Buyer, Integrated Media Investment (Temporary)

USA (On-site)

Salary Not AvailableMid Level2+ years expFull time

Posted 2 months ago

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Job Summary

Drive end-to-end media buying execution across online and offline channels, from planning and vendor negotiations to campaign performance monitoring and cross-team collaboration.

  • Own campaign planning, vendor relations, and RFP development across digital and traditional channels.
  • Guide trafficking, pacing, and performance reporting to ensure timely, data-driven results.
  • Mentor junior buyers and align cross-agency teams around media strategy and timeline.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Oversees tactical planning, execution and reporting of campaigns.
  • Utilize knowledge of the media marketplace and channels to brainstorm and ideate new activations and vendors for media campaigns.
  • Be resourceful, organized, and energetic throughout the planning process.
  • Communicate effectively in a fast-paced industry and manage multiple projects.
  • Maintain base-level knowledge of buying for both online and offline media channels: Digital (Banners, Audio, Video) Search, Social, TV, Radio, OOH, Print.
  • Own vendor communications and develop relationships with clients.
  • Manage RFP process: developing partner consideration sets, putting together RFPs, and managing conversations & RFP development with partners.
  • Collaborate on the buying of media, vendor contracts, budget management by platform, billing/invoicing for media campaigns.
  • Lead knowledge of media buying tools to execute plans and buys (Freewheel, SBMS/Adazzle, GCM & MOAT/IAS, GCM, Datorama, Tableau).
  • Apply negotiation to ensure discounts and added value.

Requirements

  • 2 years of experience in a media investment/buying role across online and/or offline channels, including campaign execution and management (Digital - Display, Audio, Video), Search, Social, and Traditional (TV, Radio, OOH, Print).
  • Proficiency with media tools and platforms such as Freewheel, SBMS/Adazzle, GCM, MOAT/IAS, Tableau
  • Strong project and campaign management skills, including RFP development, vendor negotiations, trafficking, and pacing/reporting
  • Effective communication and collaboration skills—able to manage vendor relationships, support internal teams, and clearly articulate media strategies.
  • Ability to mentor junior team members

Preferred

  • Mentor junior team members (nice to have)
  • Proactive collaboration across cross-agency teams

Benefits

  • Benefits eligible.
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