Associate, Investment

Agency: Omnicom Media

Job Function:

Media

Job Subfunction:

Trading and Investment

Job Description:

Overview

Working at the intersection of media and finance, OMnet, LLC operates as a Strategic Business Unit (SBU) within Omnicom Media, specializing in principal-based media investments and buying. Through its investments and strategic commercial partnerships with media, technology, and data providers, OMnet creates a private ecosystem of cost-effective, data-driven, media solutions available exclusively to Omnicom clients.

Responsibilities

- The Activation Associate is an entry level position in a media-based role and will be assigned to one of five Team Pods across the OMnet Activation Division. Each Team Pod is assigned an account roster to service client media campaigns, ranging anywhere from 15-30x client accounts across various category verticals.

- In this role, the Associate will provide support for assigned client advertising campaigns and will work across multiple media disciplines, including Digital, Linear TV, Streaming/CTV, Social, OOH, Audio, and Print.

- By servicing a wide range of clients across multiple media disciplines, the Associate will gain a foundational understanding of the modern media landscape and will be well-informed of marketplace trends and analysis.

- Primary functions include supporting the Senior Associate and the larger team in client advertising campaigns through researching, strategizing, negotiating, buying, and stewarding media.

- Responsible for issuing insertion orders, maintaining campaign performance, and billing reconciliation for assigned client accounts.

- Negotiate and execute media buys across multiple media disciplines, coordinate with internal and external teams on implementation of media plans and contracts.

- Evaluate and assess sale-side offerings using proprietary research tools and industry knowledge to further support client business.

- Secondary functions include exposure to establishing, negotiating, and executing commercial partnerships with media, technology, and data vendors.

Compensation Range: $34,000 - $60,000. This is the pay range the Company believes it will pay for this position at the time of this posting. Consistent with applicable law, compensation will be determined based on relevant experience, other job-related qualifications/skills, and geographic location (to account for comparative cost of living). The Company reserves the right to modify this pay range at any time.

For this role, Benefits include: health/vision/dental insurance, 401(k), Healthcare Flexible Spending Account, Dependence Care Flexible Spending Account, vacation, sick, personal days, paid parental leave, and paid medical leave, STD/LTD insurance benefits.

OMNET is An Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status, age or any other federally protected class.

Qualifications

- Bachelor’s degree, preferably with a concentration in advertising, marketing, communications, economics, finance, or related field.

- Fluent user of Microsoft office; specifically - Excel, PowerPoint, and Word.

- Enjoys working with and has an aptitude for mathematical concepts.

- Enjoys working in a team-based environment.

- Posses a solutions-oriented mindset with an aptitude for creative thinking.

- Has knowledge of the modern media/advertising landscape and a drive to constantly learn new trends in the advertising marketplace.

- Experience in account and/or client management is a plus.

- Demonstrates both good verbal and written skills; is a good listener.

- Excellent presentation skills.

New York $45,000.00 - $45,000.00

Omnicom’s policy requires employees to work in the office for a minimum of three days a week, unless additional in-office days are directed by their agency or manager. Our objective is to increase this requirement over time, and many of our agencies as well as Omnicom’s corporate group already require five days of in-office attendance.

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