Executive Search & Headhunting Recruitment Services for the Media and Advertising Industry


Monroe Consulting Group’s executive search services provide specialise recruitment expertise to help our clients secure the best talents within the Media and Advertising Industry.

The ability of our recruitment consultants to source passive candidates is what has set us apart from other recruitment agency services. Monroe’s specialised executive search team thrive upon the partnerships it has cultivated with some of the world’s most recognised and respected brand names within the Media and Advertising sector.

Monroe provides a unique recruitment approach that targets professional of mid-level to senior executive and expertise for companies in the Media and Advertising industry. In many cases, our executive search firm acts as an essential recruitment partner for building mid to senior-level management teams, which are critical to the success of the company. Our team of experts can help you find talents across all major sub-sectors within the Media and Advertising industry including (but not all), film, television, radio, marketing, advertisement, commercial, entertainment and print.

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Editor-in-Chief (Media)

Executive recruitment consultant Monroe Consulting Group Indonesia is recruiting on behalf of a Leading Multinational Media Company. Our client is seeking for Editor In Chief. This job will be based in Jakarta, Indonesia. Lead the editorial content team in customizing content for digital, print, social media, and events to align with the content philosophy, vertical strategies, community development, and commercial growth requirements. Work closely with the marketing team to ensure that content and creative assets comply with brand standards, maintaining uniformity in style, quality, and tone, all while optimizing content for search and audience engagement across all platforms. Craft a content strategy that supports and extends brand and marketing efforts in both the short and long term. Take the lead in adopting a digital-first approach, enhancing digital products to drive significant audience growth and engagement, thus enabling the commercial team to generate fresh digital revenue. Encourage innovation by actively exploring novel ideas and industry trends. Formulate a strategy for establishing thought leadership and content authority. Manage the planning and processes within the content department, ensuring that deadlines are met with on-brand, high-quality results. Establish a functional content calendar covering a range of content categories, empowering each vertical head to optimize their performance. Supervise the content budget to ensure that expenses stay within the designated budgetary limits. Assist the commercial side of the business by contributing to presentation materials, client pitches, and identifying potential partners (e.g., barter agreements) in coordination with the sales and events team. Collaborate with the Managing Director, Sales, and Events teams to enhance both signature and client events, overseeing areas where editorial expertise is vital, such as invitations, scripting, and content programming. Qualification: Proficient in content creation, digital growth, and optimizing channels, with expertise in community development. A history of successful roles in esteemed global or regional media brands, boasting a solid reputation and a proven track record as a content leader. Demonstrates a strong connection with influential communities and possesses the ability to represent the Tatler brand while advocating Tatler's core values in the luxury industry. Exceptional skills in presentation, public speaking, and interpersonal communication are paramount. Possesses a deep understanding of the Indonesian market and the preferences of high-net-worth (HNW) audiences. Exhibits a comprehensive grasp of the luxury lifestyle, its key stakeholders, communities, and audiences. A successful history of driving digital transformation and a comprehensive understanding of the digital advertising landscape. Capable of leading and motivating large teams of creative professionals and content creators to attain the company's objectives. Willingness to embrace change and adapt strategies as needed.

  • Jakarta
  • Permanent
  • Negotiable

Head of Commercial (Media)

Monroe Consulting Group is recruiting on behalf of Multinational Lifestyle Media. Our respected client is seeking a Head of Commercial, the job is based in Jakarta, Indonesia. The Head of Commercial is responsible for achieving revenue targets in Indonesia. This role involves crafting a robust commercial strategy, establishing the right organizational structure and processes, and leading a team responsible for sales, branded content, marketing, and events. The main objectives are to enhance client engagement, secure new business opportunities, and foster sustainable revenue growth. Responsibilities: Develop a commercial strategy, pricing framework, and sales plan for the Indonesian market, while continuously assessing market potential and taking effective actions. Drive business growth in both existing and emerging sectors by creating products, services, and commercial initiatives that surpass customer expectations and capture new business opportunities. Develop and execute digital commercial plans to boost digital revenue. Establish and strengthen the company's leading position in its categories. Manage client engagement and retention, nurture and improve relationships with clients and agencies at senior levels. Cultivate a strong network and productive relationships with external partners, communities, and stakeholders. Lead and oversee the commercial teams to achieve the company's brand, revenue, and profitability targets. Provide day-to-day leadership for the commercial team while aligning their efforts with the company's strategic goals. Establish an efficient commercial team structure, attract, retain, and develop key talent. Enhance commercial processes and systems while effectively managing available resources. Collaborate with content, art and design, finance, HR, and other regional business units to create synergies and ensure a unified team effort. Identify cross-platform selling opportunities. Foster and support international and regional revenue prospects. Collaborate with the finance team to analyze sales data, monitor competitor activities, and stay informed about market developments. Requirements: Minimum of 10 years of sales and commercial experience, with at least 5 years in senior roles within the lifestyle media industry, demonstrating a track record of achieving business results and substantial growth. Possess strong commercial acumen, an in-depth understanding of the market, and a robust client network. Proficiency in digital strategies with a history of driving digital product development and transformation. Strong commercial mindset and excellent sales planning and analytical skills. Entrepreneurial spirit and an open mindset. Capable of leading and motivating teams to achieve results through delegation and empowerment. Proficiency in both written and spoken Indonesian and English.

  • Jakarta
  • Permanent
  • Negotiable

Managing Director (Media)

Executive recruitment consultant Monroe Consulting Group Indonesia is recruiting on behalf of a Leading Multinational Media Company. Our client is seeking for Managing Director. This job will be based in Jakarta, Indonesia. Key Responsibilities : Devising the strategic direction and goals for the local market to ensure alignment with and support of the Group's overarching strategy and objectives. Overseeing engagement and retention efforts with both the community and clients. Efficiently managing available resources to meet financial targets and facilitate long-term growth. Assessing and appraising market opportunities with the aim of advancing business growth in both core sectors and emerging areas. Exercising decision-making authority over critical operational matters. Establishing an effective organizational structure, recruiting, retaining, and nurturing key talent. Collaborating with regional teams to adapt and promote regional strategic initiatives in content, marketing, product development, digital solutions, and talent management within the local market. Cultivating productive and cooperative working relationships with the regional leadership team, other markets, and local teams. Maintaining a robust network and productive relations with external partners and stakeholders. Qualifications: A minimum of 10 years in executive leadership roles within the media industries, showcasing a proven history of achieving successful business outcomes and fostering innovation, as well as substantial growth. In-depth familiarity with the local market, including strong connections within the community and with clients Possess a robust commercial mindset. Exceptional attention to detail and the capability to oversee end-to-end operations. A forward-thinking and entrepreneurial mindset. Competence in guiding and motivating teams to achieve outcomes through delegation and empowerment. An experienced leader with the ability to excel under high-pressure circumstances. Proficiency in both written and spoken English and Indonesian.

  • Jakarta
  • Permanent
  • Negotiable

Regional Business Development Manager (Entertainment)

Executive Search Firm Monroe Consulting Group is recruiting a Regional Business Development Manager role for a highly renowned entertainment conglomerate company. This role will be based in Cebu (Mandaue City) and will be responsible for acquiring business opportunities and talent management for new/existing artists signed. Alongside business development tasks, there will also be administrative tasks e.g., relating to facilities management of the company's offices. Work setup is hybrid (4x onsite 1x WFH), Mondays to Fridays. Key responsibilities: Looks for growth opportunities for the conglomerate's businesses in the region Heads in scouting new/potential talents/artists and searches for new compositions Negotiates with artists and distributes agreements for the label Prepares sales forecast and proposes budget for artists Keeps constantly updated on latest gigs to assess the continual changing trends and public demands Collaborates with artists, songwriters, arrangers and producers in the music production of songs in the studio to fulfill artists' vision and direction for their releases Develops marketing/promotional campaigns in line with the Marketing Division Manages/addresses concerns and/or marketing issues raised by the artist/s Implements Visayas and Mindanao media promotions of the records label and other business project as required. Hence, maintains relationships with media Organizes events required by the label and other projects. Hence, maintains relationships with suppliers Represents the label in various community affairs and organizations in Cebu City Sets, communicates, and maintains timelines and priorities for every project, and prepares and presents for business planning Coordinates with head office in ensuring the development, evaluation, and implementation of the company's strategic business plans in the areas handled, and takes initiative to foresee possible business development Supervises recording sessions Facilitates music releases of artists Checking and approval of attendance of personnel, and other entertainment personnel that may be assigned as subordinate Checking of attendance of security agency and janitorial employees Ensures that suppliers and other payees are paid on time and request for payment is processed Manages administrative affairs of company's Cebu office, including relations with building administration, processing of business permits and licenses, and other requirements Supervises operations of other business subsidiary offices located in Cebu, from administrative affairs, sales affairs, and human resources assistance to subordinates Provides assistance to other business units in their needs within the VisMin region Qualifications: With a Bachelor's degree in any course With at least 3 years of experience in either sales, marketing, business development and talent management in related industries like retail, media, entertainment, advertising, and etc Passion and/or interest in the entertainment industry Ability to manage office and administrative operations Excellent communication and interpersonal skills Must have sharp negotiation, networking, and project management skills Must have a keen business acumen Must be responsible and self-motivated; capable of and enjoys working independently and driving decisions Self-driven with good organizational and time management skills to deal with multiple deliverables and tight timelines Must be willing to be based in Mandaue City, Cebu and to travel occasionally within the region

  • Mandaue City
  • Permanent
  • Negotiable

Associate Creative Director

Executive search firm Monroe Consulting Group is recruiting on behalf of an integrated creative agency specializing in brand strategy, advertising, customer engagement and commerce, public relations and influence, digital transformation, and partnerships. Our esteemed client seeks an Associate Creative Director to oversee the creative team's daily workload. This role is based in Makati City, Metro Manila, Philippines, and offers a hybrid work schedule. The successful candidate will need to be in the office at least once a week and must attend any activities requiring face-to-face interaction. The position follows a five-day work week with flexible working hours, as long as they align with team agreements. About the Role: This position is responsible for the main workload of the creative team's daily work. The incumbent needs to clearly understand the standards that the company has always adhered to in terms of creativity and strive to exceed those expectations. Regardless of the art or copywriting, ACD has been regarded as a position with comprehensive creative skills. In their daily work, they are a good helper of the CD and the main force of the operation team. He/she should have very good proposal abilities and lead the team in completing some medium-important proposals. It is also necessary to supervise the work on behalf of customers and agents in the production and filming of third-party projects. Key Job Responsibilities: Client Management Understand the needs of Clients and complete visual communication that meets both their brand's tonality and Ogilvy standards. Strategy Can understand strategies, like to communicate with strategic people, contribute ideas, and promote the output of better works. Creative Leadership Regularly organize trainings for members to learn and communicate. Good at workload allocation and time management. Passionate about good ideas and fairly judges colleagues' opinions. Maintain the belief of being creative and display the power of curiosity and creativity in daily life. Always look towards pursuing the "Big Idea" and prove it with his/her own actions. Earn respect and trust from colleagues. Willing to find ways to convince our clients to accept our best ideas and sell our best works. Ensure that creative ideas are executed in an exceptional way. Responsible for creative and effectiveness recognition at local and international awards competitions and new/existing business growth. Leadership & People Management Be able to identify talent and make them feel appreciated and valued. Be inspiring, encouraging and friendly to others, always work hard to make positive progress. Build trust and respect with others, provide training opportunities to ensure others' development, and develop a team with professional ethics and effective performance. Take responsibility and keep commitments when facing huge challenges or mistakes. Abide by the WPP Code of Business Conduct. Key Job Qualifications:

  • Makati City
  • Permanent
  • Negotiable

Head of Delivery and Client Operations

Executive recruitment company Monroe Consulting Group Philippines is recruiting on behalf of a global advertising services company. Our highly respected client is seeking a Head of Delivery and Client Operations who has strong experience in delivery, marketing, and client interfacing with regional capacity across markets. It is a remote job, but the candidate should be open to visiting offices within BGC, Mc Kinley, and Manila. Job Context and Purpose Effectively managing the significantly increased average size and complexity of engagements Completing the evolution from a predominantly retained model to engagements with more complicated commercial arrangements including ad hoc project work, high-volume asset development, follow-up on production and even pay for performance. Accelerating the diffusion of offshore and automation into our client solutions as the competition and appetite for increased efficiency accelerates in the marketing services industry and as our engagements begin to resemble those of traditional digital agencies. Efficiently enabling the continued expansion into new countries with unique laws, regulations and customs. Reducing the silos that inevitably emerge as a result of company's highly successful model of building bespoke solutions for each client or studio, increasing the shared support services from the center and aligning the ways of working between the account to enable mobility of our staff between accounts, mobility of work between studios and countries for improved load balancing and minimizing wasteful reinvention. Key responsibilities include : At the highest level, the Head of Delivery and Client Operations is responsible for the timely and accurate estimation and costing of the effort, technology and materials involved in meeting client requirements and then overseeing the delivery of that work according to the contractual timelines, budgets and quality specifications for all company projects globally. This requires both a focus on diligent day-to-day delivery management as well as a focus on longer term strategic operational efficiency of our accounts. As such, the Head of Delivery and Client Operations will be measured on the broad set of key KPIs listed below. To achieve this, the Head of Delivery and Client Operations will be expected to build, maintain and evolve a world class Delivery Discipline for company across the region Introduce leading-edge methods, structures and best practices such as use of Traceability Matrices to formally track contractual obligations, client acceptance, variations, etc., client briefing improvements and PMs aware of and managing margin hiring experienced PMs with digital agency experience. Ownership of the Account Review, Account Health Assessment and Client Sat Survey processes. Improve Risk Management, Commercial Management and Stakeholder Management across entire Discipline. Expand Delivery Mentoring Program. Increase Delivery agility to accommodate new situations. Support the "ReImplementation" of certain accounts Bring much needed "digital agency think" to our increasing portfolio of complex and tech-dependent builds. Minimizing erosion between Sold At and Delivered At Project and Account Margin Changing the company's culture to routinely use Change Orders / Variations when scope or schedule changes are requested by clients. Maintenance and continuous improvement of the New Market Introduction process. Maintenance and continuous improvement of the weekly, monthly, quarterly and annual project and account cost forecasting (Bank and Stretch) Partner with the Capacity Management team towards load balancing the accounts, ensuring a variable workforce and meeting our Billable Utilization targets by ensuring all Delivery Discipline members are sufficiently billable and by increasing oversight of time sheet data for other Disciplines Partner with the Commercial Finance team towards designing solutions and determining pricing to counter "Rate Card Gravity" and continuously bolster Sold At Project and Account Margins Help diffuse new technology into the organization and client solutions Help keep our Margin Dilutive Freelancer spending to a minimum. Key requirements include: A minimum of 15 years in a delivery capacity. 10+ years in marketing services. 10+ years interfacing directly with clients. 10+ years working in a regional capacity across markets, cultures and time-zones 5+ years managing through structural and/or significant process changes. A demonstrated history of being both process driven and result focused. Excellent stakeholder engagement skills with the ability to proactively organise and influence stakeholders and build strong and effective working relationships. Highly proficient in client commercial management. Curious and interested in technology and thinks first about how technology can be at the heart of client solutions Business development experience a plus. Personal Attributes Self-motivated, driven, proactive, helpful, and enthusiastic team playe Ability to think differently and come up with come up with solutions to unique problems. Collaborative team player, open minded and willing to learn and evolve Engaging communicator and ability to build relationships with all levels within and outside the business. The ability to organise and prioritise workloads to maximise productivity. Experience and desire to publish or speak publicly would be advantageous

  • Manila
  • Permanent
  • PHP180000 - PHP200000 per month

Regional Finance Manager (Media)

Executive recruitment company Monroe Consulting Group Philippines is recruiting on behalf of a media company who is also a trusted production and talent partner for top-tier brands. Our highly respected client is seeking a Singaporean Regional Finance Manager well-versed in financial modelling and FP&A. This will be a pivotal role as he/she will be building the SEA business of the company. The job is based in Singapore. Job summary: The Regional Finance Manager for Southeast Asia will play a pivotal role in driving financial strategy and performance within the region. This position will be responsible for building and leading the Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) team, developing robust financial processes, and providing strategic financial insights to support company's growth and operational efficiency. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in finance, exceptional analytical skills, and a track record of building high-performing teams. Key job responsibilities include: Team Leadership: Build, lead, and mentor the FP&A team to ensure high performance and professional growth remotely. Foster a collaborative and innovative hybrid team culture. Financial Planning & Analysis: Develop and implement comprehensive FP&A processes and systems. Lead the annual budgeting and forecasting processes in South-east Asia. Prepare detailed financial analyses, reports, and presentations to support strategic decision-making. Monitor financial performance against budget and forecast, and provide actionable insights and recommendations. Strategic Financial Management: Partner with regional and corporate leadership to develop financial strategies aligned with business objectives. Provide financial modelling, scenario analysis, and business case development for new initiatives. Ensure financial compliance and risk management across the region. Process Improvement: Identify opportunities to streamline and automate financial day to day processes. Implement best practices in financial reporting and analysis. Stakeholder Management: Build strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders, including regional management, corporate finance, and external tax accountants. Act as a trusted advisor to the business on all financial matters Key job requirements include: Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, or a related field. MBA or relevant professional qualification (e.g., CPA, CFA) preferred. Minimum of 7-10 years of progressive experience in finance roles, with at least 3 years in a leadership position. Proven experience in FP&A, financial modeling, and strategic planning. Experience working in the media, entertainment, or technology sectors is a plus Strong analytical and problem-solving skills. Excellent leadership and team-building abilities. Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills. High proficiency in financial software and ERP systems. Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.

  • Singapore
  • Permanent
  • Negotiable
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