Freelance Manager, Programmatic

Boston, MA (Hybrid)

Salary Not AvailableSenior LevelFull time

Posted 5 days ago

Job Summary

Own and manage portions of client assignments, oversee vendor strategy, and coordinate cross‑functional teams to meet client needs. Lead training, develop audience-based solutions, and supervise delivery while solving complex problems and driving growth through collaboration.

  • Vendor strategy and selection across campaigns
  • Client delivery and account leadership across internal teams
  • Development of audience-based solutions and growth initiatives

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Owns the execution and day-to-day management of a portion of a client assignment, based on specialized or technical knowledge
  • Supervises the vendor strategy; has experience and industry knowledge to identify vendors for key needs
  • Approves vendor selections and scopes. Liaise between the campaign management team and other key internal groups on each account (marketplace, research/analytics, operations) to ensure client needs are being met
  • Support training of all aspects of planning and audience reporting, use of research tools, as well as the development of writing and presentation skills
  • Identifies and delivers new audience-based addressable solutions to drive business growth; masters growth addressable initiatives across the company
  • Provides day-to-day supervision to a team including reviewing work, coaching on performance, coordinating activities, checking on quality and work progress; generally managing within one account, or multiple small accounts
  • Evaluates information and leverages experience to identify and solve on-going or complex problems
  • Requires understanding of the industry, processes, procedures and systems within own and related areas
  • Uses knowledge of how the team integrates with other teams (internal and external) to coordinate efforts and resources to achieve shared and personal goals
  • Impacts the overall quality and quantity of the tasks performed by the direct team

Requirements

  • Proven track-record of successfully seeking out and curating new business relationships and/or solutions; developing solutions using new or existing processes
  • Experience building team, providing mentorship and navigating how to manage up/down/ laterally (e.g., ability to navigate and be effective with multiple personalities)
  • Intermediate knowledge of technology or measurement ad tech solutions, including platforms
  • Intermediate knowledge and skills in data analysis
  • Confident collaborating with others
  • Experience with Project / Account Management
  • Advanced communication skills; clear and succinct communication

Preferred

  • Advanced ability to anticipate, recognize and clearly define problems using various techniques to systematically analyze, weigh alternatives and propose solutions
  • Experience with managing existing business relationships, partnerships, and alliances internally and externally
  • Ability to assess and rank issues and tasks in order of importance for taking action
  • Has gained prior experience in actual situations to recognize recurring meaningful components
  • Applies a solid foundation to varying situations
  • Applies advanced knowledge and perceives deviations from the normal pattern
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Omnicom Media, the media services division of Omnicom Group Inc., designs ecosystems for growth. Powered by the Omni Intelligence Platform, Omnicom Media connects best-in-class capabilities that enable our full-service media agencies OMD, Initiative, PHD, UM, Hearts & Science and Mediahub to deliver more relevant and actionable consumer experiences, more productive and proactive client experiences, and more collaborative and rewarding talent experiences for the more than 40,000 people serving the world’s leading brands in Omnicom Media agencies around the globe.

Founded in 1996
New York, Iowa, USA
14K employees (3,943 in marketing)
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74% CEO approval

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Marketing Team Size
3,373 (24% of company)
Median Career Experience
25 years
Median Tenure
2 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
65

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Monthly Visitors
17.3K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
3.6%
Direct
10%
Referral
1.4%
Social
14.1%
Paid
4.2%

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Current headcount: ~13.9K

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Freelance Manager, Programmatic

Omnicom Media · Boston, MA · Hybrid