Manager, Media Investment

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Oversee media investment planning and implementation across TV, OTT/CTV, OLV, Audio, and Display.

• Ensure alignment of plans with client objectives and comprehensive strategies, considering trade-offs, channel responsibilities, pacing, and investment suggestions.

• Co-present investment proposals and performance reports during client engagements.

• Articulate marketplace dynamics and partner performance using clear, business-friendly terminology.

• Discover opportunities for strategic growth, optimization, and campaign development.

• Set up, conduct quality assurance, and optimize purchases in DSPs, research/planning tools, and ad servers.

• Coach the team on effectively and safely utilizing platform features and partner capabilities.

• Design small, low-risk tests and aid in assessing new partner offerings.

• Analyze campaign performance data and convert it into actionable insights.

• Incorporate incrementality/lift insights and MMM guidelines into investment strategies.

• Manage and ensure quality assurance, delivery integrity, tagging, trafficking, quality concerns, and contract adherence.

• Implement standards for buying, negotiation, stewardship, brand safety, verification, viewability/IVT, frequency/overlap, and quality assurance.

• Act as a primary resource in at least one area of TV/audio/display landscape.

• Stay updated on media trends and communicate insights and opportunities with internal stakeholders.

• Support and occasionally lead growth initiatives involving inventory enhancements, partner packages, and data audiences.

• Enhance account economics, rates, additional value, guarantees, and quality.

• Direct moderately complex cross-account operational projects.

• Lead, manage, and mentor a small team consisting of Associates, Senior Associates, and Buyers.

• Set objectives, provide feedback, review team output, coach decision-making, and assist in balancing workloads and priorities.

⛳️ Requirements

• 5–7+ years of experience in a media agency or publishing environment, specializing in media buying for linear TV, OTT/CTV, digital audio, and/or display.

• Familiarity with commerce, OOH, experiential, or paid social is advantageous.

• Proven history of leveraging partner relationships and marketplace insights to negotiate and implement high-value media opportunities.

• Established, ongoing relationships with key media sales personnel.

• Experience in leading a small team of individual contributors, either formally or as a strong informal leader.

• Direct hands-on experience with DSPs, research/planning tools, and ad servers.

• Fundamental understanding of incrementality testing and in-channel/cross-channel measurement techniques, including MMM insights, ghost bidding, and conversion lift.

• Capacity to collaborate with TVAD/Analytics to interpret partner studies and guidelines.

• Strong organizational skills, meticulous attention to detail, and follow-through.

• Self-driven, inquisitive, and collaborative.

• Working knowledge of strategic marketing and communication practices.

• Proficiency in Excel/Sheets.

• Strong business writing and presentation abilities.

• Excellent time management skills across diverse projects and accounts.

🏝️ Benefits

• Incentive pay program (RevShare) offering a monthly variable revenue payment opportunity.

• Discretionary annual performance bonus.

• Unlimited paid time off.

• Fully remote work environment.

• Flexible time off policies.

• 20 paid holidays, including several long weekends.

• Comprehensive Medical, Dental, Vision, Life & Disability insurance.

• Flexible Spending Accounts.

• Retirement matching up to 4% of contributions at 100%.

• Fringe benefits.

• Forma benefits.

• Unlimited access to Telemedicine and Teletherapy at no cost.

• Thankful giving initiatives.

• Equity opportunities.

• Birthing parents are entitled to 16 weeks of leave with full pay.

• Partners receive 12 weeks of parental leave with full pay.

• On-demand learning opportunities.

• Mentorship program available.

• Leadership and management development programs and resources offered.