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        <title><![CDATA[Executive Assistant - Electronic Media Management]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Executive Assistant - Electronic Media Management

Job ID: 1408
# Positions: 1
Location: US-NY-Pearl River
Experience (Years): ..
Posted Date: 11/5/2009
Category: ..
Job Grade: 13 

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Overview
This position reports directly to the SVP, Director of Network and Business Development, with secondary reporting relationships to the Chief National Broadcast Investment Officer and the VP, Director of Media Relations. The position is responsible for providing senior-level administrative support to the above positions and other positions as needed.

Responsibilities
Primary Responsibilities:
* Assist in meeting planning and preparation work - correspond with internal and external attendees on agenda and timing, compile information and presentations
* Prepare draft documents/reports/correspondence for review or signature from dictation
* Coordinate calendar/appointments - schedule meetings and travel to maximize time and efficiency
* Plan and schedule travel to best suit time management
* Typing for emails and letters with accuracy and speed
* Handle customer calls and inquiries, arrange callbacks, redirects, or follow up personally to resolve as appropriate
* Review incoming mail, prioritize, check deadlines and do preliminary research on communication that needs responding to, drafting response for review when needed
* Coordinate and plan all necessary travel arrangements for meetings, act as liaison for information to other departments
* Review and process expense reports
* Perform various special projects as needed.
General Administrative:
* Support assigned managers as needed including coordinating office organization, conference room equipment and supplies, and department activities
* Establish and maintain a comprehensive filing system to ensure retention of reliable/current data and easy information retrieval
* Compile and update various monthly reports
* Respond appropriately to incoming telephone and email communications acting as the &ldquo;go to&rdquo; person for questions and direction 
* Provide clerical, analytical and other support on projects as requested
* Proactively request additional work or projects as schedule permits
Support teamwork environment and act as a source of information for the department

Qualifications
Computer Skills
To perform this job successfully, an individual should have strong proficiency with the MS Office Suite, PowerPoint, Excel, and Word; proficiency in proprietary applications, including SMART, a plus.
Education and/or Experience                      
Bachelor's degree (B. A.) from four-year college or university preferred; and a minimum of three years of related experience in a corporate environment preferred; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
Other Skills and Abilities
High level of integrity and ability to maintain confidentiality of highly sensitive material with tact and professionalism
Ability to type with high speed accuracy
Excellent customer service skills with proven knowledge of how to work effectively and professionally with all levels of internal and external customers
Proven ability to organize and prioritize multiple tasks and consistently meet deadlines
Ability to establish effective working relationships with co-workers to successfully accomplish objectives
Expert in working both in a team environment and independently
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Professional, trustworthy, and reliable with strong attention to detail

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        <title><![CDATA[Canadian Operations Coordinator]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Canadian Operations Coordinator

Job ID: 1407
# Positions: 1
Location: US-NY-Pearl River
Experience (Years): 1
Posted Date: 11/4/2009
Category: Advertising/Media - Canadian Operations Coordinator
Job Grade: 12M 

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Overview
Active Media Services, Inc., the world's largest corporate trading company with locations in 11 countries, is looking for a
Operations Coordinator to work with the Manager and to be responsible for monitoring the work produced by the Media Assistants and lends support to others in the Canadian Media Department. 

Responsibilities
Monitors the work produced by Media Assistants and lends support to Department Heads, VP, Account Managers, Supervisor and Buyers. 
Maintains original copies of all pertinent paperwork regarding media campaigns placed by Canadian Media department, for example, media specifications, proposals and schedules.
Sends proposed schedules to client/account manager along with proper documentation.
Lends support to the assistants as needed. Monitors the assistants to ensure departmental procedures/responsibilities are being followed as well as proper account maintenance.
Generate reports for Senior Management, Salespeople and clients.
Creates, maintains, updates and finalizes department P &amp; L and ensures accuracy.
Works with Canadian Media team to create estimates; inputs estimates into JDS and PeopleSoft. Verifies all billing and credit information.
Disseminates rating, budget, audience and related information from Client media plan to Buyers to ensure appropriately targeted buys.
Sets up individual client P &amp; Ls for broadcast buys; enters Buyer&rsquo;s net sheets into P &amp; L and ensures accuracy.
After invoice reconciliation, reviews monthly billing packets for accuracy, trade credit usage and profitability; ensures accuracy.
Performs ad hoc projects as needed.

Qualifications
Bachelor's degree (B. A.)
Minimum of one to two years of related experience and/or training.
Computer Skills                      
Knowledge of JDS (a plus); PeopleSoft (a plus); knowledge of proprietary software including POWS and POWS Lite (a plus); Excel, Word and PowerPoint required.

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    <job>
        <title><![CDATA[VP, Operations - Travel]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[VP, Operations - Travel

Job ID: 1406
# Positions: 1
Location: US-NY-Pearl River
Experience (Years): 10
Posted Date: 11/3/2009
Category: ..
Job Grade: 18 

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Overview
This position reports directly to the SVP, Travel &amp; Chief Legal Officer, Travel.
The VP of Operations, Travel provides leadership and direction to the Travel department to assist in the attainment of departmental financial goals. Develops, interprets, and implements complex financial and accounting concepts, or techniques for financial planning and control by performing the duties and responsibilities described below. 

Responsibilities
Primary Responsibilities:
* Provide leadership and direction to the Travel department including Reservations, Meetings and Events, Billing, Inventory Sales and Hospitality Solutions to help deliver profitable growth and attainment of key financial metrics (e.g., EBITDA and Gross Profit).
* Financial Management of the Travel department including but not limited to the following:
* Prepares with SVP the budgeted, actual and forecasted financial results of these departments.
* Work with Travel Management to compile the annual Travel department&rsquo;s budgets.
* Analyze the financial results of this department to recommend potential improvements to revenues, profit margin, expenses and ultimately EBITDA.
* Responsible for the review, preparation and distribution of all departmental financial reports such as:
* Weekly departmental tracking reports
* Bi-weekly staff meeting tracking reports
* Monthly P&amp;L&rsquo;s with all related adjustments
* Billing tracking and status reports
* Vendor payable tracking and status reports
* Trade inventory asset and liability status reports
* Serve as a liaison to the Finance department
* Financial Management of all Trade inventory positions to include but not limited to the following:
* Review and distribute Travel inventory reports of all trade inventories and liabilities to designated members of the Meetings and Reservations departments on a periodic basis
* Identify slow moving or expired trade positions and recommend course of action
* Become conversant with the particulars involved in each trade position
* Identify and recommend improvements in the workflow process related to trade deal approval, setup and usage
* Oversee all aspects of the Travel Billing division
* Meet regularly with appropriate Travel staff to determine areas of improvement in the billing process
* Monitor billing accuracy and status
* Troubleshoot various billing problems
* Establish billing process with new clients
* Primary contact for vendor payable questions
* Manage vendor payable process and special payment requests
* Learn, utilize and become conversant in all primary and feeder systems utilized to perform the day-to-day operations in the Travel department. Troubleshoot systems issues as they arise and recommend changes or improvements as needed.
* Serve as functional lead and work as liaison with the IT, Legal and Finance departments for the POWS Lite system conversion.
* Create hospitality cross purchase policies, procedures and systems; disseminate appropriate information to Active&rsquo;s Finance and Legal departments; provide client and vendors with appropriate information. I.e., Finance will require cross purchase documentation and hotel inventory pricing support; Legal will require support for contractual buy-back obligations; Clients will require support for hotel purchases in accordance with contract; Vendors will require reconciliations of Active&rsquo;s trade credit purchases.
* Work with Legal and IT to automate purchase process for both clients and vendors.
* Work with clients and other departments to maintain a positive working relationship which ensures that relevant financial reporting needs are fulfilled; in the case of clients this will require interpretation of client&rsquo;s needs to create reports or procedures to provide this information. I.e., provide quarterly buy-back information to client for any purchases performed directly or indirectly by Active; obtain pre-approval from hotel clients that purchases qualify as incremental business.  
* Ad hoc projects as needed.
* Confers and cooperates with other management personnel in formulating administrative and operational policies and procedures and prepares recommendations to increase efficiency and profitability of department.
* Enforces compliance with administrative policies and procedures.
* Negotiates contracts with vendors and suppliers.

Qualifications
Bachelor's degree (B. A.) from four-year college or university, with accounting or business degree preferred; and minimum of ten years of related experience preferred.
To perform this job successfully, an individual should be proficient in both Word and Excel (required); Microsoft Project (or other Project Management software) skills, a plus. Knowledge of the following proprietary applications are a plus: PeopleSoft A/P and A/R systems, POWS Lite and CMS.

Certified Travel Consultant (CTC) certification, a plus.
Certified Public Accountant (CPA) certification a plus.
Must be able to travel up to 20% of the time.

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        <expiration_date>2009-11-12</expiration_date>
        <employer><![CDATA[Active International]]></employer>
        <location><![CDATA[Pearl River, NY, 10965, USA]]></location>
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    <job>
        <title><![CDATA[Business Analyst - Marketing]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Business Analyst - Marketing

Job ID: 1405
# Positions: 1
Location: US-NY-Pearl River
Experience (Years): ..
Posted Date: 11/3/2009
Category: Marketing - Business Analyst
Job Grade: 13 

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Overview
This position reports directly to the SVP, Marketing. The Business Analyst is responsible for analyzing, understanding and distilling the business needs of categories and clients relevant to Active enabling our sales and account management teams to interact with prospects and clients at a more strategic level and facilitate solutions-based selling.

Responsibilities
The Business Analyst works closely with each sales team to identify and prioritize categories and accounts that are targeted.
* Category Research &amp; Analysis
* On a monthly basis, research, analyze and distribute category-focused summaries. These will include economic, marketing, international and other data points as well as overall trends, implications and opportunities for Active
* Categories will include top 10 from a sales perspective as well as media, product distribution, merchandising, retail and others as needed
* Leverage industry analysis to assist in lead generation (i.e. campaigns and tradeshows)

* Account Specific &ndash; For All Accounts
* Work with Marketing &amp; Sales Management to develop a core set of information required for WebEx&rsquo;s, meetings and business review. Identify which data will be mined by the Business Analyst and which data will be mined by NBDs, Sales VPs and Account Managers
* Work with each NBD, Sales VP and Account Manager to research and summarize information in advance of any WebEx, meeting and business review
* Account Specific &ndash; For Targeted Accounts
* Liaise with Marketing, Sales Management and Department Heads to identify priority accounts and conduct a more in-depth analysis in order to create opportunities with companies that are more difficult and/or represent a larger business opportunity for Active
* Tools &amp; Resources
* Identify tools required for Business Analyst (internal &amp; external)
* Identify tools required for Sales &amp; Account Managers (internal &amp; external)
* Conduct training to ensure that NBDs, Sales VPs &amp; Account Managers get the most value from tools.
* Create guidelines and other resource documents to facilitate data gathering and account prep by NBDs, Sales VPs and Account Managers
* Develop relationships with internal resources and utilize these resources to enhance category and account-specific research

Qualifications
Bachelor's degree and one to two years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
Computer Skills:
Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Office - all required; Knowledge of a CRM system (preferably PeopleSoft) is a plus; Strong Internet navigation skills required including hands-on knowledge in social networking and other resources.


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        <location><![CDATA[Pearl River, NY, 10965, USA]]></location>
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    <job>
        <title><![CDATA[Vice President, Director - Direct Response]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Vice President, Director - Direct Response

Job ID: 1401
# Positions: 1
Location: US-NY-Pearl River
Experience (Years): 10
Posted Date: 9/21/2009
Category: Advertising/Media - Vice President, Director - Direct Response
Job Grade: 19 

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Overview
Active Media Services, Inc., the world's largest corporate trading company with locations in 11 countries, is looking for a
Vice President, Director, Direct Response to work with the SVP, Director of Media Operations to be responsible for the overall leadership and direction of DR Department. 

Responsibilities

* Provide overall leadership and direction to the Direct Response (DRTV) department to deliver profitable growth and attainment of key financial metrics (e.g., Departmental EBITDA, Gross Profit and Spread). 
* Analyze, on an ongoing basis, the DR business to determine appropriate strategy, structure and resource needs. 
* Guide the development and implementation of new media planning and buying strategies to ensure future success. 
* Ensure client satisfaction by thoroughly understanding clients' critical requirements and working within DR and across the Active organization to consistently meet or exceed those requirements 
* Promote Active International within the media community to increase trading and billing activity, recruit media specialists, and educate others on the benefits of Corporate Trade, as well as our position within the industry.
* 
Support Active's Sales Department, Susan Harris and Account Management in presenting our media capabilities to prospective clients, evaluating media plans, and communicating our media activity for our existing client base.
* 
Supervise, train, coach and develop employees with the DR organization.
Scope of Supervision:
Vice President, New Business
Associate Director
Broadcast Buyer
Coordinator

Qualifications

Experience/Education:
* 10+ years of Direct Response TV experience in a media agency, including media buying and planning experience and leadership of a stand-alone department/group
* BS/BA degree or equivalent experience
* MBA degree a plus
Travel:
* 
10-15% domestic travel required

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    <job>
        <title><![CDATA[Executive Assistant]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Executive Assistant

Job ID: 1398
# Positions: 1
Location: US-NY-Pearl River
Experience (Years): 3
Posted Date: 9/17/2009
Category: ..
Job Grade: 13 

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Overview
Active International seeks a professional Executive Assistant to support the SVP, Worldwide Media Operations. Candidates must be extremely detail oriented, computer literate, organized and possess a high level of initiative and time management skills. The ideal candidate is articulate and polished with a professional demeanor. Must be able to interact with all levels of clients and Active's staff.

Responsibilities
Provides senior-level administrative support to the SVP, Worldwide Media Operations.

Assist in meeting planning and preparation work - correspond with internal and external attendees on agenda and timing, compile information and presentations
* Prepare draft documents/reports/correspondence for review or signature
* Coordinate calendar/appointments - schedule meetings and travel to maximize time and efficiency
* Plan and schedule travel to best suit time management
* Typing for emails and letters with accuracy and speed
* Handle customer calls and inquiries, arrange callbacks, redirects, or follow up personally to resolve as appropriate
* Review incoming mail, prioritize, check deadlines and do preliminary research on communication that needs responding to, drafting response for review when needed
* Coordinate and plan all necessary travel arrangements for meetings, act as liaison for information to other departments
* Review and process expense reports
* Perform various special projects as needed.
* Provide administrative support to SVP, Director of Emerging Technologies, on an as-needed basis.
General Administrative:
* Support SVP as needed including coordinating office organization, conference room equipment and supplies, and department activities
* Establish and maintain a comprehensive filing system to ensure retention of reliable/current data and easy information retrieval
* Compile and update various monthly reports
* Respond appropriately to incoming telephone and email communications acting as the "go to" person for questions and direction 
* Provide clerical, analytical and other support on projects as requested
* Proactively request additional work or projects as schedule permits
* Support teamwork environment and act as a source of information for the department

Qualifications

Computer Skills
Strong proficiency with the MS Office Suite, PowerPoint, Excel, and Word
Proficiency in proprietary applications, including SMART, a plus.
Bachelor's degree preferred
Minimum of two to three years as an Executive Assistant in a corporate environment.

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