Business Overview 

IPG Mediabrands is the media and marketing solutions division of Interpublic Group (NYSE: IPG). IPG Mediabrands manages over $47 billion in marketing investment globally on behalf of its clients across its full-service agency networks UM, Initiative and Mediahub and through its award-winning specialty business units Healix, Kinesso, MAGNA, Mediabrands Content Studio, Orion Holdings, Rapport, and the IPG Media Lab. IPG Mediabrands clients include many of the world’s most recognizable and iconic brands from a broad portfolio of industry sectors including automotive, personal finance, consumer product goods (CPG), pharma, health and wellness, entertainment, financial services, energy, toys and gaming, direct to consumer and e-commerce, retail, hospitality, food and beverage, fashion and beauty. The company employs more than 18,000 diverse marketing communication professionals in more than 130 countries. Learn more at www.ipgmediabrands.com. 

Position Summary

The Campaign Operations team is a centralized unit, that is in Pune and supports our planning & buying teams based in the USA, UK and Canada. This team will be responsible in ensuring all our Digital campaigns are executed accurately and are performing as per the goals for the campaign. This team plays an integral role within the campaign lifecycle and functions as an extension of our global teams.
The successful candidate will have strong attention to detail, experience working with numbers and have strong communication skills. The person will also thrive in a team environment and have a high level of curiosity.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for Prisma campaign data inputting in a timely manner, booking campaigns in accordance with media plan
• Work with the teams based in our Global offices to upload & setup of campaigns for Digital buys
• Issue campaign RO and track campaign performance to ensure it is delivering as per the goals
• Facilitate the trafficking process by issuing Digital trafficking sheets and Insertion Order Release Forms
• Competitive reporting and analysis
• Collect creative specifications and manage digital trafficking requirements for the Ad Ops team
• Be responsible for billing discrepancies and produce resolutions
• Update media flowcharts based on campaign flights
• Supporting campaign setup, including ad trafficking, targeting, and tracking implementation
• Coordinate with internal teams to gather campaign requirements, including targeting parameters, creative assets, and budget allocation
• Monitor and troubleshoot campaign delivery issues, ensuring timely resolution to minimize impact on campaign performance and other ad-hoc tasks related to planning and buying operations
• Continuously monitor campaign performance, including key metrics such as impressions, clicks, conversions, and return on ad spend
• Participate in departmental projects as requested

Required Skills & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree and equivalent work experience
• 1-5 years of Digital Marketing experience or Media planning/buying with good knowledge of traditional or digital media
• Experience in any of the Adservers or DSPs like CM360, GAM, GA etc. or Media buying platforms like Prisma/MediaTools etc. would be a plus
• Strong communications and interpersonal skills to collaborate effectively with cross functional teams and partners
• Analytical mindset with the ability to derive insights from campaign data and make data-driven recommendations
• Excellent MS Excel skills and PowerPoint
• Detail-oriented, organized, conscientious, with the ability to multi-task and work well under tight deadlines in a fast-paced environment
• Proven ability to work independently and as part of an integrated team
• Comfortable working late shift (09:00 PM to 06:00 AM IST)

We See You  

At IPG Mediabrands, we are unified behind a commitment to fostering a culture of inclusion and belonging. Together, we shine through a set of shared values and behaviors. We take pride in our responsibility to our clients, communities, and to each other. We embrace differences and recognize the unique value that each of us brings to our community.  

We encourage you to apply, as unique backgrounds, perspectives, and lived experiences are welcomed.   

We See You at IPG Mediabrands. 

About IPG Mediabrands 

IPG Mediabrands is the media and marketing solutions division of Interpublic Group (NYSE: IPG). IPG Mediabrands manages over $47 billion in marketing investment globally on behalf of its clients across its full-service agency networks UM, Initiative and Mediahub and through its award-winning specialty business units Healix, Kinesso, MAGNA, Mediabrands Content Studio, Orion Holdings, Rapport, and the IPG Media Lab. IPG Mediabrands clients include many of the world’s most recognizable and iconic brands from a broad portfolio of industry sectors including automotive, personal finance, consumer product goods (CPG), pharma, health and wellness, entertainment, financial services, energy, toys and gaming, direct to consumer and e-commerce, retail, hospitality, food and beverage, fashion and beauty. The company employs more than 18,000 diverse marketing communication professionals in more than 130 countries. Learn more at www.ipgmediabrands.com.  

Job Summary: 

We are seeking an organized and detail-oriented Billing and Reconciliation Specialist with experience in Digital/Traditional media finance to join our team. The ideal candidate will be responsible for reviewing reports, reconciling accounts, and ensuring billing accuracy for all digital marketing/ traditional marketing campaigns (TV, Radio, etc.). This person will work closely with cross-functional teams to ensure media billing & reconciliation processes align with campaign/marketing goals in a timely, efficient, and effective manner. Key

Responsibilities:

• Oversee and review reconciliation of Digital & Traditional marketing campaigns (TV, Radio, etc.) on various mediums to ensure accurate billing. 
• Review and reconcile Digital & Traditional marketing campaigns (TV, Radio, etc.) on various mediums to ensure accurate billing based on requirements. 
• Partner with cross-functional teams based onshore to define and document billing processes and ensure they align with campaign timelines. 
• Ensure closure of reconciliations are on time, the quality and accuracy of deliverables are 100% by conducting quality assurance checks. 
• Assist the team in control and manage billing discrepancies, if any, in a timely manner and collaborate with team members to resolve them 
• Work with the teams to actualize any rolling budgets month over month. 
• Liaison with internal billing departments, accurately code, upload, and reconcile media budgets. 
• Communicate status of campaign financials and maintain relationships with partners and onshore teams. 
• Act as the first point of escalation for teams across accounts/clients 
• Manage team members' attendance, leaves, holidays, and coordinate with IT heads for resolving issues. 
• Support, coach and nurture junior members of the team, ensuring their training and development needs are constantly evaluated and fulfilled 
• Ensure compliance with company and industry billing standards and regulations Team & Client Management 
• Conducting bi-weekly/monthly catchups with onshore leaders to provide account & team performance updates 
• Stay informed about industry trends, leveraging insights to identify opportunities for enhancing media/advertising operations 
• Create/Review/Oversee process documentation and implement improvements based on feedback 
• Set KRA’s, assess team performance to maintain a performance scorecard 
• Develop individualized growth plans for team members, providing guidance and arranging necessary learning opportunities 
• Manage team recruitment and exits, ensuring compliance with HR policies and keeping team members informed. 
• Handle ad hoc responsibilities as they arise 

Requirements: 

• Master’s or bachelor’s degree in business, accounting, or finance (or equivalent experience).
• Should have 8-12 years of experience in media finance, invoicing, and reconciliation/experience in billing, accounts receivable.
• Have hands on experience in managing reconciliation on platforms like Prisma or any media related software. (Knowledge in Mediaocean applications for Billing management would be a plus -Prisma, MBOX, Broadcast steward, Spot Invoice Toolkit, Print Buy toolkit).
• Strong leadership and management skills and passion to cultivate and grow impactful teams.
• Solid understanding of the advertising and performance marketing landscape,
• Excellent MS Excel and PowerPoint skills. 
• Comfortable working under tight deadlines and able to prioritize tasks effectively.
• Attention to detail & strong communication and collaboration skills. 
• High level of accuracy and problem-solving skills. 
• Analytical and process-driven approach to work. 
• Comfortable working late shift (09:00 PM to 06:00 AM IST)

We offer a competitive salary, benefits package, and a collaborative work environment. If you are passionate about billing and digital marketing, we would love to hear from you.

We See You  

At IPG Mediabrands, we are unified behind a commitment to fostering a culture of inclusion and belonging. Together, we shine through a set of shared values and behaviors. We take pride in our responsibility to our clients, communities, and to each other. We embrace differences and recognize the unique value that each of us brings to our community.  

We encourage you to apply, as unique backgrounds, perspectives, and lived experiences are welcomed.   

We See You at IPG Mediabrands. 

About IPG Mediabrands 

IPG Mediabrands is the media and marketing solutions division of Interpublic Group (NYSE: IPG). IPG Mediabrands manages over $47 billion in marketing investment globally on behalf of its clients across its full-service agency networks UM, Initiative and Mediahub and through its award-winning specialty business units Healix, Kinesso, MAGNA, Mediabrands Content Studio, Orion Holdings, Rapport, and the IPG Media Lab. IPG Mediabrands clients include many of the world’s most recognizable and iconic brands from a broad portfolio of industry sectors including automotive, personal finance, consumer product goods (CPG), pharma, health and wellness, entertainment, financial services, energy, toys and gaming, direct to consumer and e-commerce, retail, hospitality, food and beverage, fashion and beauty. The company employs more than 18,000 diverse marketing communication professionals in more than 130 countries. Learn more at www.ipgmediabrands.com.  

Business Overview 

We deliver our capabilities in four kinds of content— Original Content, Branded Content, Performance Content, and Campaign Content—to create powerful work for clients, built around stories and ideas. By developing content, we control creative, context, targeting and reach. Through our relationships and industry experience we lean on creators and editorial teams at our properties to create a voice in their work, that performs better, because it resonates in a more authentic way. 

Position Summary

We are looking for you - dynamic, best-in-class talent - to join the Mediabrands as a Specialist. This role is responsible for and performing many critical functions within the Biddable team for their international clients. These tasks include, but are not limited to, keyword/copy creation, audience sizing, reporting, billing, trafficking and Q/A, as well as developing, optimizing, and maintaining search and social campaigns. This opportunity will provide a platform to partner with the world’s leading consumer brands in the international space.

Responsibilities

• Client communication to understand their requirement and discuss campaign strategies
• In-depth understanding of conversion attribution modeling and different level of marketing funnels 
• Data segmentation and analysis to take some meaningful strategic approaches into the campaigns and sharing insights with the clients Experience working in primary Biddable platforms (Google Ads, Bing, Facebook, Snapchat, Pinterest, LinkedIn, Amazon) and able to perform daily management tasks and optimization. 
• Competitor & Market Analysis • Be up to date with biddable industry trends and developments. 
• Monitor web analytics dashboards, reports and key reporting tools (data studio, Adverity, Nuggit, PowerBi) 
• Understanding of at least one bidding platform such as Marin, Kenshoo or DoubleClick 
• Troubleshooting and quality management of task allocated 
• Adhere to all the process and SLA and ensure its implementation. 
• Creating weekly and post-campaign reports with data insights and next steps

Required Skills & Experience

• Graduate with atleast 3 years of relevant work experience.
• Strong work ethic - ability to work on multiple projects at once, sometimes under pressure and tight deadlines 
• Basic understanding of trafficking and ad server 
• Excellent writing, math, multi-tasking, organization, and communication skills 
• Desire to learn knowledge of search, social media, marketing principles, interactive media, and direct response strategies & tactics 
• Excellent team management skills 
• Preferably a Google ad and Facebook Blueprint Certified Professional 
• Well-versed with excel, power-point • Knowledge of HTML, flash and JavaScript would be an asset (only for experienced candidate) 
• A highly motivated team player with a positive attitude and professional demeanor is essential. 

About IPG Mediabrands 

IPG Mediabrands is the media and marketing solutions division of Interpublic Group (NYSE: IPG). IPG Mediabrands manages over $47 billion in marketing investment globally on behalf of its clients across its full-service agency networks UM, Initiative and Mediahub and through its award-winning specialty business units Healix, Kinesso, MAGNA, Mediabrands Content Studio, Orion Holdings, Rapport, and the IPG Media Lab. IPG Mediabrands clients include many of the world’s most recognizable and iconic brands from a broad portfolio of industry sectors including automotive, personal finance, consumer product goods (CPG), pharma, health and wellness, entertainment, financial services, energy, toys and gaming, direct to consumer and e-commerce, retail, hospitality, food and beverage, fashion and beauty. The company employs more than 18,000 diverse marketing communication professionals in more than 130 countries. Learn more at www.ipgmediabrands.com.  

Business Overview 

IPG Mediabrands is the media and marketing solutions division of Interpublic Group (NYSE: IPG). IPG Mediabrands manages over $47 billion in marketing investment globally on behalf of its clients across its full-service agency networks UM, Initiative and Mediahub and through its award-winning specialty business units Healix, Kinesso, MAGNA, Mediabrands Content Studio, Orion Holdings, Rapport, and the IPG Media Lab. IPG Mediabrands clients include many of the world’s most recognizable and iconic brands from a broad portfolio of industry sectors including automotive, personal finance, consumer product goods (CPG), pharma, health and wellness, entertainment, financial services, energy, toys and gaming, direct to consumer and e-commerce, retail, hospitality, food and beverage, fashion and beauty. The company employs more than 18,000 diverse marketing communication professionals in more than 130 countries. Learn more at www.ipgmediabrands.com. 

Position Summary

In this role, you will work closely with members of the Programmatic Team to successfully execute, manage, report and optimize programmatic campaigns on multiple platforms across the global Mediabrands.

Responsibilities

 Campaign Implementation

• Work directly with Ad Ops, Agency Teams and your internal Client Services team on all elements related to the campaign set up.
• Ensure all IO/ programmatic media plan requirements are correctly implemented in DSP platforms like DV360, The trade desk, Amobee, Mediamath etc. 
• Generate and distribute pixels/beacons for DSPs as required. 
• Track, measure and analyse early post launch campaign activities and resolve delivery and performance problems related to set up and technical issues. 
• Support the Business Intelligence team build a framework to successfully traffic campaigns via API 
• Manage workflow and responses to ensure agreed deadlines are met and service level agreements are followed and along with executing tasks with 100% accuracy • Work closely with the line manager to manage accounts across a portfolio of clients, supporting across day- to-day campaign management responsibilities

Campaign Optimization, Analysis & Reporting

• Use DSP and Ad-Server data for daily statistical analysis regarding pacing and performance of your campaigns.
• Ensure campaign pacing status is communicated to your Client Service team.
• Action any relevant optimizations daily to ensure strong campaign performance against client KPIs.
• Generate and deliver client performance reports.
• Through campaign insights, communicate to clients the best possible optimization techniques to ensure client KPIs are met.
• Troubleshoot & manage the health of our automated pacing dashboard by working closely with Business Intelligence to identify & fix bottlenecks.
• Optimizing campaigns leveraging the optimization dashboard & providing feedback to Business Intelligence on improved features & data visualization. 
• Managing bespoke client reporting dashboards developed by Business Intelligence & ensuring complete data integrity.

Strategy

• Provide recommendations to your Client Services team for use in brief responses. 
• Present industry updates and campaign optimizations.
• Working with Senior Campaign Manager and Programmatic to execute tests within the DSPs. 
• Update the industry benchmarks according to the Media Plans received. 

Required Skills & Experience

• Ideally the candidate should have a bachelor’s degree with a minimum of 3 years of hardcore programmatic Operations experience.
• Hands on experience of DSP platforms like DV360, The Trade Desk (TTD), Amobee, MediaMath.
• Exceptional analytical skills and ability to spot trends in data and generate insights based on that. 
• Ability to investigate, analyze and solve problems as well as clearly communicate results. 
• Work on discrepancies between DSPs and Ad servers.
• Strong proficiency with Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint.
• Excellent communication (verbal and written) and documentation skills.
• Ability to handle multiple projects in a fast-paced environment and to learn and apply new concepts and tools quickly.
• Strong attention to detail, well organized and possesses the ability to prioritize multiples tasks under pressure.

About IPG Mediabrands 

IPG Mediabrands is the media and marketing solutions division of Interpublic Group (NYSE: IPG). IPG Mediabrands manages over $47 billion in marketing investment globally on behalf of its clients across its full-service agency networks UM, Initiative and Mediahub and through its award-winning specialty business units Healix, Kinesso, MAGNA, Mediabrands Content Studio, Orion Holdings, Rapport, and the IPG Media Lab. IPG Mediabrands clients include many of the world’s most recognizable and iconic brands from a broad portfolio of industry sectors including automotive, personal finance, consumer product goods (CPG), pharma, health and wellness, entertainment, financial services, energy, toys and gaming, direct to consumer and e-commerce, retail, hospitality, food and beverage, fashion and beauty. The company employs more than 18,000 diverse marketing communication professionals in more than 130 countries. Learn more at www.ipgmediabrands.com.  

Business Overview 

IPG Mediabrands is the media and marketing solutions division of Interpublic Group (NYSE: IPG). IPG Mediabrands manages over $47 billion in marketing investment globally on behalf of its clients across its full-service agency networks UM, Initiative and Mediahub and through its award-winning specialty business units Healix, Kinesso, MAGNA, Mediabrands Content Studio, Orion Holdings, Rapport, and the IPG Media Lab. IPG Mediabrands clients include many of the world’s most recognizable and iconic brands from a broad portfolio of industry sectors including automotive, personal finance, consumer product goods (CPG), pharma, health and wellness, entertainment, financial services, energy, toys and gaming, direct to consumer and e-commerce, retail, hospitality, food and beverage, fashion and beauty. The company employs more than 18,000 diverse marketing communication professionals in more than 130 countries. Learn more at www.ipgmediabrands.com. 

Position Summary

In this role, you will work closely with members of the Programmatic Team to successfully execute, manage, report and optimize programmatic campaigns on multiple platforms across the global Mediabrands.

Responsibilities

Campaign Implementation

• Manage the end-to-end process from brief through to set up, tagging and optimization to ensure report metrics are fully captured 
• Strategize and execute campaigns on our platform and ensure optimal delivery and performance 
• Analyze campaign data to develop insights and strategies for campaign optimization 
• Provide in-depth campaign insights and optimization recommendations for campaign improvement 
• Provide guidance to junior members of the team 
• Be creative: develop and share test and learn campaign optimization strategies to drive learnings and better campaign performance 
• Become a trusted advisor and expert within the programmatic trading field 
• Take an active role in developing broader programmatic strategic recommendations and best practices 
• Get the programmatic newest develop trends in global and local market to build new product and service package for local business 
• Be responsible for the client service and campaign management/operation to achieve the successful programmatic campaign delivery within KPI 
• Maintain good relationship with the partners including Media partners, DSP, Data partner, AD verification 

Strategy 

• Provide recommendations to your Client Services team for use in brief responses. 
• Present industry updates and campaign optimizations to 
• Working with Senior Campaign Manager and Programmatic to execute tests within the DSPs. 
• Update the industry benchmarks according to the Media Plans received. 

Required Skills & Experience

• 8 years professional experience in a related field with hands on end-to-end Programmatic ecosystem/campaign lifecycle and optimization experience along with Team handling capabilities
• Hands on experience and knowledge in programmatic trading • Deep understanding of DSPs/SSPs, RTB, ad exchanges, DMPs, audience targeting, Ad Verification Partners 
• Experience in campaign implementation, optimization and reporting, experience with response driven/demand generation campaigns 
• Understanding of the digital media ecosystem and technology including ad tagging and site analytics 
• Knowledge and passion for overall digital marketing crafts: digital display, digital branding, digital direct response, SEM, video & mobile 
• Must be able to work in a fast-paced environment - harvest vast amounts of information, news, data, and research and distil the most important/relevant information for your agency team and their clients 
• Well organized and capable of managing your time effectively 
• A good communicator with great listening and interpersonal skills 
• Motivated by working in a fast-paced environment where you are constantly learning and will have a career path in talent acquisition

We See You  

At IPG Mediabrands, we are unified behind a commitment to fostering a culture of inclusion and belonging. Together, we shine through a set of shared values and behaviors. We take pride in our responsibility to our clients, communities, and to each other. We embrace differences and recognize the unique value that each of us brings to our community.  

We encourage you to apply, as unique backgrounds, perspectives, and lived experiences are welcomed.   

We See You at IPG Mediabrands. 

About IPG Mediabrands 

IPG Mediabrands is the media and marketing solutions division of Interpublic Group (NYSE: IPG). IPG Mediabrands manages over $47 billion in marketing investment globally on behalf of its clients across its full-service agency networks UM, Initiative and Mediahub and through its award-winning specialty business units Healix, Kinesso, MAGNA, Mediabrands Content Studio, Orion Holdings, Rapport, and the IPG Media Lab. IPG Mediabrands clients include many of the world’s most recognizable and iconic brands from a broad portfolio of industry sectors including automotive, personal finance, consumer product goods (CPG), pharma, health and wellness, entertainment, financial services, energy, toys and gaming, direct to consumer and e-commerce, retail, hospitality, food and beverage, fashion and beauty. The company employs more than 18,000 diverse marketing communication professionals in more than 130 countries. Learn more at www.ipgmediabrands.com.  

Business Overview 

IPG Mediabrands is the media and marketing solutions division of Interpublic Group (NYSE: IPG). IPG Mediabrands manages over $47 billion in marketing investment globally on behalf of its clients across its full-service agency networks UM, Initiative and Mediahub and through its award-winning specialty business units Healix, Kinesso, MAGNA, Mediabrands Content Studio, Orion Holdings, Rapport, and the IPG Media Lab. IPG Mediabrands clients include many of the world’s most recognizable and iconic brands from a broad portfolio of industry sectors including automotive, personal finance, consumer product goods (CPG), pharma, health and wellness, entertainment, financial services, energy, toys and gaming, direct to consumer and e-commerce, retail, hospitality, food and beverage, fashion and beauty. The company employs more than 18,000 diverse marketing communication professionals in more than 130 countries. Learn more at www.ipgmediabrands.com. 

Position Summary

We are seeking a highly experienced and results-oriented Manager (IC Specialist) Ad Operations to lead our team. You will be responsible for overseeing the day-to-day operations of our digital advertising campaigns, ensuring seamless execution, optimization, and client satisfaction. This role involves collaborating with team members, driving process improvements, and ensuring adherence to industry best practices

Responsibilities

• Campaign Quality Assurance and Troubleshooting: Conduct thorough quality checks on assigned tasks, identifying and resolving complex ad serving issues. Perform root cause analysis for escalations to prevent future occurrences.
• Process Management and Compliance: Monitor and update process-related documentation, ensuring adherence to established procedures and compliance with industry standards. Identify opportunities for process improvement and implement best practices.
• Client Communication and Collaboration: Handle critical client and account communication, ensuring timely and effective resolution of issues. Collaborate closely with other managers and Account Managers to ensure seamless communication and alignment across teams.
• Technical Expertise and Problem-Solving: Demonstrate in-depth understanding of ad servers, ad verification technology, tagging, and basic site analytics. Identify and troubleshoot complex ad serving issues, providing solutions and recommendations

Required Skills & Experience

• Ad Operations Expertise: Proven experience in ad operations, with a deep understanding of campaign setup, trafficking, optimization, and reporting across various ad servers (e.g., CM360, Flashtalking, Adform) and ad verification platforms.
• Hands-on Ad Server and Verification Experience: Hands-on experience with at least one ad server (e.g., CM360, Flashtalking, Adform) and ad verification platforms.
• Analytical and Problem-Solving Skills: Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to identify root causes, develop solutions, and implement improvements.
• Communication and Interpersonal Skills: Excellent communication, listening, problem-solving, and interpersonal skills, with the ability to effectively collaborate with team members, clients, and senior management.
• Technical Proficiency: Proficiency with digital marketing tools and platforms, including expert-level knowledge of Excel and PowerPoint.
• Process Management and Documentation: Strong organizational skills, with the ability to manage multiple projects and assignments simultaneously. Experience in developing and maintaining process documentation.
• Client Relationship Management: Ability to handle critical client/account communication, ensuring timely and effective resolution of issues.
• Presentation and Data Interpretation Skills: Excellent presentation and data interpretation skills, with the ability to communicate complex information clearly and concisely.
• Relevant Experience: Minimum 5-8 years of relevant experience.

Desired Skills & Experience

• Experience with Multiple Ad Servers: Experience with multiple ad servers (e.g., CM360, Flashtalking, Adform) is a plus.
• Data Analysis Skills: Ability to analyze campaign data, identify trends, and draw actionable insights.
• Process Improvement Expertise: Experience in identifying and implementing process improvements to enhance efficiency and effectiveness.
• Global Team Experience: Experience working with global teams across different time zones and cultures.

We See You  

At IPG Mediabrands, we are unified behind a commitment to fostering a culture of inclusion and belonging. Together, we shine through a set of shared values and behaviors. We take pride in our responsibility to our clients, communities, and to each other. We embrace differences and recognize the unique value that each of us brings to our community.  

We encourage you to apply, as unique backgrounds, perspectives, and lived experiences are welcomed.   

We See You at IPG Mediabrands. 

About IPG Mediabrands 

IPG Mediabrands is the media and marketing solutions division of Interpublic Group (NYSE: IPG). IPG Mediabrands manages over $47 billion in marketing investment globally on behalf of its clients across its full-service agency networks UM, Initiative and Mediahub and through its award-winning specialty business units Healix, Kinesso, MAGNA, Mediabrands Content Studio, Orion Holdings, Rapport, and the IPG Media Lab. IPG Mediabrands clients include many of the world’s most recognizable and iconic brands from a broad portfolio of industry sectors including automotive, personal finance, consumer product goods (CPG), pharma, health and wellness, entertainment, financial services, energy, toys and gaming, direct to consumer and e-commerce, retail, hospitality, food and beverage, fashion and beauty. The company employs more than 18,000 diverse marketing communication professionals in more than 130 countries. Learn more at www.ipgmediabrands.com.  

Position Overview 

We are looking for a professional to join our analytics Team in Pune, India. A successful candidate should be an analytically minded hands-on individual with a strong academic background, entrepreneurial spirit, and interest in data analytics. The position requires incumbent to leverage analytics and visualization tools to present information in a way that drives fact-based decision making. The incumbent should be expert in optimizing the data flows and understand the opportunities of new data sources in the context of integration into database/visualization platform.   

Our Analytics Team helps our clients across the globe, identify their highest-value prospects and customers and deliver relevant messages to those people using a census-level data stack and advanced tools for custom audience creation, extension (via look-alike models), and syndication to activation platforms. These capabilities represent an important part of our current business, with very strong growth potential. The team objective is to accelerate our growth, delivering strong revenue gains by attracting new clients and delighting current clients to retain and expand their engagement.  

The team support this goal through high-quality delivery and reporting on projects viz. campaign reporting, audience segmentation, look-alike modeling, audience activation, and closed-loop measurement of media outcomes (reach, frequency, sales impact, etc.). 

This role is based in Pune but will be supporting teams around the world  

Responsibilities

• Own the design, development, and maintenance of ongoing reports and dashboards on the key drivers of our business.
• Leverage analytics and visualization tools to present information in a way that drives fact-based decision making.
• Partner with operations/business teams to consult, develop and implement KPIs, automated reporting/process solutions.  
• Collaborate with Business teams and data owners to maintain data integrity and compliance.
• Enable effective decision making by retrieving and aggregating data from multiple sources and compiling it into a digestible and actionable format.
• Manage on-time delivery of regular client/internal reports
  • Building reports from data warehouse
  • Review of completed reports for anomalies & discrepancies
  • Troubleshooting data issues/discrepancies
  • Ensure formatting & delivery parameters are met
• Investigate and understand the opportunities of new data sources in the context of integration into database/visualization platform.
• Support data cleansings & manipulation process including but not limited to:
  • Taxonomy classification
  • Conversion re-naming, grouping
  • Removal of test/ghost impressions 

Qualification - Required Skills 

• 3 to 5 years of experience in Analytics domain
• A bachelor’s degree in statistics, mathematics, econometrics, quantitative finance, actuarial science or engineering from a reputable university is a must
• Rich experience in data visualization tools such as Tableau / Power BI / Looker Willingness to work in night shifts
• Hands on experience in creating complex SQL Queries joining multiple datasets.
• Strong verbal/written communication and data presentation skills, including an ability to effectively communicate with both business and technical teams.
• Willing to work in night shifts.

Qualifications - Desired Skills 

• An ability and interest in working in a fast-paced, ambiguous and rapidly changing environment.
• Experience in developing requirements and formulating business metrics for reporting.
• Experience working with large datasets using Python is desirable
• Good hands-on MS-Excel. VBA would be a plus.
• Candidates who have understanding of media and marketing domain would be preferred 

We See You  

At IPG Mediabrands, we are unified behind a commitment to fostering a culture of inclusion and belonging. Together, we shine through a set of shared values and behaviors. We take pride in our responsibility to our clients, communities, and to each other. We embrace differences and recognize the unique value that each of us brings to our community.  

We encourage you to apply, as unique backgrounds, perspectives, and lived experiences are welcomed.   

We See You at IPG Mediabrands. 

About IPG Mediabrands 

IPG Mediabrands is the media and marketing solutions division of Interpublic Group (NYSE: IPG). IPG Mediabrands manages over $47 billion in marketing investment globally on behalf of its clients across its full-service agency networks UM, Initiative and Mediahub and through its award-winning specialty business units Healix, Kinesso, MAGNA, Mediabrands Content Studio, Orion Holdings, Rapport, and the IPG Media Lab. IPG Mediabrands clients include many of the world’s most recognizable and iconic brands from a broad portfolio of industry sectors including automotive, personal finance, consumer product goods (CPG), pharma, health and wellness, entertainment, financial services, energy, toys and gaming, direct to consumer and e-commerce, retail, hospitality, food and beverage, fashion and beauty. The company employs more than 18,000 diverse marketing communication professionals in more than 130 countries. Learn more at www.ipgmediabrands.com.  

Business Overview 

IPG Mediabrands is the media and marketing solutions division of Interpublic Group (NYSE: IPG). IPG Mediabrands manages over $47 billion in marketing investment globally on behalf of its clients across its full-service agency networks UM, Initiative and Mediahub and through its award-winning specialty business units Healix, Kinesso, MAGNA, Mediabrands Content Studio, Orion Holdings, Rapport, and the IPG Media Lab. IPG Mediabrands clients include many of the world’s most recognizable and iconic brands from a broad portfolio of industry sectors including automotive, personal finance, consumer product goods (CPG), pharma, health and wellness, entertainment, financial services, energy, toys and gaming, direct to consumer and e-commerce, retail, hospitality, food and beverage, fashion and beauty. The company employs more than 18,000 diverse marketing communication professionals in more than 130 countries. Learn more at www.ipgmediabrands.com. 

Position Overview 

We are looking for a savvy Reporting and Analytics Manager to manage in-progress and upcoming data infrastructure projects. The candidate will be responsible for expanding and optimizing our data and data pipeline architecture, as well as optimizing data flow and collection for cross functional teams. The ideal candidate is an experienced data pipeline builder using Python and data wrangler who enjoys optimizing data systems and building them from the ground up. They must be self-directed and comfortable supporting the data needs of multiple teams, systems and products.

Responsibilities

Create and maintain optimal data pipeline architecture, assemble large, complex data setsthat meet functional / non-functional business requirements using Python and SQL / AWS / Snowflakes.

 • Identify, design, and implement internal process improvements through: automating manual processes using Python, optimizing data delivery, re-designing infrastructurefor greater scalability, etc.

• Build the infrastructure required for optimal extraction, transformation, and loading ofdata from a wide variety of data sources using SQL / AWS / Snowflakes technologies.

• Build analytics tools that utilize the data pipeline to provide actionable insights into customer acquisition, operational efficiency and other key business performance metrics.

• Work with stakeholders including the Executive, Product, Data and Design teams toassist with data-related technical issues and support their data infrastructure needs. 

• Keep our data separated and secure across national boundaries through multiple datacenters and AWS regions.

• Work with data and analytics experts to strive for greater functionality in our data systems.

Experience :- • 

6+ years of experience in a Python Scripting and Data specific role, with bachelor’s degree.

• Experience with data processing and cleaning libraries e.g. Pandas, numpy, etc., web scraping/ web crawling for automation of processes, API’s and how they work.

• Debugging code if it fails and find the solution. Should have basic knowledge of SQLserver job activity monitoring and also of Snowflake.

• Experience with relational SQL and NoSQL databases, including PostgreSQL and Cassandra.

• Experience with most or all of the following cloud services: AWS, Azure, Snowflake, Google 

We See You  

At IPG Mediabrands, we are unified behind a commitment to fostering a culture of inclusion and belonging. Together, we shine through a set of shared values and behaviors. We take pride in our responsibility to our clients, communities, and to each other. We embrace differences and recognize the unique value that each of us brings to our community.  

We encourage you to apply, as unique backgrounds, perspectives, and lived experiences are welcomed.   

We See You at IPG Mediabrands. 

About IPG Mediabrands 

IPG Mediabrands is the media and marketing solutions division of Interpublic Group (NYSE: IPG). IPG Mediabrands manages over $47 billion in marketing investment globally on behalf of its clients across its full-service agency networks UM, Initiative and Mediahub and through its award-winning specialty business units Healix, Kinesso, MAGNA, Mediabrands Content Studio, Orion Holdings, Rapport, and the IPG Media Lab. IPG Mediabrands clients include many of the world’s most recognizable and iconic brands from a broad portfolio of industry sectors including automotive, personal finance, consumer product goods (CPG), pharma, health and wellness, entertainment, financial services, energy, toys and gaming, direct to consumer and e-commerce, retail, hospitality, food and beverage, fashion and beauty. The company employs more than 18,000 diverse marketing communication professionals in more than 130 countries. Learn more at www.ipgmediabrands.com.  

Business Overview 

IPG Mediabrands is the media and marketing solutions division of Interpublic Group (NYSE: IPG). IPG Mediabrands manages over $47 billion in marketing investment globally on behalf of its clients across its full-service agency networks UM, Initiative and Mediahub and through its award-winning specialty business units Healix, Kinesso, MAGNA, Mediabrands Content Studio, Orion Holdings, Rapport, and the IPG Media Lab. IPG Mediabrands clients include many of the world’s most recognizable and iconic brands from a broad portfolio of industry sectors including automotive, personal finance, consumer product goods (CPG), pharma, health and wellness, entertainment, financial services, energy, toys and gaming, direct to consumer and e-commerce, retail, hospitality, food and beverage, fashion and beauty. The company employs more than 18,000 diverse marketing communication professionals in more than 130 countries. Learn more at www.ipgmediabrands.com. 

Position Summary

We are looking for experienced Data Engineer to manage in-progress and upcoming data infrastructure projects. The candidate will be responsible for expanding and optimizing our data and data pipeline architecture, as well as optimizing data flow and collection for cross functional teams. The ideal candidate is an experienced data pipeline builder using Python and data wrangler who enjoys optimizing data systems and building them from the ground up. They must be self-directed and comfortable supporting the data needs of multiple teams, systems and products.

Responsibilities

• Create and maintain optimal data pipeline architecture, assemble large, complex data sets that meet functional / non-functional business requirements using Python and SQL / AWS / Snowflakes.
• Identify, design, and implement internal process improvements through automating manual processes using Python, optimizing data delivery, re-designing infrastructure for greater scalability, etc.
• Build the infrastructure required for optimal extraction, transformation, and loading of data from a wide variety of data sources using SQL / AWS / Snowflakes technologies.
• Build analytics tools that utilize the data pipeline to provide actionable insights into customer acquisition, operational efficiency and other key business performance metrics.
•  Work with stakeholders including the Executive, Product, Data and Design teams to assist with data-related technical issues and support their data infrastructure needs.
• Keep our data separated and secure across national boundaries through multiple data centers and AWS regions. 
• Work with data and analytics experts to strive for greater functionality in our data systems

Required Skills & Experience

• Advanced working SQL knowledge and experience working with relational databases, query authoring (SQL) as well as working familiarity with a variety of databases. 
• Experience performing root cause analysis on internal and external data and processes to answer specific business questions and identify opportunities for improvement. 
• Strong analytic skills related to working with unstructured datasets. 
• Build processes supporting data transformation, data structures, metadata, dependency and workload management. 
• A successful history of manipulating, processing and extracting value from large, disconnected datasets.

Desired Skills & Experience

• 3+ years of experience in a Python Scripting and Data specific role, with bachelor's degree. 
• Experience with data processing and cleaning libraries e.g. Pandas, numpy, etc., web scraping/ web crawling for automation of processes, API’s and how they work. 
• Debugging code if it fails and find the solution. Should have basic knowledge of SQL server job activity monitoring and of Snowflake. 
• Experience with relational SQL and NoSQL databases, including PostgreSQL and Cassandra. 
• Experience with most or all the following cloud services: AWS, Azure, Snowflake, Google Strong project management and organizational skills. 
• Experience supporting and working with cross-functional teams in a dynamic environment.

We See You  

At IPG Mediabrands, we are unified behind a commitment to fostering a culture of inclusion and belonging. Together, we shine through a set of shared values and behaviors. We take pride in our responsibility to our clients, communities, and to each other. We embrace differences and recognize the unique value that each of us brings to our community.  

We encourage you to apply, as unique backgrounds, perspectives, and lived experiences are welcomed.   

We See You at IPG Mediabrands. 

About IPG Mediabrands 

IPG Mediabrands is the media and marketing solutions division of Interpublic Group (NYSE: IPG). IPG Mediabrands manages over $47 billion in marketing investment globally on behalf of its clients across its full-service agency networks UM, Initiative and Mediahub and through its award-winning specialty business units Healix, Kinesso, MAGNA, Mediabrands Content Studio, Orion Holdings, Rapport, and the IPG Media Lab. IPG Mediabrands clients include many of the world’s most recognizable and iconic brands from a broad portfolio of industry sectors including automotive, personal finance, consumer product goods (CPG), pharma, health and wellness, entertainment, financial services, energy, toys and gaming, direct to consumer and e-commerce, retail, hospitality, food and beverage, fashion and beauty. The company employs more than 18,000 diverse marketing communication professionals in more than 130 countries. Learn more at www.ipgmediabrands.com.  

Business Overview 

IPG Mediabrands is the media and marketing solutions division of Interpublic Group (NYSE: IPG). IPG Mediabrands manages over $47 billion in marketing investment globally on behalf of its clients across its full-service agency networks UM, Initiative and Mediahub and through its award-winning specialty business units Healix, Kinesso, MAGNA, Mediabrands Content Studio, Orion Holdings, Rapport, and the IPG Media Lab. IPG Mediabrands clients include many of the world’s most recognizable and iconic brands from a broad portfolio of industry sectors including automotive, personal finance, consumer product goods (CPG), pharma, health and wellness, entertainment, financial services, energy, toys and gaming, direct to consumer and e-commerce, retail, hospitality, food and beverage, fashion and beauty. The company employs more than 18,000 diverse marketing communication professionals in more than 130 countries. Learn more at www.ipgmediabrands.com. 

Position Summary

An opportunity to join the team as a client biller. You will be responsible for number of clients to ensure that all charges incurred on behalf of those clients, including any fees due to us, are billed accurately and timely in line with both client contracts and internal policies. We are looking for someone with a billing background, who works well in a team. The individual should be organized, have good attention to detail, works well under pressure, works well at meeting deadlines, keen to learn, and excels in following policies & procedures. Experience in Mediaocean applications (DDS) would be ideal but not essential.

Responsibilities

• Media Billing: Ensuring we have the correct client approval in place, and billings are raised for the media which has been delivered.
• Non-Media Billing: Ensuring we have the correct client approval in place, and raise all billings for non-media activity, such as projects, Fees, and T&E. 
• Submission / Distribution of billing documents: Uploading billing documents to client portals or emailing to the client within 24hrs of raising. 
• Maintain client finance folders: Saving copies of all financial documents such as POs, Invoices and media plans, within the finance folders to support all billings raised.
• Maintain Financial status trackers: Keeping a record of all PO’s received from the clients, as well as billings raised to aid in budget controlling and paid/unpaid status. 
• Billable job creation & maintenance: Creating and maintaining client billable jobs, ensuring WIP balances are in a credit balance, as well ensuring the jobs are closed at the end of each project and revenue taken when due. 
• Review meetings: Meeting with the account teams on a regular basis (either monthly or weekly) to ensure all activity has been captured on the system, billed out to client, as well as resolving any pending queries on both billing and cash collections.
• Month end reporting: Completing the various reporting required to complete month end, such as unbilled media commentary, WIP commentary, Credit Control commentary.
• Payable queries: Assisting the media payables team in Shared Services with coordinating / escalating payable queries which remain unresolved
• Receivable queries: Resolving any queries with our billings to client
• ADHOC: Carrying out any ADHOC requests which relate to your role or the clients which you are responsible for.

Required Skills & Experience

• Bachelor's degree in business, accounting, or finance (or equivalent experience)
• 2-5 years of experience in media finance, invoicing, and reconciliation/experience in billing, accounts receivable
• Have hands on billing experience in  Mediaocean (DDS) preferable 
• Strong organizational and time management skills. Comfortable working under tight deadlines and able to prioritize tasks effectively.
• Excellent MS Excel skills 
• Attention to detail & strong communication and collaboration skills 
• High level of accuracy and problem-solving skills 
• Comfortable working independently with minimal supervision

We See You  

At IPG Mediabrands, we are unified behind a commitment to fostering a culture of inclusion and belonging. Together, we shine through a set of shared values and behaviors. We take pride in our responsibility to our clients, communities, and to each other. We embrace differences and recognize the unique value that each of us brings to our community.  

We encourage you to apply, as unique backgrounds, perspectives, and lived experiences are welcomed.   

We See You at IPG Mediabrands. 

About IPG Mediabrands 

IPG Mediabrands is the media and marketing solutions division of Interpublic Group (NYSE: IPG). IPG Mediabrands manages over $47 billion in marketing investment globally on behalf of its clients across its full-service agency networks UM, Initiative and Mediahub and through its award-winning specialty business units Healix, Kinesso, MAGNA, Mediabrands Content Studio, Orion Holdings, Rapport, and the IPG Media Lab. IPG Mediabrands clients include many of the world’s most recognizable and iconic brands from a broad portfolio of industry sectors including automotive, personal finance, consumer product goods (CPG), pharma, health and wellness, entertainment, financial services, energy, toys and gaming, direct to consumer and e-commerce, retail, hospitality, food and beverage, fashion and beauty. The company employs more than 18,000 diverse marketing communication professionals in more than 130 countries. Learn more at www.ipgmediabrands.com.