Associate Sales Planner

Job Description

WebMD is the most recognized and trusted brand of health information and the leading provider of health information services, serving consumers, physicians, healthcare professionals, employers and health plans through our public and private online portals and WebMD the Magazine. The WebMD Health Network includes WebMD, Medscape, MedicineNet, eMedicine, RxList, theheart.org and Medscape Education. Our consumer portals and mobile health applications provide engaging, relevant and credible health and wellness information, personalized health assessment tools and access to online communities.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.

Position Overview:

Medscape is looking for an Associate Media Planner to join our Global business, working across pharmaceutical and other healthcare client media campaigns. The successful candidate will work closely with the Media Planners and other internal team members to monitor the delivery of campaigns, alongside other requirements to ensure we provide an excellent experience for our clients.

Responsibilities:

• Provide exemplary service post media campaign launch in order to meet contractual obligations by monitoring programmes
• Complete campaign performance spreadsheets, analyzing data from our ad server and 3rd party reports
• Prepare delivery summaries, working with Inventory and Ad Ops teams to drive campaign success, and escalate issues to Planning management
• Manage billing for accounts, working with internal Delivery Ops teams to examine any discrepancies
• Provide pre-launch admin support, as required
• An internal-facing role to support Sales Planners, Sr. Sales Planners, Supervisors and Managers as needed

Qualifications and Competencies:

• Degree in any subject
• Strong desire to learn digital media
• Excellent attention to detail and ability to follow processes
• Proactive and takes initiative
• Ability to work to deadlines
• Organised with proven ability to manage conflicting priorities
• A true team player with willingness to pitch in
• Strong written and spoken communication skills
• Logical and lateral thinker
• Enthusiastic with a positive attitude
• Desirable but not mandatory:
  • Ability to perform data analysis
  • Experience with Microsoft Office Suite (particularly Excel) and Google GSuite (Mail, Calendar, Sheets, Slides, Docs)
  • Able to handle numerous high-level campaigns simultaneously in a fast-paced environment