Consultant (Media Analytics), US - New York - MediaSense

Description

The Opportunity
An exciting opportunity has become available to be part of our fast-growing team and contribute to our Media offering. This role provides an outstanding opportunity to join a growing global integrated marketing advisory and will provide an ambitious individual with valuable experience for progression and development.

The Company

mediasense is a global, independent advisor that brings the clarity, connection and confidence modern marketers need to fuel growth. We help marketers eliminate waste and maximize the impact of their most significant investments at scale. Our ambition is to define and own an entirely new category - recognized as the world's most trusted, independent and impactful marketing advisor. We do this by elevating how clients operate, how agencies deliver, how platforms perform, and how all parts of the ecosystem connect. Because progress doesn't happen in isolation, it takes alignment, intelligence, and trust. That's what we enable. That's what we stand for. That's Unified Marketing Intelligence.

mediasense is designed around how we help marketers optimize and transform through best-in-class structure and governance (Organization), partners and platforms (Ecosystem), governance and controls (Assurance), and measurement and effectiveness (Science). We have the proven ability to effectively support large, complex organizations and deliver multiple projects simultaneously. As evidenced through our strong track record with clients, we pride ourselves on the consistent high quality of service delivery and the ability to accelerate transformation and growth.

mediasense and has over 200 employees across London, New York, Singapore and New Delhi.
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The Role
This role is for a full-time Consultant, based in New York.

Leading the analytical delivery of important projects and retainer work, a Consultant, Analytics is a key role within mediasense's Analytics track.

The role primarily comprises of taking responsibility for analytical strands within pitch management projects (e.g. media buying, remuneration & commercials, etc.) and media investment performance tracking.

Close collaboration with analysts, senior analysts, managers and client leads is essential to ensure mediasense delivers high quality work within the agreed timeframe and to the correct technical specification.

The role itself will involve a range of activities including:

• Working with Directors, Managers, and Analysts to deliver pitch management projects (e.g. media buying, remuneration & commercials, etc.) and media investment performance tracking
• For pitches, this includes setting up media buying, remuneration and tech evaluation exercises, assessment of multiple media agency offers and capabilities, and producing client ready outputs using Tableau and other proprietary tools
• Ensuring projects are set up to succeed, establishing project timelines and ways of working with a team of analysts, in line with mediasense's ways of working
• Liaising with client team members to keep them informed of progress and highlighting any major issues that might hinder a project's progress
• Provide insight and construct narrative around the data and analyses produced by junior members of the team and have oversight of data to ensure information is accurate and meets required quality standards
• Attendance at client meetings to present findings and engage in stakeholder discussions, particularly around media measurement and performance matters
• Liaise with local affiliates where required to obtain presentation materials, adjustment factors, new baselines, etc. or to assist with agency negotiations
• Line management of Managers, Analytics, including goal setting, regular check-ins, and bi-annual performance reviews.
• Keeping informed of, and sharing, latest developments across the media & marketing landscape, supported by internal & external training opportunities
• Consider ways in which the company can innovate in terms of its outputs, products, tools, and processes, making things better or more efficient

The Candidate

The ideal candidate will have the following:

• 5+ Years of experience at a media agency, consultancy or client side
• Excellent knowledge of trading, investment, planning and buying practices across all media channels (online and offline); especially in the US market
• Strong grasp of media math, analytics and advanced user of Excel
• Strong understanding of offline and online data sources, and their quality and limitations
• Able to run data from Nielsen; and ideally also Google (DV360), Meta, Amazon DSP, etc.
• Strong knowledge of Tableau; knowledge of Alteryx, PowerBI, VBA and any programming languages is a plus
• Able to use software to structure data in a clear and methodical way, spotting patterns and trends in the data to extract relevant insights
• Positive and productive attitude that proactively find solutions to problems, constructively balancing speed and quality of delivery
• Strong account management skills
• Strong report writing and presentation skills, including communicating complex concepts clearly across different audiences
• Able to establish strong client and agency relationships
• Able to persuade and influence key internal and external stakeholders
• Able to manage, inspire and delegate to junior members of the team
• Able to contribute to product innovation

NOTE:
This is a full-time position based in our New York office

Competitive Salary $130,000 - $150,000 Per Year