Trader

Role: Trader, China International

Reports to: Trader Manager, China International

Location: China (flexible) 

THE OPPORTUNITY

This is an opportunity to work with the leading Independent Marketing Intelligence Company. You will join a global company with a global culture to match. We live and breathe our MiQ values in order to help businesses win and support our employee's professional and personal development.

The role encompasses the ability to trade campaigns across all major MiQ regions, including North America, LATAM, EMEA, MENAT and APAC. As such, you would be involved in and supporting the growth of Chinese brands across the whole world.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

Your main responsibilities will include:

• Campaign Execution
• Excellent campaign performance – deliver client success across a diverse portfolio of accounts across all major MiQ regions
• End to end campaign ownership and performance monitoring
• Use data to enhance buying decisions, resulting in overachievement vs. client- stated KPIs and internal profit objectives
• Use insights to build client rapport to up-sell and earn incremental opportunity
• Portfolio Management
• Deliver on-target margin whilst retaining & growing client spends
• Balance portfolio growth objectives with margin/profitability objectives across a variety of campaign types
• Grow campaign portfolio revenue via surpassing client KPIs, supporting custom insights and building client relationships
• Use data, analysis, and trading expertise to deliver campaign ahead of pace and maintain performance
• Internal Collaboration
• Work closely with the AM team in China and DnA team in Bangalore on custom insights planning & production
• Work with various Central and local (China) departments to aid in any of the following:

o          Campaign Process – uphold and follow China International processes

o          Pre-campaign qualification support – including support on Media Plans

o          Best-practices – adhere to and uphold campaign activation best practices

o          Troubleshooting – work on own initiative to identify and resolve campaign issues

• External Communication
• Attend and participate in external meetings - deliver insight pieces and Q&A
• Ownership of weekly reporting for clients – including direct collaboration including face-to-face. Emphasis on delivering value for clients via focus on actionable insights
• Innovation
• Regularly use campaigns to test and implement innovative ideas
• Maintain and evolve MiQ trading/operational processes and best practices
• Motivated by learning opportunities and is inquisitive

REQUIRED EXPERIENCE

• Minimum 1 years of experience with hands-on trading digital programmatic campaigns
• Good experience & proven track record of successfully optimising programmatic campaigns in at least one of DV360, TTD, Xandr, Yahoo, Amazon or Beeswax DSP – including full-funnel DR (Performance) campaigns
• Good understanding of the programmatic ecosystem in NA, EMEA and APAC
• Experience working in client-facing environment would be an advantage
• Experience with Mobile Performance campaigns is a bonus

REQUIRED SKILLS

• Strong mathematical and analytical skills & background are essential
• Fluent English & Mandarin are essential. Strong communication skills
• Attention to detail and proactive problem-solving mentality
• The ability to work with large datasets in Excel files and BI internal tools
• A working knowledge of statistical models is an advantage
• Understanding of SQL, R, Python or Bonsai (especially) is an advantage
• Strong troubleshooting ability, clear systematic approach to problem solving
• Strong communication skills and an ability to work both independently and contribute within a team environment
• A start-up mind-set and ability to prioritise effectively
• Good presentation skills
• Alignment with MiQ's core values/culture
• A can do' attitude to provide energy, drive and enthusiasm
• A dream to grow your career as the company continues to expand regionally & globally

WHAT WE VALUE IN OUR PEOPLE

Passion – We love and live what we do

Determination - We always find a way to figure it out

Unity – We back each other and challenge each other

Agility – We anticipate the unexpected, embrace and adapt to change

Courage – We dare to think unconventionally

At MiQ, we don’t just accept the differences of our people, it is what builds us as a community. MiQ is very proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.