Associate Media Director, Integrated Media Planning

Minneapolis, MN (Hybrid)

Salary Not AvailableSenior Level6+ years expFull time

Posted 2 months ago

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Job Summary

Own end-to-end media planning for integrated campaigns across TV, digital, and emerging channels, aligning objectives, audience insights, and measurement with each client.

  • Integrated media ownership: Develop and steer strategy and tactical plans across traditional and digital channels.
  • Insights and tools: Leverage audience research and agency tools to inform plans and evolve planning capabilities.
  • Measurement and partnerships: Craft measurement frameworks, manage reporting outputs, and guide vendor relationships and procurement processes.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Oversee the development of integrated media strategies and full media plans across traditional (TV, radio, print, OOH) and digital (social media, programmatic, paid search, etc.) channels.
  • Align media strategies with client objectives, target audiences, media and industry landscape while supporting campaign goals.
  • The development of strategic and effective tactical plans that align with the integrated strategy and channel mix.
  • Manage and provide input on media briefs to ensure strategies and integrated plans align with the client’s core business goals and are structured to effectively achieve objectives.
  • Conduct research and analysis for assigned clients, including audience insights, competitive landscape, consumer journey, market trends, and industry/category knowledge. Ensure the development of clear, actionable insights to inform and enhance the Integrated Media plan.
  • Understand the agency's research tools and know how to leverage them to create strategic media plans.
  • Provide support into the evolution of our tools and products to enhance our planning and strategy capabilities.
  • Develop points of view (POVs) and maintain a clear understanding of the evolving media landscape, emerging technologies, and other critical factors shaping the industry.
  • Effectively develop and manage Measurement Strategies that connect media with clear KPIs and optimized metrics to ensure success of the media campaigns.
  • Create learning agendas within the measurement plan to guide insights and optimization efforts, ensuring clear hypotheses, methodologies, and timelines are established.
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True Media

True Media is an independent media agency helping leading and emerging brands across North America build stronger connections with customers. True works closely with clients and creative agencies to apply deep media expertise and genuine human perspective to find what's true and elevate brands across all digital, traditional, social and performance media channels.

Founded in 2005
Columbia, Missouri, USA
186 employees (70 in marketing)

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
4.9K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
30.4%
Direct
45.6%
Referral
5.7%
Social
16.8%
Paid
1.4%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~186

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
65 (35% of company)
Median Career Experience
13 years
Median Tenure
5.8 years