Role: Associate Media Planner/Operations

Location: United States (Must be located in and authorized to work in the US)

Hybrid/On-site/Remote: Remote (EST)

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Clutch is looking for an experienced Associate Media Planner for a client of ours.

Responsibilities:

• Media Planning and Execution: Support the development and execution of paid media campaigns across search, social, display, video, programmatic, and print. Build and optimize campaigns in Google/Bing Ads, Meta, LinkedIn, and DSPs.
• Strategic Optimization: Conduct audience, keyword, and competitive research. Monitor pacing and performance to recommend optimizations that improve ROI. Execute testing strategies across audiences, bidding, and creative.
• Operations & Coordination: Schedule internal and client media meetings; maintain status sheets, schedules, deadlines, and vendor spec sheets. Ensure all contracts and reporting files are properly saved in shared systems.
• Creative Trafficking: Traffic digital and print assets based on vendor specs. Ensure tracking codes/UTMs are created and applied accurately and troubleshoot delivery issues with vendors and agencies.
• Reporting & Analytics: Collect vendor performance reports, support dashboard reporting, and translate raw results into actionable insights and steps.
• Billing & Finance: Manage SOWs, Quickbase projects, and invoicing schedules. Track PO numbers, code/reconcile vendor invoices, and confirm billing accuracy against media plans.

Qualifications:

• Experience: 2–5+ years in paid media and/or media operations; agency experience is highly preferred.
• Education: Bachelor’s degree in marketing, advertising, or a related field.
• Platform Expertise: Hands-on experience with major media platforms (Google Ads, Meta, LinkedIn, and DSPs).
• Technical Skills: Strong familiarity with trafficking, UTMs, analytics tracking, and invoice workflows.
• Soft Skills: Exceptional organization, communication, and project-management skills.
• Industry Knowledge: Previous experience in the healthcare sector is preferred.

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