Sr. Manager, Media Planning

Arlington Heights, IL (Hybrid)

$110K/yr – $120K/yrSenior Level7+ years expFull time

Posted 2 months ago

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Job Summary

Own end-to-end media strategy and optimization across digital, social, video and traditional channels with a strong emphasis on audience-first plans and measurable ROI.

  • Growth Infrastructure: Build and optimize integrated media plans across paid digital, social, video, influencers, retail media, audio, streaming, and traditional channels.
  • Cross-functional Ownership: Align media with brand, launches, seasonal priorities, and business goals while collaborating with creative, e-commerce, PR, and insights teams.
  • Performance & Ops: Lead budgeting, forecasting, pacing, reporting, and ROI-driven optimization for leadership-ready visibility.

Job Description

  • Develop and execute full-funnel media strategies across paid digital, social, video, influencer, retail media, audio, streaming, and traditional channels
  • Partner closely with brand marketing teams to align media plans with campaign objectives, product launches, seasonal priorities, and business goals
  • Collaborate with media agencies to build integrated media plans, negotiate efficiencies, and optimize campaign performance
  • Analyze media performance data and provide actionable recommendations to improve effectiveness, efficiency, and ROI
  • Lead campaign reporting and communicate insights, learnings, and optimization opportunities to internal stakeholders and leadership teams
  • Manage media budgets, forecasting, and pacing to ensure accuracy and efficient allocation of spend
  • Monitor industry trends, emerging platforms, and competitive activity to identify new opportunities and innovations
  • Partner cross-functionally with creative, e-commerce, PR, and consumer insights teams to deliver cohesive campaigns
  • Support testing strategies across channels, audiences, formats, and measurement methodologies
  • Ensure media plans are audience-first, data-driven, and aligned with overall brand strategy
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VTech Electronics

VTech is the global leader in electronic learning products from infancy through toddler and preschool. Since its establishment in 1976, VTech has been the pioneer in the electronic learning toy category.

Founded in 1976
Arlington Heights, Illinois, USA
127 employees (37 in marketing)

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
151K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
49.3%
Direct
40.6%
Referral
5.7%
Social
3.2%
Paid
1%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~130

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
16 (13% of company)