytics (data & analytics), Socialyse (pure play social media), and Havas Play Gameplan (sports marketing);
  • Havas Creative Network – Havas Worldwide India (creative), Havas People India (talent communications & employer branding), Havas CX India (customer experience), Think Design (UX/UI), Shobiz (experiential marketing), Shobiz Exhibits (exhibitions) Conran Design Group Mumbai (branding & design), PR Pundit Havas Red (PR), and Prose on Pixels (content-at-scale);
  • Havas Health & You – Havas Life Sorento (health & wellness communications).

With its unique Village model, it is an integrated network present across 3 Villages in Mumbai, Gurgaon and Bengaluru, and regional offices in Kolkata, New Delhi, Hyderabad and Chennai, with over 2000+ professionals and associates.

As one of India's fastest growing and agile networks, Havas India has bagged multiple new clients across verticals and won several prestigious awards over the last 2 years including the group being Great Place To Work CertifiedTM twice in a row (Nov Nov 2023 & Dec 2023 – Dec 2024), consistently being featured in the top 3 at R3 New Business League rankings, and winning at Campaign Asia-Pacific Agency of the Year awards, e4m Indian Marketing Awards 2023, ABBY One Show 2023, Campaign Women Leading Change awards, and more. Our CSR programs, DE&I initiatives, and being actively involved in various industry associations is what keeps us invested as a network that has a clear mission of making a meaningful difference to brands, businesses and people.

For more information, visit and follow Havas India on social media.

About Havas Media Network India

Havas Media Network India is a media conglomerate that operates within a global framework – Mx – to drive Media Experiences and invest in Meaningful Media to build Meaningful Brands. The network offers a wide range of integrated marketing solutions covering strategy, media planning & buying, PR, social media, mobile, sports & entertainment, data, research & analytics services across traditional and digital media. It consists of media networks – Havas Media, PivotRoots and Arena Media, and specialist brands – Havas Market (e-commerce), Havas Play (entertainment, gaming, sports and fandom), Havas Play Gameplan (sports marketing), Havas Programmatic Hub (programmatic trading desk), Havas Analytics (data & analytics), Socialyse (social media), KlugKlug (influencer marketing) & Havas Media Tribes (out-of-home).

For more information, visit & follow Havas Media Network on social media.

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