WPP Media is the trusted growth partner for the world’s leading brands, leveraging data and intelligence to drive transformative growth. As a Media Planner at EssenceMediacom, you will support the development and execution of media plans while fostering strong relationships with clients and partner agencies to ensure seamless media strategy execution.
Responsibilities
- Day to day for some client contacts across accounts
- Nurture relationships with and work directly with client partner agencies i.e. creative
- Build positive relationships with client contacts
- Assist in development and presentation of plans, in conjunction with senior planners
- Ability to develop smaller plans and execute with minimal management direction
- Ability to keep track of developed campaigns and be able to speak about them to client and senior management
- Capable of independently completing reports with little management guidance; adept at transforming narrative and statistics provided by vendors and teams into actionable insights
- Ensure team deadlines are met
- Ability to provide communication response in a timely manner, especially to clients
- Oversee all media accounting, and administrative duties required on assigned accounts including monthly media expenditure reports (BCRs)
- Traffic campaigns to specialist teams
- Work with AdOps and Account Manager to ensure all site tagging is complete prior to campaign launch
- Ensure checks are done when creative is received or when preview links are provided by teams
- Carry out buy brief meetings with Investment Team
- Ability to take detailed notes for meetings and provide contact reports
- Access appropriate research as it applies to clients’ needs, using proprietary tools
- Effectively work with Finance, Investment Team, Traffic and other internal groups in order to ensure that client activity is in good order
Skills
- 1-3 years media planning/buying experience
- Post-secondary degree, specialization in Advertising and/or Marketing an asset
- Strong customer service skills
- Demonstrated time management and multitasking skills
- Solid collaborative and team work oriented skills
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Solid interpersonal skills
- Detail oriented and able to meet tight deadlines
- Detail, accuracy and mathematical competency a must
- Strong computer skills with a particular emphasis in Excel and PowerPoint
- Ability to manage and meet multiple demands within timelines
- Desire to develop and excel in their media career and a passion for all things media
- Ability to develop smaller plans and execute with minimal management direction
- Capable of independently completing reports with little management guidance; adept at transforming narrative and statistics provided by vendors and teams into actionable insights
- Ability to provide communication response in a timely manner, especially to clients
- Ability to take detailed notes for meetings and provide contact reports
- Access appropriate research as it applies to clients' needs, using proprietary tools
- Effectively work with Finance, Investment Team, Traffic and other internal groups in order to ensure that client activity is in good order
- Begin to develop presentation skills
Benefits
- Competitive medical
- Group retirement plans
- Vision
- Dental insurance
- Significant paid time off
- Preferential partner discounts
- Employee mental health awareness days
Company Overview
Intelligent growth in the AI era. We are WPP's global media collective. It was founded in undefined, and is headquartered in New York, NY, US, with a workforce of 10001+ employees. Its website is http://WPPmedia.com?utm_source=linkedin.