Senior Analyst, Commerce Media

Overview

Digitas' world-class Precision team is responsible for all digital media activation in this increasingly addressable and shoppable world, including display, video, mobile, and native ad formats. With a deep understanding of media platforms, data, and targeting strategies and razor-sharp analytical skills, our Precision specialists deliver optimal solutions that drive our clients' business forward. We're looking for an outstanding Sr Analyst—someone who can win the hearts of clients, inspire their teammates, and skillfully juggle multiple pieces of business. This is an opportunity for a digital media star, with Amazon-specific experience, to actively drive performance for one of the largest brands on the planet.

Responsibilities

• Contributing as a primary contact for day-to-day clients
• Executing, managing, and optimizing all digital media campaigns and programs for agency clients, including platform media buying as well as direct-to-publisher programs, both independently and in support of Managers
• Assisting in the development of program strategies and analyses for clients (e.g., keyword recommendation, day-parting, timing/scheduling strategy) and overseeing the translation of these strategies into final media recommendations
• Lead retailer and vendor RFPs, with attention to audience targeting strategy and use of best practices
• In-platform campaign setup and supporting the campaign QA process to ensure accurate campaign implementation, pacing, performance, troubleshooting and optimization
• Maintaining a level of quality assurance and accountability for delivering campaigns and executions with precision
• Ensuring that media deliverables meet and align with client goals and objectives
• Overseeing performance forecasts, budget allocations and providing data-based rationale for these recommendations
• Providing creative solutions to client challenges
• Direct oversight of Analysts and supporting their growth and professional development
• Understanding big picture implications and how insights can be applied in other programs and environments
• Fostering relationship with internal teams (Media, S&A and other capabilities) and external teams while managing multiple client stakeholders
• Developing and maintaining quality control procedures for campaign implementations
• Understanding and effectively communicating our value proposition, technology, and processes as related to the growth of current and prospective agency accounts
• Adopting established account management standards and program management best practices
• Participating in regular sessions to share and learn new strategies for optimizing and enhancing campaign performance
• Active knowledge sharing with capability and broader agency
• Embracing and encouraging a culture based on teamwork, collaboration, and intellectual curiosity
• Be strategic partner to any off-shore resources – ensure closely aligned on all tasks and partner to share analyst responsibilities
• Assisting in the development and documentation of best practices for improving communication and collaboration within the team and the group
• Keep up to date on industry trends and send highlights to greater team when applicable
• Handle ad-hoc reporting requests as they come through

Qualifications

• Campaign management activities such as campaign set-up, documentation creation and maintenance, QA, performance reporting, and billing reconciliation
• Identifying and implementing optimizations, building client decks and status documents, and attending client meetings as the face of our digital media plans
• Providing guidance, training and direct management of Analysts
• Troubleshooting issues with publishers/platforms when they arise to find solutions
• Working within the full Omni/Shopper team to report results and foster client and vendor relationships
• Managing search campaigns across retailers and retail media networks
• Campaigns vary between hands-on self-serve as well as direct buys with retailers including, but not limited to: Amazon, Walmart, Instacart, Kroger, Target, Ahold, Costco, HyVee, Meijer, etc.

Pay

USD $66,120.00 - USD $91,350.00/Annually. Compensation will be determined based on the skills, qualifications, and experience of the applicant along with the requirements of the position.