External facing; Associate - Philadelphia

Job Title

Associate

The Associate role is a great place to begin your career in the continuously evolving world of advertising. At Publicis Media, we provide you extensive training and development opportunities through our Publicis Media Training Program. Associates support the creation, management, and stewardship of client media plans and investments.

You will have the opportunity to work on client teams and develop strong relationships with their clients to create and present recommendations about when and where advertising dollars should be spent.

Media Negotiating & Planning

• Participate in team brainstorms to kick off plan and consideration set development.
• Participate in negotiations, including but not limited to: evaluating RFPs, contracting rates, and increasing program value.
• Assist in the creation and presentation of media specific documents such as media plans, tactical decks, and other related functions.
• Meet with vendors to stay on top of marketplace innovations and cultivate relationships within the vendor community

Campaign Management & Execution

• Work with Senior Associate to project manage programs from proposal stage through end date including compiling specs documents, overseeing asset production, and gaining brand approval.
• Responsible for generating insertion orders and placement and creative trafficking.
• Responsible for the creation of campaign post-launch information such as screenshots, links and placement information to demonstrate proof of placement for clients.
• Own post-campaign reconciliation and billing.
• Assists in management of day-to-day communication with key partners:
  Vendors, Partner Agencies, and Creative media and social clients

Individuals will work on client teams in one of the following areas:

• Analytics
• Local Buying
• Planning
• Programmatic
• Digital
• Search
• Content
• Social

* Please note, this is NOT a rotational program.

Who You Are

• You thrive on a team, can meet tight deadlines, and can juggle multiple tasks simultaneously.
• You are comfortable using Microsoft Excel and Power Point. You'll use spreadsheets to perform math calculations and percentages to create understand data and create results.
• You want to work in a world of creativity.
• You have a basic understanding of consumer behavior, and you want to spend your days influencing the way brands and consumers interact
• You enjoy managing projects and/or processes and taking on new opportunities
• Experience developing and presenting your thoughts and ideas

Publicis Media is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Publicis Media's policy is not to discriminate against any applicant or employee based on actual or perceived race, age, sex or gender (including pregnancy), marital status, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, mental or physical disability, religion, creed, color, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression (including transgender status), veteran status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local law.

Publicis Media will provide accommodations to applicants needing accommodations to complete the application process.

Operating on a hybrid basis, it is our expectation that all new hires are coming in to the physical office 4x per week. This is not a fully remote position.

Compensation Range: $47,000 - $52,000 annually. This is the pay range the Company believes it will pay for this position at the time of this posting. Consistent with applicable law, compensation will be determined based on the skills, qualifications, and experience of the applicant along with the requirements of the position, and the Company reserves the right to modify this pay range at any time.

Temporary roles may be eligible to participate in our freelancer/temporary employee medical plan through a third-party benefits administration system once certain criteria have been met. Temporary roles may also qualify for participation in our 401(k) plan after eligibility criteria have been met. For regular roles, the Company will offer medical coverage, dental, vision, disability, 401k, and paid time off. The Company anticipates the Final date to receive applications for this job posting will be 04/01/2027.