Media Buyer at Havas South Africa

Responsibilities

• Reporting on campaign bookings and ensuring that we receive POF
• Compare and negotiate rates, ad space and airtime
• Maintain healthy relationships with clients and media owners
• Monitors buys in progress by spot-checking placement and negotiating credit or billing adjustments when necessary
• Booking individual advertising space
• Ensuring that the adverts run accurately so the desired media message is seen and heard by consumers
• Working on a range of client accounts at the same time, often juggling various projects and deadlines
• Supporting the media manager and other colleagues
• Load all insertions onto relevant buying systems and ensuring that the insertions are ready for billings before month-end
• Ensure that all proof of performance has been obtained
• Resolve account queries
• Prepare Chase lists and dispatch to relevant parties
• Ensure that all material is dispatched timeously and if needs be material extensions are obtained and communicated to creative agency

Requirements

• 2-3 years of experience is essential for this position, especially on CPP buying.
• Familiarity with media-buying, planning and research
• Ability to work on Excel a must
• Ability to work on PowerPoint
• Working knowledge of media buying software (Chase)
• Interest in following advertising and media trends