Responsibilities

• The Broadcast Media Buyer negotiates and implements broadcast buys, enters information into tracking system, maintains contracts, and performs post-analysis.
• This will also include internal collaboration, presentation to clients, and maintaining positive industry relationships.
• Broadcast Buyer will support Broadcast Manager on platform level initiatives and media negotiations.
• This role is responsible for keeping teams/department abreast of developments in broadcast industry.
• Day to day responsibilities for the Broadcast Buyer include but are not limited to: Local broadcast negotiations
• Understands principles of local radio and television negotiations
• Experience developing market expertise in large and small DMAs
• Cultivates relationships with vendors and other outside entities
• Understands client objectives, resources, and pros/cons of approaches to address them
• Works closely with media strategy team on broadcast planning rates
• Fulfills role on team seamlessly, working with accuracy and urgency
• Demonstrates initiative to understand, master, and implement innovative ideas
• Cross Platform Stewardship: Maintains buying activity on Media Ocean OX
• Cross Platform Stewardship: Evaluates and accepts makegoods
• Cross Platform Stewardship: Reconciles monthly invoices
• Team Player: Maintains a professional, can-do attitude at all times
• Team Player: Demonstrates initiative and ability to take direction
• Team Player: Maintains effective communication, responding quickly and accurately

Requirements

• A bachelor’s degree in marketing, advertising, or a closely-related field.
• 2-3 years minimum in media department, current title Assistant Buyer or greater.
• Experience with broadcast media buying (national and local).
• Experience managing multiple clients, working with multiple departmental teams
• Experience with other (Digital) video formats FEP, OTT, VOD etc. preferred
• Experience with brand, DRTV, and other buying forms a plus
• Proven passion, drive and active knowledge for new and emerging media
• Competencies (characteristics and work style): Strong collaboration skills
• Competencies (characteristics and work style): Authentic team player – elevating team before self
• Competencies (characteristics and work style): Active listener
• Competencies (characteristics and work style): Results-oriented with a commitment to accountability
• Competencies (characteristics and work style): Adaptable to change
• Competencies (characteristics and work style): Approachable
• Competencies (characteristics and work style): Strong time management skills

Preferred

• Experience with other (Digital) video formats FEP, OTT, VOD etc. preferred
• Experience with brand, DRTV, and other buying forms a plus
• Proven passion, drive and active knowledge for new and emerging media

Benefits

• Professional Development (performance reviews 2x annually, training opportunities related to your field of development, one-on-ones with managers, etc.)
• We offer competitive, equitable salaries (reviewed annually to ensure equity and competitiveness)
• A strong, vibrant, continually-evolving Diversity, Equity and Inclusion belief (in thought and action), encompassing our agency and our Employee Resource Groups (ERGs). Recognizing the voices that need to be heard.
• Competitive, company and employee sponsored benefits, including: Medical, Dental, Vision, 401k, PTO (vacation/sick time) allowance, maternity leave, parental leave, paid company holidays, Family Building Benefit (adoption, surrogacy benefit), and much more.
• *Please note that these benefits only apply to full time roles