Media Manager

San Francisco, CA (Hybrid)

$70K/yr – $90K/yrMid Level3+ years expFull time

Posted 4 months ago

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Job Summary

Drive end-to-end TV and streaming buys across national, local, and digital formats while using data to optimize campaigns and negotiate pricing.

  • Own end-to-end TV and streaming buy planning across national, local, cable, and CTV.
  • Must-have: 3–5 years in TV buying and planning with platform experience.
  • Use data-driven optimization to maximize KPI delivery and inform pricing negotiations.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Plan and purchase all types of TV and Streaming inventory: national, broadcast, cable, local, CTV, streaming (Direct IO and Targeted), video, sports, premium opportunities (i.e. Upfront, Sponsorships), etc.
  • Use data to optimize campaigns and monitor networks/publishers for inventory clearance, viewership, competitive, audience changes, etc.
  • Assess campaign performance in real-time while providing feedback on optimizations to clients to ensure all media plans are delivering on KPIs, and external parties with media schedules
  • Evaluate every single media purchase through a data and analytics lens and negotiate pricing and plans where applicable
  • Work closely with client strategy team to help clients scale and grow their business effectively, and equip clients to understand full funnel media implications
  • Seek out unique opportunities e.g. discounted inventory, client specific packages, upfront inventory, etc.
  • Participate, actively engage, and be able to answer complex media questions in client meetings
  • Work alongside Product, Engineering, Data Science to assist in helping develop and upgrade our convergent TV ad platform

Requirements

  • 3-5 years of experience with TV buying and planning; bonus for platform/programmatic trading
  • Understand TV and Streaming inventory (you should be very familiar with networks, publishers, programs, shows, personalities, and media calendar), pricing, and availability to build insightful and strategic media plans
  • Experience in optimizing media buys based on performance outcomes and KPIs
  • Understanding of marketing strategy, sales funnel KPIs, and how media, programmatic, data, measurement, and technology fit into the full picture
  • Advanced presentation and communication skills. You are a strong communicator, both verbally and written, with the ability to blend quantitative analysis and creative thinking to present recommendations to clients and internal stakeholders
  • You appreciate tech, product, engineering, data and analytics, and comfortable and quick at learning software and systems (i.e. Tatari’s proprietary buying platform).
  • Excellent analytical and troubleshooting skills, including intermediate to advanced skills in Excel and/or Google Sheets
  • Detail-oriented, organized and able to manage processes and simultaneous workflows— ability to multi-task

    Benefits

    • Total compensation ($70,000-90,000/Annually)
    • Equity compensation
    • Health insurance coverage for you and your dependents
    • 401K, FSA, and commuter benefits
    • $150 monthly spending account
    • $1,000 annual continued education benefit
    • $500 Newbie Productivity Perk
    • Unlimited PTO and sick days
    • Monthly Company Wellness Day Off
    • Snacks, drinks, and catered lunches at the office
    • Team building events
    • Hybrid RTO of 2 days per week. THIS IS AN IN-OFFICE POSITION
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    Tatari

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    Tatari is building the infrastructure to modernize TV advertising for Brands, Agencies, and Publishers. Clients include Made In, Daily Harvest, Wpromote, and Fubo. Recognized by Business Insider as one of the Hottest Ad Tech Companies of 2023 and by Digiday as the Best CTV Platform of 2024, Tatari is headquartered in San Francisco with further offices in Los Angeles and New York. For additional information, please visit tatari.tv

    Founded in 2016
    San Francisco, California, USA
    368 employees (55 in marketing)
    79% recommend to a friend
    87% CEO approval

    Traffic Signals

    Monthly Visitors
    43.3K
    Monthly Google Ads Budget
    $113.1K
    Traffic Source Mix
    Search
    32.8%
    Direct
    51.8%
    Referral
    9.4%
    Social
    4.5%
    Paid
    1.2%

    Headcount Trend

    Current headcount: ~368

    Marketing Team

    Marketing Team Size
    43 (12% of company)
    Median Career Experience
    8 years
    Median Tenure
    2.3 years
    Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
    2

    Funding

    Last Raise
    Series Unknown, 7 years ago

    Funding History

    • Jan 2019
      Series Unknown
    • Nov 2016
      Convertible Note

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