Supervisor, Video Investment

We are looking for an experienced linear and streaming TV buyer with supervisor experience. Media.Monks, a division of S4 Capital established by Sir Martin Sorrell, is one of the fastest growing marketing and advertising services companies in the world, operating in 33 countries. We are extending our momentum into linear and advanced TV. This is a great opportunity with a lot of upside for the right individual that can help us establish and scale a linear/advanced TV investment practice.

Responsibilities:

• Help lead the investment strategy and create media plans across screens, spanning linear TV, OTT, addressable TV, and online video
• Experienced and engaging presenter of cross screen video plans, reporting, findings and key learnings to clients
• Build and develop relationships with key client stakeholders and be dedicated to servicing our clients within the subject matter of linear/advanced TV
• Support negotiations with key TV networks and digital partners to establish the most favorable rates and added value
• Attend upfronts/newfronts and maintain familiarity with programming. Advise clients on programming / content that aligns with their brand voice and goals
• Accurately manage client budgets and ensure that KPIs / goals are being attained
• Work with the content, data & analytics and media teams on full service planning & strategy, insights, audience development and other parallel paths
• Be part of group brainstorming and team discussions, contributing your POV as an SME to a variety of cross-team engagements.
  
  

Requirements:

• 7-10 years of experience in linear TV/ streaming TV with large brands
• BSc/BA in Marketing or Business Administration or equivalent experience
• Strong track record of working with major consumer brands as a cross screen integrated media planner and driving business outcomes
• Comfortable in a startup environment, building out a team, and scaling the agency infrastructure to serve major clients
• Experience negotiating both upfront and scatter deals
• Knowledge of both general awareness and DRTV strategies a plus
• In-depth knowledge of Nielsen TV ratings
• Understanding of alternative currencies like VideoAmp, iSpot and Comscore
• Follow TV programming and ratings trends closely and are able to advise clients on the best programs to invest their TV dollars
• Excellent verbal/written communication and presentation skills
• Experience with creating media plans that build reach and media weight against advanced audience targets in addition to traditional age/gender targets
• Bonus if you have experience with programmatic buying via DSPs (DV360, TTD, etc.), OOH/DOOH and Radio/Audio investment
• Team player, collaborator, supportive of others, open to new ideas and ability to think outside the box.
• Creative and professional perspective, interest in the ideas of others
  
  

About the company:

About Media.Monks Media.Monks is a digital-first marketing and advertising services company that connects content, data and digital media and technology services across one global team built from the bottom up. Media.Monks is owned by London-based S4 Capital plc (SFOR.L), the tech-led, new age/new era digital advertising and marketing services company established by Sir Martin Sorrell in May 2018. It achieved unicorn status in a little over one year, and is one of the fastest growing companies in the advertising and marketing services industry.

Inspired by the connectivity and flexibility of technology APIs, a single-P&L model offers clients seamless access to a nearly 6,000-strong team of multidisciplinary digital talent organized across 57 talent hubs in 33 countries. Media.Monks partners with 8 out of the 10 most innovative companies in the world and many up-and-coming DTC and B2B brands, helping them own their data and build out customer ecosystems to elicit smart, efficient, high impact engines for growth. In 2021, the Media.Monks brand integrated by merging MediaMonks and MightyHive, bringing together the best entrepreneurial and innovative companies worldwide, named to Adweek's Fastest Growing lists (2019, 2020, 2021), AdExchanger's Programmatic Power Players (2020, 2021) and numerous "best places to work" lists. In addition to holding a record number of FWA and other industry awards, Media.Monks has been regularly recognized at the Cannes Lions and Webby Awards, in 2021 as Webby Production Company of the Year.

We are an equal-opportunity employer committed to building a respectful and empowering work environment for all people to freely express themselves amongst colleagues who embrace diversity in all respects. Including fresh voices and unique points of view in all aspects of our business not only creates an environment where we can all grow and thrive but also increases our potential to produce work that better represents—and resonates with—the world around us. We promote an environment that encourages everyone to be their authentic selves every day as we work together to build something we believe has the potential to change the heart of our industry.

What we offer:

• Competitive salary
• Full coverage health insurance including Medical, Dental, and Vision
• 401K with Company contribution
• Flexible vacation time
• Paid Parental Leave after 1 year of service
  
  

What We Offer

Benefits

• Excellent, full coverage medical, dental, and vision insurance with employer-paid HRA
• Generous PTO and 15 company-wide holidays
• 401k with company contribution
• Paid parental leave
• Work-life balance with an emphasis on personal well-being
• Career growth in a disruptor space & entrepreneurial opportunities within the Media.Monks network
• A globally diverse & inclusive culture with employee resource groups such as S4 Melanin, Pride.Monks, Cultura.Monks, and more!
• Authentic commitment to DEI efforts and sustainable growth. (Why Sir Martin Sorrell signed The Climate Pledge here!)
  
  

Media.Monks has provided a compensation range that represents its good faith estimate of what Media.Monks may pay for the position at the time of posting. Media.Monks may ultimately pay more or less than the posted compensation range. The salary offered to the selected candidate will be determined based on job-related factors, but not based on a candidate's sex or any other protected status.

Salary Range

$100,000—$110,000 USD

About The Company

Decoded, now part of Media.Monks and S4Capital, is a full-funnel marketing, advertising and design company creating breakthrough campaigns with unrivaled performance. Challenging convention, it took some of the best talent from strategy, creative, media, design and the DTC world and put together a new way of working to bridge the gap between meaningful storytelling, data-led optimizations and commerce. Decoded services global clients like T-Mobile, Intuit, Visa, CareerBuilder and SC Johnson from its offices in New York and Los Angeles.

Decoded Advertising is a new kind of agency, built from the ground up by award winning creatives, top data scientists and cutting-edge media people willing to defect from the old agency model to create smarter work. Decoded has the first truly integrated creative, tech and media process designed to drive better performance for clients by uncovering the levers that produce powerful ideas and drive real media performance. A spirit of curiosity, relentless creativity and data informed decision making define our culture and people.

In everything you do, you will be data driven at heart, leveraging core statistical principles to help us separate the signal from the noise, and ensure your strategic decisions are backed with analytical rigor.

Values

MISFITS WELCOME.

We don't want more of us, we need more of you. Because building something new requires new inputs, perspectives, personalities, skill sets. Helmets available upon request.

STAY CURIOUS.

Adventures don't start with answers. We move forward by questioning, wondering and learning. We ask "why" and "what if." Together, we'll discover what's next for creativity, media and marketing.

BE BRAVE ENOUGH TO FAIL.

Innovation requires experimentation. Experimentation relishes failure. With a bias toward action, leaps of faith and even some discomfort, chase down ideas, try new things – we got you.

IDEAS OVER EGOS.

In order to uncover what works, we need to make. A lot. So we put ideas above all else: titles, egos, pedigree be damned. We all work in service of great ideas.

TAKE PRIDE IN EVERYTHING YOU.

This is our company. Everything you do represents all of us. Obsess the details, sweat the charts, invest in your ideas. Let's build something to be proud of, piece by piece.