Media Planning Manager
The Media Planning Manager at Confidential Client leads tactical media planning and execution for major consumer brands, collaborating closely with brand teams, creative agencies, and digital buyers. This role requires leveraging data and insights to optimize media strategies across video, search, social, and programmatic channels, ensuring flawless campaign delivery aligned with brand goals. The position is based in Cincinnati and emphasizes cross-functional teamwork, critical thinking, and proactive project management.
About Careertakes
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Applicants for this role may also receive access to additional matched opportunities through the Careertakes platform.
What You’ll Do
Confidential Client is seeking a hands-on Media Planning Manager to join an in-house media team supporting major national brands. In this role you will lead tactical media planning, coordinate execution with trading and buying teams, and ensure flawless delivery across channels.
- Lead preparation, development, execution, and ongoing monitoring of brand media plans.
- Coordinate statuses, timelines, and communications with brand teams and creative partners.
- Serve as the day-to-day contact for creative agency partners — collaboration, asset timing, and requirements.
- Collect and analyze demographic, media usage, and cost data to inform plans.
- Maintain media flowcharts, monthly budgets, authorizations, delivery recaps, billing records, and competitive analyses.
- Collaborate closely with Digital Media Buyers to align planning inputs and ensure campaigns are executed and optimized to plan.
- Track campaign performance, recommend optimizations, and report results to stakeholders.
- Ensure on-time, accurate deliverables across internal and external partners.
Qualifications
The ideal candidate is analytical, organized, and experienced with cross-functional collaboration in media environments.
- Bachelor’s degree.
- 2–3 years of media agency experience in media or communications planning.
- Experience with national advertising clients; Consumer-Packaged Goods (CPG) or fast-moving consumer categories preferred.
- Hands-on experience across video, search, social, publishing, and programmatic channels.
- Proficiency with MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint; advanced Excel skills preferred.
- Familiarity with media tools and datasets such as MediaTools, MediaOcean, Prisma, comScore, MRI, or agency planning/research platforms.
- Strong critical thinking, problem-solving, attention to detail, and clear verbal/visual communication skills.
- Demonstrated ability to manage projects proactively and meet deadlines.
Note: Immigration sponsorship is not available for this role. Confidential Client participates in E-Verify.
Compensation & Schedule
- Starting pay / salary range: $92,000 - $116,500 per year.
- Employment type: Full time.
- Job schedule: Full time.
Compensation may vary depending on non-discriminatory factors including specific office location, role, credentials, relevant skill set, and level of experience. Total rewards may include salary, bonus (if applicable), and benefits.
Additional details
- Job segmentation: Entry Level
- Job number/reference: R000161303
- Location: Cincinnati, OH (on-site / office-based with the Confidential Client)
Equal Opportunity & Hiring Transparency
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