Senior Media Strategist, Global

Santa Clara, CA (On-site)

Salary Not AvailableSenior Level10+ years expFull time

Posted 3 months ago

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Job Summary

Drive global brand media investments and master plan leadership, balancing high-reach channels with digital precision to power a multi-touch narrative.

  • Own the global brand media investments and master plan with agency partners driving execution.
  • Must-have: 10+ years managing multi-million dollar global media budgets with agency planning roots.
  • Standout: Strong editorial partnerships and data-driven creative strategy capabilities.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Own the global brand media investments. Balance the emotional resonance of high-reach channels with the tactical precision of digital to maintain a consistent, multi-touch narrative.
  • Lead the master media plan as the primary driver of the planning process, leveraging agency partners for execution and offline/linear co-planning.
  • Design technical frameworks where offline brand moments trigger immediate actions and capture high-fidelity intent signals for the demand engine.
  • Lead relationships with global editorial houses and architect bespoke content partnerships and deep editorial integrations.
  • Partner with content and brand creative to ensure assets are purpose-built for the media landscape; provide data-backed insights to shape creative strategy.
  • Partner with analytics on brand tracking and attribution; prove P&L impact through brand lift studies and multi-touch attribution.

Requirements

  • 10 plus Years of Media Mastery: Proven success managing complex, multi-million dollar global accounts and budgets. Agency-side media planning roots are necessary.
  • Strategic Authority: Ability to influence executive leadership and justify investments in unproven channels through data-driven logic.
  • Technical Spidey-Sense: Expert-level proficiency in the modern media stack, including DV, TradeDesk, Amazon, LinkedIn, and brand tracking tools like Kantar or Qualtrics.
  • Online and Offline Fluency: Deep understanding of GRPs, reach-frequency, CTR, CPM, and multi-touch attribution.
  • B2B Architecture with B2C Empathy: Understand B2B buying group dynamics with emotive, impactful messaging.
  • Operational Excellence: A doer who ensures assets, links, and tags are tested and bulletproof before launch.
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