Associate Director, Media Buying

District of Columbia, USA (Hybrid)

$100K/yr – $110K/yrSenior Level4+ years expFull time

Posted 20 hrs ago

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Job Summary

You will own end‑to‑end media buying programs across multiple clients and verticals, leading campaign execution, performance analysis, reporting, and optimization while mentoring the team and driving process improvements.

  • Lead cross‑functional collaboration with creative, insights, and client teams
  • Mentor junior staff and scale team capabilities through training and onboarding

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Able to run most mid-spend clients + campaigns independently. Responsible for overseeing flawless media execution on campaigns you are supporting
  • Work efficiently across numerous client teams by communicating effectively, setting and meeting expectations, securing buy-in, and creatively solving problems
  • Manage and supervise campaigns hands-on across multiple verticals, channels and all major buying platforms, including Google Ads, YouTube, Meta, LinkedIn, Snapchat, Reddit, TikTok, The Trade Desk and DV360
  • Be able to contribute to client reports by analyzing platform metrics, provide actionable insights, and make smart optimizations to influence performance.
  • Identify areas for team-wide workflow and process improvements, and work with senior leaders to implement them
  • Contribute to decisions on new tech and tools for the team to adopt and help effectively onboard them to the team
  • Act as senior-level agency point of contact with selected ad tech partners, inventory suppliers, and data providers
  • Act as a main point-of-contact within the team to manage client and account team requests – i.e., budget changes, campaign flighting, and audience recommendations
  • Work closely with creative and insights team on execution of challenging media placements and implementation of campaign measurement
  • Delegate appropriately and collaborate with media planners to support plan development.

Requirements

  • Proven hands-on experience in programmatic and social media buying, preferably in an agency environment, with a track record of successful campaigns for at least 4 years
  • Experience working across some of our client verticals, including public affairs, strategic communications, advocacy and political campaigns
  • Proven experience in audience planning and forecasting for clients
  • Strong leadership, direct team management, and training skills
  • Exceptional communication and problem-solving abilities
  • Hands-on experience running campaigns across all digital ad formats in multiple DSPs, including The Trade Desk, DV360, Yahoo and Amazon
  • Ability to oversee ad operations and trafficking in Google Campaign Manager
  • Familiarity with ad tech platforms and partners, tools, and emerging industry trends
  • Excellent analytical and strategic thinking capabilities
  • Demonstrated ability to meet and exceed client performance targets

Benefits

  • BPI offers a wide range of benefits to U.S.-based employees, including 100% company-paid medical, dental, and vision insurance, a 401(k) program with employer match up to 4%, generous time off for vacation, $50 monthly phone reimbursement, unlimited sick time, and 16 weeks of paid leave for new parents. BPI’s benefits prioritize employee wellness and progressive support to our diverse workforce.
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Bully Pulpit International

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Bully Pulpit International (BPI) is an outcomes agency at the intersection of business, politics, and policy. Born in politics and founded by leaders of the Obama campaign, we apply our unique expertise from these experiences to create sophisticated and customized strategies for companies, causes and candidates. Our clients include established market leaders, new economy firms, philanthropists, CEOs, and elected officials. What these varied brands share in common is the growing need to establish differentiated and lasting bonds with their consumers in a world of fragmented media, deep skepticism, and rapidly changing culture. Reputation has never been more relevant to business ROI, and in our view requires consumers to believe — not only in what a brand is saying, but also in why. We combine proprietary technology and deeper insights to build believers with the speed and agility that today’s market requires.At Bully Pulpit International, we make change possible. To us, this is more than a commitment—it's a passion. Because we truly believe in the work we do.

Founded in 2009
Washington, District of Columbia, USA
270 employees (95 in marketing)
63% recommend to a friend
74% CEO approval

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
15.5K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
31.6%
Direct
46%
Referral
5.7%
Social
15%
Paid
1.5%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~270

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
77 (29% of company)
Median Career Experience
10 years
Median Tenure
4.7 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
5

Funding

Last Raise
Series Unknown, 3 years ago

Funding History

  • Apr 2023
    Series Unknown
  • Sep 2016
    Series Unknown

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