Hybrid Senior Associate, Local Investment

at dentsu Austria

• Job title: Senior Associate, Local Investment
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Senior
• Salary: $51,000 - $83,375 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Chicago, United States

About the role

• Integral part of the Linear buying process for audio and video at Dentsu. Supporting the Manager/Sr. Manager team with key day-to-day tasks and media buying responsibilities.

Responsibilities

• Send RFPs to vendors
• Responsible for placements being entered in Prisma/MO and QA
• Responsible for ensuring that campaigns have gone live
• Responsible for weekly stewardship of campaigns
• Pull reporting on a weekly basis and inform the Manager if the campaign/vendor is not pacing to deliver
• Actualize billing- vendor invoices, Nielsen and any other invoices required for tracking in a timely manner
• Work with Managers/Supervisors compile final/wrap reporting at end of campaign
• May participate and contribute in client face-to-face meetings
• Engages with all contacts in a professional and respectful manner
• Possess mature and professional business acumen in personal and written communications
• Keeps up with the latest trends in media
• Informs planning/ client/team of any issues
• Participates in face-to-face vendor meetings
• Builds positive relationships with internal and external teams
• Keeps current with market research (industry periodicals, email newsletters, websites)
• Demonstrates active listening skills and ability to apply learnings over time.
• Recognize potential issues and problems, know when to bring to a supervisor’s attention and/or propose solutions
• Takes clear ownership of assigned tasks
• Expresses oneself clearly and concisely in oral communications
• Writes in a clear, compelling and concise manner
• Organizes ideas and information logically and sequentially

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree(preferred)
• 1+ years of industry experience
• Strong math and analytical skills
• Stringent attention to detail
• Strong communication skills- both oral and written
• Desire to learn more about Local Activation
• Advanced computer skills (MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
• Ability to learn server-based software and tools

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