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The Media Buyer will be responsible for negotiating, buying, and optimizing media buys for national and local media including Radio and TV that meet the client’s goals and budget objectives

This is an entry level position. Rapid growth and advancement is possible for outstanding individuals.

The Media Buyer will be responsible for negotiating, buying, and optimizing media buys for national and local media including Radio, TV, OTT/Advanced TV that meet the client’s goals and budget objectives. Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Negotiate best rates with media vendors.

• Ensure buys adhere to budget, client goals, and provide strong rationale for any deviations.

• Secure added value, when appropriate, and ensure that schedules air/post accordingly.

• Maintain media schedules daily, checking pre- and post-logs weekly.

• Reporting and tracking budgets to ensure accuracy.

• Bring innovative thinking and new ideas to the team.

• Participate in team brainstorming sessions.

• Develop a working knowledge of the client’s goals, guidelines, and strategies.

• Execute and send orders, confirm schedules, monitor under delivery and maintaining media vendor relations.

• Responsible for reconciling invoices and resolving buy discrepancies.

• Knowledge of OTT, OOH and Podcasts a plus.

Qualifications/Experience:

• At least 2-3+ years Media Buying experience.

• Working knowledge of direct marketing concepts, terminology, processes and metrics.

• Solid understanding of direct response media buying and analysis.

• Strong time and campaign management, multitasking abilities are essential.

• Will possess thorough attention to detail and proactive communication skills, both oral and written.

• Strong analytical and interpersonal skills as well as the ability to work independently under tight deadlines.

• Well organized, detail oriented, with proven ability to meet deadlines.

• Ability to work autonomously and in a group environment.

Chief Media is looking for a detail-oriented traffic specialist. This specialist would manage the traffic workflow to guarantee commercials air on schedule and that stations have all the required campaign materials prior to air. This position also requires the Specialist to be focused on accuracy in detail and manage several campaigns while meeting aggressive deadlines. This specialist would also be required to maintain a professional image within the company, all its clients, vendors, and outside community.

Knowledge and Skills Required:

• 4 year college degree
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office
• Familiarity with Core Media Systems is a plus, not required.
• Detail oriented, strong organizational skills, ability to multi-task, good communication skills.
• Must be able to work well under pressure and handle a high volume workload.
• Ability to recognize problems & identify solutions, willingness to learn & grow, strong multi-tasking abilities.

Responsibilities will include but are not limited to:

• Generate traffic instructions, deliver creative assets and ensure stations are aware of key commercial and flight information.
• Coordinate with broadcasters/destinations to verify they have all materials (traffic instructions and creative assets) prior to air.
• Work with buying team to ensure media placements are trafficked accurately while adhering to the deadlines.
• Prepare and place distribution orders with vendors to deliver creative assets and traffic instructions to the stations.
• Manage all revisions and station inquiries throughout a flight.
• Follow up with stations and vendors to provide confirmation of receipt of all traffic materials.
• Prepare estimates for distribution and labor costs.
• Manage the clearance process by distributing creative links to the network editors for approval.

Preferred but not required:

• Utilize 3rd party ad tags ranging from simple creative setups, including standard desktop display, mobile, and 1x1 tracking, to more intricate creative setups, including but not limited to video, native, and custom creative to accurately traffic and manage media execution across sites and platforms.
• Consistently deliver thorough campaign and creative QA and troubleshooting services for ad-hoc internal and client tagging, tracking, and reporting issues.

Come join a fast-growing direct response media buying firm. The role of the Assistant Account Strategist is to support the Account Team (Client Services) in a variety of day to day projects while simultaneously developing a foundation of media knowledge across TV, Radio, Digital, Social, Print and OOH platforms. This is currently a remote position with potential for an in-office presence at a later date pending Covid-19. Office would be located in NY, NY.

This is an entry level position. Rapid growth and advancement is possible for outstanding individuals.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Develop basic understanding of media through various planning concepts and campaign benchmarks as shown by Account Executive on both retail based and direct response driven campaigns.

• Utilize media research tools including DR Metrix, MRI, and Kantar.

• Assist Account Director/ Executives in developing competitive presentations.

• Partner with Account Executives to assist in weekly client reporting.

Qualifications/Experience:

• 4-year college degree.

• Detail oriented.

• Motivated.

• Proficient use in Microsoft Office including Excel and PowerPoint.

The Digital Media Coordinator is responsible for implementing and managing digital campaigns that drive performance results. They have experience in search, paid social, and/or programmatic. They have an analytical mind, can generate key insights, and don’t accept the status quo. The Digital Media Coordinator has a strong thirst for learning and helping build and grow brands.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Responsible for managing digital media buys, reporting, and other projects as needed, ensuring deliverables are of the highest caliber.

• Manage to the KPI within budget to drive results and can clearly articulate successes.

• Possess a critical degree of accuracy and quality standards, with the ability to meet time sensitive deadlines and balance concurrent projects independently.

• Understand and continuously research the media industry to stay at the forefront.

Qualifications/Experience:

• 1-2 years of digital media experience, internship experience included.

• Experience in a few, if not all, media software such as Google Ads, Facebook Ads Manager, The Trade Desk, and/or Google Analytics.

• Highly analytical with the ability to synthesize complex digital strategies and optimizations into digestible insights.

• Proficient in Excel and PowerPoint.

• Experience with Supermetrics and Google Data Studio is a plus.

• Strategic thinker and active problem solver.

• Client-facing communication skills.

We seek a Media Manager to oversee key account relationships. Candidates should have 3+ years’ experience in media account management in DRTV/General advertising media buying. Great aptitude for numbers, Excel (Advanced Level including pivot tables), PowerPoint and communication skills coupled with the ability to comfortably sell our services to new and existing clients.

We expect the Media Manager to have a clear understanding of the drivers for success for both our clients and Chief Media.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Work closely with client to prepare media plans which may include TV, Radio, Print, OOH, Digital, OTT/Advanced TV, events, and other initiatives.

• Analyze media alternatives to recommend how to best allocate the advertising budget.

• Help develop plan metrics, analysis, and related reports pertaining to KPIs.

• Responsible for project management and meeting day-to-day needs.

• Facilitate competitive analysis on a monthly, quarterly and annual basis.

• Develop agency points of view on media opportunities for submission to the client.

• Liaise with implementation teams (internal and external) to ensure that deliverables align with overall plan strategies; timelines are met, and are coordinated and presented holistically to client.

• Play a key role in client billing process to ensure accuracy.

Qualifications/Experience:

• At least 3+ years Account Executive, Media Buying /Planning and Business Development experience.

• Bachelor’s Degree.

• Experience taking a consultative approach with clients.

• Experience expanding accounts, comfortable speaking with agency, Media Buyers, C-Level Execs, and many others within specific accounts.

• Impeccable attention to detail and multi-tasking.

• Experience in managing multiple LF, SF, PI, Online, Retail and Lead Generation campaigns.

• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.

• Fast-learner with demonstrated success in a fast-paced environment.

• Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint etc) is mandatory - Excel (Advanced Level including pivot tables).

• Must have strong organizational and analytical skills with the ability to contribute on multiple projects at once.

• Ability to work autonomously and in a group environment.

Chief Media is looking for a detail-oriented individual who is looking to learn the business of advertising and direct response media. This position works closely with buyers and networks to aid in the execution and maintenance of Direct Response Media placements. Advancement is possible for outstanding individuals.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Assist Buyers and Supervisors with day-to-day administrative duties.

• Communicate with sales representatives across media outlets to develop relationships and negotiation skills.

• Assist with placement of media schedules and confirm orders with all media vendors.

• Request pre-logs, post-logs, program grids, and updated marketplace conditions from media vendors on a weekly basis.

• Learn & understand media terminology.

• Input/check post-logs in Core (media buying system).

• Gather rates and send schedules to media outlets.

• Support internal teams by pulling media research that is used to analyze which medium will be the best to advertise a specific product or service.

• Supporting the buying team with the reporting of campaigns through Microsoft Excel.

• Day-to-day management of tech partners such as 3rd party measurement providers.

Qualifications/Experience:

• 4 year college degree

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office.

• Detail oriented, strong organizational skills, ability to multi-task, good communication skills.

• Ability to recognize problems & identify solutions, willingness to learn & grow, strong multi-tasking abilities.

• Excellent oral & written communication skills.

Our tech team is looking to add a Data Analyst to support our expanding array of analytics products, data ingestion pipelines, and media optimization processes. Currently we provide a range of reporting and insights products, largely based on the agency’s proprietary attribution software. Our clients are relying on increasingly complex experimentation and deep analytics of this attribution data for campaign decision making. A successful candidate for this role will help us expand our ability to deliver ever-improving analytics, build new lines of experimentation, and contribute to improving the accessibility of our data infrastructure.

Required skills:

• Demonstrable experience in a Data Analyst role, with work in a marketing team or agency especially helpful.

• A degree in a quantitative discipline or marketing.

• Experience cleaning and aggregating datasets for project use and/or database ingestion.

• Intermediate SQL experience – you should be familiar with join methods, nested queries, CTEs, etc.

• Proficiency with at least one of Tableau, Power BI, Google Data Studio.

• Good understanding of statistics, e.g. probabilities, significance testing.

• You understand how to set up reproducible experiments, build a story with data, and present your results to non-technical groups.

• You know how to approach a loosely defined idea/request and use potentially messy data to reach a solution.

• Understanding of marketing KPIs, and why particular KPIs are/are not appropriate for a given scenario.

• You’re able to work cross-functionally and facilitate knowledge sharing between teams.

• You’re open to learning new technologies.

Great to have but not necessary:

• Prior work with TV marketing specifically.

• In-depth knowledge of marketing attribution strategies.

• More advanced statistics/math, e.g. regression, time-series analysis.

• Experience with Alteryx or another high-level data pipeline tool.

• Basic ability with Python; major points for data analysis/viz packages like Pandas, Matplotlib.

It’s not required, but if you have any work for us to look at (e.g. articles on Medium, a personal site), please include a link on your resume.

The Digital Media Manager is responsible for creating digital campaigns that drive results. They are an expert in search, paid social, programmatic display, and video OTT, among other channels, with strong hands-on platform experience. They have an analytical mind, can generate key insights, and don’t accept the status quo. The Digital Media Manager wants to do things a better way, always testing and pushing boundaries.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Responsible for end to end management of clients’ digital media campaigns including strategy, execution, and optimization that meets their KPIs and goal.

• Deliver client reporting that focuses on key trends and insights that are both meaningful and actionable.

• Rigorous management of client budgets, ensuring appropriate pacing and deliver.

• Assist in weekly, monthly, or quarterly client presentations, and be able to speak confidently to all campaign results.

• Provide strategic plans, media recommendations, and budget forecasts as needed.

• Manage a Digital Media Coordinator, ensuring their professional growth and providing continual mentorship.

• Be accountable for accuracy and quality of assignments, media buys, budget documents, and other projects.

• Understand and challenge media conventions.

• Proactively seek out opportunities for the client and company.

• Stay abreast of new industry changes, best practices, and emerging technology.

Qualifications/Experience:

• 3-5 years of digital media buying experience, ideally for performance driven clients.

• Strong expertise in Google Ads, Facebook Ads, YouTube, Pinterest Ads, Native Ads, Criteo, and Google Analytics.

• Working knowledge of the video OTT space ideally with experience buying both programmatically and partner direct.

• Experience with Supermetrics and Google Data Studio is a major plus.

• Ability to synthesize complex digital strategies and optimizations into digestible insights.

• Experience managing large budgets across a variety of platforms and clients.

• Advanced proficiency in Excel.

• Strategic, critical thinker, analytically driven, and independent, active problem solver.

• Curious, creative, and passionate.

• Ability to manage a variety of concurrent projects independently and meet deadlines is a must.

• Client-facing with strong communication skills.

Welcome to Chief Media! 

We’re a 20+ year performance-based media agency specializing in TV, Streaming, Audio and Digital Media.  We are a 40+ person company, headquartered in NY and have expanded our team during the Covid-19 pandemic to include employees outside of NY. We pride ourselves on our transparency, open communication and long-standing relationships. We have worked with clients across a number of verticals including but not limited to Health & Beauty, Insurance, Pets, Housewares, and Vitamins & Supplements. 

Salary 

Minimum wage based on location 

The Role 

This is a part time role (2-3 days a week of your choice) where you will be immersed in learning how to use industry leading research tools such as but not limited to GFK/MRI Simmons, SRDS/Kantar and DR Metrix. You will use the research from these tools to help develop marketing strategies and complete competitive analysis reports for clients. Additionally, you will work with our media buying team to learn the ins-and-outs of TV buying – working with our team and vendors to gather pre-logs, post-logs, invoice reconciliation and confirmations. In tandem, you will also work heavily with Excel and PowerPoint learning how to analyze and interpret campaign performance. 

Core Responsibilities 

In any given day, your responsibilities might include: 

• Analyzing and visualizing media performance data 
• Conducting competitive analysis reviews for existing clients 
• Assist Senior Management on answering RFPs 
• Reporting initial and final air times for client reports 
• Conducting monthly reconciliation analysis of media placement(s)
• Helping build and expand the company’s marketing collateral   

Requirements 

We don’t want to put hard numbers here; we believe everyone has something different and beneficial to offer. Here are the skills we’d expect you to have to effectively take on the role. If you think you can do the job, we encourage you to apply. 

• Currently pursuing a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree 
• Solid understanding of media KPIs
• Experience with Microsoft Teams, Excel and PowerPoint 
• Ability to work with loose requirements and broadly scoped questions (you’ll have plenty of support and direction) 
• Comfortable working with a wide range of stakeholders and seeking out knowledge from different teams 

Bonus points 

• Pursuing a degree in Marketing/Advertising/Management  
• Experience with marketing 
• Experience with paid social platforms 

Welcome to Chief Media!

We’re an analytics-focused media agency specializing in TV and streaming. Join our Data Science team to help us build new data products, push our scientific capabilities, and contribute to campaign testing and analytics. 

At Chief Media, this team lays the groundwork for data analysis and campaign management by designing and managing scalable Data Science products and frameworks, building data pipelines, and transforming raw and complex data into actionable insights for better business decision making.

In immediate response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the company moved to a fully remote model. We’ve since started utilizing a coworking space and will likely take a flexible hybrid approach in 2023 with 1 or 2 days per week encouraged company wide. Employees/candidates outside the NYC Metro will stay fully remote with occasional travel. We operate Eastern time hours, but we have staff located from Eastern to Pacific time zones. 

Salary

$18.75/hr, 32 hrs/wk (4 days/week) 

The Role

We’re currently building several new Data Science systems for both client facing analytics and internal tools. Your role will be to conduct internal and competitor research into proposed features and capabilities, participate in planning and running campaign performance experiments, contribute to data infrastructure, and help identify areas of our data team/product where we can make efficiency improvements. 

Core Responsibilities

In any given day, your responsibilities might include:

• Analyzing and visualizing media performance data
• Conducting reviews of the latest academic marketing research and competitor offerings
• Using your technical skills to build queries/scripts, some of which we’ll aim to integrate into our production systems
• Answering critical campaign performance questions from the product teams
• Looking for ways to extract additional value from our existing datasets
• Helping build and expand the company’s data culture 

Requirements

We don’t want to put hard numbers here; we believe everyone has something different and beneficial to offer. Here are the skills we’d expect you to have to effectively take on the role with details about our current tech stack if applicable. If you think you can do the job, we encourage you to apply.

• Currently pursuing a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in a quantitative subject
• Solid understanding of statistics and statistical testing
• Demonstrable experience using SQL (we use Postgres)
• Experience with data visualization tools (e.g. Tableau, Power BI, Streamlit, Python charting frameworks)
• Ability to work with loose requirements and broadly scoped questions (you’ll have plenty of support and direction)
• Comfortable working with a wide range of stakeholders and seeking out knowledge from different teams

Bonus points

• Pursuing a degree in Computer Science, Data Science/Analytics, or Statistics
• Experience with marketing
• Understanding of machine learning concepts
• Demonstrable experience with Python
• You have a portfolio of work you can share with us, e.g. GitHub, Medium