About Us
Orion Worldwide is a global media company that generates value for our business partners. As the industry has evolved over the past two decades, so have we expanding our global reach and product offering to deliver value for the world's best brands, across nearly every category. The very best ideas are developed by people with diverse backgrounds, thoughts and experience working together to develop customized solutions that best address our partner's needs. A five-time winner of "Most Inclusive Climate" at the IPG Inclusion Awards, we scale our recruiting efforts beyond the traditional advertising candidate pool to find people who possess the passion, innovative thinking and collaborative skills needed to achieve our business goals and assist in cultivating a culture in which we can all be proud.
Role Description
At Orion,we are responsible for delivering value to our clients by leveraging relationships with our media partners across all media types. Our unique offering provides our clients with effective media-saving solutions for their business needs. The Operations Associate has a key role working to assist the Operations team, ensuring accuracy and efficiency across the business and supporting the wider Orion team.
This position requires the candidate to be confident, self-reliant, innovative, organised and collaborative.
Key Responsibilities
1. Assisting with the creation of weekly and monthly revenue reports
2. Maintaining the Orion Agency Portal and ensuring information is up to date
3. Supporting the Operations Manager on longer-term projects to improve effectiveness and accuracy across the business; including streamlining processes where there are inefficiencies
4. Ensuring accuracy on bookings going into the Orion system and onto DDS by way of regular checks and meetings with the trading team
5. Liaising with the Finance team to ensure accuracy across the billing and reconciliations of traditional and programmatic campaigns
6. Supporting the DDS reconciliation process with Finance and the trading team
7. Assisting with the upkeep of the monthly savings statements and savings release process, including addressable spends
8. Keeping deal summaries up to date including monthly reconciliations to ensure accuracy
9. Helping with new supplier and client setups in the Orion system
10. Aiding the trading team and Finance with invoice queries
11. Supporting the Directors in any tasks away from the normal scope of work
12. Assisting with the monthly addressable spend reconciliations
Desired Skills & Experience
13. Strong interest in the media landscape and the various media channels
14. Highly numerate with strong attention to detail
15. Personable with an ability to build relationships with individuals at all levels
16. Able to present ideas cohesively and confidently
17. Extremely competent in Microsoft Office Applications – strong Excel skills are essential
18. Willingness to learn and ability to pick things up quickly
19. Proactive approach to tasks
20. Possess strong organisational skills
21. Experience working with data would be beneficial
Employee Transparency
At Mediabrands and Kinesso, we celebrate differences and believe this makes us stronger. Mediabrands and Kinesso are equal-opportunity employers and are committed to championing an inclusive culture that provides a sense of belonging for all our employees. We do not discriminate against any applicant based on age, disability, race, colour, ethnicity, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, belief, marital status or any other characteristic protected by law.
Please reach out to our Talent Inclusion Specialist Jess at if you would like to have a confidential conversation regarding any adjustments that would ensure our recruitment process is accessible for you. Please note requesting a reasonable adjustment will not affect your application.
The Perks
We aim to provide all our people with a supportive and fun work environment where they can develop their full potential and benefit from the broad range of opportunities within the agency. When you join us, we want to make sure you feel valued – and that you are rewarded for your fantastic work. So, we also offer a range of benefits:
22. Flexi–leave, with 25 days annual leave to be taken as minimum. In addition to your holiday entitlement, the office usually closes between Christmas & New Year
23. Free breakfast and free lunch
24. Early finish Fridays
25. Core Hours (Mon-Thurs, flexible start/finish times)
26. Retail discounts
27. Wellbeing programme
28. Interest-free season ticket loan
29. Paid time off for Volunteering
30. Group Income Protection
31. Life Assurance
32. Private Medical Insurance or Health Cash Plan (dependent on level)
33. Group Personal Pension Plan with matched contributions from 3-6%
34. Generous Parental Leave & Pay
35. Independent mortgage advice
36. Financial education
37. Employee Assistance Programme
38. Free eye tests
39. Flexible benefits including Dental, Travel insurance, Cycle to Work, Gym Discounts and many more!