Assistant Media Planner - job 1 of 5

The Team One C.O.R.E. Values

C = COLLABORATIVE

      We work together to get better stuff done than we could alone.

O = OPTIMISM

      Honest and confident in our quest forward; believing the impossible is possible.

R = RESULTS-DRIVEN

      Creativity is always in service of results and never for its own sake.

E = ENTREPRENEURIAL

      Blow up the establishment. Shoot for the moon.

GENERAL SUMMARY
The LDA Assistant Media Planner’s primary responsibility is to work directly with a media planner on LDA Regional markets. The AMP will learn all aspects of spot market media including spot TV/Cable, spot radio, newspaper, local magazine, out-of-home, local digital and some exposure to sponsorships/event marketing.  The AMP will also gain a broad base knowledge of media terminology, media options and basic media planning. 

­­­ Day to Day:

• Goal Entry / SBA issuance to Zenith.                                                                                                                          
• Update and maintain flowcharts/budgets and related documents.                                                            
• Budget and billing reconciliations.                                                                                                                                 
• Create insertion orders (Digital, Print, Out Of Home).                                                                                    
• Assist with POVs, ultimately doing them by themselves.                                                                              
• Media/Market Research (CMR, IMS, Kantar, comScore)                                                                               
• Establish strong working relationship with our broadcast buyers at Zenith & Field Account team.
• Assist with Digital buys and metrics reports.
• Assist on market plans, ultimately managing some markets themselves.
• Participate in the implementation and maintenance for all Western Area media campaigns.
• Assist team with Heavy Up/Cut Recommendations, ultimately doing them by themselves.
• Support and generate ideas to support an “Ideas Culture” agency.

Experience:

• Prior media internship experience is a plus.
• Computer literate, with some experience in Microsoft Excel, Word, and PowerPoint. 
• A solid understanding of basic math, especially algebra, would be ideal. 
• Experience in proper business communications a plus. 
• Self-motivated, enthusiastic, team player that likes working in a large groups.

Education:  A Bachelor’s degree.  

Skills and Abilities: This person must be highly organized, with a charismatic and varied communication style.

Pace of Work:  Work flow varies by day and by season.  Some requests have an extremely pressing turn-around time, while others can be managed more slowly.  Financials and planning reports are completed on a monthly basis.  Buy reviews are done quarterly for LDA. 

Working Conditions:  Team One is a professional, fast-paced, creative business environment.  All employees are expected to support Team One’s commitment to providing a respectful & safe workplace.  There may be times when lifting up to 25lbs. is required.  Overtime, including evenings and/ or weekend work- may be required.  There may be occasion to travel.  All employees are expected to conduct themselves in a professional and acceptable manner during working hours and all work-related events, including but not limited to, holiday parties, off-sites, client meetings/events, shoot locations, etc.

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this job.  This is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required.

As an employee of Team One, a division of Saatchi & Saatchi Worldwide, you are expected to be aware of and adhere to all Publicis Groupe Policies, in addition to Team One and Saatchi & Saatchi policies. All Publicis Groupe policies supersede other policies except for when in conflict with California State Law.