Media Strategy, Senior Associate

Atlanta, GA (Remote)

Salary Not AvailableMid Level1+ years expFull time

Posted 4 months ago

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Job Summary

Drive multi-client media planning and campaign execution, coordinating across teams, vendors, and partners to deliver on business goals.

  • Own cross-client media planning and campaign coordination with timely updates to partners.
  • Must-have: 1-3+ years in media planning/strategy or media buying in an agency.
  • Standout: Proficiency with modern tools (Asana/Monday.com/Trello) and AI-assisted data insight.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Assists with multiple concurrent projects, ranging from smaller tactical assignments to supporting complex, integrated campaigns
  • Coordinates, activates and communicates relevant project information to the media buying team or vendor to ensure that the outcome addresses the partner’s business requirements
  • Supports projects by managing timelines, sharing campaign reporting, and working collaboratively to meet partner deliverables
  • Assists in developing agendas, compiling materials and recapping internal and external meetings
  • Updates and manages internal and partner facing communications to share progress and challenges in a timely and succinct way
  • Facilitates workflows, deadlines, and deliverables among C&C team and freelancers
  • Manages projects with grace and humility, ensuring all stays on point, on budget, and on time
  • Partner with media leadership to manage, nurture and develop client relationships
  • Collaborates across teams to craft best-in-class, holistic digital media strategies that drive tangible business outcomes for large consumer brands

Requirements

  • 1-3+ years of experience in media planning or strategy, performance marketing, or media buying
  • Proven experience working on multiple clients or a portfolio of accounts in a media agency environment
  • Deep understanding of the media ecosystem, including Walmart (WMC & Scintilla), Programmatic (TTD, StackAdapt), Social (Meta, TikTok), Google and Amazon. Additional retailers, traditional media experience, and eComm understanding are a plus
  • Understanding of media planning fundamentals. Prior experience with third party planning tools (GWI, Nielsen, Comscore, Resonate) a plus
  • Familiarity with media measurement approaches such as Marketing Mix Modeling, Multi-Touch Attribution, brand lift studies, or incrementality testing
  • Proven track record sending RFPs to media vendors to develop holistic media plans, based on an overriding client strategy
  • Experience working with both self service and managed service media campaigns
  • Strong data literacy — able to interpret performance trends, work with analytics partners, and translate data into clear strategic insights
  • Excellent communication and storytelling skills — both written and verbal — with an ability to influence internal teams and client stakeholders
  • Exceptional project management skills and attention to detail, experience working with project management software (Asana, Monday.com, Trello)

Preferred

  • Past experience in consumer brands is a plus, especially with emerging brands
  • Experience in brand or retail media
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Salt XC

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A North American marketing agency that creates connected experiences through creative, digital & media innovation.

Founded in 2019
Toronto, Ontario, CAN
333 employees (153 in marketing)
60% recommend to a friend

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