About the Role
The Senior Associate, Video manages day-to-day activities of all buying needs, including negotiation, implementation, and monitoring of buys for clients. This role acts as the liaison between broadcast stations, digital video partners, vendors, and clients, overseeing the preparation, development, execution, and stewardship of media buys, as well as client integrations and added value opportunities. The role also supports the team and ensures buys are executed efficiently and on time.
Responsibilities
- Manage client relationships
- Present buys and post-analysis
- Update planning team on client project status
- Manage the negotiation, presentation, and implementation of national television and cable schedules and digital video buys
- Alert clients of marketplace shifts affecting future buys
- Follow buying guidelines to establish goals
- Monitor schedules requesting upgrades and bonus for make-goods and discrepancies
- Allocate market funds across stations/groups
- Advise client(s) of marketplace fluctuations
- Evaluate media opportunities and make proper recommendations
- Facilitate good relations and flow of ideas with sales management contacts
- Assure all buys for their accounts deliver the media strategy and investment specification
- Maintain accurate records of buys, budgets, revisions, credits, etc.
- Manage and monitor clearance of discrepancies and accounting functions for their particular accounts on a timely basis
- Monitor ratings and cost trends in assigned markets
Requirements
- Strong knowledge of buying systems and marketplace intelligence
- Proven analytical and communication skills
- Proven prioritizing skills
- Able to work under pressure while meeting deadlines
- Donovan (DDS)/MediaOcean and Prisma Experience
Skills
- Microsoft Word for Windows
- Microsoft Excel
Location
- Remote
- Onsite
Work Type
- Hybrid
Experience Level
- 1+ years previous media buying experience
- Senior Associate
Education Level
- Four-year college degree
Salary/Compensations
- $60,000 - $66,500
About the Company
- 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.
- Omnicom is committed to hiring and developing exceptional talent. We agree that talent is uniquely distributed, and we’re focused on developing inclusive teams that can bring the best solutions to everything we do. We strongly believe that celebrating what makes us different makes us better together. Join us—we look forward to getting to know you. We will process your personal data in accordance with our Recruitment Privacy Notice.
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Equal Opportunity
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