Digital Account Manager

Description

WDJT-TV CBS 58, is seeking an experienced and detail-oriented Digital Account Manager that is passionate about local digital advertising. Based in Milwaukee, this position serves as the main point of contact for local sales teams on corporate-managed digital sales services for Weigel Broadcasting’s various digital extensions of their local brands.

What You’ll Do

• Collaborate with local AEs on how to utilize digital sales products to develop client-focused marketing solutions and strategies across multiple digital platforms
• Use your knowledge of digital advertising to help local AEs build sales proposals and strategies that will help our advertisers get great results on their digital ad investment
• Communicate in-person with our local sales team in Milwaukee, and virtually with our local sales teams in Chicago and South Bend
• Participate in client-facing communications and presentations to local clients as it relates to digital ad campaigns and services
• Oversee post-sale digital advertising accounts across local TV stations, web properties, and vendors
• Onboard all digital direct orders for TV station O&O websites and third-party vendors
• Coordinate with the corporate digital team on campaign implementation across Google Ad Manager and third-party vendors
• Set up and maintain ad campaigns on Weigel’s local digital properties using Google Ad Manager
• Provide campaign optimization recommendations to local clients and Account Executives to enhance performance
• Sustain regular pacing reports for all active campaigns to ensure 100% delivery, flag recommended adjustments and create recaps for local advertiser campaigns
• Maintain clear and detailed communication with the Sales team and vendors ensuring local advertiser orders are activated correctly and run as scheduled
• Engage directly with our third-party ad vendors related to active local digital sales campaigns
  
  

What You’ve Done

• Account management with a publisher website
• 2-3 years working with direct sales order implementation
• Working knowledge of Google Ad Manager
• Familiarity with video and display ad serving terminology and reporting
• Demonstrated strong interpersonal skills and ability to work cross-functionally across departments and locations
• Multi-tasked and thrived in a fast-paced environment
  
  

If you have what we are looking for, please apply with your resume and cover letter.

What We Offer

• Health & Wellness: Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance Package, Long Term Disability Insurance & Accident Insurance
• Retirement & Savings: HSA Plan, 401k with Company Match
• Time Off: Vacation/Personal/Sick/Paid Holidays
• Leave Support: Paid Qualified-FMLA Leave
• Family Benefits: Paid Parental Leave
  
  

Weigel Broadcasting Co. maintains an Equal Employment Opportunity Policy for all applicants and employees. We give fair consideration to all qualified persons and afford all our employees opportunities for advancement according to their individual abilities, regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, age or sex, or other protected categories. No opportunities for promotion, transfer or any other benefit of employment will be diminished through discriminatory practices. Employees or prospective employees have the right to notify an appropriate local, state or Federal agency if they believe they have been discriminated against.

Weigel Broadcasting Co. is a family-owned media company based in Chicago, Illinois. The company owns and operates national television networks, as well as local broadcast stations throughout the country. Weigel is a leader in broadcast television with MeTV, Memorable Entertainment Television, the number one rated classic TV entertainment network, as well as the Movies! Network in cooperation with the Fox Television Stations, the Catchy Comedy Network, the H&I - Heroes & Icons Network, the Start TV Network and the Dabl Network in association with the CBS Television Stations, the Story Television Network, the MeTV Toons Network in collaboration with Warner Bros. Discovery, and WEST- Western Entertainment Series Television Network. Weigel produces the original network TV programs Svengoolie, Toon In With Me and Collector’s Call. Weigel's local stations include CBS, ABC, The CW, MyNet, Telemundo and Univision network affiliates and independent stations, offering a mix of entertainment programming, local news and professional and college sports broadcasts in 29 U.S. markets including New York, Los Angeles, and Chicago. Weigel is the creator of the nationally syndicated music format MeTV FM. For more information on Weigel, visit: https://www.weigelbroadcasting.com/.