Digital Media Buyer & Planner
Newsmax Media, Inc.•New York, NY
•$85,000 - $110,000
About The Position
We are seeking a skilled Digital Media Buyer & Planner to join our team. This role involves planning, executing, managing, and optimizing paid media campaigns across various digital advertising platforms including Facebook, Instagram, X, Google, and YouTube. The ideal candidate will develop media plans and buying strategies, manage campaign budgets and bidding, monitor performance, and analyze data to drive optimization. You will also collaborate with internal teams, prepare reports, and leverage AI tools to enhance campaign effectiveness. This position requires a strong understanding of digital advertising principles, audience targeting, and performance metrics, along with excellent analytical and communication skills to thrive in a fast-paced environment.
Requirements
- Minimum of 3 years of experience in digital media buying, media planning, paid social, paid search, performance marketing, or programmatic advertising.
- Hands-on experience planning, launching, managing, and optimizing paid digital advertising campaigns.
- Strong working knowledge of Meta Ads Manager and Google Ads required.
- Strong understanding of audience targeting, segmentation, retargeting, campaign optimization, and digital advertising performance metrics.
- Experience analyzing campaign performance and using data to make media buying and optimization decisions.
- Strong proficiency in Microsoft Excel.
- Familiarity with AI tools and an interest in applying emerging technologies to digital advertising, analysis, and campaign optimization.
- Strong analytical, organizational, and communication skills with excellent attention to detail.
- Ability to manage multiple campaigns, budgets, platforms, and deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
Nice To Haves
- Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Advertising, Communications, Business, Analytics, or a related field preferred.
- Experience with X Ads, YouTube, and other digital advertising platforms preferred.
- Experience with programmatic advertising platforms and DSPs such as DV360, The Trade Desk, Yahoo DSP, or similar platforms is a plus.
- Experience with Google Analytics, data visualization, or other reporting tools preferred.
Responsibilities
- Plan, execute, manage, and optimize paid media campaigns across Facebook, Instagram, X, Google, YouTube, and other digital advertising platforms.
- Develop media plans and buying strategies based on campaign objectives, target audiences, budgets, and performance goals.
- Develop and manage audience targeting strategies, including demographic, behavioral, interest-based, remarketing, and lookalike audiences.
- Manage campaign budgets, pacing, bidding strategies, placements, and audience allocation to maximize performance and return on advertising investment.
- Monitor campaign performance and make ongoing adjustments based on key performance indicators, audience behavior, costs, and campaign objectives.
- Analyze campaign and audience performance to identify trends, opportunities, and areas for optimization.
- Evaluate the performance of creative assets, messaging, audiences, and placements and assist with A/B testing strategies.
- Manage campaign setup, trafficking, tracking, quality assurance, and implementation to ensure accurate campaign launches.
- Partner with creative, marketing, digital, and other internal teams to coordinate campaign assets, messaging, landing pages, and tracking requirements.
- Prepare campaign performance reports and translate data and audience insights into actionable recommendations.
- Track campaign spending and ensuring budgets are appropriately paced and aligned with approved media plans.
- Leverage AI tools, including ChatGPT, Claude, Microsoft Copilot, and other emerging technologies, to support audience research, campaign analysis, reporting, and optimization.
- Monitor emerging digital platforms, advertising products, audience trends, and technologies and recommend new opportunities when appropriate.
- Manage multiple campaigns and priorities while meeting campaign launch and reporting deadlines.
- Perform additional duties and responsibilities as assigned.
Benefits
- Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance plans.
- 401(k) retirement plan with company match.
- Paid time off and holidays.
- Professional development and training opportunities.
- Collaborative and inclusive work environment.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
