Market Operations Associate

Descripción de la empresa

Present in over 100 countries and employing nearly 80,000 professionals, Publicis Groupe is the third largest communications group in the world. Publicis Groupe is listed on the Euronext Paris [FR0000130577] and is part of the CAC 40 index. Active across the entire value chain, Publicis Groupe offers its major clients a transversal, unified and fluid model allowing them access to all the Groupe’s tools and expertise around the world through the mantra "The Power of One."

Descripción del puesto

The role of the Market Operations Associate is to be the day-to-day steward on of a client’s media and communications needs. The Associate is required to develop strong knowledge of the client’s business and apply their understanding of media and consumer media consumption habits in order to help deliver the client’s objectives. The Associate will work closely with the Market Supervisor in the development and communication of all media and communication recommendations.

Responsabilidades

Contribute to Latin American planning and buying for specific client(s) and brands. Manage day-to-day work assigned, including:

• Learn and complete required agency training courses offered by managers, vendors and online modules related to media, research, media billing and personal skills development.
• Master the full-range of media systems required for the role, including planning and billing.
• Evidence strong understanding of media planning and buying fundamentals, including terminology and mathematical formulas, required to planning and buying of offline and digital media.
• Maintain and manage assigned projects and manage internal team communication on timely/consistent basis
• Demonstrate proficiency with a client’s media planning and billing processes and maintain positive relationships with vendors and co-workers who support the media billing function (e.g. internal accounting and vendor sales departments)
• Maximize the use of agency resources to tools to gather and analyze research to support recommendations
• Demonstrate initiative by identifying ways to improve the work product
• Serve as a primary point of contact for client’s (Associate Brand Manager level) day-to-day requests
• Work in partnership with our local operations, as needed, to deliver against client needs
• Support local teams by helping to answer their questions and by sharing best practices and cases studies from other markets
  
  

Ensure that client relationships continue to be strengthened by the quality of deliverables and client satisfaction with the work.

• Learn the agency’s scope-of-work required by the client and understand how the Market Associate role contributes to the expected deliverables.
• Understand the metrics in annual agency evaluations and the action plans in place to improve performance
• Maintain an in-depth knowledge of a client’s business, both from a current situation and historical perspective
• Actively listen to clients and help identify opportunities
• Deliver consistent high-quality work
• Be recognized as a source of information for clients particularly related to the daily stewardship of their media budgets.
• Develop a strong understanding of media research resources, including its capabilities and limitations
  
  

Consistently able to articulate company and group mission as well as group goals and individual goals.

• Embody the agency’s values in work and collaborative efforts
• Ensure participation in every step of the performance assessment process
  
  

Cualificaciones

The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and ability required.

• Bachelor’s degree from a four-year college or university
• One year of media/communications planning experience (Beneficial but not mandatory)
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to actively participate and eventually lead telephone and skype-based meetings
• Bilingual, English and Spanish
• Ability to prioritize and organize projects for self to meet internal and external deadlines
• Digitally savvy; an active internet and mobile user
• Demonstrate initiative and desire for learning, with ongoing interest in understanding emerging trends in media, marketing and communications
• Collaborative approach and willingness to contribute to teamwork
• Demonstrate leadership skills and growth potential for future supervisory roles
  
  

Información adicional

Our Publicis Groupe motto “Viva La Différence” means we’re better together, and we believe that our differences make us stronger. It means we honor and celebrate all identities, across all facets of intersectionality, and it underpins all that we do as an organization. We are focused on fostering belonging and creating equitable & inclusive experiences for all talent.

Publicis Groupe provides robust and inclusive benefit programs and policies to support the evolving and diverse needs of our talent and enable every person to grow and thrive. Our benefits package includes medical coverage, dental, vision, disability, 401K, as well as parental and family care leave, family forming assistance, tuition reimbursement, and flexible time off.

If you require accommodation or assistance with the application or onboarding process specifically, please contact USMSTACompliance@publicis.com. All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.