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Company Overview

Quigley-Simpson is a full-service advertising agency located in West Los Angeles and New York that specializes in strategy, marketing, media planning and buying, brand building, creative development, production, and multicultural advertising. The agency combines the disciplines of direct response advertising with branding to create effective and accountable campaigns that enhance our clients’ return on investment. We do this for both creative and media clients. Quigley-Simpson’s extensive experience spans across television, OTT/CTV, digital, audio, print, out-of-home, collateral, direct mail, and mobile advertising.

Job Overview

The Senior 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. As the ideal candidate, you will also have a firm understanding of developing creative media plans that support client business objectives as well as the ability to juggle multiple projects in a fast-paced environment. 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-Simpson cares deeply about our clients and strives to engage their audience with the most effective and efficient media.  

Job Responsibilities

• 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.
• Plan, manage, and supervise media campaigns to ensure goals are being met (budgetary, TRPs, CPO/ratio, CPP, CPM, etc.)
• Reallocate spending by vendor/station as needed and work closely with media buyers and directors to proactively manage spending
• 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)
• Must ensure accuracy in all areas of media management and buying

 

Job Requirements

• 4+ years of active experience 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

Seeking a hands-on, detail-oriented copywriter responsible for the creation and execution of email, landing pages, web modules, and paid media such as web banners, social media and the occasional online video. Experience writing fairly complex emails is a must, and experience with CRM (Customer Relationship Marketing) on a large brand is a plus. The copywriter collaborates with an art director to create strategic communications for a prestigious financial services client.

Core Competencies

• Exemplifies strong writing skills
• Strong thinker who can translate tactical messaging into consumer-facing language
• Ability to adapt writing to any brand voice
• Ability to write smart, clever headlines and clear, concise copy
• Knowledge of best practices across digital and social channels
• Experience writing email, web pages, social media and web banners
• Ability to write to restrictive word counts
• Highly detail-oriented and organized
• Comfortable managing heavy volume of deliverables
• Delivers high-quality work with emphasis on quality control
• Able to digest client feedback and effectively revise work
• Can multitask and manage changing priorities
• Able to collaborate with team members across all departments and respect/follow processes
• Team player

Mastery

• Able to communicate and present work with confidence and clarity
• Can present work within a strategic framework
• Able to present work to clients and effectively field comments/questions
• Nurtures relationships and resolves problems with an appropriate mix of verbal and written communication

Academic/Educational Requirements

• A B.S./B.A. degree or relevant experience

Required Skills/Experience

• 3+ years of experience in a copywriting role
• Proficiency with Microsoft Word
• Knowledge of digital trends, innovations in culture, technology and social media
• Excellent communication skills
• Upbeat, positive attitude
• All applicants must provide samples (including Email) via a link to an online portfolio of recent work

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Summary:

The ACD/Copywriter is a hands-on maker and manager, responsible for the creation and oversight of email, landing pages, web modules, and paid media such as web banners, social media and the occasional online video for our credit card business. Experience creating fairly complex emails is a must, and experience with CRM (Customer Relationship Marketing) on a large brand is a plus. The ACD/CW collaborates with an ACD/AD to manage this business for a prestigious financial services client.  

Core Accountabilities:

• Exemplify strong writing skills with the ability to adapt to and create within master brand voice and guidelines
• Strong strategic and critical thinker
• Able to communicate and present work within a strategic framework, with confidence and clarity, and effectively field comments/questions
• Proven ability to manage a creative team and line of business
• Deliver high-quality work on time and on strategy
• Nurture relationships and resolve problems with a large internal team
• Provide constructive, ongoing feedback to creative staff
• Able to multitask and manage changing priorities
• Detail-oriented
• Proactive, independent thinker
• Remains calm and carries on
• A team player
• Organized
• Able to collaborate with team members across all departments and respect/follow processes

 

Academic/Educational Requirements:

• Bachelor’s-level or higher in relevant area or relevant experience

 

Required Skills/Experience:

• 5-7+ years’ experience in a creative role, with oversight of other copywriters for minimum of 1 year
• Knowledge of digital and social standards/best practices
• Proficiency with Microsoft Word
• Knowledge of innovations in culture, technology, social media and digital trends
• Expert communication/presentation skills and experience in client-facing roles
• Upbeat, positive attitude; unwavering focus

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Summary

This position assists our Media Buyers in placing and maintaining media buys, preparing and confirming bookings, making revisions, maintaining/updating logs, screening/tracking programming content and data entry. Forms of media are television, CTV/OTT, streaming audio, podcasting, etc. Heavy focus in television.

This is an entry-level position working in the Media Investment department. The ideal candidate is driven and focused, loves working with numbers and details, organized and communicates well with vendors and internally with those around them outside of just emails. Position title will be based on experience.

Responsibilities

• Contact television stations and OTT vendors to obtain buy confirmations
• Input buys and solve discrepancies
• Create reports and format in Excel
• Pull, read and analyze reports
• Email stations weekly regarding various issues (e.g., restrictive programming)
• Manage confirmations and cancellations
• Write credit memos to stations and confirm receipt
• Manage post-log deadlines
• Connect with stations to resolve discrepancies
• Understand traffic procedures and deadlines
• Regularly communicate with buyer on clearance, order confirmations and rotations
• Assist in a variety of miscellaneous department tasks

Accountabilities

• Ensure accuracy in data entry
• Troubleshoot and problem-solve as appropriate
• Demonstrate excellent attention to detail and follow-through skills
• Meet media deadlines

Skills

• Detail-oriented
• Able to multitask and manage shifts in priorities
• Professional business writing skills
• Able to effectively investigate and solve problems
• Proactive, independent thinker
• Able to effectively communicate both verbally and in writing
• Able to manage expectations and adapt to a variety of personalities
• Able to make good decisions
• Beginning to intermediate proficiency at MS Office programs, including Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint

Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in communications or related field
• 0-2+ years prior experience in an administrative assistant or coordinator capacity

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Summary:

Quigley is on the hunt for a Paid Search Supervisor. We need someone with a proven track record in maximizing results who can manage paid search campaigns. You will be responsible for all campaign details from strategy to day-to-day management. You will have full ownership of your campaigns, working on everything from keyword research to ad copy testing and analysis.   The ideal candidate is data driven, detail oriented and a self-starter who can hit the ground running and immediately contribute to currently running campaigns.  

Core Accountabilities:

• Execute and run ongoing paid search campaign management best practices and processes. Follow appropriate optimization schedules, setup, and QA to achieve client KPIs
• Oversee planning, buying and optimization of paid search media
• Troubleshoot and solve technical issues
• Set realistic expectations for deliverables and make every effort to meet them with quality work
• Maintain and grow client search budgets
• Proactively review campaigns to identify performance insights and provide strategic campaign optimization opportunities and rec
• Work closely with the Account Team to understand all clients and campaign objectives
• Work directly with clients for all paid search campaign requests—answer questions and address issues
• Track all performance and develop weekly/monthly progress reports—share findings with the online and offline media team
• Present strategic value within paid search to senior-level clients and lead regular client status calls
• Assist Department Director on new initiatives, including new business, process building, and mentoring junior team members
• Prepared to jump in and support other team members and accounts as needed

 

Academic/Educational Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree or relevant experience

Required Skills/Experience:

• 5-6 years of experience managing Paid Search campaigns
• Data driven and detail oriented with proactive, solutions-oriented approach
• Effective written and oral communication
• Ability to work independently and own accounts with little hand-holding or direction
• Have strong strategic thinking and the ability to package it for client-side presentations, along with ability to build rapport and trust with clients
• Fun, energetic and collaborative personality with do it yourself approach to work
• Experience with other digital media channels (SEO, YouTube, Programmatic or Paid Social) is preferred
• Experience with third-party tools (e.g., Tableau, SA360, etc.) is a plus

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Summary

We are looking to expand our growth media solutions in the DTC/e-commerce space and are looking for someone motivated to help build and activate against current and future clients. We are looking for someone that can pull a big picture growth activation strategy together based on their intimate strategic knowledge across Search, Social, and Programmatic buying platforms. This person understands data and can apply it in real-time, delivering optimization recommendations across the growth ecosystem.   This person will own the paid media channels from end-to-end – from creating initial strategy, waterfalling budgets, activating campaigns, developing learning agendas and optimization strategies. As a leader you’ll work with our team of talented in-platform Activation team members, mentoring them and helping ensure we hit our clients’ growth goals.   Growth marketing is the future of media, and we are looking for people who understand the world of bid-based media solutions in order to deliver a goal. This person should have a deep understanding in algorithm-driven solutions with a penchant for debunking best practices as the goal line continually moves.  

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Lead strategic and tactical growth (DTC/e-Commerce) planning activities with oversight responsibilities; act as a primary day-to-day contact for clients and internal/external partners
• Manage and help grow a best-in-class team of performance/growth marketers dedicated to each client business
• Responsible for ambitious vision and goal planning for growth targets, across acquisition, CAC and key in-app actions for our clients
• Accountable for building, developing, implementing, and maintaining integrated client media plans that deliver against objectives/strategies; proactively investigate media opportunities and craft well-supported, articulate points of view
• Have a deep knowledge of activation platforms i.e. Google. Facebook, TheTradeDesk, etc
• Understand multiple targeting and buying techniques that are focused or delivering against our clients’ KPIs and long-term objectives
• Set realistic client expectations and make every effort to exceed them by providing quality work in a timely and responsive manner
• Will oversee campaign setup that includes ad serving, checking billing/budgets, traffic and tracking implementation
• Actively drive the planning process and identify opportunities for innovation and improvement
• Collaborate with our Analytics team to develop test and learn strategies, reporting solutions, and optimization recommendations
• Connect and engage with platform partners to ensure we are delivering best practices against current marketplace conditions and trends
• Oversee and steward competitive reporting process
• Manage and be accountable for budgets with team; oversee reports and client billing
• Actively contribute to brainstorming and ideation sessions
• Thought leadership and development of custom content/branded content programs

 

QUALIFICATIONS

To be considered, you’ll need the following:

• Bachelor’s degree
• 7+ years of digital performance-based strategy, activation, and KPI delivery
• Experience managing and building high performance growth teams
• Experience analyzing marketing metrics, making quantitative evaluations of planned and completed marketing efforts, establishing test methodologies and analyzing tests
• Experience managing large marketing budgets and ROI optimization
• Must have strong analytical skills, ability to review online marketing results on a daily basis and, based on these results, make quick decisions on canceling channels and bringing on new channels to achieve goals
• Experience working with brand-awareness-based marketing programs
• Must know and use third-party ad servers (ideally DCM)
• Excellent written and oral communication skills, problem-solving skills and strong interpersonal skills, with the ability to effectively work and lead cross-functionally, resolving issues quickly
• Understanding of website and online advertising metrics, including a track record of success
• Ability to manage multiple projects in a fast-paced environment
• Advanced proficiency in Excel and demonstrated experience using metrics to gain insights to ultimately drive business decisions
• Strong eye for detail; must be accurate, organized and possess follow-through skills
• Be a strategic thinker who is organized and proactively solution-oriented
• Commitment to respond to client communication within a short window
• Ability to work with large workload waves and effectively meet deadlines
• Enthusiastic team player with an “anything is possible” attitude
• Adept at following legal regulations governing categories, data policies and confidentiality
• Ability to boost team morale and drive agency-wide engagement

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Summary:

The Senior Account Executive will be responsible for managing a high-volume, production-heavy account. This includes being the day-to-day client contact and collaborating with the internal agency team to ensure that all work is on target and delivered on time. Primary responsibilities include managing quick turnaround digital assets (banners, tiles, etc.) and emails, day-to-day client contact and creative/production management, overall problem-solving associated with management, and the development and implementation of successful campaigns.  

Core Accountabilities:

• Manage expectations from the client and creative team to complete assignments and/or agreements within deadlines
• Review creative work to ensure that it meets the highest standard possible, and follow the creative brief or change order to ensure that the word is on-brand
• Assist the Group Account Director with a dynamic workload
• Familiarize with and maintain a current and broad knowledge of the client’s business and competition in order to direct and contribute to campaign planning and implementation; keep abreast of the client’s brands, products, and/or services in an ever-changing marketplace
• Review creative work for the supervised projects, and guide team to exceed client expectations
• Maintain a working knowledge of agency administrative policies and routines
• Actively participate in client service and satisfaction
• Must be highly organized and able to multitask projects at various stages
• Demonstrate excellent attention to detail and follow-through skills
• Complete assignments and/or agreements within deadlines
• Troubleshoot and problem-solve, as appropriate

   

Mastery/Skills:

Decision-making:

• Must possess the ability to use sound and logical judgment in solving problems and to generate alternative solutions
• Experience working in a fast-paced agency environment, juggling multiple deliverables
• When on assigned projects, balance the needs of the client with agency needs
• Head off potential conflicts and problems
• Involve appropriate agency resources

Initiative: Must be able to take action when on assigned projects without direction from others; anticipate and develop solutions to problems without the aid of others

• Take on assignments readily
• Must be self-motivated
• Offer unsolicited suggestions and ideas
• Spearhead projects
• Anticipate problems
• Maintain and continually improve personal knowledge base
• Possess a strong interest in advertising and a motivation to build career skills and knowledge

Flexibility:

• Must be able to maintain constructive behavior in the face of adversity; manage stress and pressure in working through assigned tasks
• Change course of action, when appropriate or necessary
• Handle pressure and stress without sacrificing quality
• Maintain constructive, project-goal direction in face of unanticipated time constraints

Oral and written communication:

• Have the ability to deliver clear, concise, and accurate messages to others through oral and written means; listen carefully to others
• Maintain clear channels of communication with all agency personnel
• Organize thoughts in a logical, clear, and concise manner
• Able to persuade, or “sell,” ideas to others
• Ability to think strategically and communicate sound strategic ideas, both in writing and in conversation

 

Required Skills/Experience:

• S./B.A. degree in marketing, advertising, communications, or a related field
• Three to five years of agency experience
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office software: Word, Excel, PowerPoint
• Must have experience working on high-volume, fast-paced accounts

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Summary:

The Associate Media Director is responsible for the management of key client relationships and the supervision and functioning of the media planning/client services team.  In this role, they will ensure that all initiatives are strategically on target, delivered on time and rigorously managed to achieve campaign delivery and budget goals. This position offers a significant opportunity to engage with agency leadership to drive innovation and strategic direction. Primary responsibilities include day-to-day client management, team supervision, management of all agency deliverables, documentation and follow-up on next steps, coordination with internal media investment team, strategic recommendations, and overall problem-solving associated with the creation, development, and implementation of a successful ad campaign across media channels. In order to succeed in this role, the candidate must have excellent client services skills and a thorough understanding of the current video landscape across linear, streaming, and programmatic. Candidate must be a confident speaker, possess strong writing skills, and be able to analyze and find insights from data. Responsiveness, attention to detail, and enthusiasm to lead a team managing a dynamic, high-profile client is essential.  

Core Accountabilities:

• Act as client relationship manager, understand clients’ marketing objectives, and work closely with the media buying and analytics teams to develop strategies that meet those objectives on a daily basis
• Act as a primary advocate for clients’ brands on accounts, ensuring brand consistency across all projects; actively acquire thorough knowledge of clients’ businesses to meet objectives
• Assist VP, Group Account Director as needed
• Supervise and mentor (2) Media Planners and (2) Assistant Media Planners in their direct responsibilities; enable and encourage exceptional performance from team
• Initiate and review reports, trends, and results, interpreting data to make proactive strategic recommendations that advance business initiatives
• Effectively communicate and collaborate with cross-functional agency team to ensure flawless execution of plans, including buying, traffic, and finance
• Manage the flow of client media-related issues based on changes in direction, goals and budgets;
• Must be capable of creating solutions and proactively resolving issues
• With support of executive leadership, lead the development of key client deliverables, inclusive of QBRs, marketplace white papers, and bi-annual presentations to senior clients
• Partner closely with finance to help lead quarterly media reconciliation calls with clients’ finance teams and support finance throughout annual agency audit process
• Deliver POVs/position papers on key client issues and/or client opportunities
• Demonstrate excellent attention to detail and follow-through skills
• Serve as a role model with a positive attitude and facilitate a team environment possesses strong design skills across a variety of media

 

Mastery:

• Able to communicate and present work with confidence and clarity
• Able to communicate with developers to deploy web designs

Academic/Educational Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree or relevant experience

 

Required Skills/Experience:

• Minimum 5+ years of agency experience
• Experience being the primary day-to-day liaison with the client
• Experience managing and mentoring junior staff
• A solid understanding of direct response marketing
• Strong background in video, inclusive of national cable, streaming, and ideally programmatic CTV/OTT; digital experience is a plus
• Excellent analytical ability
• Detail-oriented, organized, superior written/verbal communication and presentation skills
• Demonstrates advanced proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint applications
• Proficiency with media-related and other basic software packages (e.g. MRI, Scarborough, Kantar, comScore, Sizmek, Telmar, DCM, etc.); experience with MediaTools and Mediaocean OX is a plus
• Enthusiastic team player with an “anything is possible” attitude

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The Integrated Media Supervisor is responsible for the management of key day-to-day client relationships and the supervision and functioning of the media team to ensure that all initiatives are strategically and creatively on target and delivered on time and on budget. Primary responsibilities include managing comprehensive campaigns, spearheading day-to-day client and account/creative/production/media management, strategic planning, recommendations; overall problem-solving associated with the creation, development, and implementation of successful integrated ad campaigns—TV, audio, print, OOH, social, branded content, search, and programmatic.

Core Accountabilities:

• Act as client relationship manager, understand clients’ marketing objectives, and work with Media Activation, Creative, and Account Management teams to develop strategies that meet those objectives on a daily basis
• Act as a primary advocate for clients’ brands on accounts, ensuring brand consistency across all projects, and actively acquire thorough knowledge of clients’ businesses to meet objectives
• Supervise and mentor junior team members in their direct responsibilities; enable and encourage exceptional performance from the team, and ensure accuracy of team communications
• Maintain ongoing tracking of media spend across all channels, and ensure that all campaigns spend to goal and do not exceed approved budgets; communicate quarterly budget goals internally to media teams
• Responsible for the creation, analysis, and presentation of performance summary reports
• Utilize Nielsen Media Impact (training provided as needed) for scenario planning; evaluate plan options, and communicate agency recommendation to clients
• Initiate and review reports, trends, results; interpret data to make proactive strategic recommendations to advance the business initiatives
• Effectively communicate and collaborate with cross-functional agency teams to ensure flawless execution of plans, including account, buying, creative, traffic, and finance
• Maintain good rapport with sales representatives to negotiate the most efficient rates possible and to secure added value, whenever possible
• Manage the flow of client media-related issues based on changes in direction, goals, and budgets; must be capable of creating solutions and proactively resolving issues
• Deliver POVs/position papers on key client issues and/or client opportunities
• Demonstrate excellent attention to detail and follow-through skills
• Serve as a role model with a positive attitude, and facilitate a team environment

 

Academic/Educational Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree or relevant experience

 

Required Skills/Experience:

• 5+ years of agency experience
• A solid understanding of general market advertising (both national and local markets) and a familiarity with direct marketing
• Integrated media strategy experience—TV and digital are a must; OOH, print, audio, and branded content experience, a plus
• Detail-oriented, organized, and excellent written/verbal communication and presentation skills
• Demonstrated advanced proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint applications

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