FreeWheel - Advisory Services, Senior Associate

The New York-based Advisory Services, Senior Associate will be responsible for the design and delivery of advisory engagements for clients and prospects. This person will be part of FreeWheel’s growing Advisory Services team who are responsible for supporting premium publishers and distributors with practical, actionable recommendations that deliver tangible results designed with one objective in mind: to make their professional content business more profitable.

In short, this is the perfect role if you like management consulting projects and...

• You want to become an expert in all things digital video
• You want to work with the biggest names in the industry (e.g., AOL, ESPN, FOX, DirecTV, Sky)
• You are looking for a fast-paced, entrepreneurial working environment with a clear leader the television advertising technology space

• Executing management consulting projects with leading media companies, pay-TV operators and online publishers
• Mining our extensive database to drive actionable and executive-level insight around key business levers (e.g., ad loads, sell-through, pricing, partner deal terms)
• Working with FreeWheel Sales, Engineering and Product teams to deliver recommendations that wrap around our core technology offerings
• Supporting the analysis and storyline for FreeWheel’s Quarterly Video Monetization Report (http://www.freewheel.tv/theroundup/papers/reports/freewheel_video_monetization_report_q4_2014/), which is referenced throughout the industry and quoted in many leading publications
• Finding out what drives you and doing that (there are many opportunities to take on new responsibilities at FreeWheel)

• 3-5 years experience with a top management consulting firm or investment bank, ideally with exposure to media or tech clients
• Strong background in quantitative analytics (e.g., Excel, Access, other database tools)…a genuine love for numbers wouldn’t hurt either
• Ability to independently structure and build presentations at all levels of insight, e.g., executive level strategy, workflow structure and pain-point identification, in-depth data readouts
• General understanding and passion for the online video business, the TV and cable industry and the challenges facing both the industry, content owners and distributors
• Able to operate comfortably across different client disciplines from Ad Operations, Sales, Editorial, Technology, Finance and Corporate Strategy
• Ability to learn new ideas and systems quickly and translate them into concrete outputs related to the business
• Possess the leadership skills and “executive presence” necessary to work with large and complex clients
• Ability to manage yourself against a robust workload with multiple concurrent projects and tight deadlines
• Self-starter who is able to manage client delivery from engagement design through execution
• Superb verbal and written communication skills
• Frequent travel will be required. Up to 10-20%.
• BA/BS degree from a top school
• MBA optional

Life is short. Work someplace great.

FreeWheel offers a dynamic, flexible work environment with competitive salary and benefits packages.    The challenges we solve are serious, but we’re not. We have fun everyday because we love what we do.  We are on a mission to shape the future of television and this is your chance to be part of it.  Want to join the team that’s already thinking about what TV is going to look like five years from now?


Please apply: http://bit.ly/1BSBreA