Media Strategist

San Diego, CA (Hybrid)

Salary Not AvailableMid Level3+ years expFull time

Posted 3 months ago

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Job Summary

Drive paid media strategy and governance for a global digital agency as a Media Strategist, owning end-to-end campaign delivery.

  • Own end-to-end paid media planning, budgeting, and governance.
  • Must-have: 3–5 years in media planning/buying with agency/consulting exposure.
  • Standout: Mentors 1–2 coordinators and leads cross-team collaboration.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Partner with Account and Media Investment teams to translate client business goals into innovative, performance-driven paid media strategies.
  • Maintain full accountability for Camphouse governance, including campaign configuration, budget and billing accuracy, documentation standards, and cross-team process adherence.
  • Support development of integrated media plans tailored to client objectives and KPIs.
  • Manage campaign budgets, pacing, and tracking to ensure full delivery and performance against goals.
  • Conduct ongoing campaign analysis and provide data-driven optimization recommendations.
  • Lead quality assurance for campaign setup prior to launch.
  • Oversee media placements, including vendor communication and progress tracking.
  • Maintain client-facing dashboards and deliver clear weekly, monthly, and executive-level performance reporting.
  • Generate actionable insights from web analytics (traffic trends, conversion behavior, product engagement, navigation patterns, etc.).
  • Monitor industry trends, tools, and best practices across performance media and analytics.

Requirements

  • A 4-year college degree and 3-5 years of media planning and/or buying experience at an advertising agency, and/or consulting firm, and/or corporate marketing department, and/or software provider in an analytical or marketing capacity.
  • Experience across various channels (Display, Video, CTV, Native, DOOH) preferred, including experience working with programmatic trading teams.
  • Familiarity with Campaign Manager 360 or comparable ad serving technology.
  • Working knowledge of media research tools (IMS, GWI, MRI, Nielsen, ComScore, MRI-Simmons, etc.).
  • Exposure to utilizing data to write insights.
  • Ability to work both independently and in a team environment.
  • Professional and personal integrity.
  • A detail-oriented mindset, focused on driving results and analyzing data to gain insights and opportunities for growth.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
  • Leadership capability (coaching, mentoring, managing, etc).
  • Must be able to work EST hours.

Preferred

  • Bilingual in Spanish and/or Portuguese.

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance; a flexible spending account; voluntary life and accident plans; and a 401(k) retirement plan with matching.
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Mindgruve

We are a modern media, commerce, and data technology company comprised of strategists, creatives, media and commerce experts, data scientists, and engineers driven by one common purpose — to accelerate business growth through data-driven marketing, creative, and commerce. With over 400 experts worldwide, our teams deliver full-funnel, predictive marketing solutions for global brands.

Founded in 2001
San Diego, California, USA
380 employees (152 in marketing)

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
11.2K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
33.1%
Direct
49.5%
Referral
7.6%
Social
8.1%
Paid
1.2%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~385

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
109 (29% of company)
Median Career Experience
9 years
Median Tenure
2.2 years
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