Management

• Contributes to setting departmental goals that align with the strategic plan and executes action plans to achieve them.
• Resolves problems, issues, and customer complaints, as required, in accordance with an appropriate escalation process.

Finance and Operations

• Validates media monthly spend vs. invoice with the Director of Finance.
• Ensures that all media invoices, discrepancies, and billings are input, cleared, and issued in a timely fashion.

Business Development

• Strong client facing skills: the Media Planner Senior is regularly presenting and reporting to clients.
• Assists planning/strategy team in production of strategic deliverables for new business opportunities.
• Coordinates with Account Managers to develop initial proposals and statements of work for the discovery phase with prospects.
• Contributes to new business efforts as needed.

‍Media‍

• Provides digital education and information plans for clients, and oversight on related content and scheduling as it relates to specific projects and according to specified workflow.
• Consults with clients at early stage of media planning to identify marketing campaign goals and translate them into media strategies and solutions.
• Presents solutions to accounts/clients in a professional manner with easy-to-understand language
• Manages media planning cycles, from preparing and presenting plans to coordinating analyses and optimization recommendations.
• Leads all direct display tactics, from media buying to campaign management and optimization.
• Oversees reporting and analysis processes.
• Maintains macro view of digital media performance, making strategic optimization decisions where necessary.
• Works with Producers to manage operational delivery including priority setting, coordination of deliverables, and long-term direction on projects.
• Attends status meetings, regular plans, and strategic reviews on assigned clients/projects.
• Collaborates with Media Specialists and other team members to develop and implement testing plans across tactics, working with product experts, planners and clients.
• Ensures that all media invoices, discrepancies, and billings are input, cleared, and issued on time.
• Represents Media department in project kick-off meetings, voicing questions pertaining to media scope/definition, and providing input on media solutions and risks/concerns.
• Assists with ad hoc media planning and buying support for select brand and social campaigns.
• Provides estimates for media related efforts for select brands and social campaigns.
• Works with ad operations to ensure adequate tracking and QA.
• Checks work thoroughly and aims for a "no mistakes" policy on outputs going to clients.

Project Management

• Works with the Account Director, Planner, and other senior team members to brief complex projects (e.g. large creative initiatives, insights or development proposals).
• Consults with clients to understand campaign objectives and requirements.
• Supports the Producer in building project plans and timelines, providing any predetermined constraints.
• Highlights scope, time, or budget creep with Production and/or the Account Director when necessary.
• Provides prompt and regular campaign status updates to clients and internal teams
• Initiates check-ins and project status reports with team members and project managers to flag potential problems well in advance and simultaneously recommends solutions.

Administration

• Creates and updates procedures on tasks relating to the duties of this position.
• Enters hours used on each project into the appropriate dockets and timesheet everyday with notes when required, and makes sure timesheets are submitted by end-of-day Friday.
• Posts all major expenses to be reimbursed by Noise to Intacct.
• Protects the company against wasteful, inefficient, unsafe, and fraudulent practices

• Post-secondary education, preferably in a relevant field (business, communications, marketing, psychology, etc.).
• 5+ years of overall media planning experience with a minimum of 3 years online media planning
• Strong track record of mentoring and developing direct reports to the next level of performance.
• Highly organized with the ability to handle multiple projects/deadlines and multi-task in a fast-paced environment.
• Advanced knowledge of the digital landscape, including online campaigns, new technologies used in front and backends, social media, and online marketing.
• Advanced presentation skills: participating in and leading client and media meetings.
• Advanced organizational, interpersonal and verbal/written communication skills.
• Advanced knowledge of media specific terminology and digital metrics, corresponding data, and their implication on planning efforts.
• Ability to create compelling presentations and documents communicating campaign plans, reports, post mortems, etc.
• Advanced ability to comprehend and communicate financial documentation and systems, including the ability to set and understand budgets and forecasts.
• Current on emerging platforms, digital technologies, digital marketing standards, and best practice industry standards.
• Advanced knowledge of online media platforms and how to leverage these platforms to meet client advertising objectives: Facebook Business Manager, DV360, LinkedIn, Twitter, Pinterest, Campaign Manager.
• Advanced knowledge of SEM platforms (i.e. Google AdWords, Bing, etc.)
• Advanced knowledge on Analytics and tagging tools (Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, etc.)
• Knowledge of media and research tools (comScore, MRI, eMarketer, etc.).
• Advanced knowledge of Social Insight tools (i.e. Facebook Audience Insights).
• Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Excel (pivot tables, custom charts, filters, dashboards, etc.).
• Intermediate computer and digital literacy skills (Microsoft Windows / Apple OSX, Microsoft Office, Internet/Web, Social Media).