Media Buyer

New York City, NY (On-site)

$49K/yr – $80K/yrMid Level2+ years expFull time

Posted 23 hrs ago

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Job Summary

Own end-to-end digital media strategy and execution for US labels, guiding buying, optimization, reporting, and eCommerce initiatives across social, search, and programmatic channels.

  • Develop, manage, and optimize paid campaigns and custom audiences
  • Implement tracking, analytics, and data-driven testing to improve conversions
  • Collaborate with label planning and marketing teams to align strategies

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Act as the primary digital media expert for US labels, buying, optimization, reporting and eCommerce strategy.
  • Liaise with label planning teams to develop media strategies and campaigns
  • Execute, manage, and optimize digital media campaigns to maximize conversion value
  • Develop and manage paid eCommerce campaigns across social, search, native, programmatic and direct programs
  • Create custom audiences, book and optimize campaigns in Facebook, Twitter, Google Ad-words, and other DSPs
  • Possess strong technical understanding of programmatic audience buying
  • Understand pixel implementation on websites for data collection and conversion tracking
  • Identify target audiences and analyze their characteristics, behaviors, and media habits.
  • Monitor media buys to ensure all brand safety, ad fraud, and viewability standards are met or exceeded
  • Monitor media for pacing, delivery, placement, and flight date discrepancies and negotiates credit or billing adjustments when necessary

Requirements

  • 2+ years’ professional media-related/agency experience
  • 2+ years experience placing buys directly on media platforms, including Google Ads Manager, Meta Business Manager, TikTok Ads Manager, and other Social DSPs
  • Bachelor's degree, preferably with a concentration in advertising, marketing, business administration, or communications preferred
  • Proven experience driving eCommerce revenue growth and online lead generation with paid media
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills
  • Ability to handle heavy workload, mediating many demands and requests with strong problem-solving drive
  • Knowledge and understanding of Google Shopping Campaigns, Facebook Catalog Manager, and Shopify
  • You build great relationships with clients, vendors, and reps
  • Proficiency in Word, Excel and PowerPoint. Able to build compelling reports detailing campaign successes, ROI and learnings.
  • Familiarity/experience with Google Analytics or other analytics platforms(Domo, Datorama, etc.)

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage
  • Including 100% coverage for out-patient in-network mental health services
  • Fertility coverage for eligible medical plan participants
  • Wellbeing reimbursements for fitness classes, spa treatments, meal services, travel, and so much more (up to $720/year)
  • Student Loan Repayment Assistance and Tuition Reimbursement
  • 401(k) with 100% immediate vesting on the first 5% of your contributions, plus an additional UMG contribution
  • Flexible Paid Time Off (PTO) for exempt employees
  • 3-weeks PTO for non-exempt employees
  • 2-weeks paid Winter Break
  • 10 Company Holidays (including Juneteenth and Wellbeing Day)

Universal Music Group

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Universal Music Group (UMG) is the world leader in music-based entertainment, with a broad array of businesses engaged in recorded music, music publishing, merchandising and audiovisual content in more than 60 countries. Featuring the most comprehensive catalog of recordings and songs across every musical genre, UMG identifies and develops artists and produces and distributes the most critically acclaimed and commercially successful music in the world. Committed to artistry, innovation and entrepreneurship, UMG fosters the development of services, platforms and business models in order to broaden artistic and commercial opportunities for our artists and create new experiences for fans. Universal Music Group's labels include A&M Records, Astralwerks, Blue Note Records, Capitol Christian Music Group, Capitol Records, Capitol Records Nashville, Caroline, Decca, Def Jam Recordings, Deutsche Grammophon, Disa, Emarcy, EMI Records Nashville, Fonovisa, Geffen Records, Harvest, Interscope Records, Island Records, Machete Music, MCA Nashville, Mercury Nashville, Mercury Records, Motown Records, Polydor Records, Republic Records, Universal Music Latino, Verve Label Group, Virgin Records, Virgin EMI Records, as well as a multitude of record labels owned or distributed by its record company subsidiaries around the world. UMG's catalog is marketed through two distinct divisions, Universal Music Enterprises (in the U.S.) and Universal Strategic Marketing (outside the U.S.). UMG also includes Universal Music Publishing Group, one of the industry's premier music publishing operations worldwide and Bravado, the leading provider of consumer, lifestyle and branding services to recording artists and entertainment brands around the world. Universal Music Group is a Vivendi company. Find out more at: http://www.universalmusic.com.View our current career opportunities at: http://www.umusiccareers.com

Founded in 1934
Santa Monica, California, USA
19K employees (8,504 in marketing)
65% recommend to a friend
74% CEO approval

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
352.6K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
55.2%
Direct
34%
Referral
6.9%
Social
3.5%
Paid
0.4%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~18.7K

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
2,960 (16% of company)
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
13

Funding

Total Funding
$8.6B
Last Raise
Post IPO Debt, 3 years ago

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