Media Associate

Boston, MA (On-site)

$50K/yr – $71K/yrMid Level3+ years expFull time

Posted 6 weeks ago

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Job Summary

Own and coordinate day‑to‑day media planning support by turning research, tooling, and briefs into actionable multi‑channel strategies.

  • Discovery and research enablement: gather market and audience insights using planning tools to shape strategic direction.
  • Execution and trafficking: assist multi‑channel plans across video, programmatic, search, social, and direct buys, and oversee delivery and reporting.
  • Collaboration and optimization: partner with analysis teams to improve campaign effectiveness and present client updates.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Gathering information during the media strategy and planning stage (cue impeccable research & organization skills)
  • Mastering media research tools (e.g., Kantar, Pathematics) to understand competitive insights that will power winning strategies
  • Partnering with Connections Strategy to pull audience information in proprietary tools to build out the right strategies to resonate
  • Assisting in developing and executing multi-channel media plans, supporting video, programmatic, search, social, direct buys, and more.
  • Managing Requests for Proposals (RFPs) with internal agency activation teams and marketplace partners; overseeing the execution of approved media buys.
  • Maintaining flowcharts to ensure accurate tracking of media plans in market and updating for clients on a regular basis
  • Inputting data into client-facing presentation formats (e.g., PowerPoint, Prezi, Keynote) for review and approval.
  • Organizing and overseeing the trafficking and implementation process of creative, as well as monitoring campaign delivery and compiling reporting
  • Working closely with client and agency analytics, ad operations, and creative teams to enhance campaign effectiveness.

Requirements

  • Four years of college education and one to three years of experience in an office environment (preferably at a communications-related company)
  • Computer skills that make the old guys envious, as well as an intuitive understanding of the digital tools that are reshaping the media and advertising world every day
  • Effective time-management, impeccable attention to detail, and a compulsive ability to stay organized amidst many moving parts
  • Amazing communication skills – you’re straightforward, you’re candid and, above all, you’re thoughtful & kind
  • Proficiency in managing numbers – if you can whip through an Excel document, you’ve got an ace in your pocket
  • A love of media – and the motivation to learn everything you can and get better at everything you do

Preferred

  • Familiarity with prompt-based interaction and commonly used generative AI tools (e.g., ChatGPT, Google Gemini, DALL·E, Midjourney) is a plus, especially for tasks like ideation, research, or content generation.

Benefits

  • medical coverage
  • dental
  • vision
  • disability
  • 401K
  • parantal and family care leave, family forming assistance, tuition reimbursement, and flexible time off.
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Digitas is the Networked Experience Agency, built on the vision that we create magnetic experiences that earn the right for brands to exist in human networks. Today, and tomorrow. We deliver Networked Experiences by leveraging comprehensive data, technology, creative, media and strategy capabilities. Digitas delivers ambitious outcomes via unique solutions that include Creative Experiences, Integrated Media, Addressable Relationships, Social Marketing and Total Commerce. Celebrated by AdAge as Data and Insights Agency of the Year, U.S Campaign’s Brand Experience Agency of the Year, Media Network of the Year and celebrated by Forrester and Gartner, Digitas serves the world’s leading brands through a global network comprised of more than 5,500 employees across over 65 offices in 43 countries.

Founded in 1980
Boston, Massachusetts, US
2.8K employees (892 in marketing)
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