mGraduate Trainee Programme 2025

1 week ago

Hong Kong, Central and Western District, Hong Kong SAR China GroupM Full time

GroupM Graduate Trainee Programme 2025

GroupM Nexus is part of GroupM, the world's largest media investment company and part of WPP, dedicated to driving exceptional results for our clients through innovative and data-driven strategies. We foster a collaborative and supportive environment where talented individuals can thrive and make a real impact, and we are committed to developing the next generation of digital advertising leaders.

Our Graduate Trainee Programme is a comprehensive 18-month program designed to provide ambitious and driven graduates with an understanding of the media advertising landscape. You'll gain hands-on experience across key areas of our business through a rotation program, developing a broad skillset and building a strong foundation for a successful career in media. You will develop skills in our key practice areas: Paid Search, Paid Social, Programmatic, AdTech Operations, and Media Buying.

Join us as a Graduate Trainee where you can begin a new career path with a team of innovative media professionals with future possibilities to grow with us.

Reporting of the role

You will be shadowing from a group of talented senior expertise from biddable and non-biddable teams.

What's in it for you?

  • Diverse Experience: Be immersed in the media advertising industry from day one and gain exposure to a wide range of media advertising disciplines across Media Buying, Digital, Paid Search, Paid Social, Programmatic, AdTech Operations, etc.
  • Client Impact: Directly manage buying campaigns and optimize performance campaigns for leading brands, driving tangible business results through non-biddable and biddable strategies.
  • Collaborative Team Environment: Learn and Grow Together You'll work alongside a supportive and collaborative team where knowledge sharing is encouraged, and your contributions are valued.
  • Comprehensive Training: Learn from the Best in the Industry. Gain practical experience through our training modules and mentorship, applying your knowledge to live client campaigns and projects from day one.
  • Skills for Your Future: Expand your expertise in performance media as part of our growing Center of Excellence, staying at the forefront of industry trends and technologies.
  • Growth Opportunities: High-performing graduates will be considered for a fast-track career opportunity to join a permanent role at GroupM after the programme completion.

Key Responsibilities:

As a Graduate Trainee, you will be responsible for:

  • Actively participating in all training sessions and workshops, and attain internal and external certifications.
  • Proactively seeking out opportunities to learn new skills and technologies.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams, agencies, and partners to support planning, execution, and optimization of advertising campaigns to achieve common goals.
  • Perform day-to-day ad-trafficking tasks, including ad tags with creative assets and tracking pixels, provide tagging advice and assist on troubleshooting.
  • Execute performance campaigns on major biddable platforms (e.g. Google, Microsoft Advertising, Meta) across all GroupM agencies.
  • Analyze campaign performance data and identify trends and insights. Provide actionable suggestions to improve optimizations and future campaign brief recommendations.
  • Position self as a trusted advisor to clients and GroupM agencies, demonstrating the ability to provide recommendations and POVs to clients from an implementation and buying perspective.
  • Negotiate rates, terms, and placement with various media vendors (e.g. TV, print, outdoor, radio, digital) to secure optimal value and reach.
  • Purchase advertising spaces, monitor and optimize the performance of the campaign based on pre-aligned metrics.
  • Foster strong relationships with external media partners and agency partners to ensure smooth campaign implementation and buying.
  • Work with high-profile local and global brand clients and contribute to the creation of client presentations and reports.

After 18 months of training, you will be able to handle:

  • Campaign Management: Independently develop and execute strategies and activation across different platforms, monitor and report the performance across multiple brands.
  • Multitasking and Prioritization: Manage multiple projects simultaneously, ensuring timely delivery and meeting expectations.
  • Performance Optimization: Analyze campaign data on various platforms to identify trends and insights, developing and implementing optimization strategies to achieve client KPIs.
  • Knowledge Dissemination: Facilitate continuous learning and knowledge sharing within the team and broader organization.
  • Cross-Functional Collaboration: Effectively work within and lead cross-functional teams involving clients, internal teams, and media owners.
  • Team Development: Share knowledge and support to enhance other team member's media skills.

Who are we looking for?

  • Final year students graduating in May/June 2025.
  • Early career movers with 1-2 years of relevant working experience.
  • Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Advertising, Communications, and Business is preferred although this programme is open to graduates from all majors.

What you'll bring:

  • Passionate and keen to learn and develop your understanding of all things Media.
  • Excellent interpersonal skills and proficiency in oral and written communications.
  • A collaborative mindset and team player.
  • Appreciation for numbers, digital world, and data with the ability to interpret and translate the findings into successful media campaigns.
  • Adaptable to constant changes in the media business.
  • Strong communication and presentation skills, with the ability to confidently interact with clients and different stakeholders. Fluent in spoken and written English and Cantonese.

Recruitment Timeline

Application deadline: 30 April 2025
Interview period: 21 – 23 May 2025
Confirmation to successful applicants: 29 May – 3 Jun 2025
Orientation Day (Program starts): 2 July 2025

More about GroupM Nexus

GroupM Nexus is the industry's largest community of performance marketing experts designed to drive performance and innovation at scale for GroupM's agencies and clients.

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About Hong Kong

Hong Kong SAR's small yet highly dynamic and efficient media market allows us to operate with agility. Its internet and digital penetration continue to grow year-on-year and has the highest smartphone penetration in Asia Pacific at 87%.

If you want a future in media and communications, and believe in Hong Kong SAR's belief of "work hard, play hard", there is clearly no place more vibrant, challenging, and exciting than Hong Kong SAR.

GroupM is an equal opportunity employer. We view everyone as an individual and we understand that inclusion is more than just diversity – it's about belonging.

Disclaimer: This is an evergreen requisition, meaning we are always on the lookout for great candidates to fill potential future opportunities. Thank you for your interest in GroupM, your application will be reviewed by our talent acquisition team.

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