Allen & Gerritsen

We are looking for a Media Intern. The Media Intern will be assigned to a supervisor within the media group and will work directly with all members of the group. The role of the media intern is to support the group and be responsible for handling basic administrative tasks and get involved in team projects as necessary.

We are looking for someone who has interpersonal savvy, a passion for brands and is insatiably curious about popular culture. We want you to think big, solve business problems and be self-motivated. In this role you will demonstrate your strong communication and analytical skills. You have uncompromising attention to detail and the ability to meet tight deadlines.

Responsibilities, Skills and Abilities
- Track and analyze client and their competitor’s media spending
- Research target markets and new media opportunities
- Assisting in the media buys
- Update weekly status reports
- Maintaining media files and library
- Attend sales rep meetings, internal meetings and interact with other agency departments (Marketing, Creative, Research, Finance, Production and Resource Management.)
- Client maintenance (insertion orders, tracking of publication’s ad placement, media invoices, client and competitive positioning reports and competitive research)
- Learn the media buying process from buying through post-analysis and billing
- Obtain detailed knowledge of the client’s media schedule in order to answer media related questions confidently; become familiar with research methods and media resources (i.e. SRDS, through-the-book tracking)
- Partner with traffic and production to provide schedules, ad formats, closing dates
- Gain an understanding of the relationship between each department, and the timing and production considerations behind each media decision.
- Maintain media library and media kit files
- Be acquainted with relevant publications. Working with the entire department to update and discard outdated files.
- Update and distribute media plans, insertion orders, tracking reports
- Experience the entire media process from planning and buying through post-analysis procedures, to gain an understanding of the importance of each step in the process.

Position Requirements
- Current College Junior or Senior standing
- In addition to your resume, please submit any examples of your work that you feel reflect your work ethic or past experiences; if you would prefer to submit the description of a project description please also provide your role and the outcome based on you contributions.
- Positive attitude and a good sense of humor.

Core Competencies
- Outgoing and friendly personality
- Strong computer skills with experience working with Microsoft Office Products (Word, Excel, etc.)
- Passion for wanting to work in the field of advertising
- Confident with their ability to learn
- Solve problems, follow instructions and generate ideas
- The ability to organize and prioritize, to set and meet deadlines
- Demonstrate the initiative and innovation in problem solving and task management
- Uncompromising attention to detail
- Strong interpersonal skills
- Strong communication skills (verbal and written)
- Ability to learn client businesses
- Ability to manage time appropriately - On time for work, meetings and deadlines. Demonstrate 3:1 thinking. For every one challenge, present three creative solutions. Assume other agency responsibilities as directed by Supervisor

Compensation: $10/hour
Deadline: To be considered for the Spring semester (beginning in January) please submit all application materials by November 15th.
If this gets you excited & you want to add your “&” to our list, we want to hear from you. Check us out at http://bit.ly/AGIntern.

About a&g
Allen & Gerritsen (a&g) is a 25-year-old advertising agency with an entrepreneurial spirit. Always focused on what’s next, we view the agency as a lab, incubating ideas to build business (including our own media channels like #Techi). a&g is ranked by Advertising Age as one of the Top 50 Independent advertising agencies in the US and named a Best Place to Work by the Boston Business Journal. Our client roster is comprised of a mix of consumer and BtoB including: The Boston Celtics, Bright Horizons Family Solutions, Bonefish Grill, Comcast, Hannaford Supermarkets, MFS Investment Management, Ninety Nine Restaurants, WBUR, Partnership for a Drug Free America, Raymond Corporation (a division of Toyota Industries Corporation), Toy State, Waters Corporation and Zildjian.

a&g is an Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/D/V