Senior Associate, Local Investment

Sr. Associate

The Sr. Associate is an integral part of the Linear buying process. This role is essential in the day-to-day tactical management of Linear audio and video buys. This is a supportive role to the Manager / Sr. Manager team. Sr. Associate may be assigned small accounts to activate and manage under direct supervision from the Supervisor / Director.

Key Areas of Responsibility

• Send RFPs to vendors
• Responsible for placements being entered in Prisma / MO and QA
• Responsible for ensuring that campaigns have gone live
• Responsible for weekly stewardship of campaigns
• Pull reporting on a weekly basis and inform Manager if the campaign / vendor is not pacing to deliver
• Actualize billing- vendor invoices, Nielsen and any other invoices required for tracking in a timely manner
• Work with Managers / Supervisors compile final / wrap reporting at end of campaign
• May participate and contribute in client face to face meetings
• Engages with all contacts in a professional and respectful manner
• Possess mature and professional business acumen in personal and written communications
• Keeps up with the latest trends in media
• Informs planning / client / team of any issues
• Participates in face to face vendor meetings
• Builds positive relationships with internal and external teams
• Keeps current with market research (industry periodicals, email newsletters, websites)
• Demonstrates active listening skills and ability to apply learnings over time.
• Recognize potential issues and problems, know when to bring to a supervisor's attention and / or propose solutions
• Takes clear ownership of assigned tasks
• Expresses oneself clearly and concisely in oral communications
• Writes in a clear, compelling and concise manner
• Organizes ideas and information logically and sequentially

Experience / Knowledge Required :

At dentsu, we believe great work happens when we're connected. Our way of working combines flexibility with in-person collaboration to spark ideas and strengthen our teams. Employees who live within a commutable distance of one of our hub offices, currently located in Chicago, metro Detroit, Los Angeles, and New York City, are required and expected to work from the office three days per week (two days per week for employees based in Los Angeles and Detroit). Dentsu may designate other Hub offices at any time. Those who live outside a commutable range may be designated as remote, depending on the role and business needs. Regardless of your work location, we expect our employees to be flexible to meet the needs of our Company and clients, which may include attendance in an office.

The annual salary range for this position is $51,000-$83,375. Placement within the salary range is based on a variety of factors, including relevant experience, knowledge, skills, and other factors permitted by law.

Benefits available with this position include : Medical, vision, and dental insurance, Life insurance, Short-term and long-term disability insurance, 401k, Flexible paid time off, At least 15 paid holidays per year, Paid sick and safe leave, and Paid parental leave.

Dentsu also complies with applicable state and local laws regarding employee leave benefits, including, but not limited to providing time off pursuant to the Colorado Healthy Families and Workplaces Act, in accordance with its plans and policies. For further details regarding Dentsu benefits, please visit www.dentsubenefitsplus.com.