Responsibilities

• Develop full-funnel programmatic media plans, including strategy, audience recommendations, budget allocation, inventory selection, and KPIs.
• Lead campaign briefing, setup, forecasting, pacing, and optimization workflows in partnership with activation teams.
• Evaluate and recommend audience segmentation strategies, leveraging 1P/2P/3P data, contextual opportunities, and platform-native solutions.
• Collaborate with analytics and insights teams to define measurement frameworks, testing roadmaps, and learning agendas.
• Analyze campaign results and generate actionable insights that shape ongoing strategy.
• Provide thoughtful guidance on channel roles, programmatic trends, and emerging technologies.
• Partner with creative, account, and production teams to ensure alignment on messaging, placements, and deliverables.
• Lead communication with platform partners (DV360, The Trade Desk, Amazon DSP, etc.) to stay ahead of innovations and competitive intelligence.
• QA all programmatic media plans and deliverables, ensuring accuracy, consistency, and excellence.
• Present strategic recommendations, insights, and results to internal teams and client stakeholders.
• Support junior team members through guidance, mentorship, and performance feedback.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Advertising, Communications, or related field
• 4–6+ years of experience in digital media planning, with at least 3 years focused specifically on programmatic media
• Strong understanding of DSPs (DV360, TTD, Amazon, Yahoo DSP, etc.) and programmatic buying mechanics (PMPs, PG, RTB, auction dynamics)
• Experience developing strategies for audience targeting, data activation, measurement, and attribution
• Ability to analyze performance data and synthesize into clear insights and recommendations
• Experience working with luxury, automotive, or premium brands is a plus
• Strong cross-channel understanding of display, video, CTV, audio, native, and emerging programmatic formats
• Excellent communication, presentation, and storytelling skills
• Ability to manage multiple projects in a fast-paced environment with attention to detail
• Familiarity with ad serving, measurement, and verification tools (DCM/CM360, MOAT, IAS, GA/GA4, Adobe, etc.)
• Proficiency in Excel, PowerPoint, and project management workflows

Preferred

• Hands-on-keyboard DSP experience
• Google Marketing Platform or Trade Desk Certifications
• Experience with brand lift studies, MMM, MTA, or advanced analytics
• Exposure to identity solutions, clean rooms, or privacy-safe data models
• Experience with automation/bulk sheets for optimization, reporting, and trafficking efficiencies
• Experience with DCO at scale
• Regional media planning experience

Benefits

• We offer comprehensive benefits and ‘work perks’ like great options for medical / dental / vision insurance, 401(k) with company matching, unlimited PTO, generous paid parental leave, tuition reimbursement, family forming assistance reimbursement, pet adoption assistance + “pawternity” leave, etc.
• We have a hybrid work schedule (4 days a week in office / 1 day from wherever your heart desires).
• We’re part of Publicis Groupe which is a huge global network, so there are many resources that come with that like Business Resource Groups for a variety of communities like Publicis Parents, VivaWomen, Egalité, etc.
• We give back to our communities with our annual Day of Good and volunteer opportunities throughout the year.
• We love to grow our talent and promote from within whenever possible, and we offer professional development trainings and regular structured performance reviews.
• We have a lot fun! We have a whole committee called “Team Fun” that plans parties and events for us to celebrate birthdays, holidays, cultural moments, etc.
• Some recent fun events include a flower bouquet bar, origami lessons, and hearing from creative entrepreneurs at our Moonshot speaker