Account Manager

Job Description

Rolling Stone is hiring an Account Manager. The Account Manager will be critical in our fast-paced advertising sales team. The role will be responsible for liaising with clients and internal departments to plan and coordinate all areas of digital and print media buys for the Rolling Stone brand. This position requires participation in all sales process stages- including creating media plans, gathering materials, optimizing delivery, and analyzing performance. This position also requires a passion for music and entertainment and a strong willingness to learn and be motivated by the opportunity to help shape and contribute to the team's growth.

Responsibilities:
• Create media-specific documents for campaign RFPs, including media plans, spec sheets, and screenshot decks
• Attend and participate in campaign brainstorms, assisting in analyzing proposals and generating ideas that meet client objectives
• Maintain knowledge and expertise of Rolling Stone products, pricing, and packaging for building media plans
• Understand and interpret advertising P&Ls to ensure pricing accuracy
• Assist in the management of day-to-day communication with key clients and internal stakeholders
• Build campaign performance reports for the client that are inclusive of information from third-party servers and site-direct reporting
• Gather insights from reports, data, and analytics to inform performance optimizations and future programs
• Aggregate and organize creative assets received for campaign execution
• Inputting media plan data into PMC and other third-party ad-serving systems, including Salesforce, Placements, and JIRA
• Provide support to a team of account managers to help strengthen pre-sale and post-sale execution (e.g., submitting campaign invoices, budget requests, campaign performance issues)

Requirements:
• Minimum 2+ years of digital planning experience or account management experience at a digital publisher or digital media agency
• High proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint
• Expertise in ''media math''
• Proficient in planning across digital, social, and branded content
• High comfortability with managing multiple projects simultaneously
• Basic knowledge or understanding of media inventory forecasting
• Excellent Communication Skills - high aptitude for managing expectations

Typical wage range: 65K - 70K

Factors that could be used to determine your actual salary may include your specific skills, years of experience and comparison to current employees already in this role. The typical candidate is hired below midpoint of the range. The total compensation package for this position will also include other elements, a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits including 401(k) eligibility and paid time off benefits. PMC is committed to the health and wellness of our employees. As part of our company-wide rollout of PMC's paid healthcare plan, for this role the company pays 100% of the monthly health, dental and vision plan premiums for the employee and their family. Details of participation in these benefit plans will be provided if an employee receives an offer of employment.

If you have more or less experience than specified on this job posting, please apply and list your salary expectations.

If hired, employee will be in an ''at-will position'' and the Company reserves the right to modify base salary (as well as any other discretionary payment or compensation program) at any time, including for reasons related to individual performance, Company or individual department/team performance, and market factors).

About Rolling Stone:

Rolling Stone, the number one brand in music publishing, has been the leading voice of music and popular culture for 50 years. The multi-media brand features the latest in music reviews, in-depth interviews, hard-hitting political commentary, and award-winning journalism across many platforms including magazine, digital, mobile, social, and event marketing. Rolling Stone provides ''all the news that fits'' to a global audience of approximately 60 million people every month and publishes over 100 pieces of content every day

About Penske Media Corporation  

Penske Media Corporation (PMC) is a leading global media and information services company whose award-winning content attracts a passionate audience of over 300 million globally. Since 2004, PMC has been a pioneer in digital media reaching viewers on all screens across its ever-growing constellation of iconic brands, which includes Variety, Rolling Stone, The Hollywood Reporter, Billboard, Dick Clark Productions, WWD, SHE Media, Robb Report, Deadline, TVLine, Sportico, BGR, ARTnews, Fairchild Media, Vibe, IndieWire, Artforum, Gold Derby, Spy.com and Luminate, the premier data and analytics company. PMC's journalists and content creators deliver daily the most comprehensive news and information in their industries and areas of coverage, unequaled in ambition, depth, and courage. In addition, PMC owns several vital cultural events such as SXSW, LA3C, Life is Beautiful, Latin Music Week and ATX Television Festival. Headquartered in New York and Los Angeles with additional offices in 14 countries worldwide, PMC believes companies should not only be profitable but also forces for good. PMC is committed to fostering a working environment that is inclusive and responsible, where we value a company culture built on all backgrounds, voices, and experiences. For more information on the company, please visit www.PMC.com

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