Spark Foundry is hiring: Senior Associate, Content in New York

Company description

Spark Foundry is a global media agency that exists to bring HEAT – Higher Engagement, Affinity, and Transactions – to brands. By combining flawless media fundamentals with aggressive innovation, Spark inspires consumers to pay more attention, to care more about our clients’ brands, and to buy more products and services from them.

Balancing the nimble spirit of a startup with the powerhouse soul of Publicis Media, Spark Foundry delivers the best of both worlds to a client roster that spans some of the world’s best and most beloved brands and companies. We combine boutique-caliber insights and service with the buying clout and first-look access of a global leader, bringing the heat to challenger brands that want to act like giants, and to giant brands that want to act like challengers.

With a bottom-up culture that celebrates diversity and aims for all voices to be heard, Spark has become a magnet for the industry’s best talent, with one of the best retention rates in the industry. And by applying a whole-person approach to professional and personal development, Spark develops a workforce that is well prepared for today’s challenges, and also poised to create meaningful careers in the years to come.

Because we know that heat arises at the intersection of complementary forces, our professionals come from myriad disciplines and backgrounds: data, analytics, and insights, content and creative production, communications and strategy, finance and marketing, and sociology, psychology, and other liberal arts disciplines.

Overview

The Content Group is a unique and specialized team inside the larger Spark Foundry media agency. We are powered by people with an unwavering passion and vision for combining all forms of content to develop and produce brand-inspired experiences that flow seamlessly across touch points and screens. From television and movies to social, mobile, gaming, and events, we weave storylines together to create fresh and modern content for brands and consumers.

Responsibilities

1. Oversee branded content programs from brief to execution.
2. Participate in the development, execution, and stewardship/project management of publishing plans (print + digital + content).
3. Understand all phases of the clients’ marketing objectives and provide media recommendations to deliver against these objectives.
4. Participate in ideation sessions and brief partners on what is required of them to fulfill brand objectives in the content space.
5. Demonstrate initiative by researching and identifying valuable information/insights to improve media product.
6. Work closely with partner agencies and brand team to ensure content programs are in line with overarching strategies.
7. Project manage programs from proposal stage through end date, including: concept development, asset negotiation, asset production and brand approval, reporting and optimizations.
8. Participate in negotiations, including but not limited to: evaluating RFPs, spending trends, rate contracts, and program details across print, newspaper, digital, mobile, tablet, and integrated programs.
9. Meet with vendors to stay on top of marketplace and cultivate relationships within the vendor community.
10. Understand all proprietary research tools/processes and apply learnings during planning process.
11. Prepare and present plans as needed, including: objectives, strategy, rationale, and all backup materials.
12. Develop collaborative, working relationships with strategy teams.

Qualifications

1. 1+ years of experience in marketing or advertising.
2. Detail oriented and able to creatively assess concepts and assets to ensure it is brand safe, aligned with the brand equity, and within creative guidelines.
3. Creative, passionate about the industry with a strong desire to do good work and bring forth new and innovative thinking.
4. Collaborative, a true team player that will work well collaborating with internal and external teams.
5. Excellent understanding of media fundamentals.
6. Demonstrates ability to tell stories through data, presentations, and verbal communication.

Additional information

Our Publicis Groupe motto “Viva La Différence” means we’re better together, and we believe that our differences make us stronger. It means we honor and celebrate all identities, across all facets of intersectionality, and it underpins all that we do as an organization. We are focused on fostering belonging and creating equitable & inclusive experiences for all talent.

Publicis Groupe provides robust and inclusive benefit programs and policies to support the evolving and diverse needs of our talent and enable every person to grow and thrive. Our benefits package includes medical coverage, dental, vision, disability, 401K, as well as parental and family care leave, family forming assistance, tuition reimbursement, and flexible time off. If you require accommodation or assistance with the application or onboarding process specifically, please contact USMSTACompliance@publicis.com.

Compensation Range: $53,200 - $77,280 annually. This is the pay range the Company believes it will pay for this position at the time of this posting. Consistent with applicable law, compensation will be determined based on the skills, qualifications, and experience of the applicant along with the requirements of the position, and the Company reserves the right to modify this pay range at any time. Temporary roles may be eligible to participate in our freelancer/temporary employee medical plan through a third-party benefits administration system once certain criteria have been met. Temporary roles may also qualify for participation in our 401(k) plan after eligibility criteria have been met. For regular roles, the Company will offer medical coverage, dental, vision, disability, 401k, and paid time off. The Company anticipates the application deadline for this job posting will be 01/27/2025.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

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