Media Director, PlanningHours: 40 hours/week
Rate: $80/hr
Location: remote
Duration: 11/16/26 - 12/31/26, with intent to extend through all of 2027
OverviewWe're looking for a Media Director, Planning to run large-scale, fast-paced advertising campaigns from inception to completion. This role owns strategic media activities end to end, including planning, buying, managing, and optimizing across all channels, and works closely with Client/Account Leads and Media Team leadership to ensure plans deliver on agreed strategies.
Responsibilities- Manage strategic media activities, including planning, buying, managing, and optimizing across all channels
- Develop plans that align with client/campaign objectives and work closely with Client/Account Leads and Media Team leadership to ensure media plans deliver upon the agreed strategies and approach
- Lead campaign implementation and management, including buying, negotiating, implementation, optimization, and analysis
- Use internal data sources and past performance to develop insights and strategy for future efforts
- Gauge media performance and KPIs to determine the extent to which original objectives and strategies were met
- Work closely with the buying team to traffic, launch, and troubleshoot implementation issues
- Establish specifications and timelines needed for campaign launch and work across teams to ensure successful execution
Qualifications- 8+ years of relevant work experience in digital media strategy, with both planning and direct/managed buying experience
- Experience in public affairs, government, B2B, or brand awareness media is helpful
- Demonstrated experience with planning and buying cross-channel media, including digital, OOH, TV, print, mobile, SEM, and paid social
- At least 2+ years of management experience
- In-depth understanding of media planning, strategy, negotiation, implementation, and performance analysis
- Thrives in a fast-paced environment with the ability to manage multiple projects while prioritizing workload for themselves and direct reports
- Thrives in a collaborative environment and is a problem solver
- Working knowledge of planning tools (e.g., GlobalWebIndex, comScore) and reporting tools (e.g., Datorama, Tableau)
- Proficiency with Google Workspace or Microsoft Office (Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, Word, etc.)
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