Associate Media Director

Omnicom Media; New York (NY); On-site; USD 110,000 - 145,000; Full time

Job summary

Omnicom Media in New York is seeking a senior media planning and buying professional to lead tactical planning and execution aligned with client goals. You will manage budgets across online and offline channels and drive innovative media strategies.

You will lead day-to-day relationships with media partners, guide junior staff, and help identify larger partnership opportunities while upholding rigorous investment processes and data security standards.

Qualifications

• Experience leading media planning and buying across online and offline channels.
• Ability to manage budgets and align campaigns with client parameters.
• Strong negotiation and partner management skills.

Responsibilities

• Leads tactical planning and execution in alignment with client/campaign goals.
• Responsible for ensuring budgets and campaign plans align with client parameters across channels.
• Understand and adopt proven channels and new innovations relevant to clients' media strategies.
• Work with other teams to ensure high-quality thinking and performance.
• Nurture relationships with media partners and exchange opportunities/ideas.
• Guide junior levels and identify potential solutions to problems.
• Lead day-to-day relationship with media partners and assess new capabilities.
• Accountable for media partner negotiation process.
• Identify opportunities for larger media partnerships within the marketplace.

Skills

Media planning

Media buying

Budget management

Negotiation

Strategic thinking

Client relationship

Job description

• Leads tactical planning and execution in alignment with client/campaign goals
• 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 teams, guiding and challenging them to ensure highest quality thinking and performance
• Nurture relationships with media partners and elevate 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
• Meets with media partners to assess new capabilities and innovations that are relevant for clients' media strategies
• Lead day-to-day relationship with media partners
• Assists in identifying opportunities for larger media partnerships within the marketplace

Agency

Omnicom Media

Job Function

Media

Job Subfunction

Media Planning and Buying

Job Description

• Leads tactical planning and execution in alignment with client/campaign goals
• 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 teams, guiding and challenging them to ensure highest quality thinking and performance
• Nurture relationships with media partners and elevate 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
• Meets with media partners to assess new capabilities and innovations that are relevant for clients' media strategies
• Lead day-to-day relationship with media partners
• Accountable for media partner negotiation process
• Assists in identifying opportunities for larger media partnerships within the marketplace

Strategic Thinking & Leadership

• Provides and discuss industry information on media, markets and related topics
• Develops and adheres to investment 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 to improve or automate processes or team working dynamics to improve efficiency
• Demonstrate understanding of SOLVE(D) departments and offerings, and be able to have informed conversations with internal teams and AORs accordingly

Communications Skills

• Own and maintain communication on execution between key stakeholders
• 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

$110,000 - $145,000

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$110,000 - $145,000