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Associate Media Director
GroupM
Chicago, IL, United States
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Job Description
About MAXUS
Maxus is a global network of local media planning and buying agencies. We are the creativity, data and science behind where advertising appears in the media.
Born in the digital age seven years ago, we are natives of the current marketing ecosystem. This means that the passion, agility, collaboration and entrepreneurialism that shape the digital world are also at the core of Maxus’ culture and spirit.
We believe that marketing is about one thing: growth. At Maxus, we lean into change with a vision to help our clients, our partners and our people grow.
Our agency is designed around the idea, not the media. As a result, we attract interesting people who are constantly curious. People with ‘majors and minors. Not just those with a one-dimensional view of a singular skill. We like diagonal thinkers that can go across, and up & down, all at once.
We attract people and businesses that want to change the game. We believe that the most important career decision a person can make is the culture they choose to grow in. A culture that not only values great work, but also great people – this is what we aim for every day.
If you’re ready for an agency that isn’t complacent, thrives in today’s media landscape and loves to push innovation, let’s have a chat.
About the team and/or client
Maxus Chicago is located with other GroupM agencies in downtown Chicago. We are a growing office seeking hard working individuals who have a thirst for growth and knowledge.
The Role Objective:
Reporting to a Group Planning Director, the Associate Media Director (AMD) for this assignment will be responsible for leadership of one or more accounts. The AMD effectively leverages experience, knowledge and skills to push innovative thinking to meet client expectations and help grow the account. The AMD will also set challenging team goals and objectives balancing client, company and team needs. The AMD will be able to work with minimal supervision managing Clients and overall product delivery. We are seeking someone with a “can do” positive attitude and entrepreneurial spirit. Someone who will mentor more junior team members and help them learn and grow.
Key Responsibilities:
• Develop, execute and present media plans from inception to completion
• Delegate appropriately to Media Planners and Assistant Media Planners to support plan development and execution
• Ensure media plans deliver on client objectives, are strategic, and meet efficiency goals
• Embrace the Channel Neutral approach to media and framework for thinking
• Present plan recommendations to client teams
• Oversee plan negotiations and media team activities
• Ensure plans are executed flawlessly
• Build and maintain a comprehensive media knowledge base and synthesize information into ideas
• Maintain status reports to ensure efficient workflow to meet deadlines and write reports of key meetings
• Act as key liaison with internal implementation teams (Print, Broadcast, Digital Trading)to ensure seamless integration of ideas into media plans ensuring deliverables align with overall plan strategies, timelines are met and programs/results are coordinated and presented holistically to client
• Maintain client contact/manage client requests – i.e. plan changes, budget changes, provide marketplace information
• Lead and manage the budget and client billing process
• 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
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:
• Demonstrates accuracy and attention to detail
• Ability to communicate concisely and clearly both orally and in writing
• Demonstrates Initiative
• Ability to manage multiple projects
• Ability to delegate and oversee Assistant Media Planner and Media Planner workload
• Team player
• Thrives in fast paced environment
• Thinks Strategically
Experience:
• Bachelor’s Degree or higher
• 5+ years’ media experience including 2+ years’ as Supervisor of a team
• Experience across a variety of media channels (including TV, Print, digital, OOH, etc.)
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