Blue 449 (www.blue449.com), the Open Source Media Agency is one of the six brands of Publicis Media. Its open source philosophy means operating at the intersection of media, ideas, data and technology to deliver inventive, collective progress for their clients. Its Blue Collective, like-minded individuals and organizations from across the globe, provide additional expertise and inspiration, as do the global practices of Publicis Media. Blue 449 operates in 14 markets, 22 offices and will expand further during 2019. It employs over 1200 employees.  

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Overview:

Associate Director of Operations will be responsible for leading the day-to-day operations process. The right candidate would bring a positive attitude and a project based mindset.  Be ready to dive into the daily grind of both the T-Mobile and Metro client, while guiding an operations team to success.

Responsibilities:

• Partner with Business Leads team to confirm resource structure for the projects, helping to ensure projects are staffed accordingly.
• Oversee the flow of work within projects and pivot process where needed to drive stronger results.
• Identify potential risks and issues within a projects.  Successfully identify and quickly adjust to make sure the correct people are in place to resolve the issue.
• Effectively push back on clients and business leads when requirements of a project deadline put other projects in jeopardy of hitting deadlines.
• Communicate regularly with all teams to provide project/process updates.
• Provide regular input into the ongoing development of the operations team and be willing to manipulate process to deliver best results.
• Maintain a close working relationships with all TMO agencies to stay abreast of upcoming projects, help identify what will be needed to support paid media.
• Demonstrate an ability to coach your team members to help them become successful and feel supported.
• Strong understanding of all media channels, specifically broadcast, Radio and OOH.
• Help to educate clients of processes and how they benefit the client and work.
• Identify gaps in process and be willing to advocate for change to leadership.
• Be prepared to scope work from simple to multi-channel/quarter projects and understand the complexity of those resource needs.
• Communicate progress with existing projects to coach internal teams on appropriate timing and resources needed to provide excellent results.
• Strong team leadership skills to make sure your team feels they know their roles and potential career growth.

Requirements:

• You have 5+ years’ experience within PM and operations/ preferably within advertising/media.
• You have outstanding interpersonal and team building management skills.

·         Be able to manage 3 team members as well as the potential to grow the team.

• Knowledge of broadcast, radio and OOH production.
• Written communication, presentation, influencing and negotiation skills.
• The ability to make quickly make decisions and resolve problems calmly and effectively.
• Time management and the ability to determine priorities and delegate.

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