Senior Buyer
- Toronto, ON, Canada
Salary Range: $55,000 - $65,000 · Full-time
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Job details
- Pay
- Salary Range: $55,000 - $65,000
- Job type
- Full-time
- Apply by
- Experience
- Minimum (3-4) years’ experience in media investment with 1-2 years’ in a buyer role.
- Posting language
- English
- Posted
Original job description
Agency
Omnicom Media
Job Function
Media
Job Subfunction
Trading and Investment
Job Description
Job Summary:
The role of a Senior Buyer, Media Activation is to execute television, radio and OOH campaigns. The successful candidate will be responsible for negotiation, execution and maintenance of media campaigns for various clients, as well as assisting the Supervisor/Senior Manager in preparing all written documents (e.g. pre-buy, post buy, etc.). This role requires you to work as part of an integrated media investment team to ensure the product is grounded in insights and experience, resulting in flawless media executions.
Key Responsibilities
To the extent permissible by local law, Omnicom’s policy requires employees to work in the office for a minimum of three days a week, unless additional in-office days are directed by their agency or manager.
Omnicom is committed to hiring and developing exceptional talent. We agree that talent is uniquely distributed, and we’re focused on developing inclusive teams that can bring the best solutions to everything we do. We strongly believe that celebrating what makes us different makes us better together. Join us - we look forward to getting to know you. We will process your personal data in accordance with our Recruitment Privacy Notice.
Link to Recruitment Privacy Notice: https://www.omc.com/privacy-notice/
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Salary Range: $55,000 - $65,000
Omnicom Media
Job Function
Media
Job Subfunction
Trading and Investment
Job Description
Job Summary:
The role of a Senior Buyer, Media Activation is to execute television, radio and OOH campaigns. The successful candidate will be responsible for negotiation, execution and maintenance of media campaigns for various clients, as well as assisting the Supervisor/Senior Manager in preparing all written documents (e.g. pre-buy, post buy, etc.). This role requires you to work as part of an integrated media investment team to ensure the product is grounded in insights and experience, resulting in flawless media executions.
Key Responsibilities
- Negotiate, execute and maintain television, radio and OOH campaigns for a portfolio of clients
- Deliver media campaigns that meet campaign objectives and client expectations daily
- Understand and recommend stations and programming that align with target audience
- Oversee the preparation and presentation of campaign reports, campaign summaries, tracking of expenditures by supplier as required.
- Proactively advise the team of any variations to execution of media plans.
- Assist in ensuring all billings are cleared and issued in a timely manner as needed.
- Execute all relevant revisions to the media buy as needed.
- Prepare reports for third party audits as required
- Identify and communicate potential buying market conditions to peers.
- Ensure clear communication with the planning teams.
- Assist with training and mentoring of junior team members
- Develop and maintain positive rapport with media partners.
- Foster relationships across agency partners, with a focus on client service.
- Attend media seminars and presentations as required.
- Perform other duties/ad hoc projects as assigned which are within the scope of this role
- Post-secondary education – University graduate and/or advertising/marketing College degree preferred.
- Minimum (3-4) years’ experience in media investment with 1-2 years’ in a buyer role.
- Previous OOH experience is an asset.
- Strong negotiation skills.
- Ability to develop positive on-going business relationships (both internal & external) with a focus on client service.
- Strong learning agility, with a passion for continuous development.
- Excellent communication skills (both written and verbal).
- Highly developed organizational skills with a strong attention to detail and accuracy.
- Excellent ability to manage and prioritize time.
- Proactive approach to problem solving, supporting the team, self-development, etc.
- Ability to work collaboratively as well as independently.
- Proficient with Mediaocean, Prisma, Radius and media research tools
- Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel and PowerPoint).
To the extent permissible by local law, Omnicom’s policy requires employees to work in the office for a minimum of three days a week, unless additional in-office days are directed by their agency or manager.
Omnicom is committed to hiring and developing exceptional talent. We agree that talent is uniquely distributed, and we’re focused on developing inclusive teams that can bring the best solutions to everything we do. We strongly believe that celebrating what makes us different makes us better together. Join us - we look forward to getting to know you. We will process your personal data in accordance with our Recruitment Privacy Notice.
Link to Recruitment Privacy Notice: https://www.omc.com/privacy-notice/
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Salary Range: $55,000 - $65,000
More about this job
Responsibilities
Negotiate, execute, and maintain television, radio, and out-of-home media campaigns, ensuring they meet client objectives and are delivered accurately. Prepare campaign reports and expenditure tracking, coordinate with planning teams and media partners, support billing and audits, and help train junior team members.
Requirements
A university degree or college education in advertising or marketing is preferred, along with three to four years of media investment experience, including one to two years in a buyer role; out-of-home experience is an asset. Candidates should have strong negotiation, communication, organizational, and time-management skills, be proficient with Mediaocean, Prisma, Radius, media research tools, and Microsoft Office, and work effectively both independently and collaboratively.
Skills
- Media Buying
- Media Negotiation
- Television Campaigns
- Radio Campaigns
- Out-of-Home Campaigns
- Campaign Execution
- Campaign Reporting
- Budget Tracking
- Client Service
- Communication
- Organization
- Time Management
- Problem Solving
- Relationship Building
- Training and Mentoring
- Microsoft Office
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Categories
- Marketing
- Creative & Media
Keywords
- Media Investment
- Media Buying
- Media Activation
- Television
- Radio
- Out-of-Home Advertising
- Campaign Negotiation
- Campaign Execution
- Media Planning
- Campaign Reporting
- Media Audits
- Expenditure Tracking
- Client Service
- Media Partners
- Mediaocean
- Prisma
- Radius
- Media Research Tools
- Microsoft Office
- Word
- Excel
- PowerPoint
- Advertising
- Marketing
- Training and Mentoring