Senior Strategist, Business Solutions

Horizon Media•Los Angeles, CA

1d•$66,300 - $80,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Horizon Media is seeking a Senior Strategist, Business Solutions to join their team. This role involves strategic planning, account management, internal relationship management, and mentorship. The ideal candidate will be a proactive communicator, a collaborative team player, and a critical thinker with strong organizational skills and attention to detail. They should be comfortable presenting ideas internally and to clients, and able to manage multiple deliverables in a fast-paced environment. The company emphasizes diversity, equity, and inclusion.

Requirements

An individual that speaks their mind and offers up opinions proactively in a positive way in the spirit of greater team’s success.
A strong communicator; able to confidently present and sell through ideas both internally and to clients.
A collaborative, team-oriented worker with strong time management and organization skills.
A critical thinker and problem solver with the ability to develop creative solutions.
Detail oriented with commitment to follow through.
Nimble and flexible with ability to oversee multiple deliverables and client requests.
A supporter of and advocate for diversity, equity and inclusion.
2+ years previous media planning experience.
Familiarity with marketing principles, media math/terminology and basic analytical tools (MRI, R/Fs, etc.).
Prior experience working on a dynamic fast paced entertainment brand.
Client relationship management experience.
Experience developing and presenting plan presentations.
Skilled in Excel and PowerPoint with the ability to discuss how those functions can or should be applied relative to the media planning process.

Responsibilities

Proactively identify and aid in the development of sound, strategic media plans with guidance/input from Supervisor, all based on client direction and an understanding of media principles.
Responsible for analysis of consumer research (i.e. YouGov, Nielsen, eMarketer) to identify target consumption insights and support for plan development.
Collaborate on the development of POVs for new media opportunities on an ongoing basis.
Partner with junior and senior team members to generate presentation decks, put together final draft of presentation and participate in presenting to clients.
Continue to strengthen understanding of media strategy and applications, proactive in taking part in internal training and development opportunities.
Ensure flawless execution and attention to detail is maintained across all deliverables, requires a keen eye to detail while maintaining swift output across team.
Create, format, and update flowcharts, plan sheets, planning cost worksheets, and various client trackers; ensuring output is accurate and provided at a brisk pace to handle the high volume of client deliverables.
Prepare and distribute traffic instructions, partner with Traffic team to track deadlines and deliverables, responding to any inquiries appropriately.
Own and ensure accuracy of billing, budgets; work closely with budget analyst, when applicable.
Organize team documents and maintain timelines to ensure all client deadlines are met.
Contribute to frameworks and templates for presentation decks, team projects, and monthly recap of team project highlights.
Build and strengthen relationships with core clients, jumping in to respond to client communication as warranted and supervised as well as industry partners by serving as a Horizon Media contact.
Manage day-to-day team projects serving as a key liaison to help manage timelines and deliverables for internal and cross functional teams.
Responsible for leading internal meetings, including setting agenda and providing a clear meeting recap.
Lead communication with other teams i.e. Investment, Traffic, Operations, for all day-to-day media plan deliverables and buy maintenance.
Collaborate with other team members to identify problems and recommend solutions.
Form close relationships with the other Strategist(s), working across pods to support each other and the greater team as needed.
Collaborate and help Strategist and/or Assistant colleagues in skill development to promote strong baseline support for the greater team.
Contribute to future performance reviews of junior team members identifying strengths and areas for growth.
Participate in the interview process for future Assistant/Strategist roles.