The Hired Guns are seeking an experienced Senior Media Planner to join a growing digital media team at an award-winning agency with clients in the non-profit and higher-education spaces.
The Nitty Gritty
The backstory on the organization and why they need to hire you!
A leading digital marketing agency is looking for a sharp Senior Media Planner to join their nimble team and manage digital media strategy for its value-creating clients in the higher-education and non-profit spaces. As Senior Media Planner, you will lead digital media planning for education clients in partnership with the Media Director and media buying team. You will attend internal and client-facing meetings, speaking to media campaign performance and strategy. You will represent the agency’s POV on vertical-specific trends and the digital media landscape at large. You’ll keep a keen eye on all growth opportunities within existing client portfolios, and you’ll help develop media strategies to reach your client’s objectives. A big part of this job is creating annual and campaign-specific cross-platform tactical media plans, identifying KPIs and generating ongoing testing plans. This is a highly collaborative role in which you will interact with the media buying team to QA campaign set up, targeting, and budgets prior to launch, while also monitoring campaign performance and recommending optimizations. If you love client-facing roles and you enjoy providing insights to optimize their campaigns, then this is the role for you. Not to mention, this is an awesome, value-creating agency with mission-driven clients who make a positive impact on the world.
Why You?
How you’ll know if you’re a fit…
The ideal candidate has a minimum of 5 years of experience in a digital marketing or advertising role. You have extensive experience working with two or more of the following platforms: programmatic/display, such as Google Campaign Manager and Display & Video 360 experience; paid social platforms, such as Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn, Snapchat, Pinterest, TikTok. You have a familiarity with Google Analytics (or the ability to learn it super-quick!). Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Word, and PowerPoint is a must. You enjoy interacting with clients, and you have a proven track record of successfully delivering client-facing presentations. You have an Interest in mentoring junior associates, so experience as a manager is a plus! Experience working on higher education or cause/non-profit clients is a major bonus, too.
The Inside Skinny
Why you should quit your job right now and join this organization!
This agency has been honored with numerous awards for their commitment to their workplace and team members. In keeping with these values, a core element of this position is their focus on supporting both individual and team growth – and that means you! So, if you’re looking to upgrade your media planning career and grow within a value-creating company working with mission-driven brands, then this is the role for you!
The Hired Guns does not and will not discriminate in considering and referring candidates for employment, or in its treatment or advancement of its employees, and will not tolerate harassment, on the basis of race, color, religion, gender (including gender identity and expression), sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, or any other status protected by applicable federal, state or local law.
