Assistant Planner, Media Strategy - La-Z-Boy

We’re RPA: an independent advertising agency that puts People First. It’s a unique philosophy for a different kind of agency: where we aspire to create work that truly matters to people, for brands that respect and value people, with a team we empower and treat like people. And we do it all in the heart of sunny Santa Monica, California.  

Why You’ll Never Want to Leave 

Our People First philosophy means creating a culture where people like you can thrive, do meaningful work, and — we hope — stick around  for a while. In an industry known for high turnover, people at RPA seem to recognize the value of an environment that truly wants to support our Associates’ lives and career growth. 

Who You’ll Be Collaborating With 

Every day, you’ll be teaming up with a diverse, enthusiastic, multi-disciplinary team of professionals with a smart sense of humor and a strong desire to grow and develop. 

Job Summary

The AMP is responsible for providing support for the Strategy team supporting our client, La-Z-Boy, across all aspects of its discipline as pertains to client and cross-agency work.  Job responsibilities include the usage of tools and data to help support planning decisions; providing support for recurring deliverables and ad hoc projects; assisting in the maintenance of plan activity; resolving buy discrepancies; connecting and collaborating across teams to accomplish work. Although this is an entry-level position, relevant internships, prior agency experience (Media/Full Service) and/or academic courses related to marketing/media would be a plus. 

What You’ll Be Working On 

• Maintain recurring documents (monthly budgets & flowcharts)
• Work with investment teams to manage timelines, ensure plans are up to date and accurate, review/create mid-flight and post delivery reports
• Help maintain status documents as needed (agency + client facing)
• Pull research/data runs to assist with planning process (e.g. MRI-Simmons)
• Assist with ad hoc requests/projects such as competitive pulls (annual and ad hoc as needed)
• Assist in QAing local plan budgets and flighting, and inputting plan goals for local investment teams
• Help creating client presentations both annual and quarterly
• Reconcile fee invoices and work with video investment teams to ensure billing is completely accurately and on time
• Help lead day-to-day cross team communications to ensure project’s are completed in a timely manner
• Help create streaming video campaign plan details and set up campaigns across billing and tracking platforms (i.e. IAS, Prisma)

How You’ll Excel In Your Role 

• Experience with Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Teams) 
• Quick learner, able to connect the dots and see the big picture
• Organized, detail-orientated and efficient; able to prioritize work in order to meet deadlines
• Personable and brings positive, respectful attitude to the workplace; a team player
• Proactive, inquisitive, takes initiative to problem solve, raises hand for additional tasks to help the team when the day-to-day is under control
• Foundational mathematical skills (calculating percentages, indices, etc.)
• Solid communication skills, both verbal & written

Pay and Compensation

This is a non-exempt position and is eligible for overtime compensation. 

The hourly rate for this position is $20.00 an hour, which is the equivalent to $36,400 gross pay a year.

Pay for this opportunity is not negotiable.