Assistant Media Buyer

New York, USA (Hybrid)

Salary Not AvailableMid LevelFull time

Posted 4 months ago

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Job Summary

Assist media buying teams by coordinating schedules, revisions, and verifications for TV ad buys.

  • Coordinate schedules, revisions, and confirmations with stations and rep firms.
  • Must-have: Strong analytical skills and experience in media planning or buying.
  • Standout: Experience handling traffic revisions and weekly program changes.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Assist buyers to make sure all media schedules are running as ordered each quarter to meet delivery goals.
  • Support buyer needs on all accounts.
  • Create a positive and professional working relationship with stations and rep firms to maintain buys and solve problems.
  • Analyze and take care of makegoods/revisions to schedule.
  • Send orders/revisions and confirm them with the station.
  • Resolve discrepancies on a weekly basis using a tracking system.
  • Responsible for collecting pre-logs from the stations.
  • Resolve overrides and discrepancy reports on a monthly basis.
  • Send and confirm traffic revisions and traffic purges to the stations.
  • Responsible for taking care of the weekly program change report.

Requirements

  • Strong analytical skills
  • Experience in media planning and media strategy
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Experience in media buying
  • Ability to work independently and as part of a team
  • Experience with media buying software and tools is a plus
  • Knowledge of the television and video advertising industry is a plus
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills.
  • Must be detail-oriented and highly organized.
  • Ability and willingness to roll up the sleeves and get things done.
  • Team player with strong collaboration skills.
  • Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Advertising, Communications, or related field

Benefits

  • Vacation Days
  • 401(k)
  • Dental insurance
  • Flexible spending account
  • Health insurance
  • Life insurance
  • Paid time off
  • Retirement plan
  • Vision insurance
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ITN Networks

ITN Networks brings decades of experience and investment building the most advanced, fully operational enterprise of technology, data, inventory and services to the television and video advertising industry.Our mission is to elevate the value and accessibility of video advertising media through best-in-class innovation, technology, and talent developed with an entrepreneurial spirit.

Founded in 1983
New York, New York, USA
159 employees (66 in marketing)

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
3K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
55.6%
Direct
30.4%
Referral
4.9%
Social
8.4%
Paid
0.7%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~159

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
65 (41% of company)