Media Planner jobs in Oregon City, OR

Company Description

dentsu is transforming advertising as a force for growth and a force for good. It has become the destination for employees to cultivate meaningful careers and for brands to accelerate growth like never before. Media is the largest area of specialism within dentsu international, and is brought to markets globally through three award-winning agency brands: Carat, iProspect and dentsu X.

All three are underpinned by a scaled network offering of talent, capabilities, and services to support, grow and transform the world’s leading advertisers. Working together as the most integrated network, dentsu Media supports Carat’s EQ and people-first approach, dentsu X’s experience-driven proposition and iProspect’s full-performance methodology. dentsu Media also allows greater access to unparalleled integrated, marketing solutions through the network’s Creative and CXM specialisms.

Job Description

Media Planners are the steward of the tactical communications planning process and provides mid-level strategic recommendations to the senior media team and/or clients. Media Planners are expected to have strong working knowledge of the media landscape in Canada and experience using media planning and research tools. Media Planners are expected to be an active participant on their client accounts and actively contribute ideas and insights to achieve goals and objectives.  

Accountabilities:

• Supports the media planning and buying process for assigned client accounts by translating client briefs into ideas and actions that expand communications planning influence.
• Uses tools to develop strategic communications plans based on execution strategy, rationale and buy structure to deliver on campaign goals.
• Works closely with creative agency in developing a holistic brand management and marketing planning process, including new product development, positioning concepts, segmentation, creative execution, message distribution, measurement, and optimization.
• Supports the recommendations of the deliver buy structures that encompass the best environments for each client’s target audience, while maximizing value and efficiency.
• Assists with preparing reporting documentation for media planning teams and clients demonstrating the strategy and rationale executed to deliver on campaign goals.
• Works with Traffic Launch and Campaign Delivery teams to ensure flawless implementation of media plans.
• Contributes to the overall campaign strategy and strategies ways to improve and optimize campaign performance to meeting client goals.

Qualifications

• Post-secondary Degree or Diploma in Media, Advertising, Business Administration, Marketing, or related field.
• A minimum 1 year of media planning and/or buying experience focused on All Channels – Video, Display, Social, Programmatic, Broadcast, Print & Out of Home, etc.
• Knowledge and hands-on experience with media planning and buying tools. 
• Strong to advanced level MS Office skills: Excel (Pivot Tables, VLOOKUP’s), Outlook, PowerPoint, etc.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Must be able to work with cross functional teams and multiple stakeholders.
• Aptitude for priority management where it concerns managing multiple deliverables/work streams.
• Ability to organize ideas and present back information logically and sequentially.

Additional Information

We know through experience that different ideas, perspectives and backgrounds foster a stronger and more creative work environment that delivers better business results. We strive to create workplaces that reflect the clients we serve and where everyone feels empowered to bring their full, authentic selves to work.

We are committed to working with our candidates from all ability levels throughout the recruitment process to ensure that they have what they need to be at their best. If you need accommodation during the application or interview process, please contact [email protected] or to begin a conversation about your individual accessibility needs throughout the hiring process.

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