Associate, Paid Media

New York, USA (Hybrid)

$52K/yr – $55K/yrEntry Level1+ years expFull time

Posted 3 months ago

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Job Summary

Drive media planning and buying execution for a hybrid agency role with strong client service and cross-functional collaboration.

  • Own day-to-day media planning/buying and client service for assigned accounts.
  • Must-have: Bachelor’s degree and 1 year of media planning/buying experience.
  • Hybrid NYC or DC office with 3 in-person days and cross-functional collaboration.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Execute day-to-day digital and traditional media planning/buying and client service activities associated with assigned accounts, with an emphasis on digital media management
  • Be a problem solver and professional in all communications both inside the agency and with clients. Associates must bring good interpersonal communication skills, collaborative spirit and solution oriented thinking to deliver strategic support to client work
  • This is a hybrid role with the expectation that this person will work from either the New York City or the Washington, D.C. office a minimum of three times a week
  • Media Planning/Buying - Reviews client media briefs and sets planning process in motion
  • Media Planning/Buying - Creates Request for Proposal (RFP) and develops consideration list of appropriate vendors weighing ability to meet brief requirements
  • Media Planning/Buying - Reviews vendor RFPs and filters/compiles most compelling proposals
  • Media Planning/Buying - Support in development of holistic media plan recommendations which deliver on client media objectives
  • Media Planning/Buying - Support development of internal or external presentation materials and adapts/finalizes based on internal and external feedback
  • Media Planning/Buying - Support financial management by managing campaign pacing and supporting in monthly billing processes
  • Media Planning/Buying - Works with brand or agency creative team to outline ad specifications and trafficking instructions to ensure creative is delivered to spec and supports media activation

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree required
  • 1 year of experience or relevant internship experience
  • Media planning and buying experience in one or more of the following mediums: Social Media, programmatic, Digital Video, TV, Radio digital audio, print, OOH, local media.
  • Willingness to explore and execute all forms of media
  • Strong interpersonal and communication skills
  • Strong organizational skills, attention to detail and project management ability
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Weber Shandwick

Weber Shandwick is the earned-first global communications agency. Led by world-class strategic and creative thinkers and activators, Weber Shandwick has won some of the most prestigious awards in the industry, including being named #1 in the Public Relations and Brand Strategies category on Fast Company’s 2024 Most Innovative Companies list, one of Fast Company’s Best Workplace for Innovators in 2023, PRWeek’s 2024 Global Agency of the Year, ranked #1 on PRovoke’s Global Creative Index in 2024 and honored on Ad Age’s A-List in 2024 & 2020 and Best Places to Work in 2019, in addition to being awarded Campaign Global’s PR Agency of the Year in 2023. Weber Shandwick was the most awarded PR agency at the 2023 and 2024 Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, including earning the PR industry’s first-ever idea-led Cannes Grand Prix in the Brand Experience & Activation category and cumulatively earning more than 225 Cannes Lions. Weber Shandwick has also been named PR Agency of the Year by Campaign US in 2021, honored as PRovoke’s Global Agency of the Decade in 2020 and ranked #1 on PRovoke’s Global Creative Index in 2021 and 2022. Additionally, the firm was named PRWeek’s Global Agency of the Year in 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018 and was awarded PRWeek’s Purpose Agency of the Year in 2020 and 2021. Weber Shandwick also received Honorable Mention on the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Global Marketing Agencies in 2021, as the only PR agency featured.  Part of the Interpublic Group (NYSE: IPG), Weber Shandwick is the anchor agency within The Weber Shandwick Collective – the strategic communications and consulting network. For more information, visit https://www.webershandwick.com/. Social Media Community Guidelines: http://bit.ly/wssocialterms

Founded in 2001
New York, NY, US
4.4K employees (1,170 in marketing)

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