Media Buyer
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We are seeking a highly motivated, experienced and data-driven media professional to help build and be a part of a world-class media team. The Media Negotiator will work closely with the Senior Buyer and Director of Offline Buying to purchase TV (Linear & Streaming) and Radio (Terrestrial & Streaming). This role will be based out of New York City.
Here’s what you’ll be doing:
- Negotiate, purchase, maintain, and stewardvideo media buys, focusing on Direct Response TV
- Gather rates, construct media buys in MediaOcean buying system, and send schedules
- Serve as market expert, providing insight to the marketplace conditions and opportunities in specific markets or media outlets
- Ongoing communication with sales representatives to promote strong relationships and negotiate to maintain or improve the buys
- Implement revisions to the buys as directed by campaign performance
- Build partnership with the analytics, brand, and strategy team
- Maintain confirmation of purchase, schedules, budgets, and reconciliation of network billing
- Meet all due dates for buys, post analyses, and assigned projects
- Work closely with Director to organize workflow and help team set up project deadlines to achieve all timelines
- Opportunity to help build, train, and oversee Assistant Video Investors as the team grows
Knowledge and Skills Required
- 1-3 years of experience working in a fast-paced media agency, negotiating TV dayparts, specifically Direct Response TV, upfront TV, and Online Video
- Proven success working on client with large TV media budgets with high performance expectations
- Strong negotiating and presentation skills
- Effective collaborator and team-player
- Excellent communicator, with strong time management, analytical, interpersonal, and organizational skills required
- Proficiency in MS Word, Excel and PowerPoint. Experience with Media Ocean software (Prisma, MBOX) preferred
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