Senior Media Sales Planner

Dow Jones Media Sales connects leading brands with influential audiences through our trusted portfolio, including The Wall Street Journal, Barron’s, MarketWatch and Investor’s Business Daily. Our teams across Sales, Marketing, Creative and Client Success work together to deliver innovative advertising solutions and exceptional client experiences across digital, print, video, audio, events and custom content

We are looking for a solution driven candidate who would describe themselves as being analytical, collaborative and highly organized. The Sales Planning team is comfortable working in a deadline driven environment and being communicative about their deliverables. The most successful individuals understand how to prioritize their workload and can be agile and adapt quickly if an urgent matter arises. The team is focused on pricing integrity, media plan strategy and campaign delivery, but also on continued upskilling and leadership training and opportunities. By joining our global Sales Planning organization you will be a part of a diverse team where you will continue to learn, be challenged and work across the best-in-class advertising campaigns.

You Will:

• Serve as resource in support of the governance process for the vertical planning team members
• Assist team members in responding to complicated client requests 
• Serve as a resource to the planning team during the media plan development process
• Collaborate with the planning manager and planning director to identify resource challenges within the vertical. 
• Assist the 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.  Team should develop skills to troubleshoot viewability, fraud, discrepancies, and more.
• Continue to excel within Sales Planning Responsibilities including:
• 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

You Have:

• Ideally 5+ 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
• Ability to work independently as well as with a team
• 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)
• BA/BS College degree preferred

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status or any other protected characteristic under applicable law. EEO/Disabled/Vets

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