Media Auditing Analyst

Job Description

Global Investment at Omnicom Media Group

The Global team is a dedicated unit to drive value creation and monitor and deliver media buying commitments to our well-established and growing client base. It is built around experienced media traders, auditors, and analysts whose job is to share and apply best practice across our global network and ensure that our clients always receive the best media value and guidance.

The team plays a vital role in quantifying and tracking media buying performance across all Omnicom Media Group markets for global clients. We strive to define new ways of measuring media value to ensure we continue to lead the industry in this area.

Your principal responsibilities include:

• Monitor and analyze OMG network media buying performance to ensure delivery against client commitments.
• Collect data from markets - checking and cleansing for accuracy.
• Help design reporting templates and work with your team/global markets to understand the context of media buys and their effect on the delivery of commitments.
• Work closely with the Omnicom Media Group buying community to deliver client reporting and understanding of buying performance and market context. This includes weekly calls with local markets to discuss any upcoming issues.
• Consistent communication with markets to capture and share best practice.
• Working with the pitch team to understand how the media investment value model is crafted, articulated, and delivered to clients.
• Daily communication with your Manager and Directors in ensuring first-class reporting through audits and reviews of work.
• Actively build personal knowledge and understanding of media channels, media metrics, and media products.
• Capture and retain market and client knowledge to proactively improve current and future work.
• Uploading excel data onto our internal systems.
• Assist in onboarding and training/supervising new analysts in the team.
• Work with systems like Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint.
• Weekly face-to-face meetings with your team.

Your success will be measured based on the quality and timeliness of data collection and quality of reporting/media performance analysis, your participation in value creation (training, pitches) and your understanding of local markets and clients. At the senior analyst level, we would expect regular proactive contribution to department initiatives to improve performance, including reporting mechanisms, templates, and databases.

Desired Experience

• We are looking for someone with strong analytical skills and a strong foundation in working with data in Excel/reporting and Mathematics.
• You should also have strong interpersonal and written communication skills and a keen desire to progress your professional skills.
• An interest in the media industry and the media investment world is a must.
• Previous experience working in a media buying or planning role would be highly desirable.

In return, we will provide an international, fun working environment in which you will have the opportunity to support high-profile blue-chip global clients and develop your career.

Flexible Working

We are committed to supporting and helping you have a great work/life balance and a positive attitude to well-being. As part of this, we have a flexible and hybrid working model as a core part of how we operate.

We believe flexible & hybrid working can increase individual motivation, improve performance and productivity, and reduce stress as well as help manage well-being generally. We will work with you to implement the best flexible working solution for you without compromising team performance and client delivery.

Employee Benefits

We offer pension contributions, life insurance, health insurance, a generous holiday entitlement, as well as mental health recharge days where we shut the whole 18 floors for 2 days a year, one in Spring and one in Autumn, and many other employee benefits for all. We have an enhanced maternity leave, shared parental leave, and paternity leave pay policy.

Diversity

We are focused on equality and believe deeply in diversity & inclusion of race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, ethnicity, national origin, and all the other fascinating characteristics that make us different.

We welcome remarkable people from a broad range of backgrounds who bring their diverse attitudes, opinions, and beliefs into a culture where you are treated with respect and can be comfortable at work just being you. Embracing our differences results in a stimulating and inspiring environment which will lead to everyone viewing the world, our work, and each other with fresh eyes.

We are keen to encourage applicants from people from all walks of life and we want you to be at your best throughout the recruitment process, please discuss any specific adjustments with a member of the People team.

About the Agency:

Omnicom Media Group Europe (OMG EMEA) is the media division of Omnicom Group Inc., headquartered in London with offices in Manchester and Newcastle.