Analyst Advertising Operations

Job Description

About the job
We are UMG, the Universal Music Group. We are the world’s leading music company. In everything we do, we are committed to artistry, innovation and entrepreneurship. We own and operate a broad array of businesses engaged in recorded music, music publishing, merchandising, and audiovisual content in more than 60 countries. We identify and develop recording artists and songwriters, and we produce, distribute and promote the most critically acclaimed and commercially successful music to delight and entertain fans around the world.

How We LEAD

Universal Music Group – the world leader in music and culture – has created a powerful suite of digital media solutions that are leveraged by today’s biggest brand marketers. To support this new and rapidly growing revenue stream, we are building a dedicated client services team to help facilitate the activation and success of media sales. We are looking for a passionate and determined individual to join the client services team to help grow and develop our existing media sales efforts, while ensuring the foundations are in place for further development of our team and products into the near future.

UMG has the largest footprint in music media, with advertising solutions across online video, data and social.

How You’ll CREATE

Facilitate technical set up, activation and execution of media sales campaigns globally within digital advertising platforms.
Collaborate with sales planning team to communicate all necessary client deliverables for campaign set up including creative specifications, content guidelines, measurement requirements and more.
Effectively communicate the technical nuances of UMG’s media suite to sales planning teams.
Collaborate with technical stakeholders internally and externally to identify ways to automate campaign set up processes and bring innovation to our media activation infrastructure.
Coordinate with finance leads to verify actualized delivery for each campaign.
Forecast network traffic and strategically identify ways to release inventory for prospective clients while still satisfying the needs of current clients.
Review all client deliverables to ensure creatives are built to spec and align with platform guidelines.
Monitor performance of ongoing campaigns to ensure a full delivery of impressions and to optimize for success against client performance goals.
Troubleshoot technical issues that arise with campaign activation, performance and delivery.
Generate campaign reporting to share with the sales planning team, including analysis as needed.

Bring Your VIBE

You are deeply passionate about music and knowledgeable about the media landscape, with a desire to find synergies between the two.
You are a proficient communicator with the ability to build and maintain good working relationships across a variety of internal & external stakeholders.
You are a strategic thinker who is driven by finding unique solutions to client challenges.
You are detail-oriented and strive to consistently deliver high quality work in everything you do.
You are a tenacious and driven self-starter, who feels at home on a small team and is comfortable working independently.
You are a dependable team member that is comfortable with working in a fast-paced environment.
You understand media pricing models and the math behind them.
You are highly skilled in building presentations, process documents and media plans using Microsoft Powerpoint, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word and Apple Keynote.
You are passionate about advertising technology and have a strong working knowledge of media platforms including Google Ad Manager, Google Ads, Meta Business Manager, Spotify Ad Studio, Twitter Ads, TikTok Ads Manager, Google Display & Video 360, and more.
You are experienced with implementing ad serving technologies and measurement technologies from partners including Google Campaign Manager, Innovid, Flashtalking, DoubleVerify, Integral Ad Science and more.
3-5 years of prior media experience is preferred.
Prior experience in client services/account management roles is preferred.
Prior experience in programmatic media buying or sales is preferred.

Perks Playlist

Be part of an entrepreneurial, global organization that values authenticity, drive, creativity, relationships, and a competitive spirit
Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, and FSA options, as well as:
100% coverage for out-patient mental health services
Wellbeing reimbursements for fitness classes, spa treatments, meal services, travel, and so much more (up to $720/year)
A lifetime fertility support allowance of $30,000 to plan participants
Student Loan Repayment Assistance and Tuition Reimbursement
100% immediately vested 401(k) match on the first 5% of your contribution on eligible compensation

Variety of ways to prioritize much-needed time away from work including:
Flexible Paid Time Off (PTO) for exempt employees
3-weeks PTO for non-exempt employees
2-weeks paid Winter Break
10 Company Holidays (including Juneteenth and Wellbeing Day)
Summer Fridays (between Memorial Day and Labor Day)
Generous paid parental leave for every type of parent
Check out our full overview of benefits on the Perks Playlist page of the career site.

Disclaimer: This job description only provides an overview of job responsibilities that are subject to change.

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Job Category

Universal Music Group

Salary Range

$46,872- $109,590

The actual base salary offered depends on a variety of factors, which may include, as applicable, the qualifications of the individual applicant for the position, years of relevant experience, specific and unique skills, level of education attained, certifications or other professional licenses held, and the location in which the applicant lives and/or from which they will be performing the job. All candidates are encouraged to apply.