Job Description

Do you possess a mania for media? Are you a proponent of plans? Do you strategize more than the noble families in Game of Thrones? Then perhaps you’d like to wield some of that expertise at Two by Four. We’re in the market for a Senior Media Associate, an ‘Ace of all trades’ who’s ready to hit the ground running. You’ll become intimately involved in developing and executing both traditional and digital media opportunities for some exciting local and national campaigns.

Job Purpose

Our Senior Media Associate will assist in developing media strategies and tactics, research media opportunities and present recommendations to internal and external clients. Additionally, he or she will manage administration of plans, including managing budgets, billing, plan optimization, media analytics and reporting with regard to those plans. 

Responsibilities

• Manage all upfront research planning: MRI Simmons, Vivvix, comScore, SRDS, competitive.
• Accurately enter media buys, revisions and cancelations into media billing software.
• Lead the creation of media orders (IOs) and update billing flowcharts across clients to ensure timely and accurate payment; audit and resolve any billing discrepancies.
• Determine considered partner sets for RFP across TV, audio, print, outdoor and digital partners, conducting vendor reach-out for RFP and negotiating final rates for clients.
• Lead creation of specs documents & timelines and coordinate with internal (account/production/creative) and external teams to ensure deadlines are met.
• Lead the pre- and post-launch QA process for media.
• Lead daily pacing, vendor monitoring and optimization of campaign performance within platforms.
• Develop client-facing reports with key takeaways to inform future initiatives.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree and minimum of 3+ years experience as a media planner and buyer, preferably in an advertising agency setting: Experience planning both Traditional (Print, OOH, Radio, TV) and Digital (Display, Video, Paid Social) Media required.
• Experience working with a broad range of media research tools and media buying software such as Strata, MRI Simmons, SRDS, Google Analytics, etc.
• Proficiency with MS Office including Word, Excel and PowerPoint is a must.
• Team player, have strong communication and organization skills and be comfortable working in a collaborative and entrepreneurial environment.
• Strong analytical skills (both Quantitative and Qualitative).

Performance and Accountability Measures

• Reports to: Media Supervisor
• THIS IS A PREDOMINATELY “WORK FROM THE OFFICE” JOB. While we currently offer “Work from Home Wednesdays”, this job requires that you work in our Chicago office Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays.

Benefits

• Health insurance, vision insurance, dental insurance, commuter benefits, Simple IRA, paid time off, paid parental leave and STD/LTD insurance and more.

Solicitation

• Direct applicants only. No agency solicitations of any kind.

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