MasterCard

Analyst, Media Planning

MasterCard$84K — $135K *
Media
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in relevant field
  • 5-7 years of experience in media planning
  • Experience with media agencies and digital channels
  • Proven project management and organizational skills
  • Strong written and verbal communication abilities
  • Familiarity with campaign reporting tools like comScore and Kantar
  • Understanding of AI and emerging media trends

Responsibilities

  • Assist in planning and executing integrated media campaigns across various channels
  • Track campaign launches to ensure successful rollout
  • Collaborate with marketing and product teams to translate media results into actionable insights
  • Build and maintain relationships with media agency partners
  • Manage campaign budgets and support financial tracking processes
  • Monitor campaign performance against KPIs and suggest optimizations
  • Evaluate new media opportunities and contribute innovative ideas

Benefits

  • Opportunity to work in a fast-paced, collaborative environment
  • Access to cross-functional collaboration with various teams
  • Gain experience enhancing executional expertise in media
  • Engagement with high-profile brands and campaigns
  • Possibility to influence media strategy and innovations
Full Job Description
Title and Summary

Analyst, Media Planning

Overview

The US Media Analyst assists with the development, execution, and measurement of integrated media campaigns across key business priorities, product launches, and audience segments. Reporting to the US Media Director, this role partners cross-functionally with Marketing, Finance, Product, Research, and Agency teams to ensure campaigns are delivered with operational excellence.

The Analyst works closely with the media agency to oversee campaign setup, execution, optimization, and reporting, helping drive effective and efficient media investments.
This is an exciting opportunity for a media professional looking to expand their executional expertise while contributing to the growth of a high-profile brand and business in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.

Role:
Campaign Management
• Support U.S. media team in planning and execution of integrated media campaigns across digital, social, video, search, programmatic, CTV and emerging channels.
• Track campaign launches and ensure flawless execution.
• Assist with planning deliverables, including audience sizing, channel mix, partner consideration set, budget allocation, timelines, and approvals across internal and external partners.
• Work closely with the cross-functional marketing and product teams to manage programs and translate media results into clear and legible takeaways
• Support in media recommendations to internal teams and external merchants or issuer partners as needed
• Build strong relationships with the external media community, to help keep team informed of marketplace trends, partner landscape, and technological innovations impacting the industry
• Manage day-to-day plan changes/maintenance of media plans and performance reports ensuring accuracy
• Manage campaign budgets and annual commitments for specified programs, including managing monthly budget meetings with finance and external agency
• Serve as a day-to-day contact for media agency partners.
• Monitor campaign pacing, optimization recommendations, and budget management.

Measurement & Reporting
• Assist in developing campaign measurement plans and facilitate tagging implementation with internal digital marketing team
• Monitor campaign performance against media and marketing KPIs.
• Assist with executive-ready performance summaries and dashboards.
• Identify trends and recommend optimization opportunities.

Cross-Functional Collaboration
• Partner with Consumer Marketing, Enterprise, Analytics, Finance, Procurement, and Creative teams.
• Coordinate cross-functional meetings and track key action items.
• Help ensure alignment across multiple concurrent initiatives.

Operational Excellence
• Maintain campaign documentation, media calendars, and project trackers.
• Support budget tracking and invoice reconciliation.
• Help identify opportunities to improve team processes and ways of working.

Innovation
• Stay informed on evolving media trends, consumer behaviors, and emerging platforms.
• Support evaluation of new media opportunities and pilot programs.
• Bring forward new ideas that improve effectiveness and efficiency.

All About You
• Bachelor's degree
• Relevant experience in media planning, ideally with demonstrated progression in campaign execution and strategy.
• Experience working at or with media agencies.
• Demonstrated knowledge across all media channels, TV, OTT, Online Video, Radio, outdoor and all Digital channels, especially social.
• Experience working on projects that require collaborating with multiple internal and external stakeholders
• Strong project management and organizational skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Strong attention to detail.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Proficiency in Microsoft PowerPoint and Excel.
• Familiarity with campaign reporting, third-party tools (i.e. comScore, Kantar), digital ad servers (i.e. DCM), implementing tags and the trafficking process
• Competencies around AI, digital marketing, and emerging media trends.
• Ability to build trusted relationships with agency and internal partners.

Pay Ranges
Purchase, New York: $84,000 - $135,000 USD

About MasterCard

Transactis transforms traditional paper billing and payment processing by enabling businesses of all sizes to replace paper bills, statements, invoices, payments and documents with more efficient digital alternatives. Transactis goes to market exclusively with resellers—financial institutions, technology companies, printers and business process outsourcers—to provide their customers with secure, configurable, white-label, industry-leading SaaS solutions. More than a technology provider to resellers, Transactis is a full-service business partner, delivering a broad and deep suite of sales, marketing, technical and operational support, empowering resellers to more successfully serve their clients. Transactis meets the strictest regulatory and compliance requirements including HIPAA, SSAE 16, PCI Level 1, and SOC 2. Transactis’ investors include ff Venture Capital, MacAndrews & Forbes, Metamorphic Ventures, Safeguard Scientifics, StarVest Partners, Capital One, Fifth Third Bank, PNC, TD Bank and Wells Fargo.

MasterCard Careers

Joining MasterCard offers more than just a job opportunity; it's a gateway to a career infused with innovation, leadership, and growth. As a global leader in payment solutions, MasterCard is at the forefront of the digital economy, driving transformation in the fintech sector.

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Learn more about MasterCard
Size
24,000 employees
Market Cap
$330.8 billion
Industry
Net Income
$6.4 billion
Founded
1966
5 Year Trend
+11.9%
Revenue
$15.3 billion
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