Associate Director, Media Investment (LATAM)

Tombras • Knoxville, TN

9h • Onsite

About The Position

We’re looking for a highly skilled, execution-minded Associate Director of Media Investment (LATAM) to join the Media team at Tombras — a group that blends strategy, activation, and analytics to deliver measurable business outcomes.

This role is ideal for a hands-on media operator and team leader who thrives at the intersection of performance, process, and people. You will play a critical role in ensuring media investments are executed with precision, aligned to strategy, and optimized for performance across a dynamic, globally integrated team.

As part of the agency’s growing Media practice, you will lead and direct a team of media buyers based in Latin America, ensuring seamless alignment with U.S.-based strategy and delivering consistent, high-quality execution across accounts. You will serve as a key integration point between regions, translating strategic intent into execution and performance into actionable insight.

Where you'll be working: Knoxville. Relocation assistance may be provided.

Requirements

• 6+ years of hands-on media buying experience, with deep expertise in paid social (Meta, TikTok)
• Strong working knowledge of programmatic platforms (DV360, Amazon DSP) and their role within a broader media mix
• Proven ability to manage and develop high-performing teams, including experience working across distributed or global teams
• Demonstrated experience translating strategy into execution, ensuring plans are implemented effectively and efficiently
• Strong analytical fluency, with the ability to interpret performance data and guide optimization decisions
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to clearly articulate performance, challenges, and opportunities to cross-functional teams
• High level of operational discipline, with a focus on process, accuracy, and executional excellence
• A proactive, solutions-oriented mindset with the ability to navigate ambiguity and drive clarity
• Professional fluency in both English and Spanish is required

Nice To Haves

• Experience working with or leading teams based in Latin America strongly preferred

Responsibilities

• Lead day-to-day media investment oversight across assigned accounts, ensuring campaigns are executed accurately, efficiently, and in alignment with strategic intent
• Serve as the operational bridge between strategy and activation, translating media plans into clear executional direction for investment teams
• Own performance accountability for paid social channels (Meta, TikTok), including setup, optimization frameworks, pacing, and in-flight decisioning
• Provide oversight across programmatic channels (DV360, Amazon DSP), ensuring consistency in approach and quality of execution
• Manage and mentor a distributed team of media buyers, driving consistency, accountability, and continuous improvement in output
• Interpret campaign performance and translate it into clear, actionable insights for internal stakeholders and strategy teams
• Establish and refine processes that improve speed, accuracy, and scalability of media activation
• Act as a quality control layer across all investment outputs, ensuring campaigns meet Tombras’ standards for excellence
• Partner closely with Media Strategy, Analytics, and Creative teams to ensure seamless execution across the full media lifecycle
• Drive operational clarity in a fast-paced environment, making decisions quickly while maintaining rigor and attention to detail

Benefits

• Family - It comes first, on every list. Tombras has been family-run since day 1, we strive to facilitate a family-oriented environment rooted in supporting one another.
• Dog-friendly offices
• Flexible PTO
• Generous parental leave for primary and non-primary caregivers
• Medical (PPO or High Deductible option) for employee + dependents
• 401(k) Participation
• Employer-paid Dental & Vision
• A company culture of promotions from within and an atmosphere allowing for varied and rapid career development.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 101-250 employees