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Manager – Sales Planning
| Company | Dow Jones |
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| Location | Chicago, IL, USA |
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| Salary | $80000 – $100000 |
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| Type | Full-Time |
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| Degrees | |
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| Experience Level | Senior |
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Requirements
- 7+ years working with an online advertising operations or planning team
- Experience using one or more internet ad serving system and order management systems (i.e. GAM, Operative, etc.) preferred
- Demonstrated ability to thrive in a fast paced environment while managing multiple projects and tight deadlines
- Strong analytical, strategic, and creative problem solving skills
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills in person, over email and on the phone
- Strong project management and organizational skills
- Detail-oriented and highly motivated
- Strong computer applications skills (Excel, Word)
Responsibilities
- Responsible for day to day management of planning team members ensuring their ability to hit deadlines and complete daily, weekly and monthly deliverables
- Coordinate with senior planning manager in career development and coaching of planning team members
- Serve as resource in support of the governance process for the vertical planning team members
- Support team members in responding to client requests
- Serve as a resource to the planning team during the media plan development process
- Collaborate with the senior planning manager and planning director to identify resource challenges within the vertical
- Partner with senior planning manager on onboarding and ongoing training of associate planners and planners
- Solid understanding of Dow Jones product offering and operational capabilities
- Help team members understand how they can successfully identify and mitigate problems before they occur
- Work with sales to provide proposal ideas and inventory solutions that best meet the client expectations and proposal objectives while maintaining pricing integrity and inventory package strategy
- Produce sales proposals in order management system leveraging yield tools required
- Reserve campaigns in order management system once deal is approved
- Coordinate with the sales and ad ops teams to launch campaigns, and execute client optimizations so that revenue is maintained and balanced with client goals
- Utilize historical data to support strategic decisions in the creation of new programs
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience using one or more internet ad serving system and order management systems (i.e. GAM, Operative, etc.) preferred
