Assistant Planner - GroupM - Portland, OR

It’s a once in a lifetime opportunity. Being part of the team that will be responsible for the growth of our clients lead global initiative; Internet.org.

You will take part in strategy, planning, operations and day to day management of Mindshare’s Internet.org team located in Mindshare Portland.

Internet.org lead global initiative tasked to connect the remaining 2/3 of the world to the internet. – Lifting users out of poverty, providing resources such as job postings, health information, weather, news, etc.

We’re all bound by a few things that remain important: strategic vision, an understanding of the fundamentals, an eye for innovation, curiosity and passion.

We collaborate extremely closely with our agency partners, media or creative – in fact a vast majority of all our successes have come about as a result of our strong partnerships.

On top of that, to drive the conversation of what media can do with our clients, and as the source of inspiration for the Mindshare agency as a whole, it’s vital that we’re both interesting and have a point of view.

Reporting structure:
You will report directly to the Internet.org Media Planner.

The Role:
As the Assistant Media Planner working on Internet.org, you’ll get a chance to join the most exciting Mindshare office in the world and work on one of the biggest names in the advertising industry.

Your primary role will be to support the Media Planning team in the creation & execution of media plans based on client briefs

1. Master use of various tools & processes, including pulling reports, setting up campaigns, and monitoring media trafficking process.

2. Study demographic data and consumer profiles to identify desired target audiences for specific media vehicles, including lifestyles and psychographics.

3. Assist in maintaining flowcharts/plans and developing media delivery analysis.

4. Manage client & vendor budgets, working through discrepancies when necessary.

5. Learn/utilize appropriate planning tools, MRI, ComScore, Nielsen, etc,,, to pull reports for use in media plans.

6. Develop knowledge of new and emerging media and technologies to continually enhance campaign execution by reading industry publications/sites and newsletters.

7. Master Keynote & Microsoft Office Software (Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, Word, etc.)

Maintain high level of work quality. You will be dealing directly with vendors, negotiations, etc. as well as helping your reports lead the local teams on campaign strategy and execution. Potential Mindshare offices you’ll be in contact with: Miami/Brazil, Mexico, Columbia, Argentina, Turkey, Morocco, Egypt, Nigeria, Kenya, Angola, Uganda, Mozambique, South Africa, Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, Philippines

Your focus will be on delivering the best every day, on ensuring 100% client satisfaction and best in class media delivery.

The Person

You are most likely starting your career with less than 2 years of experience, potentially right out of college. If you have more, we’d love to hear it! What we’re mainly focused on is a great attitude, advanced mathematical (excel) skills, a good history of challenging yourself, a person that thrives in a team environment, an advanced communicator and detail oriented. We look forward to hearing examples of all of these from your past experience.

Benefits:

• 19 vacation days (prorated in 2016 based on start date). Also all company holidays and the week between Christmas and New Years.


• Eligible to participate in Employee benefits program on the day you start work. This program covers Dental, Medical, Long term disability, Long term care and flexible reimbursement accounts. You will also be eligible to contribute to the M Plan (401K).

If you value speed, provocation, and teamwork, then you belong at Mindshare. We’ll encourage you to break the rules, knock things down, rebuild them better, and push the boundaries of what’s possible, every single day. We have 116 offices in 86 countries worldwide, and they all have one goal: to make media a competitive advantage for our clients.

Why? Because we believe that all brand marketing begins and ends in media. Through media, we make our clients nimble, creative, and culturally relevant. We harness data-driven insights like nobody’s business, and turn them into real-time media investment decisions – adaptive marketing at its finest.

We’re the winner of five Cannes Lions, eight Effies Awards, and Adweek’s Media Plan of the Year, and Global Mobile Agency of the Year this year, and we’re growing rapidly. So start your job search below – each description includes a link for applying and submitting your resume online.

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