Sr. Media Planner II

Los Angeles, CA (Hybrid)

$85K/yr – $94K/yrSenior Level12+ years expFull time

Posted 3 days ago

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Job Summary

Own and lead a growing client relationship and global media team, translating client goals into end-to-end media delivery across strategy, execution, analytics, and creative.

  • Lead client relationships with senior stakeholders.
  • Direct a global media team and cross-functional partners.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Lead the client relationship for a growing piece of business, interfacing with senior stakeholders internally and externally
  • Manage and mentor a global team of media professionals, ranging from Associate Director to Buyer.
  • Establish and maintain a strategic approach that bridges the gap from client goals to media delivery, including all facets of execution: strategy, execution, analytics, & creative
  • Understand and enforce best practices. This is not sharing partner responses, but a learned expectation of how media should run and perform.
  • Develop thoughtful media plans that include Google (Search, YouTube, PMax), Social (Meta, TIkTok, LinkedIn, etc.), and other digital channels (CTV, Direct, Programmatic)
  • Participate in Team Leadership, driving the direction of the larger Media Department.
  • Partner with cross-functional teams that include Comms Plannings, Strategy, Creative, Social, Analytics, and AI-Enablement

Requirements

  • 9-12+ years of digital marketing leadership with deep expertise across the Google stack, major social platforms (Meta, LinkedIn, X, TikTok), and programmatic media.
  • Strong communication skills required, with proven experience presenting to clients and vendor partners
  • Proven leader in full-lifecycle digital campaign management, from strategy and planning to execution and insightful reporting
  • Experience managing a team that includes multiple levels of contributors
  • Highly skilled in driving effective cross-functional communication, ensuring alignment and synergy within a fast-paced, energetic team environment
  • Exceptional presentation and communication skills, with a proven ability to articulate and present complex data insights clearly and compellingly to clients
  • Proven strategic capabilities, consistently translating complex challenges into innovative recommendations, robust action plans, and campaigns that drive ROI
  • A proven entrepreneurial mindset, adept at spearheading initiatives and strategies that accelerate the organization's growth trajectory

Preferred

  • Undergraduate degree required.
  • Buying Platform certifications will be taken into consideration.
  • Proficiency with digital Ad Servers, advanced campaign optimization platforms, and online tracking solutions, particularly Google Analytics, is a distinct advantage

Benefits

  • Excellent, full coverage medical, dental, and vision insurance - more about our coverage here!
  • Generous PTO and 15 company-wide holidays
  • 401k with company contribution
  • Paid parental leave
  • Work-life balance with an emphasis on personal well-being
  • Career growth in a disruptor space & entrepreneurial opportunities within the Monks network
  • A globally diverse & inclusive culture with employee resource groups such as S4 Melanin, Pride.Monks, Cultura.Monks, and more!
  • Authentic commitment to DEI efforts and sustainable growth. (Why Sir Martin Sorrell signed The Climate Pledge here!)
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Founded in 1985
London, England, GB
6.9K employees (2,903 in marketing)
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Direct
42.3%
Referral
7.8%
Social
9.4%
Paid
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