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Vaynermedia Llc

Associate Director, Media Buying & Planning (Paid Social) New Los Angeles, CA

Vaynermedia Llc, Los Angeles, California, United States, 90079

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Associate Director, Media Buying & Planning (Paid Social)

ABOUT VAYNERMEDIA VaynerMedia is a contemporary global creative and media agency with an expertise in driving relevance for clients and delivering impactful business results. The independently-owned agency was founded in 2009 and has offices in New York, Los Angeles, London, APAC and LATAM. VaynerMedia has been recognized for its work at Cannes Lions, the Clio Awards and The Webby Awards. It is part of the VaynerX family of companies. The Associate Director, Media Buying & Planning is responsible for serving as the day to day leader inside our Media Department, mentoring and working closely with a unified media buying unit consisting of Media Analysts, Senior Media Analysts and Managers. You will be functioning as a trusted and respected leader within the organization and relied upon for high-level operations management, innovation, and client/partner relationships. You will report into a Director, Media, working closely with this individual, your buying teammates, as well as other core discipline team members (Data Analytics) as required to service your assigned clients’ goals. What You’d Do: Regularly meet with direct reports setting daily expectations, to ensure they’re tracking towards goals, providing strategic guidance, and running training sessions. Act as client lead maintaining client relationships, acting on executional or strategic needs, presenting media plans and campaign results etc. Ensure campaign performance is of the highest standard managing ongoing measurement against client KPI's, business objectives, and reporting on performance providing thought leadership on all media plans. Create media plans, assist in presentation material creation, and provide strategic guidance on reporting calls with clients. Ensure strategy, approach and direction meets (or exceeds) client expectations for any given campaign or initiative, striving to be proactive vs. reactive with your approach to their businesses Oversee finance processes monthly reviewing budget reports, media authorizations, and billing. Partner with Director to deliver best-in-class media investment strategy and execution outputs, derived from industry insights and expertise. Communicate information internally and externally managing deliverables between client, account, and analysts. Establish internal policies and POVs on agency partnerships, the general digital media landscape, and current client business cases. Collaborate across agency disciplines to craft best-in-class, holistic omnichannel media strategies rooted in driving tangible business outcomes for large brands Actively consider new opportunities for key client(s), proactively recommending new tactics, partners, etc. What You’ve Got: A minimum 5 years of media buying experience working within paid social platforms Experience working with Paid Search/Programmatic platforms is a plus Experience in MOAT/IAS/Double Verify, Nielsen/Millward Brown/Oracle Measurement is a plus Experience leading and managing growing teams with the ability to clearly communicate team priorities and unify the team members around a common goal. Strategic understanding of traditional, digital, and social-specific media planning & buying, along with the proper metrics of success and measurement opportunities. Clear attention-to-detail and organizational excellence to ensure flawless delivery of planned strategies. Act as a role model and embody a true leadership mentality: People-first mentality (We call this the “Honey Empire”), Inspire positivity and respect among employees, Ensure employees achieve attainable professional goals/hit demarcated growth. What You’ll Need to Bring

(optional phrasing retained from original where applicable): Note: This section consolidates relevant qualifications from the original text; exact phrasing retained as provided where possible. Exact compensation may vary based on skills, experience, and location. Base Salary $105,000- $125,000 Employer-sponsored 401k with match Medical, Dental, and vision coverage Unlimited PTO Caregiver (Parental) Leave Health and Wellness benefits Application Apply for this job Voluntary Self-Identification For government reporting purposes, we ask candidates to respond to the below self-identification survey. Completion of the form is entirely voluntary. Whatever your decision, it will not be considered in the hiring process or thereafter. Any information that you do provide will be recorded and maintained in a confidential file. As set forth in VaynerMedia LLC’s Equal Employment Opportunity policy, we do not discriminate on the basis of any protected group status under any applicable law. Voluntary Self-Identification of Disability Form CC-305 — Page 1 of 1 — OMB Control Number 1250-0005 — Expires 04/30/2026 Why are you being asked to complete this form? We are a federal contractor or subcontractor. The law requires us to provide equal employment opportunity to qualified people with disabilities. We have a goal of having at least 7% of our workers as people with disabilities. The law says we must measure our progress towards this goal. To do this, we must ask applicants and employees if they have a disability or have ever had one. People can become disabled, so we need to ask this question at least every five years. Completing this form is voluntary, and we hope that you will choose to do so. Your answer is confidential. No one who makes hiring decisions will see it. If you want to learn more about the law or this form, visit the U.S. Department of Labor’s OFCCP website. Disability status categories include but are not limited to: alcohol or other substance use disorder, autoimmune disorders, visual impairment, cancer, cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, mental health conditions, mobility impairments, neurodivergence (ADHD, autism, dyslexia, etc.), and other conditions listed in the full document. PUBLIC BURDEN STATEMENT: This survey should take about 5 minutes to complete.

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