Digital Media Buyer/Media Specialist Job at Media Cause in Boston
Media Cause - Boston, MA, United States, 02298
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Overview
Media Cause is an award-winning, mission-driven marketing and creative agency that helps nonprofits grow and accelerate their impact. We take a people-first approach to developing powerful creative, scalable growth strategies, and targeted communications that connect with individuals across their entire supporter journey: from awareness and recruitment to fundraising and advocacy, and every touchpoint in between.
As of 2025, Media Cause consists of 50+ full-time employees along with a network of talented consultants. We have offices in Washington DC, Atlanta, and San Francisco, as well as many team members who work remotely on a permanent basis. Our agency has grown in size every year since our founding, landing on the Inc. 5000 list for the fastest-growing private companies in America three times. We have built a strong business, although impact will always be our North Star. In addition to winning a number of creative and effectiveness awards for our client work, Media Cause was also honored by Inc. Magazine with a Best In Business Gold Award for our positive impact on our community, our industry, and society as a whole.
What You'll Do:
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Develop strategic media plans & recommendations
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Own all steps of the ad operations process
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Use self-managed platforms, including Google and Facebook, to build & monitor digital buys
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Optimize campaign buys to deliver the most at the highest ROI
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Cultivate and maintain relationships with digital media vendors, publishers and key technology platforms
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Bring new ad opportunities, products, and placements to the team to help strengthen creativity and effectiveness
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Work alongside account strategists and creative leads to support campaign goals
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Utilize Google Analytics to monitor channel, campaign, conversion & site performance
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Own all steps of the ad operations process
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Proactively optimize purchased media through A/B testing, landing page optimization, and targeting
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Monitor campaigns to ensure they deliver expected results
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Build, analyze & provide insights for client campaign reports
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Stay apprised of digital trends & tools
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Manage client relationships and happiness
Who You Are:
The ideal candidate has 1-2 years of digital media buying experience, including paid search. Management of Google Ad Grant accounts is a plus. Prior client management experience with a high volume of accounts is desired. Bonus points if previous work gave you exposure to the nonprofit space.
We're looking for people with a passion for driving meaningful results for clients, a hunger to continue learning in the ever changing digital world, the ability to problem solve to overcome any challenge, a passion for helping teammates succeed and a strong desire to change the world.
Skills & Experience Required:
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1-2 years related professional experience planning, buying & managing a variety of digital media campaigns (search, display, social)
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Have strong relationships with digital media vendors, publishers, and key technology platforms
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Significant multi-year experience running ad campaigns on a variety of programmatic, direct publisher, search, and social advertising mediums
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Hold certification in Google AdWords and/or Facebook certified professional
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Ad server (Google Campaign Manager) experience a plus
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Experience planning and executing Direct Response campaigns a plus
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Excellent verbal and written communication skills
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Experience managing managing multiple clients at once in a fast paced environment
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Track record of thinking outside the box for innovative ways for nonprofits to use all digital platforms to achieve their goals.
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An optimistic dreamer who executes efficiently with a positive can do attitude
Company Perks & Culture
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Family first work environment with flexible work from home options to accommodate personal obligations
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Robust health, dental, and vision benefit plans for you and yours
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401k & retirement planning
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Agency-wide profit sharing
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Unlimited personal time off (with an enforced 3 week minimum every year)
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2x/year mental health Fridays to reset and recharge
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Flexible remote work: We're open to candidates located anywhere in the US and support work getting done wherever it works best for the employee
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$200/month health & wellness stipend to strengthen your body and/or mind
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$1,000/year individual professional development stipend to cover any education/training that you want to pursue to grow in your role (or as a human!)
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Agency commitment to building and supporting a diverse, equitable, and inclusive agency (https://mediacause.org/dei-at-media-cause/) (and we hold ourselves accountable)
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Transparent & equitable career growth opportunities: Clear path for advancement and opportunity for anyone to raise their hand for promotion every 6 months
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The ability to work with genuinely fantastic humans who care deeply about the work we do and each other
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Yearly donations made to employees nonprofit of choice to celebrate their Media Cause work anniversaries
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A culture of volunteering and giving back to the communities we work in and to the issues we care about around the world
This is a salaried role commensurate with experience. Media Cause is committed to hiring individuals who are traditionally underrepresented in the field of marketing. We strongly encourage all qualified people to apply.