Job Description
USIM is a full-service, integrated, media planning and buying agency. We align the most successful and efficient media strategies with the goals of our clients, regardless of channel.
Working at USIM means:
- Unbound opportunity potential
- Supportive community across all levels
- Immersive experiences via 17 local offices and around the globe
- Motivated change agent professionals charting tomorrow’s media landscape
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Development of media strategy based on client direction
- Help oversee the plan developments and media executions along with ability to present media ideas and recommendations
- Run and evaluate syndicated research
- Working with our vertical services: Search, social, programmatic, broadcast, etc.
- Help manage team’s workload, assignments and deliverables
- Write and publish media POVs
- Support and manage client’s budgets
- For certain accounts, be the lead or primary client contact
- Knowledge across multiple media channels: TV/Radio, Print, OOH, Digital, Search and Social
- Maintain status reports, flowcharts and buy summaries
- Excellent written and verbal communication and presentation skills
- Ability to work successfully with teams, handling multiple projects and meeting tight deadlines under pressure
QUALIFICATIONS & SKILLS:
- Complete knowledge planning processes for all major media
- Baseline working knowledge and understanding of offline media, DR, CRM
- Strong analytical abilities and quantitative skills, including math proficiency
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite with strong understanding of Excel and PowerPoint
- Ability to professionally communicate with, present to, interact with client leadership
- Ability to multi-task, work successfully with teams, and work under pressure
- Strategic thinker, critical thinker, problem solver
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, ability to present, field questions
- Thorough understanding of digital marketing and digital media
- Demonstrates initiative and drives to completion of projects
EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE:
- Bachelor’s degree, preferably with a concentration in advertising, marketing, business administration, and communications
- This is a supervisor position requiring a candidate who has previous team and client management experience
- 3-4+ years of experience in media strategy/planning experience across online and offline media channel
PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
- The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- The employee will spend up to 50% of time sitting at desk, typing on keyboard, viewing computer monitor, answering telephone calls.
- While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit and talk or hear.
- The employee is occasionally required to walk; use hands and fingers, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; and reach with hands and arms.
- The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and the ability to adjust focus.
WORK ENVIRONMENT:
- The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- The noise level in the work environment is usually moderately quiet.
SELECTION GUIDELINES:
Formal application, rating of education and experience; oral interviews and reference check; job-related tests may be required.
