Sr. Associate

Overview
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.
The role of the Senior Associate is to lead and oversee the successful completion of projects of all sizes, from start to finish, that effectively address our global client's business challenges. The Senior Associate must possess an expert-level understanding of project management methodologies to effectively manage complex, multi-phase projects and deliver integrated marketing campaigns. Other key responsibilities include defining project approaches, creating project plans, meeting profitability goals, and identifying opportunities to expand existing business partnerships.
Qualifications

• Project management experience

• Bachelor's degree, preferably with a concentration in project management, advertising, marketing, business administration, communications and /or procurement

• Experience managing multiple tracks of a project as an integrated program with differing timelines, deliverables, and expectations.
• Ability to effectively balance longer-term strategic issues with day-to-day tactical project issues.
• Experience leading and motivating a cross-functional project team and schedule constraints while meeting or exceeding clients' expectations.

• Be able to use/learn computer programs, including Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Powerpoint, Microsoft Outlook, and other in-house systems.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

• Highly organized, flexible, able to adapt to unique situations and projects, and thrive in changing dynamic environments.
• A professional, high degree of diplomacy and business intelligence

Responsibilities

• Work on Ad Hoc Client Requests
• Lead internal communication to ensure a seamless workflow.
• Capture and socialize meeting recaps.
• Schedule and lead internal project status meetings
• Manage internal process workflow and facilitating resource assignments / allocations
• Developing and maintaining schedules and timelines
• Tracking of multiple workstreams and waves
• Communicating accurate, timely updates of all project developments to internal team and client when appropriate.

Compensation Range: $37,000 - $65,000. 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.
OMD 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.