Media Supervisor

The Shipyard•San Diego, CA

2d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Shipyard is seeking a smart, experienced, and motivated Media Supervisor to join its San Diego team. The Media Supervisor directs the planning team’s work, develops team members, and ensures plans are delivered accurately and to a consistently high standard. The role is suited to someone who has mastered media execution and is growing their strategic and leadership capabilities. The Supervisor is accountable for both the quality of the team’s output and the development of junior planners. This hybrid work-from-home and in-office position requires the candidate to live in San Diego or be able to commute to the San Diego office once per week. The role includes developing media plans, contributing to strategy, leading client presentations, managing client and vendor relationships, overseeing media billing and workflows, and directly managing and coaching junior team members.

Requirements

Must be authorized to work in the United States without visa sponsorship.
Must live in San Diego or be able to commute to the San Diego office once per week.

Responsibilities

Demonstrate strong knowledge of digital and traditional media and apply it to develop strategically sound, defensible plans.
Set standards for the rigorous use of planning tools, including MRI/Simmons, GWI, YouGov, Commspoint, SimilarWeb, and MediaRadar, and translate their outputs into strategic insights.
Lead media billing and workflow processes and ensure timely, accurate budget management.
Serve as the team’s internal expert on publisher and media marketplace dynamics and emerging opportunities.
Review, quality-check, and guide the work of Media Coordinators, Media Planners, and Senior Media Planners.
Own media plan development for assigned accounts, including audience, channel mix, and budget allocation, aligned with media strategy.
Lead partner and publisher RFP processes, including shortlisting partners and directing deliverables.
Contribute to media strategy by identifying insights, defining channel roles, and determining how channels can be used strategically.
Use audience, planning, and performance data to identify insights and draw actionable conclusions.
Identify emerging media opportunities and make proactive recommendations.
Mentor junior planners in strategic and critical thinking through regular work reviews and coaching.
Lead client-facing presentations of media strategies and recommendations.
Develop and review presentation materials that clearly communicate plan recommendations and are attentive to detail.
Communicate plan details clearly to clients with different levels of media sophistication.
Give junior team members clear, constructive, regular feedback on their communication.
Represent the media team’s point of view in cross-functional discussions.
Build and maintain trust-based client relationships and serve as a day-to-day point of contact for media plans and execution.
Manage media vendor and partner relationships to create value and competitive advantage for clients.
Partner with the media investment team to maintain strategic alignment from plan development through campaign execution and optimization.
Collaborate with analytics, creative, communications/PR, brand planning, and client engagement teams.
Develop junior team members’ partnership skills through coaching, modeling, and shared client and vendor interactions.
Directly manage Media Coordinators and Media Planners, providing direction, feedback, and ongoing coaching.
Set performance expectations and hold team members accountable fairly and consistently.
Identify team members’ strengths and development areas and create opportunities for growth.
Conduct regular one-on-one meetings focused on growth, challenges, and career development.
Recognize strong performance and address performance issues proactively and constructively.
Foster a team culture of curiosity, high standards, and mutual support.