Associate Manager, Ad Sales Strategy - Advertising

Job Description

OVERVIEW AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Are you looking for an exciting opportunity at a world-renowned company and a fast-growing team? Then Paramount might be the place for you! We're searching for a spectacular Associate Manager to join our Ad Sales Strategy team, a key position within our group. Our team works with other Ad Sales groups across the company to assist them in the evaluation of market trends, development of overall sales strategy and goals, and enables Ad Sales Leadership to make strategic choices. We're a key driver of change in the Ad Sales organization, while encouraging collaboration across Ad Sales and related groups, to drive ad revenue and future opportunities. The Associate Manager position is a vital part of the team, responsible for the underlying research, analysis, and insights for the various Strategy projects.

RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO:
• Perform quantitative and qualitative analyses, and help develop insights and recommendations for our business and the broader marketplace in an effort to drive business forward
• Build Excel models and analyses to analyze trends
• Develop forecasting models and business cases
• Assist in handling the National Sales Incentive Compensation plan design and mechanics, including managing diverse cross-functional stakeholders
• Project manage continuous improvement project workstreams
• Monitor the advertising, marketing, and media/tech industry for key trends to formulate projections both short and long term
• Compile and analyze information from internal and external sources for each year's Upfront strategy
• Produce well-designed and effective and PowerPoint, articulating stories behind presentations clearly and succinctly to the VP and other upper management at Paramount
• Work on special projects and ad hoc requests as needed
• Lead training sessions as necessary
• Collect/analyze data to provide insight on trends in the industry and the performance of Paramount Ad Sales
• Work with cross-functional teams and business areas to initiate selected projects such as digital and linear ad sales, integrated marketing, research and business intelligence/P&I/Yield
• Summarize disparate data into informative Executive summaries

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:
• Bachelor's Degree
• 3+ years experience in Media, Sales Operations, or related field
• Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint and strong attention to detail

ADDITIONAL QUALIFICATIONS:
• Strong knowledge and interest in the media, entertainment, and advertising industry
• Ability to apply knowledge and resourcefulness in acquiring needed data, both from internal systems as well as external data and sources, understanding the proper internal groups on point to provide key types of data (e.g., financials, ratings, etc.).
• Can manage deliverables and small projects independently
• Familiarity with sales CRM and reporting tools, such as Salesforce, Google Data Studio, and Tableau or similar visualization tools
• Experience with large data sets, synthesizing insights, financial / operational modeling and recommending actions from data
• Proficiency in key frameworks for strategic analysis - for example, competitive analysis, key financial ratios, SWOT analysis, market/industry analysis, etc.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Hiring Salary Range: $70,000.00 - 77,500.00. The hiring salary range for this position applies to New York, California, Colorado, Washington state, and most other geographies. Starting pay for the successful applicant depends on a variety of job-related factors, including but not limited to geographic location, market demands, experience, training, and education. The benefits available for this position include medical, dental, vision, 401(k) plan, life insurance coverage, disability benefits, tuition assistance program and PTO or, if applicable, as otherwise dictated by the appropriate Collective Bargaining Agreement.

https://www.paramount.com/careers/benefits

Paramount is an equal opportunity employer (EOE) including disability/vet.

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-g4ppy1-3-147-103-209-42 in your application.