DescriptionWe have an immediate opening for a
Senior Media Manager in our
Overland Park, KS office.
Responsibilities include, but are not limited to: Strategic Thinking
- Collaborate with the media planning team to develop integrated, insight-driven media plans aligned to client goals and audience behaviors.
- Contribute to the development of channel strategy recommendations, audience segmentation, and flighting approaches.
- Own vendor negotiations - securing competitive rates, added value, and preferred placements across media partners.
- Support the development of media POVs, marketplace updates, and strategic memos for client-facing presentations.
- Grow into ownership of full planning deliverables for assigned client accounts, with mentorship from senior planning leadership.
- Serve as the day-to-day campaign activation lead for select clients, attending status calls and assist with media strategy rationale to clients.
- Build and maintain strong relationships with media vendors and platform partners.
- Stay ahead of media marketplace trends, rate fluctuations, and emerging inventory opportunities relevant to travel & tourism.
- Translate research and data (leveraging media and consumer research and platform analytics) into channel and tactic recommendations.
Campaign Activation Management
- Create and distribute all media RFPs, responsible for proactive ideation of new ideas against client KPIs working closely with the planning team
- Oversee campaign trafficking, tagging, QA, and launch readiness across all buying channels.
- Monitor campaign performance in real-time, making proactive optimizations and budget shifts to maximize KPIs.
- Manage and reconcile media budgets ensuring investment is paced and delivering against client KPIs and reconciled post campaign in media ocean.
- Own end-to-end media buying and billing across paid channels working within client and billing timelines within media ocean.
- Ensure client deliverables are completed and executed to client expectations
- Billing media accurately and on schedule according to client invoicing requirements
- Working closely with the performance and measurement team on website tagging structure and strategy, and overseeing tagging implementation and QA
- Oversee junior associate campaign ad ops work thoroughly to ensure high quality standards, and troubleshooting internal technical issues during campaign execution.
Qualifications- Minimum 4 years of experience in media buying and trafficking work
- Must demonstrate a high level of understanding of ad serving/ trafficking, media performance analytics, and the management of digital media campaigns
- Ability to handle multiple projects and meet tight deadlines under pressure
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Strong presentation skills, ability to communicate internally and externally
- Possess a strong ability to prioritize and handle multiple tasks with flexibility
- Solid understanding of the principles of digital marketing and media concepts
MMGY Global provides a comprehensive PTO + benefits package inclusive of a hybrid telework policy. Applicants for employment in the U.S. must possess work authorization which does not require sponsorship by the employer for a visa.
