Media Operations Manager (Digital Advertising)

Chicago, IL (Remote)

Salary Not AvailableSenior Level4+ years expSalaried Ft

Posted 3 months ago

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Job Summary

Lead media project delivery and operations for an agency team, owning planning, timelines, budgets, and cross-functional collaboration.

  • Own planning, resourcing, budgets, and delivery for media-focused projects.
  • Must-have: 4+ years in media management/operations in an agency or marketing setting.
  • Standout: Proactive cross-functional coordination with planners, buyers, and vendors.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Manage planning, resourcing, budgets, and delivery for media-focused projects from kickoff to completion.
  • Coordinate trafficking, campaign setup, pacing, and post-launch checks in collaboration with internal teams and external vendors.
  • Partner with media planners, buyers, and strategists to align campaign timelines, budgets, and assets to client expectations and capacity.
  • Ensure timely delivery of assets that meet technical specs, resolving discrepancies or issues as they arise.
  • Maintain project documentation, including scopes, timelines, budgets, and asset specifications.
  • Facilitate cross-functional communication and collaboration, including weekly status updates and campaign trackers.
  • Support media reconciliation, billing, and vendor invoice processes.
  • Identify opportunities to improve workflows, documentation, and operational efficiency.

Requirements

  • 4+ years in media management and/or media operations within an agency or marketing environment.
  • Familiarity with ad trafficking tools and project management platforms (preferably Adobe Workfront).
  • Understanding of media ecosystems, including display, social, programmatic, video, and OOH.
  • Understanding of performance marketing, inclusive of search.
  • Experience managing budgets, timelines, and cross-functional communication.
  • Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Communications, Advertising, or related field (or equivalent experience).

Preferred

  • Highly organized, proactive, and able to manage competing priorities.
  • Open, willing, and eager to collaborate in a team environment, skilled at managing teams and creating win-win solutions when challenges arise.
  • Highly skilled in verbal and written communication, with the ability to influence without direct authority.
  • A problem-solver who stays calm under pressure and adapts to changing needs.
  • Detail-oriented, with strong quality assurance instincts.
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Leap Group

Leap Group is an independent network of wholly-owned Midwest agencies and studios. At Leap Group, we share a common culture, POV and values that make it easy for us to work together and create great work for our clients. By adapting to whatever combination fits your company’s needs and objectives, we give you the benefits of scalability and depth of expertise from our full team. We are built to be full-service – to deliver transformative results. Through an integrated approach of human understanding, communication and technology, we create authentic experiences.Your brand matters. We make it matter more.

Louisville, Kentucky, USA
42 employees (11 in marketing)

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
2.8K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
30.9%
Direct
45.1%
Referral
7.4%
Social
14.7%
Paid
1.6%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~42

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
8 (19% of company)
Median Career Experience
11 years
Median Tenure
1.8 years