Negotiator, Local Video Investment

Apex is Publicis Groupe’s futures marketplace, leveraging Publicis capital to create risk-free, value-based investment opportunities for clients. Our industry expertise, understanding of consumer and market trends, and strategic partnerships enable Apex to deliver innovative, omnichannel solutions for clients that drive a range of marketing and business goals. Apex solutions help shape the industry, drive outcomes, and keep Publicis clients ahead of trend.

We’re not your typical agency. In fact, we aren’t an agency her, we are a distinct and next generation trading entity within Publicis Groupe. Furthermore, we’re experts and innovators in media– making investments today for tomorrow’s success. Our goals are rooted in providing unique and incremental benefits to Publicis Groupe clients:

The Negotiator role will report into the Supervisor position and will be a part of the National Video Investment Team. This team works collectively to ensure that we have a thorough understanding of and a pulse on the media landscape, make smart investments with media partners, negotiating mutually favorable terms, and plan and execute client media buys that best deliver on their business and marketing objectives.

The expectations for this role fall into 3 key categories:

• Understand roles and responsibilities within the team.
• Demonstrate curiosity and a willingness to learn across media channels, partners, and internal business functions.
• Serve as a reliable resource for peers and cross-functional partners on assigned accounts and campaigns.

• Participate in meetings with partners.
• Understands partner portfolio offerings and can identify client opportunities.
• Support negotiations for assigned clients and campaigns.
• Develop campaigns that leverage preferred and strategic partners
• Contribute to investment recommendations and media strategies that drive client outcomes
• Manage the performance and delivery of assigned campaigns with support from senior team members

• Manage campaign activation; contribute to template and buy entry.
• Leads the RFP and campaign process for assigned campaigns and accounts
• Can execute process with some oversight and high degree of accuracy.
• Participate in discrepancy resolution for assigned clients and campaigns.
• Establish expectations through clear communication with client and vendor.
• Contribute to data input across various tools.
• Proficient in MS Office Suite, OX/Prisma, Salesforce, etc.
• Maintain accurate and timely account information in Salesforce and related tools

We value diversity of thought and experiences at APEX! If you learned about media from the sales or agency side, that’s great but we do need folks with basic level of understanding of how media investment works.

• 2-5 years of experience with Basic knowledge of media is critical for success in this role
• Diverse backgrounds and experience are welcome including Agency Planning/Investment, Media Sales, Consulting and/or Media Client Side
• Basic knowledge of Salesforce and MS Office Suite (must…