MEDIA STRATEGY FOR PROCUREMENT AND FINANCE LEADERS

A Media Partner That Puts Your Bottom Line First.

First. Rapid Media helps procurement, finance and executive leaders get more value from every media dollar, through established industry relationships, a holistic view of your marketing investment and complete transparency on where your budget goes.

No obligation.
A straightforward 20 minute conversation.

Since 2009

Operating as Rapid Media, with agency roots to 2001

WPP network

Access to wider research, tools and specialist expertise

Full Service

Media, digital, creative and data under one roof

4 Locations

Brisbane, Gold Coast, Lennox Head and Melbourne

Media investment is often fragmented across multiple suppliers, difficult to benchard and hard to hold accountable.

For procurement and finance leaders, that makes it genuinely hard to know whether your organisation is getting the best deal, or simply the deal that is easiest for your current agency to deliver.

Rapid Media takes a different approach. As a full-service agency combining media, digital, creative and data specialists under one roof, we negotiate on your behalf across every channel, traditional and digital, so the value we secure goes back into your business rather than into hidden margins.

THE CHALLENGE

The challenge procurement and finance teams face

Marketing budgets are under more scrutiny than ever, but most organisations still cannot easily answer simple questions:

01

Is our media spend actually competitive?

02

Are we paying fair market rates?

03

Is our current agency’s recommendation in our interest, or theirs?

Without transparent reporting and genuine commercial alignment, it is difficult for procurement and finance leaders to evaluate marketing investment with the same rigour they would apply to any other major line item.

OUR APPROACH

What we do differently

01

Negotiating power that works for you

Established relationships across TV, radio, outdoor, print, cinema, digital display, video, paid social, paid search and programmatic media mean we negotiate competitively on your behalf across the full channel mix, so more of your budget goes toward results rather than trading margins.

02

A holistic view of your investment

We assess your full marketing ecosystem rather than optimising channels in isolation, so budget is allocated to what is actually driving commercial outcomes.

03

Full transparency, always

Clear, real time reporting on where every dollar is spent, powered by our proprietary analytics and attribution platform, ICI (Informatic Communications Investment).

04

Evidence based recommendations

Every strategy is backed by audience research, market and competitor analysis, not assumptions. Our association with the WPP network gives us access to extensive market research and industry tools.

05

A genuine commercial partner

We operate as an extension of your team, aligned to your budget and business objectives rather than just campaign execution.

THE PARTNERSHIP

What’s included in a Rapid Media partnership

Media strategy, planning and buying, across traditional and digital channels

Market research and competitor analysis

Analytics, attribution and real time reporting via ICI

Marketing and communications strategy

Budget allocation and investment optimisation

Post campaign analysis and evaluation

THE PROCESS

How we work

Discovery and audit

We start by understanding your business, current media investment and commercial objectives, including a review of existing spend and contracts.

Strategy and planning

We build a tailored media strategy backed by research, audience insight and clear investment recommendations.

Execution and negotiation

We plan, buy and negotiate across the full channel mix on your behalf, securing value from every trade.

Measurement and optimisation

We start by understanding your business, current media investment and commercial objectives, including a review of existing spend and contracts.

ABOUT US

About us

Rapid Media is a full-service Australian media and communications agency, with roots dating back to 2001 and operating under the Rapid Media name since 2009. We bring media planning and buying, digital performance marketing, creative production, content and data analytics together under one roof, with teams based in Brisbane, Gold Coast, Lennox Head, Melbourne and Sydney. As part of the WPP network, we combine local agility with access to a wider pool of research, tools and specialist expertise.

Industry Expertise

Retail
Ecommerce
Automotive
Agriculture
Construction
Travel
Education
Government
Financial services
Health
Hospitality

FAQ

Common questions from procurement and finance leaders

Through an agreed service fee rather than media margins, so our recommendations are driven by your outcomes rather than trading commissions. We’re happy to walk through commercial models during a review.

Yes. We plan and buy across TV, radio, outdoor, print, cinema and the full range of digital channels, so recommendations are not biased toward a single format.

Through ICI, our proprietary platform, you get real time, cross channel reporting, so you can see exactly what you are paying for and how it is performing.

We work with organisations ranging from established national brands to government and not for profit bodies, across sectors including retail, automotive, financial services and more.

A senior member of our team will be in touch to understand your business and current media approach before proposing next steps.