Responsibilities

• Lead media teams across assigned client accounts, providing oversight from tactical planning through campaign execution.
• Provide tactical media strategy and buying guidance across teams
• Maintain a strong understanding of the evolving media marketplace, including emerging channels and industry trends.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with clients and media partners
• Proactively identify new media opportunities, partnerships and platforms, and buying strategies that can benefit clients.
• Provide thought leadership to clients and internal teams
• Lead, mentor, and develop media team members, including identifying training and development needs.
• Identify opportunities to improve team processes and establish consistent media best practices
• Participate in RFPs and new business opportunities
• Directly manage Sr Buyers and Buyers as assigned

Requirements

• 8-10+ years of media buying, planning, and/or advertising experience preferred
• 5+ years of experience managing and developing team
• Deep understanding of the media buying and tactical planning across multiple channels, with strong expertise in Video, including Linear TV and OTT.
• Demonstrated ability to lead multiple accounts and teams.
• Strong understanding of the media marketplace
• Strong negotiation, analytical and problem-solving skills
• Strong organizational and time-management skills with the ability to prioritize effectively in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong attention to detail, accountability and follow through
• Excellent interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills.
• Proficient in MS Office, Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint.

Preferred

• Experience with DSPs and programmatic buying is a plus.

Benefits

• Involved Media offers a very competitive benefits package inclusive of medical coverage, dental, vision, disability, 401k, paid time off, community engagement opportunities, great colleagues, and great learning opportunities.