** This role will be required to work in the NY office in a hybrid capacity once we return May 2nd, 2022***

VaynerMedia is a contemporary global creative & media agency with an expertise in driving relevance for clients & delivering impactful business results. The independently-owned agency was founded in 2009 & has offices in New York, Los Angeles, London, APAC & LATAM. VaynerMedia has been recognized for its work at Cannes Lions, the Clio Awards & The Webby Awards. It is part of the VaynerX family of companies.

What Youd Do:

• Lead team to help set strategies, define tactical game plans, & develop media plans across media channels
• Develop & deliver senior-level media strategy to clients across all levels that are derived from industry insights & expertise developing necessary cadence of plan recommendations & performance recaps
• Provide assessment of client's current social & digital proficiencies & areas for improvement
• Consistently work to maintain the success of campaigns: update working presentations, media strategy, plan summaries, exec summaries, etc.
• Manage client expectations ensuring clear communication across updates, timelines, recommending adjustments, creating decks, etc.
• Finalizes & presents media objective & strategy documents for larger efforts & periodic quarterly & annual planning
• Serve as a day to day leader for the Media team as well as being a subject matter expert for internal & external clients
• Looks for innovative & breakthrough ideas, approaches, solutions, & opportunities to expand existing & new business clients
• Oversee budget management driving fiscal responsibility across team
• Foster strong collaboration with internal teams that include Insights & Strategy, Creative, Media Investment/Buying, & Analytics from brief to execution to keep projects moving forward
• Plans, directs, supervises, & coordinates tasks to delegates & handles all personnel requirements for immediate staff including training & development
• Responsible for the growth & performance of analysts, senior analysts, & managers, providing frequent & actionable feedback on their work product

What Youve Got:

• 6+ years of industry related experience in a media planning agency role, with emphasis on digital or integrated planning & campaign management.
• Strategic understanding of traditional, digital, & social-specific media planning & buying, along with the proper metrics of success & measurement opportunities
• Experience managing the executional side of media buying across several digital platforms is a nice to have
• Fluency  with various paid media & measurement opportunities across social, digital, & broader marketing mix Including
• Experience with the executional side of media buying across biddable & native platforms a plus
• Experience leading & managing growing teams
• Google Suite & strong Excel skills across formulas, pivot tables, & data visualization tools
• Advanced written & presentation communication skills
• A proven understanding & expertise in brand strategy, as well as the social/digital space & how it integrates with the wider marketing mix for Fortune 500 size brands
• Working knowledge of insertion order buying & manually building, tracking, & managing IOs
• Complete knowledge of all aspects of Digital Media, Search, SEO, SMM, Mobile, etc.
• Solid understanding of industry standard research tools & systems such as GfK/MRI, Nielsen suite (Clear Decisions, Media Impact, AdIntel), comScore, eMarketer, Mintel, etc.

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