Media Supervisor

Stagwell Global•Minneapolis, MN

6d•Hybrid

About The Position

Colle McVoy is seeking an experienced Media Supervisor or an up-and-coming Associate Media Director to join their highly collaborative and passionate culture. This role involves planning media across all channels, creating innovative media plans, and leading a team of media planners and assistant media planners. The ideal candidate will be a strong communicator, detail-oriented, and able to think both strategically and creatively. This position offers the opportunity to work with ambitious clients and exciting projects within a globally recognized media team.

Requirements

Ability to independently write media plans and create client-ready decks
Strong communications skills including managing regular client communication and confidence to present to client teams both virtually and in-person.
Proficient across all media planning core skills and tools: full funnel media channel evaluation and recommendations, reach and frequency and media mix modeling (MMM) analyses, competitive analysis, audience creation/analysis, plan reporting and optimization
Strong attention to detail
Resourceful, with strong management skills and demonstrated team-leadership
Ability to thrive in a culture of teaching and learning
Competent at prompting AI and interpreting AI responses to assist in research and media planning
Proficient with MRI-Simmons, Media Radar and Pathmatics (or similar competitive tracking tools), Nielsen Commspoint and Mediaocean/Prisma
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent industry experience
Minimum 5 years of agency-side media planning experience
Experience across all media channels (television/video, digital, social, radio/audio, print, out of home) and full funnel marketing required
Proficient in Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Outlook and Teams; Google Slides a plus

Nice To Haves

Integrated agency experience preferred
Global media and Retail Media experience a plus
Ability to travel as needed

Responsibilities

Initiate and facilitate media strategy, plan development, execution, reporting and stewardship
Master account/client and media vehicle knowledge
Collaborate as part of core team to develop paid media strategies
Manage and coordinate all media team strategic and investment efforts
Determine planning and resource needs
Establish audience profiles and primary strategies to guide media planning and annual evaluations
Primary internal team and client-facing responsibility for media discipline
Interact with multi-functional teams (Account Management, Creative, Data Science, Brand Strategy, Public Relations, Brand Experience Design, Finance)
Guide strategic direction, review plan documents, provide proactive reporting/plan stewardship
Lead client presentation development
Facilitate media relationships to advance understanding of existing/emerging markets and industry
Schedule and attend media representative meetings
Review and discuss opportunities with industry experts – educate team, evaluate industry trends, needs for research
Participates in internal team and agency development
Work with Media team leadership to determine goals and strategies for team development
Train and mentor direct reports (media planners, assistant media planners) on a daily basis
Develop and present agency training presentations on new ideas; bring in relevant speakers for agency and group presentations
Integrate emerging AI technologies into daily workflows to support innovation, automation, and operational excellence