Head of Media Operations

New York, USA (Hybrid)

$100K/yr – $120K/yrSenior Level8+ years expFull time

Posted 6 months ago

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Job Summary

Lead U.S. media operations and pricing governance for a global brand, owning end-to-end campaigns and profitability.

  • Own end-to-end execution of all U.S. paid media campaigns across digital platforms
  • Must-have: 8–12+ years in media operations, paid media, or digital management
  • Standout: Leadership of a high-performing U.S. media operations team

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • U.S. Media Operations Leadership
  • Own end-to-end execution of all U.S. paid media campaigns across digital platforms
  • Establish and enforce operational standards, workflows, and quality controls for the U.S. market
  • Lead, mentor, and scale a high-performing U.S. media operations team
  • Act as the senior pre-sale decision-maker for U.S. campaign planning
  • Work with Head of Client Services for seamless pre- to post-sales workflows
  • Media Pricing & Rate Governance (U.S.)
  • Own and evolve U.S. media pricing frameworks , including CPM-based, flat-rate, and other models
  • Establish consistent CPM benchmarks and rate cards by channel, format, client type, and category
  • Partner with Sales and Media Operations Managers to tailor pricing approaches based on client goals, scale, and performance expectations

Requirements

  • 8–12+ years of experience in media operations, paid media, or digital media management
  • Proven experience owning media pricing and rate governance in a U.S. publisher, agency, or branded content environment
  • Deep expertise across major U.S. digital platforms (Meta, Google, YouTube, TikTok, programmatic)
  • Strong financial and commercial acumen, with experience managing pricing, margins, and hard costs
  • Exceptional leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills
  • Analytical, detail-oriented, and highly comfortable balancing performance with profitability

Benefits

  • A bright and spacious design office, which reflects our brand and focuses on employee well-being and sustainability, located in the Financial District
  • The opportunity to shape the company and help build a global brand in a motivating, international and diverse work atmosphere
  • High degree of responsibility, creativity, originality, independence and creative autonomy
  • We are constantly prioritizing attention on DEIB with internal trainings, workshops and our Employee Resource Groups (HighPower, HighPride, HighDreams & HighCulture)
  • 2 extra days off globally for all employees on International Women’s Day and Juneteenth
  • Flexible hybrid working policy, dog friendly office, and remote international working option
  • Attractive employee benefits (e.g. discounts in our online shop, performance based bonus, 401k with match, Summer Fridays, ClassPass, access to mental health support platforms, Citi Bike, and sabbatical option)
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Highsnobiety

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Highsnobiety is a global brand, sitting at the heart of culture that unites community, content and commerce.Over the 19 years, our editorial and curatorial perspective has grown a community of Cultural Pioneers, a group whose social influence and ability to shape culture has become impossible to ignore.For this audience, Highsnobiety is a destination to be kept ahead of the curve; a place to read and shop the latest stories, brands and products.We are constantly investigating their relationship to a landscape we coined The New Luxury; a mindset that places stories over product and cultural knowledge over material possession.What we’ve learnt from this community, we also share with our brand partners, ensuring they too can future-proof their business for tomorrow’s culture.The Highsnobiety agency offers an end-to-end solution for brands, from consumer insights; strategy and consultancy; creative concepts and production and media.Feel free to get in touch with one of our six offices here.

Founded in 2005
Berlin, Berlin, DEU
292 employees (130 in marketing)
41% recommend to a friend
53% CEO approval

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
2.9M
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$1.8K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
47.3%
Direct
44.2%
Referral
4.4%
Social
3.5%
Paid
0.5%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~327

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
84 (29% of company)

Funding

Total Funding
$8.5M
Last Raise
$8.5M
Series A, 7 years ago

Funding History

  • Aug 2019
    Series A
  • Aug 2018
    Series A
  • Jan 2018
    Series Unknown • $8.5M

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