Media Supervisor

POSITION SUMMARY:  The ideal candidate will have experience or demonstrated interest in media planning and buying.  Skills and aptitude are critical on our small (but growing) and scrappy team, but we’re also looking for plain ‘ole good humans.  A person who runs fast, works smart, and brings a smile to the office every day.

As Media Supervisor:

• Leadership role in client relationship, presentations and media strategy development and plan execution
• Team leader who proactively manages across all departments, integrated media teams and multiple projects and maintains flexibility to respond to changing and sometimes conflicting priorities
• Project Manager who has knowledge of Novus systems & processes, client contracts & set-up in Connex, client billing process and budget management

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Understand client goals and objectives and translate them into actionable and measurable media strategies and tactical plans
• Must have knowledge/experience in both strategic and functional multi-media knowledge (broadcast, OOH, digital, print) and strategic planning experience across all media types & platforms
• Deep dive into the Micro Local research and all available 1^st party data and boil it down to relevant insights on local media market profile, competitive landscape and challenges & opportunities
• Oversee the execution of campaigns from beginning to end
• Primary point of contact for clients on stewardship, POV and other ad hoc requests
• Project management of multiple projects:
  • • Understand processes, workflow and lead times
    • Develop timelines for each project and step in process
    • Assign projects to internal individuals/groups and monitor
    • Schedule kick-off meetings and frequent check-ins to ensure project is delivered on time – with excellence
    • Ensure team is functioning efficiently & effectively

REQUIREMENTS:

• Bachelor’s degree
• 4-6 years minimum experience across several channels & platforms (micro local, traditional, digital)
• Experience with local clients, retail, and using data to generate insights and rationalize plan stratregy.
• Knowledge/experience using MMM; generating insights from MMM data and application of these insights to support & inform strategic planning a plus
• Strong quantitative and analytical skills along with excellent verbal and written/presentation communications skills and the ability to sell-in ideas to the client
• Effective time management as well as strong organizational skills and attention to detail
• Self-motivated, success driven individual with a proven track record of managing a client’s business proactively in order to drive sales success for the client and maintain and grow a strong relationship between the client and agency
• Ability to multi-task and meet conflicting priorities as well as successfully manage the teams’ day-to-day tasks
• Demonstrates leaderships skill in dealing with clients and team members, can inspire and motivate the team to do exceptional work and foster innovation
• Travel required as dictated by needs of the clients, referral partners, and scheduled conferences

PREFERRED REQUIREMENTS:

• Knowledge/experience with MMM; generating insights from MMM data and application of these insights to support & inform strategic planning a plus
• Demonstrated passion and interest in multi-media & promoting Novus; engaged, forward-thinking and seizing opportunities daily
• Experience managing integrated teams and multiple projects (multiple market plans) to ensure flawless execution from set-up through billing and on-time delivery to client
• Collaborate with leadership and peers to develop solutions that will enhance our operational efficiency, tools, systems & processes, and improve current workflows
• Continuous refinement of operational process to ensure the delivery of high-quality, error-free deliverables
• Maintain professional working relationships with clients and coworkers
• QSR or Furniture category experience

SKILLS/KNOWLEDGE:

• Experience with syndicated & Novus data and tools
  • Connex
  • SBMS, DOMedia, Media Tools flowcharting and budget management
  • Nielsen & Geopath ratings
  • IMseverywhere
  • Kantar competitive 
• ClearDecisions for Sca4rborough, MRI audience analysis. 
• Experian - Zip code level audience analysis
• Alteryz &Tableau a plus
• Powerpoint

CONSIDERING A CAREER WITH NOVUS?

From our founding in a Minnesota garage to becoming a leader in the media industry, we’ve expanded to over 200 employees in four locations as well as over 30 people in the field across the U.S. and Canada.

Fueled by the same marketing science and geospatial analytics that made us the #1 print buyer in North America, we’ve evolved our offering to deliver customized, fully multichannel media programs, strategic planning, data and analytics and marketing services to advertisers and agencies across all major industries.

At Novus, you are surrounded by colleagues throughout the U.S. and Canada who share a passion for not only growing our client’s business but also for pushing boundaries. With expert teams in 4 locations: Minneapolis, Chicago, Toronto and Montreal, no one in the local media space has our committed depth of talent, far-reaching connections, or proven track record. By joining one of the premier media companies in the industry, you’ll be part of a team that is passionate, engaged, forward-thinking and seizing opportunities daily. 

Novus provides a collaborative work environment, with career advancement potential and most importantly, the opportunity to make a difference. We offer an array of benefits as well as considerable time off allowances.