Senior Associate

Job Description

The role of the Senior Associate, Strategy is to be the day-to-day steward on traditional media communication for assigned brands, including accurate budget control and flow of media activity.  You will be required to develop and maintain a strong knowledge of client business and apply media understanding accordingly to help deliver against the clients’ needs/objectives.  You will work closely with the Managers in the development and communication of all media recommendations.  You will also be responsible for management, oversight and priority setting for respective Associates.

Our team is energetic, fun and collaborative. We work on the corporate differentiation/branding part of the account. We are committed to developing good work and enjoy our jobs and team.

Role Objectives:

• Assist the Manager in development of offline media plan options and recommendations
• Maintain accurate budget control and flow of media activity, and update client on timely/consistent basis
• Demonstrate strong understanding of media fundamentals, including media math, target audience development, and communication goals (reach/frequency)
• Demonstrate proficiency with systems/tools (MRI, MediaTools, Comscore) 
• Gather and analyze appropriate research to provide sound, strategic, consumer-insights-driven media recommendations
• Establish collaborative, productive working relationship with implementation teams to ensure media strategies are being delivered and brand goals and client needs are being met
• Ensure proper execution of media plans by monitoring buys/schedules
• Develop strong working relationship with partner agencies (where/when applicable), helping create a seamless communications process
• Demonstrate creativity and agility when problem solving
• Deliver POVs/position papers on key client issues and/or client opportunities
• Prepare media authorizations per approved plans/project requests
   

Qualifications

• A minimum of one year traditional/offline media planning experience 
• MediaTools knowledge is a must
• Familiarity with Competitive systems (AdViews/Kantar)
• Working knowledge of Syndicated research tools (eg. MRI, Comscore, etc.)
• Strong proficiency with Excel 
• Strong communication and presentation skills 
• Professional with strong teamwork skills 
• Curious and motivated
• Solution-oriented problem-solver
• Adept at time management and handling shifting priorities