The Media Planner/Buyer will play a pivotal role in media planning and execution. This position involves utilizing data, fostering client relationships, and implementing traditional and digital media plans to drive successful campaigns.
Responsibilities:
- Assist in guiding clients' marketing goals using syndicated, proprietary, and analyst data.
- Stay updated on relevant techniques and technologies for client media strategies.
- Provide insights on media, markets, and related dynamics.
- Build relationships with media vendors, ad tech communities, and publishers for idea exchange.
- Collaborate with media strategy and account teams to create client presentations.
- Maintain communication channels with clients, digital, and offline media teams.
- Cultivate client relationships, manage expectations, and deliverables.
- Contribute to work reviews and feedback sessions, representing the client’s perspective.
- Support the execution of traditional and digital media plans, including IO creation, Google Campaign Manager setup, and trafficking.
- Assist in monitoring campaign performance, tracking spending, and implementing optimizations.
- Participate in problem-solving when necessary.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s Degree.
- 1-2 years of media operations experience, with a growing focus on digital channels.
- Familiarity with media research, planning, and buying tools (e.g., MRI/Simmons, Nielsen, ComScore, Strata, Kantar, MediaTools, Google Campaign Manager, Tableau, IAS).
- Awareness of current media trends and innovations.
- Basic understanding of digital measurement and analytics.
- Interest in programmatic, SEM, and paid social buying strategies.
Key Competencies:
- Adaptability to diverse environments and evolving work priorities.
- Active listening, clear communication, and organized information delivery.
- Developing skills in information gathering and decision-making.
- Proactive approach to problem-solving and process improvement.
- Collaborative team player with a growing sense of motivation and productivity.
- Developing time management skills, setting priorities, and organizing resources.
- Commitment to consistent, timely work delivery and personal responsibility.
- Willingness to cooperate with colleagues and the organization.
- Adaptability in fast-paced, ever-changing work environments.
- Eagerness to maintain and grow performance standards with attention to detail, accuracy, and completeness.
Other duties: Please note that this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.