Assistant Manager, Integrated Media
About The Position
The Assistant Manager, Integrated Media is the operational hub for the day-to-day execution of media programs. The role bridges external media agencies and internal brand teams, ensuring campaigns launch on time, creative assets meet specifications, and financial tracking is accurately maintained in internal systems. The position coordinates campaign requirements and schedules, manages the creative trafficking process, tracks media authorizations and agency billing, and organizes performance reporting and media records. It also requires adapting quickly to changing brand priorities and keeping agencies informed to help prevent wasted spend or incorrect creative placement.
Requirements
- At least 3 years of professional experience, or high-level internships, in an environment requiring rigorous project management, such as a media agency, marketing department, or production house.
- Proven ability to manage complex workstreams involving external vendors and internal departments.
- Ability to communicate technical requirements to creative partners and financial updates to brand leads.
- High proficiency in Excel for financial tracking.
- Comfort learning internal ERP or procurement software, such as SAP, Ariba, or similar budget management tools.
- Exceptional organizational skills and close attention to detail, deadlines, and budget entries.
- Ability to pivot quickly when brand priorities change.
Responsibilities
- Serve as the primary point of contact for the media agency and gather campaign requirements to support campaign execution.
- Maintain master campaign calendars for assigned brands and track milestones against deadlines for campaign launches and promotional windows.
- Build and deliver creative workbooks, coordinating with brand, online, and retail teams to support asset delivery.
- Manage end-to-end creative trafficking, from receipt of final files through platform-specification checks and confirmation that assets are live and functioning on the agency side.
- Enter and manage media authorizations in internal financial systems and ensure agency spending aligns with approved brand budgets.
- Maintain internal financial system entries and reconcile monthly agency billing, resolving discrepancies between planned spending and actual invoices across the brand portfolio.
- Collect and organize weekly agency performance files and make current performance data available to internal stakeholders.
- Maintain organized internal folders and databases for media briefs, final assets, and historical performance reports.
- Update agencies promptly when brand priorities change to help prevent wasted spending or incorrect creative placement.
Benefits
- Medical insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Wellness and family support programs
- Life insurance
- Disability insurance
- Retirement savings plans
- Paid leave programs
- Education-related programs
- Paid holidays
- Vacation time
- Competitive bonus program with potential for overachievement based on performance and company results
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
Education Level
No Education Listed
