Senior Associate - Account Services

Company: GroupM
Location: New York
Posted on: June 12, 2021

Job Description:

Position Overview

As a Senior Associate within our Account Services team, you will serve as the primary point of contact between Xaxis and our clients for all things programmatic strategy. You will be in touch with agency counterparts and clients directly to move the business forward. You will also partake in senior and executive-level relationships and new business growth. You will take ownership & accountability for managing strategy across several agencies and verticals. As this is a true partnership role, you will be a strategic, analytical leader for our major long/short-term projects.

Responsibilities/What You'll Do

• Own programmatic strategy and proposal planning across agency clients
• Develop strong and effective media plans based on sound strategies
• Present final media plans and strategies to agencies and clients
• Collaborate with trading teams to ensure campaigns are pacing and meeting agreed-upon KPIs; assist with optimizations
• Own re-allocations and strategy shifts in a timely manner
• Lead agency communication, campaign strategy, campaign setup, and kickoff process
• Assist analytics team with post-campaign analysis and deliver results to agency team and clients
• Manage communication across data and inventory partners and maintain positive relationships with external stakeholders
• Proactively seek out opportunities to grow existing business by extending into new channels, implementing new strategies, proposing test & learn schedules, etc.
• Support new business pitches

Qualifications/Who You Are

• 2+ years prior work and/or internship experience within online marketing or digital media industry
• Digital ad campaign experience, including display, video, programmatic, social, or paid search campaigns
• Prior experience with one or more ad servers, tag management systems, or trading platforms (DoubleClick Campaign Manager, Sizmek, Prisma, AppNexus, The Trade Desk, DV360, Google Tag Manager, Adobe Dynamic Tag Manager, Amazon, Tealium, Verizon)
• Strong communication and problem-solving skills
• Strong analytical skills, particularly in developing and leveraging data to develop and expand business opportunities
• Knowledge of current Internet, Publishing, and Technology trends
• Experience with third-party ad tags, conversion tracking pixels, floodlighting, and reporting
• Proficiency with Microsoft PowerPoint, Word, Excel
• Ability to be agile and manage several clients at once while prioritizing workload
• Proven ability to build businesses within the digital and traditional media arenas

Xaxis is The Outcome Media Company. We combine unique brand-safe media access, unrivaled programmatic expertise, and 360-degree data with proprietary artificial intelligence to help global brands achieve the outcomes they value from their digital media investments. Xaxis offers managed programmatic services in 47 markets, including North America, Europe, Asia Pacific, Latin America, the Middle East, and Africa.

GroupM and all its affiliates embrace and celebrate diversity, inclusivity, and equal opportunity.We are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We are a worldwide media agency network that represents global clients. The more inclusive we are, the more great work we can create together.

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