Senior Digital Buyer

NOTE: This position is Hybrid to Pearl River, NY

The Senior Digital Buyer works independently to manage large accounts. The Sr. Buyer is tasked with growing client budgets and increasing profit year over year for assigned accounts. This role is a leader within the group, working with the Associate Director to manage and train the team of buyers and assistants. The Sr. Buyer is well versed in digital media and shares that knowledge with clients and colleagues.

• Serve as lead buyer for assigned high profile accounts
• Build and maintain relationships with client and agency contacts
• Negotiate trade terms with vendors for new campaigns
• Create P&Ls and work with assistant to create media authorization forms and insertion orders
• Coordinate with assistants to ensure buys are input into systems and billing is reconciled correctly and in a timely fashion
• Provide proactive thought starters for potential campaign activity
• Manage RFP process when needed including researching intended audience, contacting vendors, and negotiating pricing and trade terms
• Review and reinforce process with new clients and agencies
• Update forecasting document with potential campaign activity on a weekly basis
• Manage reporting schedule
• Review weekly reporting on appropriate accounts
• Send to clients/agencies where applicable with detailed topline overview of pacing and performance as well as any suggested optimizations
• Collaborate with Trade department to build relationships and deals with target vendors
• Speak confidently about Active’s full digital capabilities and how they may apply to new and existing clients
• Demonstrate a full understanding of the company’s corporate trade model
• Participates in ad hoc projects with upper management as needed

Supervisory Responsibilities:

Pending experience, this job may have one direct report

The salary for this position may range between $78,500- $100,000. The successful candidate’s salary will depend on actual ranges of current employees in the subject position, market considerations, budgetary considerations, geography, as well as the candidate’s skill set, level of experience, and qualifications. Active offers a very competitive benefits package inclusive of medical coverage, dental, vision, disability, 401k, paid time off, community engagement opportunities, great colleagues, and great learning opportunities.

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• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
• Minimum requirement of four (4) years related digital media experience
• Strong decision making and judgment, a must – to make timely, informed decisions that take into account the facts, goals, constraints, and risks.
• Complete mastery over assigned accounts, meaning not only the “what” but the “how” and the “why,” needed
• Strong understanding of the digital space inclusive of site direct and technology platforms, but not limited to other related specialty fields (e.g. data companies, verification platforms), required
• Superb business sense and negotiating skills, a must
• Experience in leading and collaborating with others, needed
• Ability to multi-task and prioritize for self and others, needed
• Keen eye for detail and understanding of how to maximize profit under budget restraints
• Self-starter, proactive and demonstrates initiative, needed
• Proficiency in Microsoft Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint and Word, required
• Experience utilizing tools such as Spectra, PeopleSoft, Media Radar, Datorama a plus

Travel
This position requires between 10-20% of regularly scheduled travel.