Specialist, Media Strategy - Activision

Santa Monica, CA (Unknown)

$56K/yr – $103K/yrMid Level2+ years expFull time

Posted 4 months ago

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Job Summary

Drive holistic paid media strategy and cross-functional planning for a leading gaming company, bridging in-house and agency partners.

  • Must-have: 2–4+ years in paid media strategy with multi-channel planning and $2MM+ budgets
  • Standout: Connector role aligning brand, media, analytics, and external partners across campaigns

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Working with the team to develop holistic, full-funnel paid media strategies aligned to brand and performance objectives.
  • Helping define channel mix, audience approach, budget allocation, and flighting strategy across major campaign beats.
  • Working with media agency and vendors to create plan with first-to-market and effective tactics
  • Partnering with brand marketing to align media strategy to messaging, positioning, and creative pillars.
  • Building strategic frameworks for tentpole moments including reveals, launch, seasonal updates, and promotions.
  • Collaborating with regional, agency and internal activation teams to create strong cross-channel plans that work holistically
  • Leveraging our data, competitive intelligence, and industry trends to inform planning recommendations.
  • Partnering with analytics teams to define measurement plans and success KPIs by funnel stage.
  • You will operate as a connector between in-house and external partners ensuring plans are holistic and use all the data and insights at your disposal.

Requirements

  • 2–4+ years of experience in paid media strategy, media planning, or performance marketing.
  • Experience developing multi-channel media strategies across platforms such as Linear, OOH, CTV. Meta, YouTube, TikTok, Google, Twitch, programmatic, and emerging channels.
  • Strong understanding of full-funnel marketing and attribution models.
  • Experience managing budgets in the $2MM+ range preferred.
  • Proficiency in AI, Microsoft and Google Suites, and media forecasting models.
  • Strong presentation skills with the ability to distill complex data into clear strategic narratives.
  • Analytical mindset balanced with creative thinking and inquisitive mindset

Nice To Have

  • Media agency experience on a gaming or entertainment client
  • Experience on an integrated planning and activation team

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, vision, health savings account or health reimbursement account, healthcare spending accounts, dependent care spending accounts, life and AD&D insurance, disability insurance;
  • 401(k) with Company match, tuition reimbursement, charitable donation matching;
  • Paid holidays and vacation, paid sick time, floating holidays, compassion and bereavement leaves, parental leave;
  • Mental health & wellbeing programs, fitness programs, free and discounted games, and a variety of other voluntary benefit programs like supplemental life & disability, legal service, ID protection, rental insurance, and others;
  • If the Company requires that you move geographic locations for the job, then you may also be eligible for relocation assistance.
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At Activision, we strive to create the most iconic brands in gaming and entertainment.We’re driven by our mission to deliver unrivaled gaming experiences for the world to enjoy, together. We are home to some of the most beloved entertainment franchises including Call of Duty®, Crash BandicootTM, Tony Hawk’sTM Pro SkaterTM, and Guitar Hero®. As a leading worldwide developer, publisher and distributor of interactive entertainment and products, our “press start” is simple: delight hundreds of millions of players around the world with innovative, fun, thrilling, and engaging entertainment experiences.We’re not just looking back at our decades-long legacy; we’re forging ahead to keep advancing gameplay with some of the most popular titles and sophisticated technology in the world. We have bold ambitions to create the most inclusive company as we know our success comes from the passionate, creative, and diverse teams within our organization. We’re in the business of delivering fun and unforgettable entertainment for our player community to enjoy. And our future opportunities have never been greater — this could be your opportunity to level up. Ready to Activate Your Future?

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