Responsibilities

• Lead day to day account management, planning, and buying for your clients and agencies.
• Be familiar with strategy and objectives of your clients and agencies.
• Ensure high quality client services and deliverable by going above standard asks and including innovative ideas to delight clients.
• Effectively resolve day to day issues as required alongside internal and external stakeholders, enlisting support of Director as required.
• Support Director, CS in key client reports and regular pipeline reporting
• Have a strong understanding of Talon’s planning and buying principles, and the ability to articulate these to internal and external stakeholders.
• Work collaboratively across internal teams including Client Strategy and Production, and Creative Services
• Have a thorough understanding and utilize all internal and external tools and systems for planning, measurement, etc. as required.
• Look for opportunities to educate clients on the value and role of OOH as part of an overall channel mix and marketing campaign.
• Manage Associate/Planner and support them in their education and development to meet their objectives.

Requirements

• 3-5 years previous media agency/vendor experience, or comparable office/admin experience
• Bachelor’s degree preferred, or comparable experience
• Demonstrable outdoor and media experience developing and negotiating plans for major brands and agencies.
• Strong organizational skills, attention to detail
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Experience managing junior staff, preferable but not required.
• Proactive and can-do attitude
• Results driven.
• Project management skills
• Negotiation skills
• Relationship building

Preferred

• Bold Skills - You are happy to share ideas for new initiatives and ways of working and equally happy to hear other people’s ideas.
• Bold Skills - Candidates should be able to support and challenge the current status quo and provide teams with compelling and innovative opportunities.
• Bold Skills - Ability to build on their existing network and able to open doors at the appropriate level.
• Bold Skills - Driven and self-motivated to deliver results.
• Human Skills - Manage Associate/Planner and support them in their education and development to meet their objectives.
• Human Skills - Flexible and willing to embrace change and new opportunities
• Smart Skills - Have a thorough understanding and utilize all internal and external tools and systems for planning, measurement, etc. as required.
• Smart Skills - Excellent sales skills and marketing/media/events/experiential market knowledge.
• Smart Skills - Experience working in a busy, demanding, and pressurized environment.