Neo is the world's leading digital and direct media agency, with more than 650 professionals in 39 offices across 32 countries. We provide a full range of digital and direct media services, including media strategy, planning and buying, search marketing, performance marketing, analytics and technology, mobile marketing, social media marketing, digital out-of-home marketing and others. Our missions is to be the best in class, full-service digital and direct global media network that delivers performance results to our clients' 360 strategy.

The Responsibilities  

• Partner with Associate, Senior Associate & Associate Media Directors in development of media plan options and recommendations
• Gather and analyze data to provide strategic, consumer-insights driven media recommendations
• Work with implementation groups (social, search, analytics), to develop combined strategies and budget allocations across media channels
• Deliver POVs/position papers on key client issues and/or client opportunities
• Act as a daily liaison to clients, providing support and managing deliverables and timelines for smooth planning and launch cycles
• Lead and ensure proper execution of media plans with support of Associate and oversight of Associate Directors
• Maintain accurate budget control and flow of media activity and proactively update Associate Directors and appropriate client contact(s)
• Regularly monitor and analyze campaigns with Associate to recommend strategic and tactical changes to maximize campaign performance (i.e., pacing reports)
• Prepare media authorizations per approved plans/project requests
• Oversee monthly billing led by Associate
• Help oversee and participate in quarterly reporting across all campaigns
• Act with high integrity to maintain strong, collaborative, productive working relationships across all internal and external teams and partners
• Provide timely and accurate delivery of all work
• Train and develop Associate(s), as well as review work for accuracy
• Demonstrate a desire to create improvement and better outcomes through innovation / approaching things in new ways
• Continuously think of new solutions to our team's work / client challenges
• Successfully complete required training program(s)

Our Requirements  

• Bachelor's degree required
• At least 2+ years of related media planning experience with heavy digital media focus
• Strong understanding of media fundamentals, including media math, target audience development, DCM trafficking and Prisma
• Strong understanding of the media planning process, from brief development to execution to reporting, and experience leading at least 3+ campaigns
• Experience liaising with clients directly in a daily capacity to effectively plan and move projects along
• Strong quantitative skills, including analytical abilities and math proficiency
• Demonstrate strategic thinking, proactivity and effective problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work within a team, handle multiple assignments and meet tight deadlines
• Strongly business-minded, extremely detail-oriented, with clear and proven organizational skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Demonstrate ambition by keeping abreast of industry trends through trade news, industry workshops / seminars and tracking current events
• Foster inspiration through appropriate participation in team, agency, and industry initiatives
• Digitally savvy, with specific proficiency at MS Suite: Excel (especially Pivot Tables), PowerPoint and industry research tools such as Telmar, Comscore, Kantar, and Commspoint

We are an equal opportunity employer
GroupM embraces and celebrates 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