Supervisor, Digital Investment

Chicago, IL (On-site)

Salary Not AvailableSenior Level4+ years expFull time

Posted 4 months ago

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Job Summary

Drive digital media activation and data-driven optimization across programmatic and social channels, while coordinating with internal teams to deliver insights and manage vendor relationships.

  • Own media activation, trafficking, and billing for digital buys.
  • Must-have: 4+ years of digital media experience with strong Excel and analytics.
  • Standout: Hands-on experience with Mediaocean Prisma and ad-tech integrations.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Leverage expertise in systems including Mediaocean Prisma, ad servers/verification tools, and trafficking processes
  • Demonstrate a strong understanding of DSPs, social platforms, DMPs, and internal proprietary tools
  • Support and lead presentations of data, insights, and digital media to clients, and own digital direct optimization recommendations
  • Own the media activation process required for digital buying, trafficking, and billing
  • Contribute to RFPs, negotiations, and partner selection
  • Identify and provide solutions for process pain points; work alongside internal and external teams to develop best practices, enhancements, and tools
  • Define and implement data delivery approaches to support reporting needs
  • Ensure proper digital contracts and terms are in place with vendors and evaluate IO notes
  • Build and maintain strong relationships across multiple internal teams and leadership
  • Manage vendor relationships to ensure trust and confidence with buying partners

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree preferred, ideally with a concentration in marketing, advertising, communications, business, sociology, or consumer insights
  • 4+ years of relevant media advertising experience with a focus on digital investment
  • Ability to work independently and collaboratively with diverse groups
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills
  • Technical proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, with a strong focus on Excel
  • Strong knowledge of the agency billing process (client-side and/or vendor-side
  • Strong knowledge of digital planning and buying processes, including vendors, cost structures, reporting, and delivery validation
  • Strong quantitative and analytical skills
  • Willingness to learn and create solutions that challenge the status quo
  • Exceptional critical thinking and problem-solving abilities

Preferred

  • Knowledge of the programmatic buying process
  • Experience across National and Local media; buying across channels including Display, Audio, Video, Mobile, Native, and Social

Benefits

  • Medical insurance
  • Vision insurance
  • Dental insurance
  • 401(k)
  • Childcare support
  • Paid maternity leave
  • Paid paternity leave
  • Commuter benefits
  • Disability insurance
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Empower Media

We are Empower®America’s largest woman-owned agency. A true growth partner for brands, we empower our clients to Grow Fearlessly, to abandon inhibitions and reach new heights. We deliver results. And if that means finding a new way or creating a new process, we do it. From the day we opened in 1985, Empower has challenged the advertising status quo. Empower is led by powerhouse CEO, Ashlee Clarke. With her uncompromising drive and unparalleled vision, she sets a new standard for world-class agency work. Ashlee has the tenacity that has broken many glass ceilings, and the business experience to break new ground to help clients go where others feared to go. Chris Clarke serves as Empower’s Executive Chairman. He is regarded as one of the most significant thought leaders in the advertising and marketing world. He is credited for revolutionizing marketing in the early ‘90s with the establishment of guerilla marketing, and innovating digital marketing in the early 2000’s. He continues to push the industry forward. With a finger on the pulse of cultural relevance, Ashlee and Chris offer a wider view of opportunities to connect with consumers. The Clarkes are Broadway producers with a remarkable 20 Tony nominations and 5 wins. Just this year, they also co-produced The Fabulous Four, a film starring Bette Midler and Susan Sarandon. Not only does Empower influence broader culture, our integrated team of experts in Media, Creative, Analytics, and Influencer Marketing outperforms expectations, leaving mediocrity in our dust. Some of our extraordinary client partners include Whataburger, Tempur Sealy, Jack Link’s, Jockey International, Sprouts Farmers Market, Weber Grills, GNC, Fifth Third Bank, JUST Capital, Bank of America and Freshpet. Empower is pure opportunity, for our clients and team members alike. Are you ready to challenge yourself, level up and work with an unstoppable team that’s building new ways to help brands Grow Fearlessly? Join us.

Founded in 1985
Chicago, Illinois, USA
208 employees (61 in marketing)

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
3.6K
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$37
Traffic Source Mix
Search
37.7%
Direct
47.8%
Referral
5%
Social
8.4%
Paid
1%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~208

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
49 (24% of company)
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
2

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