Senior Investment Associate

Responsibilities

• Integrate with the Communication/Strategic Planning team to gain insights on objectives, KPIs, strategies, audiences, etc. to ensure tactical buys deliver against goals.
• Participate in vendor RFP selection
• Help manage RFP process (all digital channels, where applicable)
• Help centrally manage negotiations/rate tracking/planning costs/benchmarking/ budget management of assigned account(s)
• Demonstrate better pricing, efficiencies, and impact by consolidating buys across partners, Agency and WPP Media.
• Manage vendor relations (Inventory avails, IOs, notify if included/excluded from buy)
• Develop Partner Scoring Model (ranking for buy development)
• Gain approval for all supply sources on tactical buys internally
• Develop tactical buy with larger Investment team
• Assist the Associate with entering the partner buys into Buy platforms, sending out IO/Contracts and preparing campaign for launches (trafficking, setting up ad serving, etc.)

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in advertising, marketing, business administration, and communications; OR equivalent professional work experience.
• 1+ years of prior digital or Video investment experience desired
• Strong quantitative and analytical/results-oriented skills
• Solid negotiation skills and tactics
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Benefits

• competitive medical, group retirement plans, vision, and dental insurance
• significant paid time off
• preferential partner discounts
• employee mental health awareness days