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Data Preparation Specialist

Maharashtra, India (Hybrid)

Data Preparation Specialist

1 Month ago • All levels • Broadcast

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Job Description

The Data Preparation Specialist at Nielsen will source, process, and optimize data processes according to Nielsen standards. Responsibilities include managing TV, Radio & Print Rate Cards, supporting bespoke client reporting (handling, formatting, and loading data), loading creatives for client use, and liaising with suppliers to ensure data quality and adherence to SLAs. The role requires quick learning, proactivity, independent work, and teamwork. Daily tasks involve rate card entry, data preparation for client delivery, creative loading, PDF downloading, and interdepartmental collaboration to maintain quality and meet deadlines. The role also involves handling data from multiple markets, formatting it for Nielsen's systems and client delivery, and assisting with service changes.

Must have:

Source and enter rate cards
Support bespoke client reporting
Load creatives for clients
Data quality and SLA adherence
Proactive and independent work
Teamwork and collaboration

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At Nielsen, we are passionate about our work to power a better media future for all people by providing powerful insights that drive client decisions and deliver extraordinary results. Our talented, global workforce is dedicated to capturing audience engagement with content - wherever and whenever it’s consumed. Together, we are proudly rooted in our deep legacy as we stand at the forefront of the media revolution. When you join Nielsen, you will join a dynamic team committed to excellence, perseverance, and the ambition to make an impact together. We champion you, because when you succeed, we do too. We enable your best to power our future.

At Nielsen we aim to provide our clients with data that is of high quality and delivered in a timely fashion. The Input & Validation team where this role is based is at the centre of this.

Within this role you will source, perform and optimize processes in accordance with Nielsen standards, configuration and administration of the TV, Radio & Print Rate Cards.

Support the team with a bespoke client reporting, handling, formatting and loading the data delivered to Nielsen with a view to sending it to the client on scheduled monthly deliveries.

Data loaded creatives from our suppliers ready for client use on the clients reporting site, carrying out checks on the data supplied, speaking with suppliers and ensuring they conform with the SLA’s they have provided.

This role will bring great variety which means we are looking for people that are able to pick up tasks quickly, be proactive and work independently but also as part of a team.

Responsibilities

Sourcing rate cards for TV, Press and Radio and entering these into the relevant applications to ensure accurate spend data is delivered to our clients.
Support the team for a bespoke client reporting, both in production of the work and delivery of the data to a high profile Nielsen client.
Data Loading creatives for client deliveries
Downloading of Print publications PDF’s
Liaise with other departments within the company to ensure quality and consistency is maintained.
Any other reasonable tasks required by the company at any given time.

Day in Life

TV, Press & Radio Cards Entry
Find rate cards online/some are sent directly
Entered in French Rates (Media Pad) other in CV management. Formatting in excel require Some entered manually, TV uploaded
TV & Radio rate adjustments required (updating indices once a year)
Press Rate Cards update once a year, will be part of a team to complete this.
e.Source rate cards and contact suppliers for new ones

IQ Client Preparation & Delivery
Handle data from 53 different markets, formatting them into a format Nielsen can use
Liaise with other teams to ensure the workflow is kept to and deadlines are met
Deliver the data to our client according to our SLA’s
Assist with changes to the service helping the Client Experience team work out timings, costs and feasibilities of proposed changes.

Data Loading Creatives for clients
Load creatives in accordance to suppliers schedule
Format files into loadable Nielsen format
Check number of creatives loaded match expected number

Downloading of Print Publications (PDF’s)
Sourcing PDF’s
Processing them to get to monitoring teams
Liaising with monitoring teams with issues around images
Renewing subscriptions when they expire

Liaise with other departments within the company to ensure quality and consistency is maintained
Where applicable, help other departments within the operations team to a high standard and meet SLA’s.
Follow guidelines for all processes
Escalate all SLA risks to line manager

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