Associate, Buy Enablement

Wppmedia; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Pension/retirement plan

Vision & dental

Paid time off

Employee discounts

Mental health days

Job summary

WPP Media in Toronto seeks an Associate, Media Buy Enablement of Operations to coordinate day-to-day campaign buy administration under supervision.

You will work with planning, trading and hybrid teams to ensure timely orders, billing, actualization and payments, using Prisma and MediaOcean within client budgets. This role embraces a hybrid schedule with in-office collaboration.

Qualifications

• College Diploma in Marketing, Finance, or Project Management or equivalent experience.
• Advanced computer skills with Word, Excel, PowerPoint; Teams and Planner are assets.
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Strong math skills and comfort with numbers.
• Adapt to change and multi-task effectively.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate day-to-day campaign buy administration for assigned clients/brands.
• Quality-assurance review of campaign inputs and changes for accuracy.
• Collaborate with planning, trading and hybrid teams to ensure smooth processes.
• Ensure client order, bill and pay timelines are followed.
• Manage actualization of dollars by placement in Prisma and resolve invoice discrepancies.
• Develop knowledge of buy management platforms including MediaOcean.

Skills

Advanced Office apps

Organizational skills

Numerical skills

Multi-tasking

Education

College Diploma in Marketing/Finance/PM

Tools

Mediaocean

Planner

Teams

Workflow tools

Job description

About WPP Media

WPP is the trusted growth partner for the world’s leading brands. With exceptional talent, trusted data and intelligence, and world-class partnerships – all united by ourpioneeringagentic marketing platform, WPP Open – we help clients navigate change, capture opportunity, and deliver transformational growth.

WPP Media is WPP's AI-driven media operating unit, bringing together media, data, and partnerships to deliver creative personalisation at scale. Connected through WPP Open and powered by Open Intelligence, clients see exactly where, how, and why their media investment is working.

For more information, visit wppmedia.com.

Job Description

About WPP Media

WPP is the creative transformation company. We use the power of creativity to build better futures for our people, planet, clients and communities. For more information, visit wpp.com.

WPP Media is WPP’s global media collective. In a world where media is everywhere and in everything, we bring the best platform, people, and partners together to create limitless opportunities for growth. For more information, visit wppmedia.com.

At WPP Media, we believe in the power of our culture and our people. It’s what elevates us to deliver exceptional experiences for both our clients and each other. In this role it will be critical to embrace WPP & WPP Media’s shared core values:

• BeExtraordinarybyLeading CollectivelytoInspire transformational Creativity.
• Create anOpenenvironment byBalancing People and Client ExperiencesbyCultivating Trust.
• LeadOptimisticallybyChampioning Growthand DevelopmenttoMobilize the Enterprise.

Impact:

Our Media Operations team plays a key role in implementing the organization’s strategic vision and enabling operational excellence. Working incollaboration with internal and external stakeholders to ensure smooth business practice.

The Associate,Media Buy Enablement of Operations plays a critical role in ensuring that buy management activities and deliverables are executed ontime at a high-quality level.

In this role you will be responsible for coordinating and executing all day-to-day campaign buy administration activity for assigned client brands and campaigns, under the direction of a Media Operations Supervisor or Manager. You are a key team member, working within our buy management processes and systems to ensure client orders are processed and monthly bill/pay activities are managed throughout the buy management process, within client approved budgets. This role includes developing positive and assertive relationships with planning and trading teams to effectively implement the client order, buys, billing, actualization and payments, in accordance with GroupM Standard Operating Procedures.

Key Accountabilities:

• Day to Day pro-active coordination and execution of campaigninitiation, activation, actualization and reconciliation activities inthe campaign/buylifecycle / RACI for your designatedclients/brands andteam
• Works progressively to owning process and being able to qualityassurance review of campaign inputs and changes, ensuringaccurate and seamlessexecution
• Establish a meaningful relationship with planning, trading andhybrid teams at the agency and GroupM Services to ensure keydeliverables required forsmooth campaign buy managementprocesses
• Ensure campaign timelines are adhered to in the client order, billand payprocesses;
• Interpreting tactical plan template and uploading it to Prisma which includes but is not limited to:
  • Using client-driven taxonomy worksheets to generate placement names
• Ensuring use of appropriate vendor codes
• Maintaining accuracy in rate, rate types, flighting, package budgets etc.
• Ensuring proper tag/tracker dimensions
• Consult and guide all stakeholders on Standard OperatingProcedures and Best Practices in a tactful, but assertive method,leveraging Operationsmanagerial support or counsel, whenneeded
• Adhoccampaign updates/adjustments as requested ensuring "planned" financialsare inorder
• Participation in planning team internal status meetings to provide updates/raiseconcerns
• Responsible for actualization of dollars by placement by campaign inPrisma
• Resolve and clear invoice discrepancies with vendors and mediateams
• Progressively work across and evolve your knowledge of different buy management / administration platforms, includingMediaoceanand relatedsystems

Knowledge & Skills Required:

• College Diploma in a Marketing, Financial, or Project Management field, or equivalent experience is an asset
• Advanced computer skills (Word,Excel, PowerPoint),Teams and Planner, workflow tool is an asset
• Strong organizational skills, detailed-oriented
• Strong math skills and ability to speak to numbers comfortably
• Adapt to change and ability to multi-task

Life at WPP Media & Benefits

Our passion for shaping the next era of media includes investing in our employees to help them do their best work, and we’re just as committed to employee growth as we are to responsible media investment. WPP Media employees can tap into the global WPP Media & WPP networks to pursue their passions, grow their networks, and learn at the cutting edge of marketing and advertising. We have a variety of employee resource groups and host frequent in-office events showcasing team wins, sharing thought leadership, and celebrating holidays and milestone events.

• Our benefits include competitive medical, group retirement plans, vision, and dental insurance, significant paid time off, preferential partner discounts, and employee mental health awareness days.

WPP Media is an equal opportunity employer and considers applicants for all positions without discrimination or regard to particular characteristics. We are committed to fostering a culture of respect in which everyone feels they belong and has the same opportunities to progress in their careers.

We believe the best work happens when we're together, fostering creativity, collaboration, and connection. That's why we’ve adopted a hybrid approach, with teams in the office around four days a week. If you require accommodations or flexibility, please discuss this with the hiring team during the interview process.

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