Media Assistant

Hanson Dodge Creative•Milwaukee, WI

About The Position

Hanson Dodge is seeking a Media Assistant to support the day-to-day planning, execution, optimization, and reporting of media campaigns. This entry-level role is designed for a detail-oriented individual who is curious about media, strong with data, and eager to build a career in advertising and marketing. The Media Assistant will contribute to a wide range of media activities, including plan maintenance, campaign setup, quality assurance, trafficking, vendor coordination, reporting support, and hands-on support within media and analytics platforms. This role provides exposure to both digital and traditional media while learning from a team of experienced specialists and generalists.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in marketing, communications, advertising, business, analytics, or related field, or equivalent practical experience.
Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
Ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
Comfort working with numbers, spreadsheets, campaign data, and performance reports.
Proficiency in Microsoft Office or Google Workspace, particularly Excel or Google Sheets.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Proactive, collaborative mindset with a willingness to ask questions, learn new tools, and solve problems.
Interest in media planning, campaign execution, digital platforms, analytics, and advertising.

Nice To Haves

Internship or 1-2 years of experience in advertising, marketing, media, analytics, project coordination, or a related field.
Familiarity with paid media platforms such as Google Ads, Meta Ads Manager, Campaign Manager 360, Basis, Viant, LinkedIn, TikTok, Amazon, or similar tools.
Familiarity with analytics or reporting tools such as GA4, Looker Studio, Funnel, platform dashboards, or similar systems.
Exposure to media trafficking, campaign QA, reporting, billing reconciliation, vendor coordination, or data validation.
Comfort reviewing data for accuracy and helping troubleshoot reporting or tracking issues.
Interest in both digital and traditional media channels.

Responsibilities

Support the development and maintenance of media plans, flowcharts, budget trackers, timelines, and campaign documentation.
Assist with campaign setup, ad specification gathering, trafficking inputs, creative asset coordination, and delivery across digital and traditional media channels.
Support traditional media coordination, including vendor communication, RFP organization, insertion orders, proofing, proof of performance and billing reconciliation.
Provide hands-on keyboard support in platforms such as Google Ads, Meta Ads Manager, DSPs like Basis and Viant, LinkedIn, TikTok, Amazon, and other planning, buying, trafficking, or reporting tools as needed.
Conduct quality assurance checks to ensure accuracy of campaign parameters, creative assets, tracking, links, naming conventions, budgets, dates, and placements.
Assist with basic campaign monitoring, including pacing, delivery, budget tracking, and performance checks.
Assist with analytics platform support, including dashboard QA, recurring report checks, data pull validation, naming consistency, and data pipeline maintenance.
Help identify and document data issues, missing information, broken links, tracking errors, or reporting discrepancies.
Maintain clear project documentation and help keep internal teams aligned on deadlines, deliverables, assets, approvals, and next steps.
Provide administrative and coordination support to the media team.
Partner with media planners, buyers, analysts, and specialists to streamline workflows and support accurate, efficient campaign execution.