Media Associate
Publicis Groupe
- Miami, FL
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Learn and complete required agency training courses offered by managers, vendors and online modules related to media, research, media billing and personal skills development.
- Master the full-range of media systems required for the role, including planning and billing.
- Evidence strong understanding of media planning and buying fundamentals, including terminology and mathematical formulas, required to planning and buying of offline and digital media.
- Maintain and manage assigned projects and manage internal team communication on timely/consistent basis
- Demonstrate proficiency with a client's media planning and billing processes and maintain positive relationships with vendors and co-workers who support the media billing function (e.g. internal accounting and vendor sales departments)
- Maximize the use of agency resources to tools to gather and analyze research to support recommendations
- Demonstrate initiative by identifying ways to improve the work product
- Serve as a primary point of contact for client's (Associate Brand Manager level) day-to-day requests
- Work in partnership with our local operations, as needed, to deliver against client needs
- Support local teams by helping to answer their questions and by sharing best practices and cases studies from other markets
- Ensure that client relationships continue to be strengthened by the quality of deliverables and client satisfaction with the work.
- Learn the agency's scope-of-work required by the client and understand how the Media Associate role contributes to the expected deliverables.
- Understand the metrics in annual agency evaluations and the action plans in place to improve performance
- Maintain an in-depth knowledge of a client's business, both from a current situation and historical perspective
- Actively listen to clients and help identify opportunities
- Deliver consistent high-quality work
- Be recognized as a source of information for clients particularly related to the daily stewardship of their media budgets.
- Develop a strong understanding of media research resources, including its capabilities and limitations
- Consistently able to articulate company and group mission as well as group goals and individual goals.
- Embody the agency's values in work and collaborative efforts
- Ensure participation in every step of the performance assessment process
- Bachelor's degree from a four-year college or university
- Excel proficient
- Strong organizational skills
- Detail-oriented
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to actively participate and eventually lead telephone and skype-based meetings
- Bilingual, English and Spanish
- Ability to prioritize and organize projects for self to meet internal and external deadlines
- Digitally savvy; an active internet and mobile user
- Demonstrate initiative and desire for learning, with ongoing interest in understanding emerging trends in media, marketing and communications
- Collaborative approach and willingness to contribute to teamwork
- Demonstrate leadership skills and growth potential for future supervisory roles
- One year of media/communications planning experience (Beneficial but not mandatory)
- Medical insurance
- Vision insurance
- Dental insurance
- 401(k)
- Tuition assistance