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Davis Harrison Dion
SENIOR MEDIA PLANNER/BUYER
DHD is a fully integrated, award winning advertising agency. We’re seeking a senior media planner/buyer 4-6 years of advertising agency or buying service experience with traditional platforms and a working knowledge of digital media. Our clients include B-to-C and B-to-B industries, with focus on lead generation for senior living, tourism, manufacturing and home improvement services.
Headquartered in Chicago, our beautiful offices are in a Landmark building overlooking north Michigan Avenue, the Magnificent Mile, with views of the Chicago River and Lake Michigan. We prioritize our employees’ health and safety. Individual offices provide employee privacy, personal work space and built-in social distancing.
Qualities
We’re looking for a proactive individual who enjoys media and wants to increase their media responsibilities and contributions for our clients. Knowledge and experience with traditional media, research, developing strategies and executing plans while interacting with team members and clients. DHD is a friendly group of talented people in an environment where your work makes a difference.
Responsibilities include:
• Media strategies and actionable plans leveraging marketing opportunities with research.
• Expertise across traditional media platforms – knowledge of digital media a plus
• Manage, buy and negotiate across client campaigns aligning with outside vendors/partners on campaign goals to ensure placements meet objectives.
• Manage day-to-day needs of plans and buys, translating client needs to accountable, high performance solutions.
• Strata/ Freewheel media buy authorizations, insertion orders, billing
• Ensure assets deliver on-brand and campaign objectives.
• Ensure accuracy and quality of all campaign documentation, including spec sheets.
• Work with creatives and account managers to traffic and tag campaigns by deadline requirements.
• Evaluate campaign performance metrics and make optimization recommendations based on insights.
• Communicate frequently with managers and vendor/partners to ensure continuity in campaign delivery.
• Present campaign performance reports to account team and clients demonstrating your responsibility and commitment to results.
Requirements
• Strong presentation skills and knowledge to speak to traditional and digital media planning, buying and campaign execution.
• Understands media math and target audience strategies
• Good, contextual understanding of digital channels including SEM, display and paid social; and their role within the overall marketing mix.
• A strategic negotiator who looks out for the best interests of our agency and clients.
• A reliable and calm solution-oriented nature.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal and presentation skills; confidence and the ability to connect with people in a genuine way.
• A problem solver and critical thinker by nature. Someone that asks questions and seeks context until they feel the confidence to provide solutions.
• College degree
What’s in it for you:
• A tremendous opportunity to drive the growth of your career as an advertising professional in an entrepreneurial, open-minded organization.
• A voice in the company and the services we provide. Your ideas and feedback will have an impact.
• A collaborative leadership structure that cares about their people
If you enjoy the business and are looking for more opportunity to contribute your talents, send your resume with a cover letter telling us why to info@dhdchicago.com. We’ll respond within a week.
SEM/Digital Media Specialist
DHD is a fully integrated, award winning advertising agency. We’re seeking an SEM/ Digital Media person with at least two years experience to develop and manage paid search campaigns on Google, Bing, Yahoo and other pay-per-click (PPC) and paid social platforms. Our clients include B-to-C and B-to-B industries, with focus on lead generation for senior living, tourism, manufacturing and home service industries.
Headquartered in Chicago, our beautiful offices are in a Landmark building overlooking the Magnificent Mile and north Michigan Avenue, with views of the Chicago River and Lake Michigan. We prioritize our employees’ health and safety. Individual offices provide employee privacy, personal work space and built-in social distancing. We believe you should enjoy what you do and find energy interacting with team members and clients to build and optimize communication campaigns. You will work with a group of talented people who like each other, have fun and work together for the success of clients and the agency.
Responsibilities include:
• Campaign strategy and development for agency clients.
• Execute tests٫ collect and analyze data٫ identify trends and insights
• Achieve maximum ROI in paid search campaigns using data analysis
• Develop monthly performance reports showcasing campaign activity
• Track٫ report٫ and analyze PPC initiatives and campaigns
• Effectively estimate and manage campaign expenses and budgets.
• Optimize copy and landing pages for paid SEM campaigns
• Continually expand and optimize paid keyword discovery
• Research and analyze competitor advertising link
Requirements are:
• Proven SEM and PPC campaign experience across Google٫ Yahoo and Bing
• Google Ads Certified, Google Analytics Certified
• Paid social media experience
• Well-versed in performance marketing, conversion, and online customer acquisition
• Continually current on trends and best search engine marketing practices
• In-depth experience with bid management tools (e.g.٫ Click Equations٫ Marin٫ Kenshoo٫ Search Ignite)
• Adept in and experienced with website analytics tools (e.g٫ Google Analytics, NetInsight, Omniture, WebTrends) and Google Data Studio.
• Strong analytical skills
• Skilled in Excel - Pivot tables, Formulas
• Experience generating SEM reports
• Working knowledge of HTML٫ CSS٫ and JavaScript
• Bachelor’s degree required
Send resume with a cover letter to the attention of Sue Harrison
If you enjoy the business and are looking for more opportunity to contribute your talents, send your resume with a cover letter telling us why to info@dhdchicago.com. We’ll respond within a week.
Account Manager
We’re back in our offices and work is in full swing with an opening for an Account Manager with two years of agency experience to join our team!
Located on Michigan Avenue, DHD is a full service, mid-sized agency. We specialize in strategic, creative branding and lead generation for business services, senior living, hospitality/tourism and manufacturing. All agency services are provided in-house: account, creative, interactive, digital and traditional media provided by a friendly team of professionals. As the primary liaison between DHD and its clients, account managers are responsible for representing and speaking for the values and interests of the agency and its clients.
If you have account service, marketing and analytical skills, enjoy the business and are looking for more opportunity to contribute your talents, send your resume with a cover letter telling us why to info@dhdchicago.com. We’ll respond within a week.