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 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.

The Senior Associate of Content and Digital Partnerships manages the day-to-day execution of content and digital campaigns.  Role will activate content, digital and print strategic plan development and all aspects of implementation. They understand the client’s overall business and marketing objectives, and are the steward of tactical negotiations, buying and implementation process, providing mid-level strategic recommendations to the senior media team and/or client.

Role Objectives:

• Participate in the development, execution, and stewardship/project management of publishing plans (print + digital + content)
• Support Supervisor in presenting media recommendations and campaign results to clients
• Draw actionable insights based off syndicated data (i.e. competitive, consumer) and past performance
• Manage day to day planning, research, trafficking, reporting, analytics and billing, with the help of the assistant
  • Draft consideration sets and RFP
  • Evaluate vendors proposal and provide feedback to ensure best value for clients
  • Build media plan and recommendation with the help of the AD
  • Ensure campaigns set up is executed in time and with no errors (Prisma, Trafficking) – QA pre and post launch
  • Review IMO and build insights to outline performance and optimizations
  • Manage billing process, supporting the assistant negotiator/planner
• Manage buys, makegoods and added value negotiations with the AD
• Develop strong relationship with clients by demonstrating expertise, passion for brands and the content and digital landscape.  
• Provide accountability for seamless executions 
• Craft POVs to assess media opportunities and innovation prospects based on clients objectives 
• Build relationships with Content and Digital marketplace partners to analyze value and applicability for RB
• Coordinate and schedule L&L for teams 
• Train Assistant Negotiators/Planners in process, best practices, media planning, billing, reporting, trafficking, analytics, and tools associated to Content and Digital needs.
   

• The senior associate will conduct tasks within the below tools requested by the team in partnership with the assistant.
• Digital Investment: Prisma, Comscore, JIRA, DCM, Double Verrify, Sales Force, MP 
• Content Investment: Infegy, MRI, Scarburough, eMarketer, MOAT, Fluency (Influencer Product)
   

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

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