Manager, Digital Activation

Hearts & Science; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 50,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Hearts & Science is seeking a Manager on the Digital Activation team to develop plans and execute digital buys, ensuring pacing, performance and activation processes are correctly applied across the area of responsibility.

Responsibilities include leading the activation team, managing budgets, advising on campaign design, and coordinating with Strategy to meet client goals while leveraging BI tools and new data sources. Office presence is required as specified.

Qualifications

• 3+ years in digital programmatic buying (YouTube) with DV360.
• Experience managing a small team and multiple priorities.
• Familiarity with multiple media channels and emerging platforms.
• Experience with client-facing interactions.
• Experience working with large data sets and data evaluation methods.
• Hands-on data visualization skills with Tableau.
• Strong cost control while exceeding performance and viewability goals.
• Excellent interpersonal and cross-functional collaboration skills.
• Proficiency in MS Excel and coaching others in shortcuts.
• Working knowledge of third-party verification tools like DoubleVerify.

Responsibilities

• Ensure implementation of the Digital Planning & Optimization Process across programmatic and direct buying.
• Oversee day-to-day operations of the activation team.
• Effectively managing budget.
• Providing inputs and guidance around campaign design, including requirements for success and optimal use of demand side platforms.
• Collaborating with the broader activation team to ensure efficient campaign setup, adjustments and optimization.
• Working with Strategy team to understand goals, address client needs, and communicate results and insights back to clients.
• Direct billing and reconciliation process for programmatic.
• Implementing Business Intelligence tools and new capabilities (e.g., new supply & data sources, new media measurement techniques).
• Providing expert consultation to vendors, internal teams, and clients.

Skills

Programmatic buying

DV360

Team leadership

Client interaction

Tools

Tableau

Excel

Job description

Agency

Hearts & Science

Job Function

Media

Job Subfunction

Performance Media

Job Description

Overview

Hearts & Science has been inspired by confident marketers seeking business advantage in a world of personalized digital marketing, where CRM and addressable channels converge, and decisions must be made in real time to aggregate effective reach and deliver the right message at the right time. Designed to inform brand strategies with real-time insights, Hearts & Science is a data-driven marketing agency with expert media planning and buying capabilities, among other services that include shopper marketing, marketing innovation and content activation.

Responsibilities

As a Manager on our Digital Activation team, you will play a key role in developing plans and executing digital buys by ensuring that pacing, performance and the Digital Activation Process is activated correctly across the area of responsibility is the primary focus of this job.

Core responsibilities include, but are not limited to the following:

• Ensuring the implementation of the Digital Planning & Optimization Process across programmatic and direct buying
• Overseeing and directing the day to day operations of the activation team
• Effectively managing budget
• Providing inputs and guidance around campaign design, including requirements for success and optimal use of demand side platforms
• Working side-by-side with broader activation team to ensure tight coordination of campaign setup, adjustments and optimization performance is efficient and effective
• Working with Strategy team to understand goals, address client needs, and communicate results and insights back to clients
• Direct billing and reconciliation process for programmatic
• Implementing Business Intelligence tools and new capabilities (e.g., new supply & data sources, new media measurement techniques, etc.)
• Providing expert consultation to vendors, internal teams, and clients

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years of experience and expert knowledge of digital programmatic buying (YouTube) and hands-on experience using DV360
• Experience managing a small team and juggling multiple people and work priorities
• Experience working with across several media channels is preferred and a curiosity in emerging media platforms
• Experience with client-facing interaction
• Experience working with large data sets and understanding of methodologies for evaluating data
• Hands-on experience with data visualization tools, including Tableau
• Ability to effectively manage costs while exceeding performance and viewability goals
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, ability to distill key ideas for non-digitally-centric teams
• Proven ability to work with and influence cross-functional teams
• Strong knowledge of MS Excel and ability to coach others in shortcuts
• Working knowledge of third-party verification tools, including DoubleVerify

$50,000 - $95,000

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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$50,000 - $95,000