Media And Creative Research Associate
This centralized role, sitting within the integrated Mars Wrigley US Media Team, will be responsible for building superior media and creative research learnings and capabilities, encompassing One Demand Performance testing and Media Test and Learn agenda. This role will lead the media and creative research strategy and execution across a variety of partners and social media partners. The associate will be responsible for defining and rolling out scalable testing solutions, methodologies, best practices and will partner with Mars Media and Content Teams to communicate learnings to advance Mars Wrigley media and creative efforts.
Minimum qualifications :
- 5+ years' experience with media and content analytics & research (strategy, partners, tactics, etc.)
- Bachelor's degree
- Strong analytical, quantitative skills and an innate analytical mindset
- Proven effective media research expertise, ideally within an agency or multi-brand environment
- Proficient in managing complex projects
- Well organized, good at prioritization, attentive to details
- Biased toward action. Takes initiative, is entrepreneurial, can hit the ground running and move projects forward right from the start
- Ability to travel up to 5% of the time
Preferred qualifications :
7+ years of prior media and content analytics experience and proven performance marketing track recordExperience with KPIs across the funnelCPG measurement experience (NCS, IRI etc)Experience partnering directly with brand marketers, agencies and vendor partners to advance biddable social & programmatic media initiativesAbility to think and communicate strategicallyStrong, demonstrated collaborative spiritKnowledge of market research techniques and understanding of scientific methods, including hypothesis testingAbility to deliver actionable insights that are summarized into a clear and concise storyHigh levels of interpersonal skills specifically in influencing, resolving conflict, and creative problem solvingStrong communication skills (oral, written, listening). This includes ability to make effective presentations to all levels of managementKey responsibilities :
Lead research strategy for national media and content, including prioritization of project and alignment of resourcesPartner with Mars media and content teams to provide organization with testing plans and results, inclusive of insights and recommendations to optimize media spending and creative performanceLead implementation of media research testing solutions, methodologies, and best practices, including evaluation of both existing and new partnersLead agency partners in identifying and validating appropriate testing resourcesExpand on full-funnel test and learn opportunities as we develop more integrated brand experiences and ways of workingDevelop strong collaborative ways-of-working with media planning teams (internal and external), shopper marketing, brand & content, human intelligence and agency research teamCollaborate with Mars HI, agency partners, media vendors, shopper marketing and measurement partners to identify, develop and implement test & learns media, and then package / present the results, including via learning agenda progress recaps, in-campaign reporting and frequent share-outs with brand teams, global partners and cross-functional partnersCollaborate with retail media partners / customers & HI on development of emerging media and content measurement methodologies and customers' ability to partner with standardized measurement partnersProvide regular media and content research consultation to the brand teams and other cross-functional internal and external partnersDevelop recommendation on best measures and KPIsAuthor performance reports, communicating overall progress, and highlighting any priority initiativesLead development and implementation of educational sessions, playbooks and position papers to build marketing department capabilities and ensure proven solutions are scaled to deliver best-in-class performanceShare best practices and learnings cross-segment, with US pet team and other MW markets, to spread knowledge & capabilities across the Mars Inc. organizationWhat can you expect from Mars?
Work with diverse and talented associates, all guided by the five principlesJoin a purpose driven company, where we're striving to build the world we want tomorrow, todayBest-in-class learning and development support from day one, including access to our in-house Mars UniversityAn industry competitive salary and benefits package, including company bonus