Media Buyer
What we are looking for:
We’re looking for a Media Planner with 1-3 years of experience to support the Media Director in translating client business objectives into innovative and effective strategic media plans. The ideal candidate should have at least 1 year of experience planning digital media across platforms like Paid Search (AdWords & Bing), Paid Social (Meta, LinkedIn, X, TikTok, Pinterest), YouTube, and/ or Programmatic. Hands on experience managing campaigns in platform is a plus but not required.
Before we continue to dive into the requirements for the role let’s talk about Why you should join Valtech.
Flexibility: We trust in the expertise, skills, and actions of our colleagues. That’s why we provide a flexible work schedule that supports work/life balance.
Career Advancement: We offer a career, not just a job. We invest in the personal and professional growth of every employee because we believe growth leads to both business impact and personal fulfillment.
Learning and Development: We foster a culture that encourages and promotes professional growth and development, with continuous learning through our in house LMS (Ask us about the Academy)
Benefits US:
- Medical: Options starting at 100% medical coverage for employees, and we cover 85% for spouses, partners, and dependents
- We contribute an annual $750 for employee only or $1,500 cash payment towards your family HSA
- 401(k) Employer matching and immediate vesting
- Flexible Paid Time Off under Valtech's policy to support your work-life balance
- Up to 8 Weeks of paid Parental Leave
- Home office set up stipend for new hires
- Summer Fridays
Back to the role:
What you will do:
Planning & Strategy
- Assist in the development, implementation and stewardship of media plans across a variety of North American clients
- Serve as liaison to agency investment teams: communicating channel planning details such as goals, budgets, tactics, and audiences
- Support in planning research including competitive analysis, audience insights, media behaviors and industry trends
- Monitor campaign performance and make proactive recommendations
- Participate in key client deliverables as requested
Department Operations
- Develop and maintain flowcharts and related documents (budget pacing, insertion orders, media authorizations, etc.)
- Lead digital ad trafficking through Google Campaign Manager. Includes development of placement tags, assigning creative, communicating with internal and external teams for implementation
- Assist with media invoicing including billing reconciliations and actualizations
- Collaborate with other agency departments such as creative, strategy, data and account management as needed
Reporting and Analytics
- Support in QA of platform and vendor data
- Collaborate with data and analytics prior, during and after campaign launch to ensure proper tracking is implemented
- Support in development of monthly, quarterly an annual performance insights
What you should have:
- At least 1+ year of experience in media planning (agency or client)
- Understanding of basic media terms, tactics and media math
- Experience trafficking ads through Google Campaign Manager
- Experience planning Meta, Paid Search and/or Programmatic
- Experience with media planning tools such as WARC, eMarketer, Nielsen, MRI Simmons, Helixa, etc.
- Proficient in excel
- Strong math skills
Valtech: The Experience Innovation Company
Technology has remade the way we live, work, and connect. Every day new products, services, and features are raising our expectations in every aspect of our lives. It’s become common for whole new categories and consumer behaviors to emerge and disrupt legacy businesses. And as it becomes easier to digitize, launch, and evolve, the rush to leap ahead is quickly becoming a race to parity. Now that technology has once again leveled the playing field, we believe the next frontier and greater value lives in the experience. And that means the world needs a new kind of company to unlock that value.
We are the Experience Innovation Company. We know that experience now touches every level of your enterprise. It may necessitate fundamental changes in organizational design or require complex integration throughout your tech stack. It may start by catalyzing data to create emotional moments of connection with your customers, inspiring loyalty and brand love. Or it may come to life by getting innovation initiatives out of presentation decks and into the hands of your customers. No matter where experience innovation begins in your company, we are organized to help clients break through silos, redefine success, and deliver exponential value.
Our values give our work purpose. We care deeply about the transformative impact technology can have on the world and honor our duty to approach it responsibly. We share our diverse identities, knowledge, expertise, and skills in an open dialog rooted in respect and inclusivity. And we dare to pursue uncommon solutions and simplify the complex.
Share: As a global company with diverse talent, we value and embrace open dialogue. We share our expertise, wisdom and full attention with our clients and colleagues
Dare: Entrepreneurship and curiosity is in our DNA. We thrive in ambiguity and simplifying the complex. We dare to bring together, connect, and combine the uncommon.
Care: Technology has had a transformative impact on how we experience the world around us. We want to make the world a better place through the work we do.
Our unique culture allows us to orchestrate and connect teams to unlock powerful insights, value, and innovation at the intersection of diverse expertise and domains.
We believe diversity is essential to creating the best digital products & experiences. Valtech is committed to providing and maintaining a work environment where all employees and candidates are treated with dignity and respect and that is free of bias, prejudice, and harassment. We're proud to be an equal-opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, gender, ethnicity, citizenship, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected status.
Accommodations are available on request for all aspects of the selection process.
So, if you are looking for your next challenge? Then this is your chance to join our team of exceptionally talented, creative, and innovative professionals working with composable Best-of-Breed technology platforms within the large-scale digital experience and e-commerce business area.