Associate Media Director

Agency:

Omnicom Media

Job Function:

Media

Job Subfunction:

Media Planning and Buying

Job Description:

Essential Functions

• Client Management: Maintain knowledge about the industry and brand/client – product benefits, efficacy, MOA, industry challenges, client processes and client corporate culture. Place clients on the leading edge of media change. Maintain on-going contact with day-to-day clients, lending credibility and endorsement to major projects.
• Media Planning: Oversee media plan development and take the lead on all presentation development. Creates media plans that are strategically and executional sound. Review all plans to ensure quality and flawless execution can be achieved. Integrate concepts seamlessly with creative product and clients’ marketing plans.
• Team Management: Manage and train staff and delegates to build an efficient team.

 Media Planning and Execution

• Accountable for plan output timeliness, accuracy, and overall operational excellence
• Lead the process of strategic planning/execution that ladders back to client/campaign goals
• Utilize appropriate resources to help guide client’s business goals using a data driven approach to create outputs (e.g.,syndicated, proprietary, analysis, historical) for strategic and tactical planning
• Engage with Strategy to develop and support audience segmentation and prioritization
• Responsible for ensuring that all budgets and campaign plans and execution align with client parameters across all online and offline channels
• Understand and adopt proven channels and new innovations relevant to clients’ media strategies including but not limited to search, video, programmatic, addressable, emerging social platforms, and direct to publisher
• Work seamlessly with other activation teams guiding and challenging them to ensure highest quality thinking and performance
• Maintain relationships with media vendors; continue to develop publisher and elevate relationships for exchange of new opportunities/ideas
• Serve as a resource for advice and counsel for all junior levels guiding and assisting to help identify potential solutions to problems/issues

Strategic Thinking & Leadership

• Provides and discuss industry information on media, markets and related topics
• Ensures all relevant parties are informed and knowledgeable about client business challenges and opportunities as well as internal agency issues, changes in account status, etc.
• Provide and/or guide strategic input for all plans internally and externally
• Develops and maintains planning processes and procedures across teams/disciplines especially focused on high-risk areas such as finance and data security
• Understand and analyze the root causes of problems and develop ways to rectify- Train, motivate and develop the junior team
• Create and deliver accurate, honest and timely performance management documents
• Identify opportunities for automation to streamline processes
• Demonstrate ability to sell SOLVE(D) and all its offerings

Communications Skills

• Own and maintain communications process with account, creative and clients- Direct the development of client presentations and other important communications that are clear, compelling and persuasive
• Lead client presentations and day-to-day meetings
• Adapt communication style to relevant audience
• Move audience to desired action through clear and persuasive delivery of information
• Communicate key information about our company representing the values and goals of the organization internally and externally

What You Will Need

• Bachelor’s Degree preferred
• 4 + years of related media work experience
• At least 1 year experience with Pharma is required
• Competency with Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint and Word - Includes advanced Microsoft Excel functions/formulas: charts, graphs, pivot tables and VLookUp
• Proficiency in media applications including MediaTools, KANTAR and Prisma
• Strategic thinking
• Team leadership
• Leads client presentations and discussions
• Relationship builder - across internal, external (agency, publisher), client teams
• Effectively represents agency across relationships and industry
• Seeks further education on media and client businesses
• Provides team mentorship and development support

Salary

$110,000 - $145,000 annually

The salary range for this position is noted within this job posting. Where an employee or prospective employee is paid within this range will depend on, among other factors, actual ranges for current/former employees in the subject position; market considerations; budgetary considerations; tenure and standing with the company (applicable to current employees); as well as the employee’s/applicant’s background, pertinent experience, and qualifications.

 

About Solve(d)

https://solved.health

SOLVE(D) was born from creative agency DNA and built on the premise of using the right combination of data, analytics, technology, and media to help deliver personalized, relevant omnichannel experiences across touchpoints that drive meaningful connections between brands and audiences (HCPs, Patients, Payers). SOLVE(D) is a multifaceted solutions partner - part consultancy, part data, part advanced analytics, part marketing technology company, part media agency - that fosters speed, precision, and growth. SOLVE(D)’s diverse team of consultants, specialists and practitioners apply their collective strength, leveraging the right mix of human and technical enablers, to empower brands to make confident decisions that accelerate business impact and growth.

$110,000 - $145,000

Omnicom’s policy requires employees to work in the office for a minimum of three days a week, unless additional in-office days are directed by their agency or manager. Our objective is to increase this requirement over time, and many of our agencies as well as Omnicom’s corporate group already require five days of in-office attendance.

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