Sr. Media Planner and Buyer (Marketing Agency) Job at Elevation Marketing in Gil

Elevation Marketing is a mid-sized, full-service B2B only marketing communications agency, located in Gilbert, Arizona. Our client roster includes over 45 companies with revenues of over $1B annually and a variety of other small and medium sized companies. We are adding to our team of outstanding, high-performing, ultra-driven, highly collaborative team members to keep up with our clients and their demands on us.

The Sr. Media Planner and Buyer role acts as campaign manager for digital and some traditional campaigns through multiple phases including campaign discovery, media planning, campaign deployment, optimization, and measurement for various B2B clients.

We love being in office together and we are passionate about the culture, collaboration, learning and the community it creates and we hope you value this as well. We were meant to work together, not alone! This is a full-time on-site role, with two work from days a month. The agency does provide two work from home days (or four half days) a month plus a solid PTO program and other agency benefits. The agency is also closed for a week from Christmas through New Year’s.

Candidates for this position must have a strong track record working with multiple media channels with the ability to make recommendations and quick decisions based on changing market conditions, budgets, and client goals. This role will serve as campaign manager and media planner for digital channels include paid search, paid social, native, display, programmatic and video placements plus traditional media placements inside trade publications, virtual and live events, newspaper, and various other digital and traditional channels. This role will also execute delivery steps for channels outside of paid search, paid social, and organic social.

This role will require close collaboration with internal creative and account teams as well as external partners.

Key Responsibilities:

• Function as day-to-day SME on campaign strategy, setup, execution, performance optimization, analysis and recommendations, coordinating amongst digital team platform experts
• Working with account stakeholders, establishes target audiences, measurable business objectives, KPIs, performance tracking, and other key elements of a well-designed campaign
• Develops comprehensive media strategies and plans taking into account clients’ goals, target markets, budgets, etc., creating benchmarks for performance analysis and reporting for B2B clients
• Uses market insights and research to address identifiable market opportunities and set tactical plans
• Manages paid media campaigns across multiple channels including traditional, programmatic, direct, broadcast, native, content syndication, etc.
• Purchase traditional media when applicable
• Analyze digital and advertising performance and web traffic, compiling reports to adjust and optimize tactics and campaigns
• Leads media buys and collaborate with clients and internal teams to review performance

Additional duties and Responsibilities

• Analyze metrics throughout the funnel to identify the source of underperformance and make changes accordingly; ability to build dashboards in Datorama a plus
• Conduct A/B testing and analyze results
• Utilize DoubleClick Bid Manager and other Demand Side Platforms
• Meet internal and client deadlines
• Drive and achieve client KPI
• Capture campaign results and produce reports
• Attend meetings with the team, clients and agency as assigned
• Client-facing -- present media plans, campaign updates, data, analytics, and conclusions
• Supports estimating and bid process for acquiring new accounts or presenting new strategies and plans to existing clients
• Negotiates best price and media placement for clients, as well as negotiates, reconciles, and resolves media discrepancies.
• Set up campaigns for appropriate ad and conversion tracking in vendor platforms, ad server, brand safety, CRM and analytics tools.

Experience and Skill Sets

• 5+ years media and marketing experience in an agency environment
• Broad knowledge and experience in digital marketing
• Knowledge of digital media and traditional marketing processes, tools, and platforms.
• Experience using Workamajig, Basecamp or other similar project management platforms
• Excellent relationship-building skills both with clients and vendors
• Excellent organizational skills and ability to manage multiple campaigns efficiently
• Excellent oral and written communication skills for effective communication to clients, internal staff and the management team.
• Passion for learning the latest digital and traditional marketing
• Able to thrive in a fast-paced, self-starter environment
• Workamajig experience is a plus

About Our Values

Over time, we find that employees who live out our values, enjoy their experience and stay and prosper over a long period of time at Elevation. We try to live out the following values each and every day. We are not perfect, but we try:

People: Each employee, partner and client deserve to reach their full potential.

Integrity: Honesty, truth-telling, and transparency must always exist.

Collaboration: Creating great marketing relies on each stakeholder to fully engage in the process without personal, professional, or relational roadblocks.

Results: As individuals, we own our successes, the success of our fellow employees and the success of our clients.

Evolution: With purpose, as individuals and as an agency, we embrace tomorrow’s opportunities through continuous planning, self-assessment, training, learning, and activation.

Compensation and Benefits

Elevation strives to provide some of the best agency compensation and benefit packages in the great southwest. The job is in Gilbert, AZ (just off Loop 202 expressway) and less than one mile from over 50 restaurants. Our business is all about collaboration, so we do not offer telecommuting currently, but we do offer flex hours depending on the position and clients. Employees can start at any time between 7 AM and 9 AM and finish between 4 PM and 6 PM based on client demands and department structure. Elevation pays for 95% of employee’s life, health and long-term disability insurance. Elevation offers vision, dental and a variety of other benefits that an employee can purchase. The kitchen area is full of free snacks and beverages. Tuition reimbursement is available. The salary range for this position will vary depending on experience and skills outlined above.