Associate Media Planner

Chicago, IL (On-site)

$50K/yr – $66K/yrEntry Level3+ years expFull time

Posted 4 hrs ago

Job Summary

Own end-to-end media planning operations from research through execution, trafficking, and reporting, driving data-driven decisions and ensuring flawless delivery across campaigns.

  • Lead information gathering and tool-based research to optimize media buys
  • Oversee RFP process, trafficking, reporting, and presentation inputs

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Gathering information during the media buying and strategy stage (cue impeccable research & organization skills)
  • Mastering media research tools to ferret out the best available information and data out there (tools include MRI, @plan, Scarborough, AdRelevance and CMR)
  • Managing Requests for Proposal and assuming full responsibility for execution of approved media buys
  • Inputting data into presentation format (PowerPoint, Prezi and Keynote wizards need apply)
  • Organizing and overseeing the trafficking and implementation process of Web creative as well as monitoring campaign delivery and compiling reporting

Requirements

  • Four years of college education and one to three years of experience in an office environment (preferably at a communications-related company, and ideally at a creative agency)
  • Computer skills that make the old guys envious, as well as an intuitive understand of the digital tools that are reshaping the media and advertising world every day
  • Effective time-management, impeccable attention to detail and a compulsive ability to stay organized amidst many moving parts
  • Amazing communication skills – you’re straightforward, you’re candid and, above all, you’re thoughtful & kind
  • Proficiency in managing numbers – if you can whip through an Excel document, you’ve got an ace in your pocket
  • A love of media – and the motivation to learn everything you can and get better at everything you do
  • Familiarity with prompt-based interaction and commonly used generative AI tools (e.g., ChatGPT, Google Gemini, DALL·E, Midjourney) is a plus

Preferred

  • Familiarity with prompt-based interaction and commonly used generative AI tools (e.g., ChatGPT, Google Gemini, DALL·E, Midjourney) is a plus, especially for tasks like ideation, research, or content generation

Benefits

  • Publicis Groupe provides robust and inclusive benefit programs and policies to support the evolving and diverse needs of our talent and enable every person to grow and thrive. Our benefits package includes medical coverage, dental, vision, disability, 401K, as well as parental and family care leave, family forming assistance, tuition reimbursement, and flexible time off.
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Founded in 1926 by Marcel Bleustein-Blanchet, today Publicis Groupe is the second largest communications group in the world and a leader in marketing, communication, and digital business transformation, led by Arthur Sadoun, the third CEO in its history. Publicis Groupe is positioned at every step of the value chain, from consulting to execution, combining marketing transformation and digital business transformation. Publicis Groupe is a privileged partner in its clients’ transformation to enhance personalisation at scale. The Groupe relies on ten expertise concentrated within four main activities: Communication, Media, Data and Technology. Through a unified and fluid organisation, its clients have a facilitated access to all its expertise in every market. Present in over 100 countries, Publicis Groupe employs around 103,000 professionals. Website: www.publicisgroupe.com X: @PublicisGroupe Instagram: @publicisgroupe YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/publicisgroupe Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/publicisgroupe

Founded in 1926
Paris, Ile de France, FR
34K employees (11,817 in marketing)
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Salaries

Posted range

$50K/yr – $66K/yr

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Funding

Total Funding
$1.4B
Last Raise
$1.4B
Post IPO Debt, 10 months ago

Funding History

  • Jun 2025
    Post IPO Debt • $1.4B

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Referral
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Associate Media Planner

Publicis Groupe · Chicago, IL · On-site