Responsibilities

• Creates and executes Video buys from start to finish.
• Nego tiates and documents rates, special placements and added value.
• Executes all Media plans while adhering to established budgets and timelines.
• Clearly and accurately communicates orders and changes to media vendors.
• Monitors buys in progress, and is responsible for overseeing the post-buy results of all buys.
• Tracks media expenditures in Havas Media system(s) to ensure budget compliance.
• Researches and maintains record of trends, innovations and changes that affect media landscape.
• Provides new and profitable ideas to grow clients’ business.
• Acts as liaison between media vendors and the agency.
• Gathers, organizes and presents competitive research and spending data, as requested.

Requirements

• 1-3 years of media buying/planning at a media agency.
• Bachelor’s degree from a four-year college or university.
• The ability to work across multiple clients, various planning teams, creative teams, traffic teams, etc. Constantly communicating internally to keep teams informed. Manages internal and external timelines and deliverables
• Understanding that each day will bring new challenges and require the ability to pivot in real time and stay calm under pressure
• Strong ‘people skills’
• Ability to establish and build strong interpersonal relationships between: agency– client, all intra-agency teams, outside agency partners, third party vendors, etc.
• Ability to work well within a team setting
• Demonstrate willingness to help the team and professionalism with everyone you work with
• Possess a solid understanding of the media landscape and company functionality– Be able to think holistically and recognize how each piece works together to see the full picture
• Being able to articulate both verbally and in writing. Keeping everyone on your team in the loop on projects, buys, etc.

Preferred

• Adept
• Communicative
• Tactical
• Extremely detail, task oriented and organized
• Positive, driven and dedicated
• Taking initiative and being proactive