Assistant Media Planner

Starcom Canada; Windsor; On-site; CAD 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading media agency in Windsor is seeking an Assistant Media Planner to join its strategy team. You will assist in managing media plans, gathering data, and supporting the team with ongoing projects. The ideal candidate will hold a bachelor's degree and possess strong quantitative and communication skills. This role offers extensive learning opportunities and an inclusive workplace culture.

Benefits

Work Your World program

Extended long weekends

Wellness & Tech benefits

Birthday leave

Learning & Development opportunities

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree; degree or concentration in advertising, marketing, business administration, or communications preferred.
• Track record of success throughout post-secondary career and previous employment.
• Demonstrated critical thinking and problem-solving abilities.

Responsibilities

• Assist the Planners and Supervisors in managing and executing approved plans across all media.
• Assist in the development and organization of supportive data and media research for plans.
• Learn about Starcom proprietary tools and industry tools.

Skills

Strong quantitative skills

Solid verbal and written communication

Technical proficiency with Microsoft Office

Critical thinking

Detail-oriented

Education

Bachelor's degree in advertising, marketing, or business

Tools

Excel

Word

PowerPoint

Job description

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With a history that dates back over 80 years, Starcom is a global communications planning and media leader.We are an agency still grounded in our founding principle that people are at center of all we do. Each day, we apply this belief to harness the transformative power of data and technology to inspire and move people and business forward. With more than 7,000 employees in over 100 offices around the world, Starcom partners with the world's leading marketers and brands.

Within Canada, Starcom is a part of Publicis Media within Publicis Groupe, one of the world’s leading communications groups. Our team spans across our Windsor, Toronto and Montreal offices. We truly love the world of Media and Advertising. We see the planning and buying process as art. However, it is an art that is always best when backed by the science of empirical data.

You will be joining a well recognised agency with credentials :

• Great Places to Work certified three years in a row
• Only communications company to be ranked in LinkedIn’s Top 25 Great Places to Work
• 2022 Media Agency of the Year
• 2023 Media Agency of the Year finalist

What we Offer :

• Work Your World program enabling you to experience working from anywhere in Canada or overseas for up to 6 weeks a year
• Extended long weekends throughout the year with an additional day off each long weekend
• Wellness & Tech benefits to support what’s most important to you
• Birthday leave
• Extensive Learning & Development opportunities, including more than 15,000 learning programs via our online learning platform as well as a Professional Development Allowance
• Local and Global Mobility within the Publicis Groupe network

Overview

As an Assistant Planner at Starcom, you will be an important member of a broader Strategy

team which pursues and activates against meaningful human insights with the goal of driving

measurable results. Strategy Assistants receive in-depth training and continue their professional

development by gaining experience and skills via on-the job experience.

Starcom has experienced an incredible growth rate over the past years. The network has

transformed and moved at the pace of culture.

Responsibilities

• Assist the Planners and Supervisors in managing and executing approved plans across all media
• Assist in the development and organization of supportive data and media research for plans and recommendations
• Gain an understanding of client and competitive business
• Learn about Starcom proprietary tools, industry tools and platforms – develop a strong working knowledge on what they are and how to use them
• Manage contracts / insertion orders and any resulting revisions with media vendor through our campaign stewardship platforms : DDS / Prisma
• Responsible for addressing discrepant media invoices
• Assist with billing process
• Responsible for updating blocking charts, budgets, and budget summaries
• Update competitive media reports and technical support for presentation materials

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree; degree or concentration in advertising, marketing, business

administration, and communications preferred

• Track record of success throughout post-secondary career and previous employment
• Strong quantitative skills, including analytical abilities and math proficiency
• Solid verbal and written communication skills. An ability to tell a story
• Technical proficiency, particularly with Excel, Word and PowerPoint
• Demonstrated critical thinking and problem-solving abilities
• Able to work successfully with teams, handling multiple projects and meeting tight
• Detail-oriented and able to produce accurate work product

Additional information

Starcom is an equal opportunity employer with a strong commitment to diversity and inclusion. We create and nurture a vibrant work environment that celebrates, values and leverages all aspects of diversity and inclusiveness, attracts world-class talent and serves as the industry benchmark for best practices. We encourage applications from all qualified individuals and will provide appropriate accommodation for candidates with disabilities or accessibility needs throughout the recruitment process, upon request. Please contact our recruiter for any questions, accommodations or specific requests. We thank all candidates for their interest in Starcom however, only those candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.

Seniority level

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