Job Opening for Media Buying and Planning Executive with OSN

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Job Purpose

The Media Buying and Planning Executive will contribute to implementing the media buying and planning unit's projects and initiatives executing various functions related to the role to increase team efficiency.

This role will contribute to the development and implementation of all ATL/BTL paid marketing campaigns to deliver OSN's strategic and business objectives of driving new sales, supporting retention, driving ARPU and building the leadership position of the OSN brand in the TV entertainment industry.

Strategic Duties & Responsibilities:

• Budget tracking
• Collection and analysis of information about different media channels, such as newspapers, magazines, radio, television, online and outdoor media with regards to ratings, consumer behavior, circulation, audience trends and the impact of different methods.
• Analysis and reporting of regional and OSN specific media trends to cross- functional internal stakeholders.

Key Accountabilities

• Planning & Organisation
• This role will contribute to the below activities and tasks:
• Media campaign planning and buying covering 8 markets: UAE, KSA, KWT, EGY, QTR, JRD, BHR and OMN.
• day-to-day management of the media agency in the development and execution of media plans, from recommended purchase through post analysis.
• Monitoring of the media marketplace to stay abreast of trends, identify opportunities and emerging issues, and understand new technologies and consumer reaction.
• Managing media campaign reviews with the agency twice per year.
• Managing the media planning and media buying processes, including identifying or maximizing strong marketing opportunities with other marketing managers in the region, PR and online marketing.
• Building monthly media plans and make subsequent revisions and optimizations based on results, feedback and new initiatives.
• Managing media budgets and execution of authorized plans, purchase orders and media payments. Approve invoices for payment. Communicate with the agency and outside vendors for billing issues and dispute resolution. Aiding in consolidating post-campaign report
• Following up on campaign collateral/working closely with the creative unit to ensure clear understanding of requirements and timely delivery of material.

Desired Skills and Experience:

Experience required:

• Minimum 2 years in a marketing role preferably in a media-focused position in a media agency
• Proven experience in project management.
• Ability to quickly assimilate and adapt information analytically.
• Excellent communication skills - both written and oral (Arabic speaker a must)
• Budget management.
• New developments and trends in the media space.
• Education requirement:
• Bachelor's degree in Business (A marketing/advertising degree is preferred)

Knowledge & Skills:

• 3-4 years in a marketing role preferably in a media agency.
• A thorough understanding of the regions market and consumers.
• Proficient in Microsoft Words, PowerPoint and Excel/ Excellent presentation skills
• Strong numerical skills
• Ability to work independently as well as in a team environment.
• Strong oral and written communication skills in English.
• Fluent in English and Arabic.
• Result oriented. Ability to multitask.
• Ability to travel to core markets across the region, especially Saudi Arabia.
• Ability to work under pressure. Attention to detail.
• Extremely organized and able to articulate and communicate clearly and concisely.

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Job Opening for Software Development Team Leader with OSN

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Job Purpose

Lead and be part of an agile development team, building and working on enterprise grade software systems on top of the Microsoft .NET development stack.

Key Accountabilities

• Maintain high standards of software quality within the team by establishing good practices and habits.
• Identify and encourage areas for growth and improvement within the team.
• Collaborate with other software developers, business analysts and software architects to plan, design, develop, test, and maintain web- and desktop-based business applications built on Microsoft technologies.
• Assist in the collection and documentation of user's requirements, development of user stories, estimates and work plans. Prepare reports, manuals and other documentation on the status, operation and maintenance of software.
• Design, develop, and unit test applications in accordance with established standards.
• Participate in peer-reviews of solution designs and related code.
• Package and support deployment of releases.
• Work with teammates in the migration of legacy applications to current Microsoft technologies.
• Develop, refine, and tune integrations between applications.
• Analyze and resolve technical and application problems.
• Assess opportunities for application and process improvement and prepare documentation of rationale to share with team members and other affected parties.
• Adhere to high-quality software development principles while delivering solutions on-time and on-budget.
• Provide third-level support to business users. Research and evaluate a variety of software products.
• Provide technical and team leadership through coaching and mentorship.
• Manage Enterprise software development using SDLC (Agile Methodology) and Secure Development Life cycle (SDL)
• In-depth knowledge and experience in information systems architecture, software design Methodologies and software design patterns, and object oriented design.
• Ensuring that all process are followed ensuring software governance
• Guide team development efforts towards successful project delivery.

Desired Skills and Experience:

Qualifications, experience, skills and competencies

Experience required:

Minimum 7 years' experience in which at least 2 years in a lead role.

Education requirement:

IT degree or equivalent.

Knowledge & Skills:

• Proficient with Microsoft .NET 4+ development with In depth knowledge and experience with core Microsoft .Net technologies including: WCF, WPF, LINQ and EF
• Well versed with service oriented architecture (SOA) using SOAP, REST, JSON
• Expert in creating Responsive UI using HTML5, XHTML, JQuery, AJAX, DHTML, XML, and other languages/development tools
• Well versed with web statistic software's, Microsoft TFS , Visual Studio 2013,2010
• Extensive experience designing and developing enterprise grade software
• Experience with source control management systems and continuous integration/deployment environments
• Experience with automated testing Experience with agile development methodologies including Kanban and Scrum Experience with multi-threading and concurrency
• Experience with debugging, performance profiling and optimization Comprehensive understanding of object-oriented and service-oriented application development techniques and theories
• Internally motivated, able to work proficiently both independently and in a team environment
• Strong communication skills with both internal team members and external business stakeholders
• Strong initiative to find ways to improve solutions, systems, and processes.

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Job Opening for Senior Manager/Data Scientist Customer Marketing – Data with OSN

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Job Purpose

The purpose of this role is to develop a customer database ecosystem, from the input till the output that grows a competitive advantage for the company. This role will be responsible for transforming data into insights, organizing, prioritizing and delivering business analysis, algorithms and models, according to best-in-class data processes. This role will head all advanced analytics, behavioral/prediction models and segmentation exercises/lists to support the three pillars of Customers Marketing: Experience, Revenue and Retention. It will be accountable for the Customer Database Management development, delivery and maintenance, as well as coordination with all relevant partners in the business, like IT, BI and Sales.

Desired Skills and Experience:

Experience required:

• +10 years of relevant experience
• Customer Database Management: the integration of data, from scoping and mining to insights
• Machine learning: using computers to improve, as well as develop, algorithms
• Conceptual modelling: to be able to share and articulate modelling
• Statistical analysis: to understand and work around possible limitations in models
• Predictive modelling: predict future outcomes and behavior
• Hypothesis testing: being able to develop hypothesis and test them with careful experiments

Education requirement:

Bachelor's degree

Knowledge & Skills:

• Strong communication skills
• Team leader and inspirational
• Organization ability to lead multiple activities and tasks
• Problem-solving approach to complex issues with a structured thinking approach
• Clear big picture view and business strategy understanding
• Ability to query, develop and program databases and perform statistical analysis
• Articulate clearly the implications of analytics and insights
• Create examples, prototypes, demonstrations

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Opening for Senior Manager Customer Marketing – Retention with OSN

Job Purpose

The purpose of this role is to understand churn and manage the customer's life-cycle to minimize outflow value, churn and disconnections. This role should plan, drive and support tailored retention initiatives in the company, including proactive management, reactive management and win-backs. This includes end-to-end accountability from data-mining, modeling, campaign execution and results management, leveraging all other areas in the organization. Furthermore, this role should bring customer-centricity to different layers of the organization and coordinate service delivery, working closely to minimize customer complaints and dissatisfaction triggers.

Desired Skills and Experience:

Experience required:

• +7 years of relevant experience
• Retention Management: the ability to perform damage control with segmentation and offers
• Customer Life-Cycle Value Management: pre-empt churn and proactive management
• Campaign Management: organization of multiple activities under one tool
• Customer Experience: ability to drive retention by communication
• Education requirement:
• Bachelor's degree

Knowledge & Skills:

• Analytical proficiency
• Articulate clearly the implications of analysis and insights
• Good understanding of customer service
• Campaign execution and roadmap planning
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Have a good understanding of the big picture and business strategy
• Create examples, prototypes, demonstrations
• Able to influence cross-functionally

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Opening for Senior Business Analyst Customer Marketing – Data Scientist with OSN

Job Purpose

The purpose of this role is to develop advanced analytics, behavioral/prediction models and segmentation exercises/lists to support the three pillars of Customers Marketing: Experience, Revenue and Retention. This role will be responsible for transforming data into insights, delivering business analysis, result , algorithms and models according to best-in-class data processes.

Desired Skills and Experience:

Experience required:

• +5 years of relevant experience
• Customer Database Management: the integration of data from scoping, mining to insights
• Statistical analysis: to understand and work around possible limitations in models
• Predictive modelling: predict future outcomes and behavior
• Hypothesis testing: being able to develop hypothesis and test them with careful experiments
• Education requirement:
• Bachelor's degree

Knowledge & Skills:

• Have a good understanding of business processes
• Work in a dynamic environment and manage large quantities of data
• Ability to query databases and perform statistical analysis
• Develop or program databases
• Create examples, prototypes, demonstrations
• Able to work autonomously

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