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You'll be the day-to-day media lead on your accounts; shaping how clients reach and engage their audiences, then building rigorous, technically sound plans that turn that strategy into measurable business outcomes. \nThis role sits at the intersection of strategy and execution. You'll partner closely with Strategy, Creative, PMO, Analytics, and Client Leadership teams to translate business objectives into precise audience, channel, and measurement plans, and you'll stay close enough to the work to know how every campaign is set up, tracked, and optimized. You'll build long-term relationships with senior clients and supervise and mentor junior members of the media team. \nYOUR DAY TO DAY \nMedia Strategy & Planning \nDevelop, manage, and execute integrated media plans across paid, owned, and earned channels, with an emphasis on digital: paid social (LinkedIn, Meta), paid search, programmatic display and video, and content partnerships \nLead audience strategy, segmentation, and customer journey development - including buying-committee dynamics for B2B clients and consumer path-to-purchase for B2C clients \nBuild launch, activation, and nurture strategies aligned to business and marketing objectives across awareness, consideration, and demand generation \nCompile and interpret media research and audience insights to inform plan development and recommendations \nStay current on emerging media, platforms, and AI-driven planning and buying tools, and bring timely points of view to internal teams and clients \nActivation, Measurement & Optimization \nOversee campaigns through the full life cycle - research, planning, activation, tracking, and optimization - ensuring plans are executed against their strategic and technical requirements \nOwn campaign tracking and measurement setup: UTM taxonomy, pixel and tag implementation, conversion tracking, and attribution, in partnership with Analytics \nEnsure clean data flow between media platforms and client marketing automation and CRM systems so media can be connected to leads, pipeline, and revenue \nBuild measurement frameworks and KPI dashboards that connect media investment to business outcomes; lead daily, weekly, and monthly reporting and help clients extract actionable learnings from the data \nRecommend budget shifts and optimizations based on performance \nClient Leadership \nServe as the senior media voice on your accounts - leading weekly status meetings, presenting plans and performance, and translating technical media strategy into business-relevant narratives for director- and VP-level stakeholders \nUnderstand each client's product, business culture, competitive landscape, and go-to-market priorities - including the regulatory, compliance, and brand-safety considerations that shape media for financial services brands \nLead the development of proposals and scopes of work for media projects, and contribute to new business pitches \nBusiness & Vendor Management \nManage media budgets, billing forecasts, and profitability of media work \nManage relationships, schedules, and contracts with media vendors and publisher partners on behalf of clients; negotiate value and hold partners accountable to delivery \nEvaluate and recommend data and media partners based on targeting strengths, cost, and fit \nTeam Leadership \nSupervise, mentor, and develop media planners and supervisors, setting clear expectations and creating an inspiring, positive environment for clients and internal teams \nHelp establish best practices and repeatable processes for planning, activation, and reporting \nWHAT YOU BRING \n6+ years of digital media planning and activation experience, primarily in an agency environment \nExperience across both B2B and B2C clients; experience with financial services clients (e.g., banking, insurance, wealth and asset management, payments, fintech) strongly preferred, including working within legal and compliance review processes \nHands-on experience planning and activating across paid social, paid search, and programmatic, with working knowledge of platforms such as LinkedIn Campaign Manager, Meta, Google Ads, DV360, and/or The Trade Desk \nStrong grounding in campaign tracking and measurement - UTMs, Google Tag Manager, conversion tracking, and attribution - and the ability to connect media performance to business outcomes \nExperience managing multi-million-dollar media budgets and media vendor relationships \nFluency with media research and planning tools (e.g., MRI-Simmons, Kantar, Pathmatics, MediaRadar, GWI) \nExperience supervising and developing junior team members \nStrong presentation and communication skills; comfortable leading conversations with senior client stakeholders \nA confident self-starter and creative problem solver who can manage multiple projects at once, stays detail-oriented under pressure, and moves easily between big-picture strategy and hands-on execution \nBachelor's degree in advertising, marketing, or a related field, or equivalent experience \nNice to have \nExperience with demand generation and lead generation programs, including content syndication, webinars and virtual events, and sponsored content with trade publications \nExposure to account-based marketing and intent data platforms (e.g., 6sense, Demandbase, Bombora) \nFamiliarity with marketing automation and CRM platforms (e.g., Salesforce, HubSpot, Marketo) \nLocation: Atlanta, Austin, or Chicago (Hybrid working model: 3+ full days in office/at client site) \nSalary: $110,000 - $125,000 USD \nProphet is an equal opportunity employer. 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