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GroupM Malaysia Media Masters - starting July 2023

The Media Masters Program is an accelerated trainee program that prepares individuals with the knowledge and skills to launch their career in Media Planning, Media Buying, Digital, Trading or Biddable Specialist role at GroupM \xe2\x80\x93 the world\xe2\x80\x99s largest media company!

This program has been designed to be the foundation that prepares bright individuals for a career in media. By combining industry concepts, on-the-job training, and mentorship from media professionals, you will develop skills in our key practice areas: Media Planning, Paid Search, Paid Social, Programmatic, and E-commerce.

We have successfully equipped over 300+ individuals with the skills to be media leaders across the region. Join us as a Media Masters where you can begin a new career path with a team of innovative media professionals with future possibilities to grow with us.

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3 best things about the job: * The office is the \xe2\x80\x9cWorld in One Place\xe2\x80\x9d, with more than 10 nationalities and half of our talents are below the age of 30. You can definitely expect a young, fun and casual working environment! You get to wear jeans to work too!

• Learn and train from the media industry\xe2\x80\x99s best practitioners and recognized leaders, which will connect you with global media partners (e.g. Facebook, Google, Twitter, etc).
• Fantastic opportunity to build a successful and rewarding career in integrated media advertising and digital communications with a global company with 400 offices in 81 countries.

In this role, your goals will be:

• Unlocked new achievements by acquiring relevant media work experience and skills valued by the industry.
• Attained industry-recognized qualifications and certificates such as Google Training Certification, which will be valuable for your career portfolio.
• You would have worked on real media briefs from one of the biggest global brand, with full media campaign ideas.
• Built valuable relationships with Leaders and Influencers from the digital and media space from the agency, media partners and global brands across various industries.

What you will bring:

• Open to fresh graduates and entry-level professional with less than 1 year experience in any discipline, but preferably with a an university Degree in Advertising, Marketing, Mathematics, Business and/or Communications e.g. Communications Research, Communication Technology, Economics, Statistics, Management, Integrated Marketing Communications and other similar disciplines.
• A big appetite in the ever-changing digital space.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and proficiency in oral and written communications.
• Demonstrate strong interest to build an exciting career in media and communications.
• Appreciation for numbers, statistics and data with the ability to interpret and translate the findings into successful media campaigns.
• Adaptable to constant changes, as the media business is ever-evolving.
• Graduate trainees will be paid a competitive starting salary throughout the program.

Interview process:\xe2\x80\x8b

First Round: Phone Screening with Talent Acquisition team
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Second Round: You will be invited to GroupM office for 2-3 rounds of panel Interviews with agency heads & team leaders - Early Aug 2023

Programme starts 21st Aug 2023

More about GroupM

GroupM is the leading global media investment management group serving as the parent to WPP media agencies including Mindshare, MediaCom, Wavemaker, Essence and m/SIX, as well as the programmatic digital media platform, Xaxis, each global operations in their own right with leading market positions. GroupM\xe2\x80\x99s primary purpose is to maximize the performance of WPP\xe2\x80\x99s media agencies by operating as leader and collaborator in trading, content creation, sports, digital, finance, and proprietary tool development. GroupM\xe2\x80\x99s focus is to deliver unrivaled marketplace advantage to its clients, stakeholders and people, and is increasingly working closely for the benefit of clients with WPP\xe2\x80\x99s data investment management group, Kantar. Together, GroupM and Kantar account for over 50% of WPP\xe2\x80\x99s group revenues of more than $20 billion.

Discover more about GroupM at www.groupm.com

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About Malaysia

The new office in Empire City, Kuala Lumpur \xe2\x80\x93 a modest city on steroids booming with new muscular architectures. Housing all our agencies in a world class office at WPP Kampus will forge greater ties with the rest of WPP.

The office is the \xe2\x80\x9cWorld in One Place\xe2\x80\x9d, with more than 10 nationalities and half of our talent are below the age of 30. You can expect a young, fun and casual work environment! In Malaysia, we can see this ambition come to life through the digital literacy of its consumers. This market will provide endless opportunities for marketing, media and branding professionals to hone their skill as it transits rapidly from manually-managed traditional media to programmatic new media.

Those looking for an exciting and challenging career in media have no better place to be in than Malaysia.

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