Broadcast Buyer

Our mission is toDrive Business Performance.We use data to create personalized and connected experiences that deliver transformative business outcomes. Our role is to ensure our clients meet their quantifiable business goals every day, consistently, in every market. We are entirely focused on delivering better business results through optimization, creation and analysis across all digital platforms. Our scope ranges from recommending how to use content more effectively to optimizing daily media channel performance and maximizing visibility in eCommerce platforms

The Broadcast Buyer is the steward of the buying and implementation process and collaborates with wider buying, media planning and trafficking teams. The role is critical in providing input to the overall investment direction as well as the development and execution of broadcast media buys for their assigned group of clients.

• Supports the media planning and buying teams throughout campaign activation process to maintain performance and resolves any campaign-related issues.
• Uses tools to develop the best possible execution strategy, rationale and buy structure to deliver on campaign goals.
• Works closely with the investment leadership team to understand market dynamics (pricing, execution opportunities) and strengthen vendor relationships.
• Recommends the deliver buy structures that encompass the best environments for each client’s target audience, while maximizing value and efficiency.
• Prepares reporting documentation for media planning teams and clients demonstrating the strategy and rationale executed to deliver on campaign goals.
• Analyzes preemption/makegood activity to ensure value delivery is enhanced wherever possible
• Actualizes each campaign, including the negotiation of compensation for use on future campaigns.
• Contributes to the overall campaign strategy and strategies ways to improve and optimize campaign performance to meeting client goals.
• Understands the impact of under-delivering stations/properties and uses this learning to influence and optimize future buy structures and executions.

• Post-secondary Degree or Diploma in Media, Advertising, Business Administration, Marketing, or related field.
• A minimum 1 year of media planning and/or buying experience focused on Broadcast Channels – TV, Radio, OLV.
• Knowledge and hands-on experience with broadcast industry tools (Lens, Infosys, DDS, AdTraq, etc.).
• Strong to advanced level MS Office skills: Excel (Pivot Tables, VLOOKUP’s), Outlook, PowerPoint, etc.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Must be able to work with cross functional teams and multiple stakeholders.
• Aptitude for priority management where it concerns managing multiple deliverables/work streams.
• Ability to organize ideas and present back information logically and sequentially

We know through experience that different ideas, perspectives and backgrounds foster a stronger and more creative work environment that delivers better business results. We strive to create workplaces that reflect the clients we serve and where everyone feels empowered to bring their full, authentic selves to work. We are committed to working with our candidates from all ability levels throughout the recruitment process to ensure that they have what they need to be at their best. If you need accommodation during the application or interview process, please contact Canada.Recruitment@dentsuaegis.com or to begin a conversation about your individual accessibility needs throughout the hiring process.