Media Buyer

M+C Saatchi Performance is looking for a Media Buyer/ Account Manager to join our team. The Account team plays a critical role in managing the agency’s relationship with key clients while ensuring the seamless implementation, maintenance and execution of paid media campaigns across various channels and platforms, including search, social, programmatic and display. This role requires a solid foundation in digital media and a willingness to learn and adapt to deliver campaigns efficiently and effectively.

As a Media Buyer, you will be responsible for driving growth and managing multiple projects for clients. The ideal candidate will be highly organized, detail-oriented, and be able to thrive in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment. Additionally, you should have a keen awareness of cultural moments, trends, and emerging technologies that can influence media strategies.

What you'll do:

• Oversee the day-to-day management of assigned accounts, ensuring seamless execution of media plans, with support from your manager
• Develop a deep understanding of your clients’ marketing goals, target audience, and challenges
• Ensure ongoing client satisfaction and actively contribute to the team’s goal of growing the account(s)
• Assist in the development of strategy documents, media plans, post-campaign analyses, quarterly business reviews, and other client deliverables
• Act as a central point of coordination with internal and external teams (e.g. creative, data, search & social, programmatic, etc.) to help form overall strategy, planning, and execution of campaigns for our clients
• Own weekly statuses and tracking documents, both internally and externally, to ensure smooth account management

What you'll bring:

• A minimum of 2 years’ media planning experience across digital channels with an emphasis on performance media – agency experience preferred
• A foundational understanding of digital strategy, how it’s devised and executed across display, search, social, mobile, CTV, etc.
• Highly numerate – very comfortable with data analysis and how this feeds into performance planning
• Good communication, both written and verbal, with strong client-facing and presentation skills
• Excellent attention to detail and organizational skills. Adept at juggling multiple projects, meeting deadlines and operating in a fast-paced environment
• A collaborative mindset with a positive, solutions-oriented approach
• Self-starter, committed to achieving results
• Proficiency in MS Excel, Word and PowerPoint. Familiarity with ad platforms (Meta Ads Manager, Google Ads, or similar) is a plus

What You'll Get:

For the right candidate, we will offer a competitive benefits package including: 20 vacation days, k match, annual pay reviews, up to % coverage for health benefits, flexible working, and WFH opportunities. All candidates must have the ability to work in the US; we are unable to sponsor any work visas for this role.

The Salary Band: $50, - $65, per year (commensurate with experience).

• Summer Fridays: we aim to stop working at 3:00pm on Fridays from Memorial Day to Labor Day
• Holiday Break: 11 annual bank holidays, plus Christmas to New Year’s Eve
• Flexible working and WFH opportunities: Two days per week in the NY office required, potential for local travel for client on-site visits.

M+C Saatchi Group has pledged its commitment to create a company that values difference, with an inclusive culture. As part of this M+C Saatchi Group continues to be an Equal Opportunity Employer which does not and shall not discriminate, celebrates diversity and bases all hiring and promotion decisions solely on merit, without regard for any personal characteristics.

If you require any reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment and selection process, please make us aware as part of your application.

All employee information is kept confidential according to General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

NO RECRUITMENT AGENCIES.

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