Harrison and Star

Senior Performance Media Manager, Planning

Harrison and Star$80K — $120K *
Media
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 4-7 years of experience in media planning or performance marketing
  • Proven experience with digital platforms like Paid Search, Paid Social, and Programmatic
  • Strong understanding of performance KPIs including ROAS, CPA, and conversion rate
  • Excellent analytical and organizational skills
  • Experience in client-facing roles

Responsibilities

  • Build and manage multi-channel media plans across various platforms
  • Translate strategic direction into actionable media recommendations
  • Support budget allocation, forecasting, and campaign structuring
  • Monitor campaign performance and optimize towards specific goals
  • Partner with activation teams for accurate execution
  • Identify opportunities for optimization in targeting and creative
  • Manage day-to-day client communications and reporting needs

Benefits

  • Global maternity and parental leave
  • Competitive benefits packages
  • Vacation, compassionate leave, personal/sick days, and flex days
  • Access to family and new parent online services
  • Early Dismissal Fridays at 3:00 PM
  • Participation in 13 affinity groups
  • Opportunities for internal learning and development
  • Employee discounts across the enterprise
Full Job Description
Agency:
Critical Mass

Job Function:
Media

Job Subfunction:
Media Planning and Buying

Job Description:
Critical Mass is hiring a Senior Media Manager, Performance Planning to join our growing team. As the Senior Media Manager, Performance Planning, you will be responsible for building, executing, and optimizing performance-driven media plans across multiple client accounts. This role focuses on translating strategic direction into actionable media executions that drive measurable business results.

You will:
Build and manage multi-channel media plans across Search, Social, Programmatic, Video, and emerging channels

Translate strategic direction into detailed media recommendations and activation plans.

Support budget allocation, forecasting, and campaign structuring

Ensure plans align with audience insights and business KPIs

Monitor campaign performance and optimize toward ROAS, CPA, CAC, and conversion goals.

Partner with activation teams to ensure accurate setup, trafficking, and execution

Identify optimization opportunities across targeting, creative, bidding, and channel mix

Support testing initiatives and performance reporting

Manage day-to-day client communication and reporting needs

Present campaign updates and performance insights

Collaborate with Analysts, Planners, and Activation teams to ensure alignment

Support junior team members and contribute to best practices

You have:
4-7 years of media planning or performance marketing experience

Experience with digital platforms including Paid Search, Paid Social, and Programmatic

Understanding of performance KPIs such as ROAS, CPA, and conversion rate

Strong analytical and organizational skills

Experience in client-facing environments

What We Offer

Global maternity and parental leave

Competitive benefits packages

Vacation, compassionate leave, personal/sick days, and flex days

Access to online services for families and new parents

Early Dismissal Friday's (off at 3:00 PM local time every Friday)

13 affinity groups

Internal learning and development programs

Enterprise-wide employee discounts

Toronto: $80,000-$120,000

Omnicom's policy requires employees to work in the office for a minimum of three days a week, unless additional in-office days are directed by their agency or manager. Our objective is to increase this requirement over time, and many of our agencies as well as Omnicom's corporate group already require five days of in-office attendance.

About Harrison and Star

Harrison and Star is a healthcare advertising agency that provides marketing and advertising services to pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies. The company offers a range of services including brand strategy, creative development, digital marketing, and market research. Harrison and Star was founded in 1986 and is headquartered in New York, New York.
Learn more about Harrison and Star
Size
500 employees
Industry
Founded
1986
NASDAQ

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