Associate, Buying

**Mindshare** **Canada**
**Title**:Associate, Buying
**Team / Department**:Investment Team

Whenever and wherever you join us, you open a door to opportunities in any and all aspects of media, technology and innovation. We will encourage you to break the rules, knock things down, rebuild them better, and push the boundaries of what’s possible. Our success takes a team of people who are invested in our culture, each other’s success, and their own growth, and together we make Mindshare Canada the place where we do the best work of our career.

**OVERVIEW**:
Mindshare is looking for an Associate, Buying with a passion for marketing and a strong understanding of the media landscape. This role is in the Investment Team and works closely with media vendors to bring our media plans to life. Working in conjunction with our Media Planners, this function is responsible for the negotiating and purchasing of media real estate - an integral part of capturing our client’s vision to reach an intended audience - and delivering the best outcomes for the company and our clients.

The Associate supports the Investment Team on plan development and investment maintenance. You should be process oriented, have a strong attention to detail, and demonstrate curiosity and commitment to executional excellence. You will be corresponding with some of the largest broadcast vendors and helping them deliver appropriate business solutions to our brands; collaborating across teams to ensure proper buy entry, reporting and analytics accuracy; and ensuring your brand’s investments are trafficked according to your brand’s interests.

This is a traditional media investment role which means the job requires developing, executing and reconciling broadcast go-to-market recommendations. You must be open to learning and developing core knowledge of broadcast buying, media investment basics, tools, and protocols that build towards a strong advertising foundation.

**How you will make an IMPACT**:

- Assist team on buy development and recommendation development by issuing requests to marketplace and organizing proposals
- Help provide data and background for the development of Point of Views of relevant partners and opportunities
- Meet with industry representatives to gain insight to all phases and points of contact of media partners
- Work with team on implementation and maintenance of campaigns, including by keeping up to date on all communications with planning team including buy authorizations, tracking reports, buy changes, creative specifications, etc.
- Assist team to enter final buys into proprietary system
- Ongoing management and stewardship of campaigns
- Pre-campaign checks and balances to ensure all media is measured accurately
- Coordination and input on standard buy campaign reporting
- Ensure accurate and timely vendor invoice approval and reconciliation with Finance teams by reviewing monthly delivery data and align on payable totals with media partners
- Assist with client financials such as budget reconciliation and budget management

**What YOU bring**:

- Embraces the Mindshare Growth Mindset by exhibiting adaptability, inclusivity, sincerity, curiosity, entrepreneurial spirit, and teamwork
- Exceptional organizational skills and detail oriented
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills; strong presentation skills
- Excellent time management skills; proven ability to prioritize and organize workload, and operate under tight deadlines while managing multiple projects
- Showcase a natural gift for grasping concepts quickly and making good judgments
- Ability to work on own initiative; pre-emptive and proactive; constantly thinking ahead; demonstrating a hands-on and highly organized approach to all tasks
- Ability to foster collaborative relationships with other cross-functional teams
- Ability to adapt and work in a fast-paced work environment effectively
- Strong capability in customer service skills
- Comfortable with ambiguity - flexible and adaptable with a willingness to learn and assist wherever needed
- Comfortable working with budgets/numbers and a strong understanding of mathematical concepts and Canadian geography
- The desire to create and contribute to an environment where ‘innovation as usual’ thrives in everyday work

***What WE bring**:

- The opportunity to create and contribute to an environment where ‘Innovation as usual’ thrives in everyday work
- We foster a growth mindset by exhibiting adaptability, inclusivity, sincerity, curiosity, entrepreneurial spirit, and teamwork
- Extensive learning, training and development opportunities
- Comprehensive benefits program, including maternity/parental top-up program
- Agency that values wellness with programs that contribute to a healthy lifestyle
- Exposure to a global network of resources, strategic partnerships, and career opportunities
- Corporate social responsibility, actively participating to create a better community
- Great social en