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Media Operations Specialist
Horizon Media
Los Angeles, CA, United States
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Horizon Media, Inc., headquartered in New York City, is the largest independent media services company in the world. “Business is personal”, is a company belief and practice for two reasons: First, because Horizon’s commitment to client success is passionate and ingrained in the corporate culture. Second, because Horizon is passionately committed to the growth and development of its employees.
We are currently looking to hire a Media Operations Specialist, in our Brand Strategy Department/Los Angeles office. This position reports to a Brand Group Director.
As part of our Brand Strategy team you will be performing various administrative duties to support the day-to-day activities of brand planning and execution, including, but not limited to:
Expectations:
• Develop comprehensive reporting for all media placements in adherence with client requirements
• Financial management across multiple brands
• Track monthly media expenditures to align with client budget tracker and schedules
• Ensure that system is tracking all expenditures, schedules, etc. accurately; also confirm that plan/budget revisions are captured to mitigate billing issues
• Review all estimate and final billing prior to client issuance
• Collaborate with internal teams for monthly budgeting and billing reconciliations
• Oversee traffic execution for TV, Radio and local requests; and advise Traffic department of copy changes and/or customized instructions for special events
• Gather information for competitive analysis, as well as data for client’s primary research
• Ability to form a story based on data analysis
• Develop positive and close working relationships with client creative agencies
• Maintain day-to-day client/agency communications, at appropriate level
• Issue weekly status reports; participate in client calls as appropriate
• Participate in internal/external audits, as necessary
Required Skills:
• Detail-oriented; including ability to quickly identify potential issues by looking at the dat
• Pro-active and solution-oriented; resourceful
• Extremely proficient in Microsoft Excel, including working knowledge of pivot tables
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced team environment with the additional ability to work independently
• Strong basic math skills
• Great organizational and time management skills
• Excellent communication skills (written and verbal)
• Multi-tasking
Required Experience:
• College degree
• 3+ years of work experience in a relevant area (i.e. accounting, finance, advertising/media, administrative, etc.)
• Proficient in Microsoft Word, PowerPoint and Outlook
• Familiar with media planning and buying, SBMS and Nielsen tools a plus, but not required