Media Planner I

Portland, OR (Remote)

$58K/yr – $70K/yrIntern/New Grad3+ years expFull time

Posted 2 weeks ago

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Job Summary

Own end-to-end media planning and buying across the media mix, mentor junior staff, and drive campaign performance through data-driven insights and cross-functional collaboration.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Basic to intermediate understanding of the media landscape and current advertising/media industry trends
  • Plan, negotiate and buy media across the media mix
  • Effectively oversee multiple client media projects at any given time (including budgets, timelines, and quality of work)
  • Skilled in deriving insights from digital campaign data and able to mentor team members in developing concise client reports
  • Experience utilizing campaign analytics and syndicated research to inform future campaign approach
  • Solid detail skills and adherence to (and ability/willingness to champion) established processes including QA protocols
  • Monitors campaigns, vendors, and pacing to ensure potential errors are avoided, particularly those with financial ramifications.
  • Understanding of current industry best practices involving digital paid media trafficking, brand safety, analytics, and reporting
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams: client services, creative department, analytics, and accounting department
  • Maintain healthy client relationships and identify areas of opportunity for client account growth

Requirements

  • digital experience is required
  • 3+ years paid media experience
  • 2+ years digital experience minimum

Preferred

  • Experience planning and buying across the media mix is preferred (TV, OTT/CTV, Radio, Digital Audio, Out of Home, Print, Paid Social, Digital Display, Paid Search, Rich Media, Native, Endemic, etc)
  • Bachelor's Degree in Communications, Marketing or Advertising preferred but not required
  • Previous ad agency experience on a media team across 2+ client categories is preferred
  • 2+ years digital experience minimum preferred
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Pollinate

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Transforming SMB Banking and Payments.Pollinate is helping banks to unlock the full value of merchant services.Pollinate built the next generation of digital merchant services for small and medium businesses (SMBs), deployed by banks and payment providers around the world.Rapid advances in technology, changing regulations, and the rise of fintechs are reshaping the payments landscape. For banks, payments data is more than just transactions—it’s the foundation for smarter, more tailored merchant experiences.We work with banks to compete with challengers, design and deploy solutions fast (even on legacy tech stacks), and unlock growth with modular, configurable digital tools.Our digital experience platform delivers front-end Mini‐Apps across the entire merchant lifecycle—from acquisition and onboarding to activation, insights, servicing, and growth. It’s secure, cloud-native, and built for scale, speed, and compliance.Pollinate combines proven, enterprise-grade technology with deep payments and banking expertise, shaped by live deployments with Tier 1 institutions around the world.We’re live as Truist Merchant Engage in the US, Tyl by NatWest in the UK, and NAB Hive in Australia.

Founded in 2017
London, England, GBR
69 employees (6 in marketing)
68% recommend to a friend

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
2.8K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
47.7%
Direct
38.6%
Referral
6.5%
Social
6.1%
Paid
0.9%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~69

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
3 (4% of company)
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
1

Funding

Total Funding
$218M
Last Raise
$50M
Series C, 5 years ago

Funding History

  • Mar 2021
    Series C • $50M
  • Sep 2020
    Series B • $90.4M
  • Oct 2019
    Series A • $77.6M