Media Manager

New York City, NY (On-site)

$66K/yr – $98K/yrMid Level3+ years expFull time

Posted 2 months ago

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Job Summary

Own the coordination and execution of media plans, aligning client strategies with agency workflows, optimization, and measurement across campaign activities.

  • Media Plan & Briefing: translate client strategies into briefs and secure alignment with leadership.
  • Campaign Execution & Optimization: trafficking, QA, performance monitoring, and data-driven tweaks with agency and analytics partners.
  • Stakeholder Alignment & Reporting: maintain client relationships, regular status updates, and ensure tracking and insights are accurate.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Collaborates with clients and teammates to assist in translating marketing strategies into effective media plans and tactics
  • Serves as a knowledgeable resource on media best practices; escalates complex issues to media director as needed
  • Contributions to the development of campaign objectives, audience strategies, channel mix, and testing plans
  • Partners with media agency to support campaign setup, trafficking, QA, and ongoing execution
  • Drafts and refines media briefs based on client strategies; manages review and approval of brief with guidance from media director
  • Buil ds and maintains relationships with clients across assigned business areas; supports regular status and reporting
  • Monitors advertising performance and recommends optimizations in partnership with agency and analytics teams
  • Manages day-to-day coordination and project management for the media components of campaigns, using established operational processes, ensuring timelines and deliverables are met
  • Collaborates with creative, web, and analytics teams to ensure alignment on messaging, landing experiences, and measurement
  • Works with internal and external analytics partners to confirm proper tracking is in place; assists with reporting and insights
  • Reviews media plans to ensure alignment with strategic direction and budget parameters; contributes to constructive feedback to media agency

Requirements

  • Approximately 3 years of experience in media planning/buying, digital marketing, or integrated advertising required (healthcare experience a plus)
  • Familiarity with paid media channels (e.g., search, social, programmatic, display, video) and basic marketing analytics
  • Strong project management, communication, and stakeholder relationship skills
  • Ability to work independently on day-to-day tasks with guidance from senior staff on complex initiatives

Preferred

  • Healthcare experience a plus

Benefits

  • health coverage
  • life insurance
  • disability insurance
  • 401k benefits
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Catena Solutions

Catena Solutions is dedicated to the Food & Beverage industry with 30+ years of expertise supporting local, national, and global CPG brands.We provide a tailored approach, advising and executing client initiatives in Change & People, Technology Strategy & Implementation, Project & Program Management, Insights & Analytics, Strategic Growth & Innovation, Marketing & Creative Services, Revenue Growth Management, Supply Chain Operations, Order to Cash, and Food Safety & Quality.At Catena, we leverage our Food & Beverage industry expertise to drive growth, optimize operations, and navigate challenges. We achieve this by working side-by-side with our clients, seeing initiatives through to their desired state, and assigning experienced consultants who integrate seamlessly into our clients’ operations to meet them where they are in their journey.

Chicago, Illinois, USA
59 employees (6 in marketing)

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
4.9K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
29.3%
Direct
46.3%
Referral
6.3%
Social
16.5%
Paid
1.5%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~60

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
4 (7% of company)
Median Career Experience
19 years
Median Tenure
1.6 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
2