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Summary:

The Media Buyer position plays a key role in the Media Investment group and toward the success of our clients. The buyer’s responsibility is to negotiate, purchase, optimize, and monitor performance to ensure client deliverables are achieved. Quigley-Simpson is looking for a passionate individual who understands media and the challenges we face daily with the ability to be nimble when needed. We are a collaborative group of individuals who work hard, play hard, and have fun doing it. Quigley cares deeply about our clients and strives to engage their audience with the most effective and efficient media.  

Core Accountabilities:

• Negotiate and buy profitable media for both linear and OTT; monitor buy maintenance daily such as inputting buys/IOs, making revisions, pulling reports, review pre/post logs, understand and track pacing of impressions served, optimize against benchmarks/goals, monitor performance, post wrap-ups, etc.
• Work within all types of buying, including national DRTV, hybrid, local market, OTT, etc.
• Must maintain clearances and pacing while achieving assigned goals
• Implement media plans and strategy
• Analyze media programs and reports so as to make quality buys
• Call vendors/stations for clarification on various issues and resolve discrepancies
• Develop and maintain good relationships with vendors/stations, daily contact with reps
• Liaise with other departments to ensure clients’ needs are being met
• Regularly communicate details about buys, vendor/station updates, and any research to help managers/leads make good campaign decisions
• Be an expert on the vendor/station you buy for, which includes understanding trends, marketplace, competitors, demographics of the vendor/station, programming, targeting, etc.
• Understand Traffic procedures and deadlines
• Be familiar with priority campaigns and take proactive approach to inform vendors/stations
• Understand what other departments do and how the Media Investment group fits into the company as a whole
• Understand each vendor’s/station’s restrictive programming per client(s)
• Have a basic understanding of Media Math (CPO, Ratio, CPC, CPP, CPM ROI, etc.) and know how to build a buy when given goals such as TRPs, CPP, CPM, etc.
• Must ensure accuracy in all areas of media management and buying
• Assist leads in reporting, special projects, and other miscellaneous tasks Team player

 

Mastery:

• Able to communicate and present work with confidence and clarity

 

Academic/Educational Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree or relevant experience

 

Required Skills/Experience:

• 2 years of experience (minimum) in a media buying role (national DRTV experience preferred)
• Demonstrates solid technical and negotiating skills
• Working knowledge of Mediaocean buying software (preferred but not required)
• Proficient at problem-solving and brainstorming for thoughtful solutions
• Demonstrates intermediate proficiency with Microsoft Word and Excel
• Experience in using various media research tools such as Kantar, Nielsen, Innovid, and SRDS is preferred but not required

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Summary:

The Project Manager is a master of execution and process from project initiation to completion. This person acts as a liaison between Account Services and the Creative teams to facilitate workflow and the efficiency of agency creative operations. This position requires managing client projects from kickoff to project close, working with cross-functional departments to clarify project direction and detail and working with the extended Account teams to deliver requirements in the most efficient and effective manner. The Project Manager will develop timelines, update and communicate status, and ensure timely workflow of all assigned projects.  

Core Capabilities:

• Is a champion of following, adapting, implementing, and streamlining process
• Manages multiple projects within budgetary and schedule constraints
• Develops timelines, and sets due dates for various stages of job completion after partnering with Account Management, Creative, and Production for timing requirements
• Coordinates creative development to ensure that concepts are in line with anticipated scope, media buy, and client expectations
• Manages and participates in daily and weekly status meetings with Account Services and Creative teams regarding projects in progress and communicates and distributes updated project documentation and status reports to all involved parties (e.g., hot sheet, meeting notes, and project estimates)
• Routes and secures approvals on all communication materials at each stage of creative development; traffics artwork, production materials, copy, scripts, layouts, and mechanicals, to name a few, per scheduled due dates; maintains day-to-day flow of information on jobs in production; and documents changes and revisions to projects, as required
• Ensures that all copy, scripts, mechanicals, and presentations at appropriate stages are submitted for proofreading review prior to release or dissemination
• Compiles and coordinates the list of deliverables with Account team, and assigns responsible parties for timely completion; prioritizes efforts to best utilize resources
• On completion of any job, archives job jacket, both electronic and hard copy, with all relevant layouts, artwork, and backup information
• Follows through on all scheduled tasks; manages outstanding issues with team members, and develops contingency plans to remain on schedule

 

Required Skills/Experience:

• 4-6+ years of broad business experience, preferably, managing medium-sized teams
• 2-4 years of progressive project management experience in digital/direct mail/print/OOH/broadcast, etc., within an advertising agency
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment with multiple projects and tasks in-flight
• Team player—must be able to coexist with various personalities and find ways to motivate them and keep morale high
• Proactive, independent thinker
• Strong problem-solving skills
• Detail-orientedbut flexible in ways of doing some tasks
• Ability to pivot quickly, based on client feedback/decisions
• Ability to establish prioritized timelines and meet deadlines

 

Desired Skills/Experience:

• MS Office (Project, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.)
• Adobe PHQ
• Smartsheet–project management tool
• Brandfolder/DAM—digital asset manager

 

Academic/Educational Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree or relevant experience

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Summary:

Quigley is looking for an AMD Supervisor of Paid Social to grow customer acquisition and brand awareness that drives business forward through paid social. This is a highly visible, client-facing, strategic, and fun role across the CPG, retail (e-commerce), and nonprofit categories.  

Core Accountabilities:

• Mentor team members professionally and technically
• Oversee and manage a team to achieve company goals
• Develop paid social strategies and create comprehensive presentations that detail campaign objectives, tactics, rationale, strategy, budget allocation, media selection, and all relevant documentation (research, flowcharts, samples, analyses, competitive overview, audits, etc.)
• Execute paid social campaigns and initiatives that expand client brand awareness, conversions, and customer growth
• Work closely with the Analytics team and internal stakeholders to develop measurement plans and to report on campaign performance
• Lead client calls, instilling trust in authority of Supervisor’s in-depth knowledge of all digital campaign elements and industry developments
• Optimize all social advertising campaigns using levers such as customer targeting, content, creative, and bid optimization
• Collaborate with team members across all departments; respect and follow processes
• Manage relationships with social platform reps and other third-party vendors

 

Academic/Educational Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree or relevant experience

 

Required Skills/Experience:

• Minimum 6 years experience in paid social marketing with a focus on e-commerce
• Minimum 2 years experience at a competitive marketing agency focused on performance marketing
• Minimum 1 year experience managing people
• Must have in-platform execution experience setting up campaigns and pulling levers in Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, and TikTok (experience with Pinterest, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Reddit is a plus)
• Understanding of the consumer journey from awareness to conversion; ability to leverage insights to unlock new growth opportunities
• Experience using Google Analytics for reporting
• Excellent written and verbal communication and presentation skills
• Ability to work efficiently in a fast-paced environment, with a high level of accuracy and attention to detail
• Working competency in paid search is a plus

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Summary

 Quigley-Simpson is looking for a Paid Social Media Manager to lead direct-response and awareness media campaigns that increase brands’ online and offline sales. This is a client-facing, strategic-planning and execution role. Accounts may include Fortune 100 CPG brands and financial brands.  

Role and Responsibilities

• Develop paid social-media strategy and media plans designed to adhere to client goals
• Execute and manage day-to-day paid social-media campaigns including coordinating assets and tracking (DCM, DAR, pixel tagging) while ensuring campaigns are delivering against KPIs
• Effectively measure campaign performance while discovering new opportunities for growth
• Collaborate with internal integrated teams to develop test-and-learn strategies that align with total brand goals, including new partner recommendations

• Lead client paid social communication, instilling trust in authority of your in-depth knowledge of all digital campaign elements and industry developments
• Train new team members on fundamentals of paid social

 

Required Skills/Experience

The ideal candidate will have a strong background in strategic planning within the social and digital space, as well as experience developing and implementing highly successful social-media campaigns.

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university or relevant work experience
• 2+ years of experience in paid social media with a focus on direct response/conversion- focused campaigns
• Must have in-platform execution experience setting up campaigns and pulling levers in Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest and Snapchat
• Facebook Blueprint certification is a plus
• Experience using Google Analytics and DCM
• Well-versed in the Microsoft Office suite, specifically Excel and PowerPoint

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