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Digital Associate Media Director
GroupM
Los Angeles, CA, United States
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Job Description
Maxus is a global network of local media planning and buying agencies and the only one of its kind born in the digital age. This means that the passion, agility, collaboration and entrepreneurialism that shape the digital world, are also at the core of Maxus’ culture and spirit.
Maxus thinks digitally, but is an expert across all channels. Through our integrated approach to media and focus on client service and satisfaction, Maxus delivers the most impactful solutions to our clients and their brands.
Our agency is designed around the idea, not the media. And ideas flow best across, not up and down. Horizontal thinkers and planners will like what we’re trying to do here.
Versatility and flexibility have made Maxus the fastest-growing media agency network for the last five years, with a talented team of 2,000 people in 70 offices across 55 markets worldwide, including 5 offices across the US.
At the heart of this sits our mantra of Leaning into Change. We embrace technology and innovation, challenging our clients to move forward, while remaining grounded, bringing them solutions that are simple, creative, and effective, and that will deliver tangible benefit to their business. If you’re ready for an agency that isn’t complacent, that thrives in today’s media landscape and that loves to push innovation, let’s have a chat.
Maxus is a part of GroupM, one of the world’s largest media investment management groups that serves as the parent company for all of WPP’s media agencies.
The Role Objective: The Associate Media Director (AMD) acts as the day-to-day liaison between the client and media community providing leadership, strategic direction and input for media plans. The AMD effectively leverages experience, knowledge and skills to push innovative thinking and set challenging team goals and objectives balancing client, company and team needs.
Primary (day-to-day) Responsibilities:
• Assist in developing plan strategy aligned with client business objectives and ensure plans deliver upon the agreed to strategies and approach
• Oversee plan development and execution from inception to completion
◦ Delegate appropriately to team to support plan development and execution
• Utilizes Relationship Media process to develop client recommendations
• Can effectively use and guide team on use of RM tools
• Utilize comprehensive media knowledge base and synthesize information into ideas
• Present Plan recommendations to client teams
• Oversee plan negotiations and media team activities
• Manage client requests – i.e. plan changes, budget changes, provide marketplace information
• Work with analytic partners to gauge media performance and KPI’s to determine the extent to which the original objectives and strategies were met
• Lead internal meetings with other departments and call on agency resources to strengthen ideas
• Staff supervision, training and development as well as serving as a positive role model with a strong work ethic and vigorously reviewing all work to ensure high quality standard
• Foster a good working relationship across all client teams to facilitate flawless execution of plans
• Establish and grow a strong relationship with the client through a demonstration of industry knowledge and of the client’s basic business issues/maintain client contact
• Steward relationship with outside agency partners (creative, PR, etc.)
• Begin to understand financial implications of client contracts, plan changes, etc.
Secondary Responsibilities:
• Attend client specific and departmental meetings
• Attend mandatory Agency Training
• Participate in creative brainstorm sessions
• Participate in New Business
• Proactively keep abreast of industry trends and share knowledge with team
Essential Skills, Knowledge and Experience
Skills/Attributes
• Ability to communicate concisely and clearly both orally and in writing
• Self-Starter/Demonstrates Initiative
• Ability to manage multiple projects
• Ability to delegate and oversee Assistant Media Planner workload
• Team player
• Thrives in fast paced environment
Experience
• Minimum 2 years as Supervisor
Knowledge
• Demonstrates understanding of media basics and concepts
• Working knowledge of Syndicated tools (MRI, Comscore, etc.)
• Microsoft Office Software (Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, Word, etc.)
Desirable
• Digitally Savvy: Personally uses digital media, demonstrates passion about emerging media, Google Analytics, Google Images, ability to search and research topics, etc.
• Thrives in team environment