Manager,Strategic Planning
Description
3 best things about the job:
- Oversee plan negotiations and media team activities.
- Build a comprehensive media knowledge base and synthesizes information into ideas.
Measures of success –
In three months:
- Responsible for planning, buying and reporting to assigned accounts.
- Develop and build strong working relationships with internal teams.
- Responsible for mentoring, training, and team building.
In six months:
- Manage vendor relationships.
- Assist the Associate Director/Director in creating media plans, strategically and efficiently.
- Assist the Associate Director/Director in setting overall direction for program planning and negotiating strategies
In 12 months:
- Initiate creative and business building ideas.
- Build a comprehensive media knowledge base and synthesizes information into ideas.
- Staff supervision, training and development as well as serving as a positive role model with a hard work ethic and vigorously reviewing all work to ensure.
Responsibilities of the role:
- Assist the Associate Director/Director in creating media plans, strategically and efficiently.
- Assist the Associate Director/Director in setting overall direction for program planning and negotiating strategies.
- Develop and build strong working relationships with internal teams and manage vendor relationships.
- Responsible for mentoring, training, and team building.
- Oversee plan negotiations and media team activities.
- Magnify the buying power of every dollar spent.
- Maintain status reports to ensure efficient workflow in order to meet deadlines and write reports of key meetings.
- Lead internal meetings with other departments and call on agency resources to strengthen ideas.
What you will need:
- More than 5 years of experience (experience working in an Interactive/Digital environment is preferred)
- Bachelor’s degree and above
- Excellent written and verbal communication and presentation skills
- Ability to work successfully with teams, handling multiple projects and meeting tight deadlines under pressure
- Strong negotiating skills and excellent attention to detail
- Strong relationship building skills which include maintaining positive client relationships
- Demonstrated critical thinking and problem-solving abilities
- Strong analytical abilities and quantitative skills, including math proficiency
- Ability to effectively utilize media research and reporting resources
- Technical proficiency, particularly with media systems and MS Excel, Word and PowerPoint