Senior Media Planner

Minneapolis, MN (Hybrid)

$65K/yr – $75K/yrSenior Level3+ years expFull time

Posted 4 weeks ago

Job Summary

Own end-to-end media strategy and activation for a portfolio of clients, guiding audience and channel mix, budgets, and creative standards while coordinating measurement and reporting. Lead AI-enabled workflows, rigorous QA, and performance-driven optimizations, and mentor junior planners across the team.

  • Drive media strategy, activation, and measurement for multiple brands
  • Leverage AI tools and automation to streamline QA, reporting, and planning
  • Coach associates and collaborate with cross-functional partners to improve outcomes

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Media Strategy & planning
  • Collaborate with senior media leads on media strategy for a portfolio of clients.
  • Understand the role of media in each client's marketing mix and how it contributes to broader client strategy.
  • Lead the development of media plans end to end: audience, channel mix, tactical details, budget allocation, creative spec and best practices, etc.
  • Stay plugged in, from broad industry trends to platform-level changes.
  • Activation & optimization
  • Execute media plans while understanding the impact on the overall media mix. Track the rapidly changing channel opportunities and settings. Follow and influence our rigorous activation and ongoing QA process.
  • Be performance obsessed - strategically recommend budget shifts and channel optimizations that serve business objectives.
  • Partner closely with analytics teams to ensure measurement is set up and flowing correctly.
  • Measurement & reporting

Requirements

  • 3+years of media planning experience, with a meaningful share of that in an agency or multi-brand environment.
  • Media: growing expertise in 2 or more digital media channels with a strong understanding of traditional media planning and buying.
  • Platforms: hands-on Meta and Google Ads strongly preferred, experience with TikTok, Programmatic, and direct partnerships a bonus.
  • Research & measurement: comfortable with syndicated research tools (MRI-Simmons or similar), GA4, and platform reporting; bonus for Supermetrics, Data Studio, PowerBI, etc.
  • Regulated categories are a big plus: experience planning in healthcare or med-tech, including HIPAA-aware targeting and measurement.
  • Communication: excellent written and verbal skills, and able to produce precise, accurate, high-quality documents on time.
  • Leadership: able to facilitate team problem solving with a positive attitude, respond well in high-pressure situations, and interface effectively with all levels of internal teams and external partners.
  • Self-starter who is results and goal oriented, value oriented, and brings a high degree of integrity and attention to detail.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance
  • 401(k) with company match
  • Unlimited paid time off, including generous vacation
  • Life Insurance (basic, voluntary & AD&D)
  • Family Leave (parental leave)
  • Short & Long Term Disability
  • Hybrid Work Environment (Tuesdays & Thursdays in office)
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space150

space150 is an independent agency network with a digital backbone and a national footprint. We partner with brands to solve problems through the creative application of engineering, strategy, and design.

Founded in 2000
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
85 employees (34 in marketing)

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Posted range

$65K/yr – $75K/yr

Taken straight from the job posting.

Media Planning median pay in the United States

$91K/yr

Most pay falls between $73K and $125K. Based on 1,266 salaries.

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Senior Media Planner

space150 · Minneapolis, MN · Hybrid