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Senior Associate, Programmatic

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Chicago, IL
51K-70K Annually
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Support programmatic media campaigns by managing client deliverables, optimizing performance, troubleshooting issues, and providing insights through performance reports.
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Job Description:

Senior Associates are responsible for supporting Manager/Sr. Managers in executing programmatic media campaigns across clients within the dentsu portfolio of agencies including Carat, dentsuX/360i, and iProspect.  The role will include on-the-job training in industry landscape and technologies, technology partnerships, campaign management, client services, ad trafficking, analysis, and communications.   

Key Accountabilities: 

  • Holistic understanding of digital, deeper understanding of optimization strategy 

  • Support Manager/Sr Manager with all client deliverables including campaign set up, launch notifications, ad creative screenshots, optimization to performance KPIs, reporting, and updates 

  • Complete quality assurance per dentsu QA process within ad server, buying platform or DSP 

  • Understand and execute responsibilities to traffic in the ad serving process. Act as account point person for agency ad operations coordinating assets for upcoming campaign launches 

  • Capable of communicating effectively and building strong relationships with agency team counterparts (planning/activation/ad ops/analytics) as well as Client Centers 

  • Troubleshoot basic campaign delivery and performance issues independently 

  • Traffic all ad serving needs (if applicable) and provide quality assurance of tagging process 

  • Manage pace reporting across campaigns and provide optimization suggestions to ensure full delivery 

  • Become an expert in the programmatic and digital display ecosystem understanding the taxonomy of digital media landscape and its components 

  • Interpret performance reports to provide actionable insights and analysis 

Qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s degree  

  • 1-2 years’ experience within the digital and programmatic industry  

  • Excellent verbal and written communications 

  • Collaboration mindset 

  • Strong attention to detail  

  • Proactive work ethic 

  • Ability to prioritize multiple tasks 

  • Solutions orientated with strong critical thinking abilities 

  • Strong analytical thinking and mathematical skills  

  • Comfortable with analysis and data 

  • Experience working with business applications; MS Office Suite desired 

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). 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.

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.

The anticipated salary range for this position is $51,000-$70,375. Salary is based on a wide range of factors that include relevant experience, knowledge, skills, other job-related qualifications, and geography.  A range of medical, dental, vision, 401(k) matching, paid time off, and/or other benefits also are available. For more information regarding dentsu benefits, please visit https://dentsubenefitsplus.com/  

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. 

To begin the application process, please click on the “Apply” button at the top of this job posting. Applications will be reviewed on an ongoing basis, and qualified candidates will be contacted for next steps. 

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Location:

Chicago

Brand:

Dentsu

Time Type:

Full time

Contract Type:

Permanent

Dentsu is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees. We do this without regard to race, color, national origin, sex , sexual orientation, gender identity, age, pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, ancestry, physical or mental disability, marital status, political affiliation, religious practices and observances, citizenship status, genetic information, veteran status, or any other basis protected under applicable federal, state, or local law. 

 

Dentsu is committed to providing reasonable accommodation to, among others, individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans. If you need an accommodation because of a disability to search and apply for a career opportunity with us, please send an e-mail to [email protected] by clicking on the link to let us  know the nature of your accommodation request and your contact information. We are here to support you.  

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