Senior Media Buyer, TV

District of Columbia, USA (Hybrid)

$58K/yr – $65K/yrSenior Level3+ years expFull time

Posted 3 months ago

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Job Summary

Assist with local broadcast media buying operations and vendor coordination within a multi-office media team.

  • Own trafficking and delivery of local and network buys, ensuring assets reach vendors on time.
  • Must-have: 2–3+ years in local broadcast buying and experience with Freewheel Strata.
  • Standout: Strong vendor relations and billing/reconciliation coordination.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Buying Support: Assist with the entry, maintenance, and revision of media buys within the Freewheel Strata system.
  • Stewardship: Compile pre-logs and post-logs for campaigns to ensure delivery and accuracy.
  • Trafficking: Manage the trafficking of local and network buys, ensuring all creative assets reach vendors on time.
  • Billing: Assists the media team with monthly invoicing and financial reconciliation, acting as a point of contact for both internal finance departments and external vendors to streamline the billing cycle.
  • General Support: Assist the team with requests from internal planning and client services.
  • Vendor Relations: Assist in communications with media vendors, including managing new vendor setups.

Requirements

  • Experience: 2-3+ year(s) of experience in local broadcast, radio, or cable buying. Network buying knowledge is not required but a plus.
  • Technical Proficiency: Hands-on working knowledge of Freewheel Strata is preferred.
  • Industry Tools: Familiarity with planning and buying tools such as comScore, SRDS, SQAD, and Extreme Reach.
  • Expectations to work from one of our offices (Chicago, DC, NYC, SF, LA) at least 3 days a week

Preferred

  • Quick learner in paid media across social, search, and programmatic.
  • Prior agency experience in digital advertising.

Benefits

  • BPI offers a wide range of benefits to U.S.-based employees, including 100% company-paid medical, dental, and vision insurance, a 401(k) program with employer match up to 4%, generous time off for vacation, $50 monthly phone reimbursement, unlimited sick time, and 16 weeks of paid leave for new parents.
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Bully Pulpit International

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Bully Pulpit International (BPI) is an outcomes agency at the intersection of business, politics, and policy. Born in politics and founded by leaders of the Obama campaign, we apply our unique expertise from these experiences to create sophisticated and customized strategies for companies, causes and candidates. Our clients include established market leaders, new economy firms, philanthropists, CEOs, and elected officials. What these varied brands share in common is the growing need to establish differentiated and lasting bonds with their consumers in a world of fragmented media, deep skepticism, and rapidly changing culture. Reputation has never been more relevant to business ROI, and in our view requires consumers to believe — not only in what a brand is saying, but also in why. We combine proprietary technology and deeper insights to build believers with the speed and agility that today’s market requires.At Bully Pulpit International, we make change possible. To us, this is more than a commitment—it's a passion. Because we truly believe in the work we do.

Founded in 2009
Washington, District of Columbia, USA
270 employees (95 in marketing)
63% recommend to a friend
74% CEO approval

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
15.5K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
31.6%
Direct
46%
Referral
5.7%
Social
15%
Paid
1.5%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~270

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
77 (29% of company)
Median Career Experience
10 years
Median Tenure
4.6 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
4

Funding

Last Raise
Series Unknown, 3 years ago

Funding History

  • Apr 2023
    Series Unknown
  • Sep 2016
    Series Unknown

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