Media Planning Associate: Training & Growth

Publicis Media; Birmingham (MI); On-site; USD 47,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage

401K

Paid time off

Job summary

Publicis Media is seeking Associates in Michigan to begin a training-focused career in advertising with extensive onboarding and hands-on client work. You will support the creation and management of media plans and investments while learning from experienced mentors.

The role emphasizes teamwork, deadlines, and the ability to juggle multiple tasks, with exposure to Excel and PowerPoint, analytics, and relationship-building across vendors and agencies.

Qualifications

• You thrive on a team, can meet tight deadlines, and juggle multiple tasks.
• Comfortable using Microsoft Excel and Power Point to perform math calculations and analyze data.
• You want to work in a world of creativity.
• You have a basic understanding of consumer behavior, and you want to spend your days influencing the way brands and consumers interact.
• You enjoy managing projects and/or processes and taking on new opportunities.
• Experience developing and presenting your thoughts and ideas.

Responsibilities

• Participate in team brainstorms to kick off plan and consideration set development.
• Assist in negotiations, including evaluating RFPs, contracting rates, and increasing program value.
• Assist in the creation and presentation of media plans, tactical decks, and other related documents.
• Meet with vendors to stay on top of marketplace innovations and cultivate relationships within the vendor community.
• Work with Senior Associate to project manage programs from proposal stage through end date including compiling specs documents, overseeing asset production, and gaining brand approval.
• Responsible for generating insertion orders and placement and creative trafficking.
• Responsible for the creation of campaign post-launch information such as screenshots, links and placement information to demonstrate proof of placement for clients.
• Own post-campaign reconciliation and billing.
• Assists in management of day-to-day communication with key partners: Vendors, Partner Agencies, and Creative media and social clients.

Skills

Team player

Excel

PowerPoint

Consumer behavior understanding

Project management

Presentation skills

Creativity

multitasking

Job description

Publicis Media is seeking Associates in Michigan to begin a training-focused career in advertising with extensive onboarding and hands-on client work. You will support the creation and management of media plans and investments while learning from experienced mentors.

The role emphasizes teamwork, deadlines, and the ability to juggle multiple tasks, with exposure to Excel and PowerPoint, analytics, and relationship-building across vendors and agencies.