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Media Buyer, Integrated Media Investment (Temporary)

CROSSMEDIA · New York, NY · 1 mo ago
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Overview

The Buyer, Integrated Investment role at Crossmedia is a full-time temporary position running through August 31st. Benefits eligibility is available.

About the Role

We are seeking a Buyer, Integrated Investment to oversee tactical planning, execution, and reporting of campaigns. The role involves utilizing knowledge of the media marketplace and media channels to brainstorm and ideate new activations and vendors for media campaigns.

Responsibilities

  • Maintains a base-level knowledge of buying for both online and offline media channels: Digital (Banners, Audio, Video), Search, Social, TV, Radio, OOH [Out-of-Home], Print.
  • Owns vendor communications and developing relationships with clients.
  • Manages RFP process: developing partner consideration sets, putting together RFPs, and managing conversations & RFP development with partners.
  • Collaborates on the buying of media, vendor contracts, budget management by individual platforms, billing/invoicing for media campaigns.
  • Learns and applies principles of negotiation to ensure discounts and added value.
  • First 'gatekeeper' and reviewer for Assistant's work.
  • Ensures smooth campaign launch & execution and communicates updates internally and externally.
  • Deep understanding of the Digital media trafficking process.
  • Performs weekly pacing and monitoring of campaign performance.

Requirements

  • 2 years of experience in a media investment/buying role across online and/or offline channels, including campaign execution and management (Digital - Display, Audio, Video), Search, Social, and Traditional (TV, Radio, OOH, Print).
  • Proficiency with media tools and platforms such as Freewheel, SBMS/Adazzle, GCM, MOAT/IAS, Tableau.
  • Strong project and campaign management skills, including RFP development, vendor negotiations, trafficking, and pacing/reporting.
  • Effective communication and collaboration skills—able to manage vendor relationships, support internal teams, and clearly articulate media strategies.
  • Ability to mentor junior team members.

Benefits

Crossmedia offers a variety of benefits designed to support the diverse and physical, emotional, and professional well-being of its people, including:

  • Flexibility to work in hybrid manner with in-office and work from home options (depending on role).
  • Open/Flexible PTO with US & UK specific policies.
  • Sponsored healthcare options and agency-wide physical & mental health support.
  • 401k with company match (USA), and generous Pension (UK).
  • Paid sabbatical at significant milestone anniversaries.
  • Generous paid parental leave policy.
  • Life milestone recognition & support.
  • The Pursuit of Happiness Fund devoted to helping Crossmedians find their happy (be it travel, enrichment class, fitness membership or professional development).
  • Cell phone/tech reimbursement.
  • Student Loan payment plan (US).
  • Tuition reimbursement.
  • Learning & Development and training programs.
  • And burgers – lots and lots of burgers.

Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

Diversity is in our DNA. As a minority-owned company, our commitment to an inclusive environment has long been embedded into agency practices and at every level. Almost one third of senior leadership identifies as a person of color and over half of our executive leadership are women. We have active mentoring & internship programs that create opportunities for underrepresented groups. Internal agency programming is anchored by XMEquity365, a permanent, year-round initiative fostering acknowledgement and support of marginalized communities within five pillars – Excellence, Voices, Education, Giving & Representation.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job:

  • Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer. Must be able to remain in a stationary position 50% of the time.
  • Ability to stand, bend, and reach.
  • Constantly operates a computer and other office productivity machinery, such as a calculator, copy machine, and computer printer.
  • The ability to communicate information and ideas so others will understand. Must be able to exchange accurate information in these situations.
  • The ability to observe details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).

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