Media Investment Associate (Entry-Level)

About Us

Orion Worldwide is a global media company that generates value for our business partners. As the industry has evolved over the past two decades, so have we expanding our global reach and product offering to deliver value for the worlds best brands, across nearly every category. The very best ideas are developed by people with diversity of background, thought and experience working together to develop customized solutions that best address our partners needs. A five-time winner of "Most Inclusive Climate" at the IPG Inclusion Awards, we scale our recruiting efforts beyond the traditional advertising candidate pool to find people who possess the passion, innovative thinking and collaborative skills needed to achieve our business goals and assist in cultivating a culture in which we can all be proud.

Role Description

At Orion we are responsible for delivering value to our clients by leveraging relationships with our media partners across all media types. Our unique offering provides our clients with effective media saving solutions for their business needs. The  Media Investment Associate is a key role working to support the team. This position within a fast-paced environment requires the candidate to be confident and self-reliant, highly numerate and collaborative.

Key Responsibilities

• Liaise with the media agencies regarding all relevant media bookings
• Create and maintain tracking documents for clients and media partners
• Ensure all media bookings are correctly booked on relevant systems and coordinated from start to finish
• Liaise with finance to ensure all bookings are billed and reconciled correctly
• Maintaining a pipeline of upcoming spend opportunities across your clients, forecasting Orion billings and client savings across the year, and monitoring & reporting on pacing.
• Identifying new media partner opportunities, as well as new client opportunities
• Presenting to clients and agencies the role of Orion, and the benefit to working with us
• Supporting the EMEA Digital team with reporting
• Supporting the Operations team to ensure accuracy across clients and media partners
• Upholding all client compliance standards across your clients 
• Reporting and administrative duties
• Providing support for the wider team

Desired Skills & Experience

• Highly numerate with strong attention to detail
• Self-starter, inquisitive, self-motivated, can deliver to tight deadlines
• Extremely competent in Microsoft Office applications, particularly Excel and Outlook. PowerPoint experience is a bonus
• Willingness to learn
• Personable and confident
• Ability to build relationships with individuals at all levels
• Power Query, Power BI and/or coding experience all beneficial, but not mandatory

Employee Transparency

At IPG Mediabrands, we celebrate differences and believe this makes us stronger. IPG Mediabrands are equal-opportunity employers committed to championing an inclusive culture that provides a sense of belonging for all our employees. We do not discriminate against any applicant based on age, disability, race, colour, ethnicity, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, belief, marital status or any other characteristic protected by law.

Please reach out to our Talent Inclusion Specialist Jess at [email protected]if you would like to have a confidential conversation regarding any adjustments that would ensure our recruitment process is accessible for you. Please note requesting a reasonable adjustment will not affect your application.

The Perks

We aim to provide all our people with a supportive and fun work environment where you can develop your full potential and benefit from the broad range of opportunities within the agency. When you join us, we want to make sure you feel valued – and that you are rewarded for your fantastic work. So, we also offer a range of benefits:

• Flexi–leave, with 25 days annual leave to be taken as minimum. In addition to your holiday entitlement, the office usually closes between Christmas & New Year
• Free breakfast and free lunch
• Early finish Fridays
• Core Hours (Mon-Thurs, flexible start/finish times) 
• Retail discounts
• Wellbeing programme
• Interest free season ticket loan
• Paid time off for Volunteering
• Group Income Protection
• Life Assurance
• Private Medical Insurance or Health Cash Plan (dependent on level)
• Group Personal Pension Plan with matched contributions from 3-6%
• Generous Parental Leave & Pay 
• Independent mortgage advice
• Financial education
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Free eye tests
• Flexible benefits including Dental, Travel insurance, Cycle to Work, Gym Discounts and many more!