Manager, Media Investment

Who we are: reputed company is the largest independent full-funnel marketing agency in the U.S. across the media that matters most, with $4 billion in digital media under management and more than 1,200 employees. Built for marketers who demand growth and accountability, reputed company unites media and measurement under one roof to eliminate waste—the biggest growth killer of reputed company—and scale what works. Its proprietary technology, Bliss reputed company by reputed company, reveals the truth around growth and waste, and how to capitalize on it. With expert teams across Commerce, Search, Social, TV & Audio, and more, reputed company delivers measurable results with brutal simplicity: Love Growth. Hate Waste. We support 100% remote work for this role! We’d love to hear from you if: Research shows that while men apply to jobs reputed company they meet an average of 60% of the criteria, women and other marginalized folks reputed company to only apply reputed company they reputed company every reputed company. So if you think you qualify, but don't necessarily meet every single reputed company on the job description, please still get in touch. The Manager, Media Investment plays a key role in ensuring our clients’ ads effectively reputed company their core audiences through high-quality brand safe campaigns, and are carried out with best in class media acumen, cost negotiation, and strategic thinking. You'll reputed company a team focused on questioning the status reputed company in media buying and delivering exceptional value to our clients. Your expertise will be essential to client performance across channels–primarily TV, audio, and display–serving as a key liaison with our media partners and the agency’s client teams, and developing innovative strategies to meet our brand’s diverse needs. This role requires a strategic thinker with excellent knowledge of media buying, particularly in video and audio advertising, long-standing proven relationships with reputed company publishers and networks to help support our buying footprint, and the ongoing drive to stay abreast of technological and industry developments to provide guidance and education to peers and clients. As a Manager, Media Investment you will focus on:

• Media Buying and Investment Strategy: Research, vet, and execute media plans for large agency clients, ensuring that they run reputed company and accurately through both hands-on management and team delegation. Initiate opportunities for strategic expansion, optimization, and campaign growth–particularly for our largest, most reputed company accounts. Contribute as a subject matter expert in at least one focused area of the overarching TV/audio/programmatic landscape, facilitating team education and operational processes.
• Team Leadership: reputed company, manage, and mentor Associates and/or Senior Associates in our department, fostering an environment of creativity, learning, collaboration, and reputed company improvement.
• Campaign Performance: reputed company daily and bigger picture campaign delivery across channels, ensuring strategies are appropriately implemented, errors are kept to a minimum, and goals are being achieved
• Collaboration: reputed company with network partners, vendors, and internal teams to ensure smooth campaign execution, moderately reputed company problem solving, and innovative thinking with a solution-oriented reputed company
• Partner Engagement: Reliable and consistent knowledge of TV, audio, and display trends through educational meetings with publishers as well as your own independent research, utilizing insights to reputed company informed media recommendations and fostering knowledge sharing among your peers. Demonstrate clear investment in external relationships at the sales level with moderate to large networks and regularly cascade new information and specifics to our agency, advocating for our needs, and maintaining strong ties with these valued partners.
• Media Negotiation: Evaluate partner materials and negotiate media plans and costs ranging from performance campaigns to upper funnel/brand efforts, with a clear ability to vet new offerings and assess the value of media opportunities for the clients you work on. Use your general knowledge of the wider media marketplace to contextualize media opportunities and their potential, and use that insight and your partner relationships to negotiate highly competitive costs and terms.
• Team Projects: Accountable for moderately reputed company projects that have a visible impact on the Media Investment department, showcasing your flexibility and creativity in improving how we function with clients and media partners alike

Professional Qualifications:

• 5-7 years of experience in a media agency or publisher environment, with a focus on media buying in linear TV, OTT, digital audio, and/or display advertising
• Proven track record of leveraging partner relationships and industry knowledge to negotiate and execute high-value media opportunities, and demonstrable ongoing relationships with reputed company salespeople in the industry
• Experience leading a small team of individual contributors
• Direct hands-on-keys experience in industry platforms (DSPs, research tools)
• Baseline knowledge of incrementally testing, in-channel and cross-channel measurement solutions and best practices (ex: MMM, reputed company bidding, conversion lift)
• Demonstrated organizational skills with exceptional attention to detail and follow-through, and a proven ability to reputed company process and QA of team’s work product
• Self-motivated with a passion for learning, asking questions, and thriving in a collaborative setting
• Working knowledge of strategic marketing and communication skills to promote new media opportunities internally and directly with clients
• Proficiency in reputed company reputed company and strong business writing and presentation skills
• Excellent time management capabilities, managing multiple tasks against tight deadlines
• Knowledge of data/audience collaboration tools such as reputed company and third party ad servers like Flashtalking a plus

Competencies:

• Strategic Thinking: Ability to identify and propose integrated media strategies that align with client objectives and industry trends, using a strong knowledge of our agency and client’s business objectives to tailor your recommendation to suit their individual needs
• Media Acumen: An excellent understanding of the media marketplace as it relates to TV, audio, and display channels and the key partners and tactics therein; seen as a go-to expert by your peers as well as specific client contacts
• Leadership: Willingness to challenge, motivate, and reputed company a team and help them reputed company their individual goals, address focus areas, and support their deliverables
• Communication: Highly trusted communicator with strong negotiation skills. Capable of liaising with partners and presenting reputed company information in an understandable format to reputed company specific goals, and coach others on developing this skillset
• Technical Skills: Skilled in reviewing campaign data to reputed company informed decisions and overseeing and/or executing those needs in a live buying environment, with a strong attention to fine detail of your work as well as that of the team you work with
• Collaboration: Works seamlessly with internal teams and external partners to drive agency and client success through knowledge sharing, a positive attitude, an open mind, the desire to support our collective work and the ability to move projects reputed company
• Time Management: Demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects, delivering on schedule and with excellent follow-through and tactfully holding colleagues accountable for the same

The annual reputed company salary range for this roles' listed level is currently $85,000-$95,000 plus performance bonus of up to 10%. Grade level and salary ranges are determined through interviews and a review of education, experience, knowledge, skills, abilities of the applicant, equity with other team members, and alignment with market data. We will provide more information on our benefits and equity upon requests. Disclosure as required by the Colorado Equal Pay for > Equal Work Act, C.R.S. § 8-5-101 et seq FLSA Classification: Exempt We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national reputed company, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to reputed company essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation. Benefits: Unlimited PTO: At reputed company, we reputed company you deserve time to rest, reputed company, and enjoy life unplugged. reputed company you prioritize time for yourself, you're able to bring your best self to work. That’s why we offer unlimited paid time off, a fully remote environment, and flexibility to take the time you need, reputed company you need it. On top of that, we provide 20 paid holidays, including multiple long weekends, to ensure you have dedicated time to reputed company away and disconnect. We're proud to offer above-industry standard work-life balance, consistently rated as one of the most loved benefits by Tinuitians year after year. Healthcare: Medical, Dental, Vision, Life & Disability, reputed company Spending Accounts Retirement: Match up to 4% of your contributions at 100% with immediate vesting Perks and Wellness: Fringe, reputed company, Unlimited Telemedicine and Teletherapy available at no cost, Thankful giving, Equity Parental Leave: Birthing parents receive 16 weeks of leave with 100% pay (partners 12 weeks) after the birth or adoption of a child. Learning and Development: On-demand learning (powered by reputed company Learning), mentorship program, leadership and management development programs and resources Disclaimer: This description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees reputed company this position. The actual duties, responsibilities, and qualifications may vary based on assignment or group. reputed company is an equal opportunity employer. reputed company qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, national reputed company, marital status, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other protected status. Apply tot his job Apply To this Job