Senior Manager, Media Solutions at dentsu | New York, USA | $95K/yr – $120K/yr

Senior Manager, Media Solutions

New York, USA (Hybrid)

$95K/yr – $120K/yrSenior Level5+ years expFull time

Posted 5 months ago

Job Summary

Drive end-to-end media reporting and analytics for a senior planning/investment function, combining QA of junior staff with data-heavy insights for cross-functional teams.

Own recurring reports, data validation, and scalable benchmarks to improve media plans/buys.
Strongest signal: 5+ years in media planning/investment with Nielsen, ad servers, and SQL foundations.

Job Description

Responsibilities

Oversee completion and delivery of recurring media reports, including weekly/monthly brand delivery reports and monthly/quarterly investment summaries.
Ensure quality assurance of junior team members, ensuring accuracy and timeliness.
Check data against source-of-truth systems (ad servers, Nielsen, 1P buying platforms, etc.).
Create analysis, both regular and ad hoc, to provide benchmarks, summaries and observations to Planning & Investment teams to improve media plans/buys.
Serve as internal consultant to peers on cross-functional teams to assist in problem solving, brainstorming, or test design.
Overseeing junior team members’ delivery of routine media delivery reports.
Take on projects to develop standardized benchmarks and recommendations, summarized from delivered or 3rd party data.
Completion of tasks requires pulling, organizing, and formatting large data sets to anticipate questions and needs for internal/client teams.

Requirements

Bachelors degree in Statistics, Economics or related quantitative field.
5+ years of experience in either/both media planning and/or investment.
Knowledge of Reach-based planning and sound media fundamentals is necessary.
Intermediate knowledge of Excel for data compilation, calculation, and automation.
Must-have: Strong communication & leadership skills.
Basic SQL experience will be needed.
Understanding of developing repeatable datasets for automation, taxonomy, and simple data wrangling techniques.
Experience with Nielsen systems (NielsenONE, NPower/TV Toolkit, NMI), Digital Adservers, and Digital Verification/Viewability Systems.

Benefits

Medical, vision, and dental insurance
Life insurance
Short-term and long-term disability insurance
401k
Flexible paid time off
At least 15 paid holidays per year
Paid sick and safe leave
Paid parental leave

dentsu

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18K employees (4,521 in marketing)

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