Responsibilities

• A high level of success is required in each of the following Core Competencies:
• Action Innovative
• Brings creative ideas that meet needs, solves problems, and drives the business strategy
• Can manage the creative process and facilitate brainstorming
• Open to the ideas of others.
• Can project how potential ideas may play out in the marketplace
• Interaction
• Opportunity Focused
• Identifies opportunities to increase individual and organizational performance or results by consistently looking at ways to make things better
• Remains solution-oriented even in the face of disappointment and adversity

Requirements

• 7+ years in a management role;
• Must be comfortable managing and leading large team of passionate and dedicated media professionals across media channels
• Confident while meeting with senior leaders to understand and facilitate client, agency and business requests
• Understanding of client/agency finance process; client billing and employee hours/pacing against business scope
• Must follow agency process to support/push continued adherence to facilitate workflow and manage expectations
• 12+ years media buying
• Must have a strong understanding of the media marketplace with regard to rates, digital buying models, negotiation, programmatic, social, video, content development, content syndication and contract execution
• Initiating, negotiating, and maintaining vendor commitment levels and contracts across agency and/or client portfolio
• Knowledge in Comscore, DFA, Adviews, eMarketer is non-negotiable
• Must be proficient in media terminology, media math, and reach and frequency calculations