Manager, Digital Activation

We are OMD, Adweek’s Global Media Agency of the Year in 2020. We are the world’s largest media network with more than 12,000 people working in over 100 countries. As the world grows with opportunities, the key is reacting to them, by making better decisions, faster - combining innovation, creativity, empathy and evidence to help them move faster, reach further and take smarter risks every day.  

We pride ourselves on being a people-obsessed, outcomes-focused business that applies evidence and data-based solutions, married with the practice of empathy, to drive performance and growth. When working with our clients, we put ourselves in the shoes of the consumer in order to see the world through their eyes. We focus on finding greater empathy with the consumer so as to uncover insights and opportunities that deliver more valued and valuable connections.

What You Can Expect:

 Our success is underwritten by our core principles:

• Dynamic diversity. Bringing diversity of perspective, skillset, and background, as well as the mix of ages, genders, ethnicities, skillsets & backgrounds.
• Radical collaboration. Connecting a diverse group of people through instinctive structures, skills and mindsets.
• Rapid prototyping. Fostering a mindset of curiosity in which our people are always building, testing, evolving and retesting hypotheses.

All of which is underpinned by a commitment to total transparency.

• Knowledge of the principles of advertising, marketing and media (minimum of 4+ years of digital industry experience)/
• Knowledge of the dynamics of media - how each media element performs alone, how they perform together, and how they are constantly changing 
• Understanding of the skills and functions of the Investment side of the business, as well as the Strategic Business Units’ competencies      
• Ability to foster a strong, cohesive working team and provide proper, thorough instruction  
• Prioritize and multi-task effectively and formulate solutions
• Crucial to understand media data sources in terms of what is measured, the method, and information reported
• Strong understanding of media concepts and terms, creative and budget requirements 
• Strong written skills; write clearly and concisely and present orally in an articulate and confident manner
• Ability to manage across Programmatic, Direct Display, Social campaigns
• Chicago based candidates

• Driving overall paid social strategy and associated tactics to meet client’s goals, working closely with the integrated media, creative and data teams 
• Ability to build partnerships and manage campaigns in a fast-paced environment while maintaining a high level of stress tolerance 
• Analytical ability to extract and apply insight/actions from data to campaigns
• Strong communication skills with ability to
• Consulting/educating/negotiating with clients and agency partners
• Presenting recommendations/ideas to client and internal team
• Effectively merchandising successes to the client 
• Educating client team on latest trends, best practices, technologies, etc.
• Prioritizing and managing priorities and ad-hoc requests to ensure they are executed on time and to client expectations by entire client team
• Demonstrating appropriate judgment through proper escalation and strong problem-solving skills
• Establishing oneself as an expert within their functional department and client team
• Identifying ways to improve team efficiency and effectiveness
• Bringing new proactive ideas to help meet client goals and grow business
• Effectively managing and developing junior team members (mentoring, training, etc.)

Compensation Range: $50,000 - $95,000 annually. This is the pay range the Company believes it will pay for this position at the time of this posting. Consistent with applicable law, compensation will be determined based on relevant experience, other job-related qualifications/skills, and geographic location (to account for comparative cost of living). The Company reserves the right to modify this pay range at any time. For this role, Benefits include: health/vision/dental insurance, 401(k), Healthcare Flexible Spending Account, Dependence Care Flexible Spending Account, vacation, sick, personal days, paid parental leave, and paid medical leave, STD/LTD insurance benefits.

OMG is An Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status, age or any other federally protected class.