Senior Data Programmer

Publicis CoLab
West Chicago, IL

Company description

A division of Publicis Groupe, Publicis Digital Experience is a network of top-tier agencies designed to develop capabilities and solutions to enable growth and provide scaled access to the digital capabilities of Publicis Groupe in service of our clients. Together, the Publicis Digital Experience portfolio endeavors to create value at the intersection of technology and experiences to connect brands and people.

Our model to transform every brand experience will help clients navigate, develop, and activate commerce in a way that will provide them with a future-proof model for modern marketing. With our unique expertise in consumer engagement, CRM, and commerce, Publicis Digital Experience powers brands and empowers people in a new era of creativity. An ever-changing landscape and the need for fluid thinking is just part of our problem-solving nature. Which means we're untethered from any specific medium or method-we go where ideas will work best.

We are an expanding network with more than 5,000 employees, with agency brands throughout our global offices. Publicis Digital Experience brands include Razorfish, Digitas, Arc Worldwide, Saatchi Saatchi X, Plowshare, 3Share, and the Publicis Commerce Exchange.

Overview

The GMC Programmer's role is to manage and process client campaign data across the full production lifecycle, while ensuring high levels of data quality and availability and meeting project deadlines.

Responsibilities

Essential Functions

  • Generates mail files (Direct Mail or Email) for print using GMC/Inspire software.

  • Integrates data from multiple sources to produce requested or required data elements

  • Programs and maintains templates and formats.

  • Receives and process input feeds

  • Verifies input data quality, including identification and communication of file variances and potential issues

  • Performs file transfers and backup procedures

  • Sends all outputs to appropriate location

  • Manages the quality and timeliness of updates and output deliverables

  • Ensures compliance with production standards and tests/Quality Controls the solution(s)

  • Takes specifications and uses them to design/code a solution

  • Uses and fully understands established appropriate processes to meet customer requirements, and be able to customize if required

  • Verifies program execution is successful

  • Proactively identifies areas for improving processes and client service

  • Focus on meeting and exceeding client expectations

Knowledge & Skills

  • Good written and oral communication and organizational skills

  • Self-motivated and directed

  • Proven analytical and problem solving abilities

  • Ability to work in a fast-paced, high traffic environment

  • Good scripting and programming skills

Duties & Responsibilities

  • Manage quality assurance of input feeds

  • Maintain documentation of processes, file layouts, and/or schedules

  • Batch and process large amounts of data through a custom database system for Direct Mail programs

  • Apply marketing data translations and suppressions when requested

  • Run QC checks to ensure accuracy of mailing

  • Perform file transfers using Epsilons data security protocols

  • Assist in research projects and adhoc projects

  • Achieve the timely delivery of data products, data files, and data audit reports

  • Assist in troubleshooting and maintaining mission-critical and complex database environments and apply best practices development patterns to new and existing table structures

Qualifications

Technical Requirements

  • Experience with GMC/Inspire software. T-SQ database language a plus.

  • Must be familiar with MS Office, with particular emphasis on Word and Excel

  • Experience with USPS processing, address standardization, merge/purge, COA.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Direct Mail experience desired

Experience

  • Requires a minimum of 2 years of GMC/Inspire experience

Education

  • Associate's or Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Additional information

The Power of One starts with our people! To do powerful things, we offer powerful resources. Our best-in-class wellness and benefits offerings include:

  • Paid Family Care for parents and caregivers for 12 weeks or more

  • Monetary assistance and support for Adoption, Surrogacy and Fertility

  • Monetary assistance and support for pet adoption

  • Employee Assistance Programs and Health/Wellness/Comfort reimbursements to help you invest in your future and work/life balance

  • Tuition Assistance

  • Paid time off that includes Flexible Time off Vacation, Annual Sick Days, Volunteer Days, Holiday and Identity days, and more

  • Matching Gifts programs

  • Flexible working arrangements

  • 'Work Your World' Program encouraging employees to work from anywhere Publicis Groupe has an office for up to 6 weeks a year (based upon eligibility)

  • Business Resource Groups that support multiple affinities and alliances

The benefits offerings listed are available to eligible U.S. Based employees, are reviewed on an annual basis, and are governed by the terms of the applicable plan documents.

Publicis Digital Experience is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Our employment decisions are made without regard to actual or perceived race, color, ethnicity, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, age, disability, medical condition as defined by applicable state law, genetic information, marital status, military service and veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local laws and ordinances.

If you require accommodation or assistance with the application or onboarding process specifically, please contact [email protected]. All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Compensation Range: $72,390 - $99,960 annually. This is the pay range the Company believes it will pay for this position at the time of this posting. Consistent with applicable law, compensation will be determined based on the skills, qualifications, and experience of the applicant along with the requirements of the position, and the Company reserves the right to modify this pay range at any time. Temporary roles may be eligible to participate in our freelancer/temporary employee medical plan through a third-party benefits administration system once certain criteria have been met. Temporary roles may also qualify for participation in our 401(k) plan after eligibility criteria have been met. For regular roles, the Company will offer medical coverage, dental, vision, disability, 401k, and paid time off. The Company anticipates the application deadline for this job posting will be 02/23/2026.

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Posted 2026-01-31

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