Job Description
The Senior Associate, Video manages day‑to‑day activities of all buying needs – negotiate, implement and monitor buys for clients. They act as liaison between broadcast stations (network and cable)/digital video partners, vendors, and clients. They manage the preparation, development, execution and stewardship of media buys, oversee client integrations and added‑value opportunities, and support the team to ensure timely and efficient execution.
Qualifications
- Strong knowledge of buying systems and marketplace intelligence
- Four‑year college degree
- 1+ years previous media buying experience
- Proven analytical and communication skills
- Proven prioritizing skills
- Able to work under pressure while meeting deadlines
- Experience with Donovan (DDS)/MediaOcean and Prisma
- Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Word for Windows and Excel
Responsibilities
- Manage client relationships
- Present buys and post‑analysis
- Update planning team on status of client projects
- Negotiate, present, and implement 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 for upgrades, bonuses, 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
- Ensure all buys 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 on a timely basis
- Monitor ratings and cost trends in assigned markets
- Compensation range: $40,000–$75,000
Equal Employment Opportunity Statement
It is the policy of Omnicom and any of its affiliates to provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, religion, color, ethnic origin, gender, gender identity, age, marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation, disability, or any other basis prohibited by applicable federal, state, or local law. EOE/AA/M/D/V/F.
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