Affiliate & Display Media Sales Planner

Ziff Media Group (ZMG) is a global digital media company operating across multiple verticals to include technology, culture, entertainment and shopping. We deliver exceptional user and partner experiences across a portfolio of leading brands including Mashable, PC Mag, RetailMeNot, Offers.com, TechBargains, ExtremeTech and BlackFriday.com.

About The Role:

The Sales Planner plays a vital role within Ziff's Media & Affiliate Sales teams, working hand-in-hand with Account Executives and collaborating with various cross-functional teams. Together, we strive to craft meticulously crafted presale media plans that are not only accurate but also irresistibly captivating for our esteemed clients. As the plans you have created sell through, your contributions to the team extend beyond pre-sale phase and into post sale.

The ideal candidate should possess strategic media planning capabilities, a passion for delivering outstanding work and/or experience supporting online media sales or buying teams. This is a great opportunity for someone looking to step into a sales role in 18 – 24 months or explore other departments within our exciting ad tech portfolio (account management, marketing, product marketing, etc).

What You’ll Do:

• Ensure plan due dates are met by properly managing your time and internal due dates
• Recommend ad placements and content channels based on client’s campaign objectives.
• Research user data and audience metrics; analyzing market/category trends.
• Work with account executives, yield & inventory team and marketing staff to generate compelling custom ad programs across our product/site portfolios.
• Create screenshot decks, tag & asset outlines and creative requests.
• Own internal communication through the plan creation process
• Build a high volume of RFP specific proposals, in both internal and external templates

Who You Are:

• Creativity, especially when it comes to describing and matching our capabilities to client needs.
• Solution oriented mentalities and hands-on learning styles
• Two years of online sales assistant or planning experience.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite PowerPoint impresarios & Excel gurus are our favorite candidates.
• Communication skills. This role includes critical and meaningful interactions with Ziff Davis colleagues. Open communication and tailoring with your team will get you far!
• We are a growth business; we run hard and want to work with people who can deliver a high volume of outstanding work while keeping the environment no-nonsense and solutions focused.

We Have Great Benefits!

• Flexible Vacation / Paid Time Off
• Wellness Programs: Gym reimbursement, Noom and Headspace subscriptions
• Family Planning Programs like MAVEN Fertility Concierge
• Charitable Giving Programs that include Paid Time off to volunteer and donation match
• Employee stock purchase program (ESPP)
• Company-sponsored medical, dental, and vision insurance (including domestic partner coverage) + pet insurance
• Diverse and inclusive employee resource groups where you can collaborate with teams across the company while making an impact in the areas that most excite you!
• Pregnancy and Paid Parental Leave (up to 16 weeks)
• Hybrid, Remote and Flexible work arrangements
• 401K savings plan with employer match

Individuals seeking employment at Ziff Davis are considered without regards to race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, veteran status, or sexual orientation. You are being given the opportunity to provide the following information in order to help us align with federal and state Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action record keeping, reporting, and other legal requirements.

Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

***In terms of logistics, all interviews will take place over phone or video due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic***

Ziff Tech Group is a safe, inclusive workplace for people of all backgrounds and walks of life. We strongly encourage you to apply if you are from a marginalized or underrepresented group, particularly in the technology industry. Some candidates may see a long list of job requirements and feel discouraged because they don't match every single bullet point - we suggest, please apply anyway. We're flexible on location wherever possible - we are a Work From Anywhere company. We don't believe in a "perfect" candidate because we believe in our core value, "Evolve and Adapt Quickly". If you believe this is a role that you'll be excited to work in every day, want to be a part of a culture like ours, and will be relentless about pushing boundaries to succeed, please apply.

Who we are: Ziff Tech Group is a trusted global marketplace that connects technology buyers and sellers with the most actionable and precise intent data. We are uniquely positioned to offer tech brands unmatched visibility into accounts and buyers that are truly in-market, by leveraging our scale, quality and diversity of data. With unparalleled access to the world’s most influential technology buyers through a combination of first-party (Community, Tools, Editorial) and data, ZTG is a leader in demand based, intelligent, omnichannel marketing.

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