THIRD EAR is an identities-led agency for today's America. Our purpose is to unleash a deep understanding of diverse identities to craft meaningful connections between consumers and brands. With a fully integrated agency offering, services include strategic planning, creative development, branding + design, content development, media strategy + investment and data + analytics.
We take pride in the connections we make to the people on our team, our customers, and our vendors. Our full-service agency offers competitive compensation and benefits, a culture of support and encouragement, and a committed team of people focused on personal and professional growth.
Job Overview
As the Media Strategy Supervisor, you are responsible for setting the working style for the junior team members, leading strategic planning for campaigns, and serving as a marketing partner for our clients and agency partners. This person strives to be an expert on the client’s business as well as a leader within the agency and liaison between senior management and junior team members. The Media Strategy Supervisor must demonstrate strong working knowledge of the media space across all channels and can easily identify strategic use cases for application. This person can navigate the balance between client service and fostering a positive and productive team culture.
Attributes & Skills
Leadership – confident in decision making and helping other team members; visible in meetings; not afraid to question or vocalize opinion
Calm & level-headed
Team Leader, collaborative, relationship builder – gains cooperation; skilled in virtual team management
Time management, multi-tasking skills, and interpersonal skills
Accountable to internal and external timelines and deliverables; ensures team is delivering as needed
Excellent written and verbal communication – articulate and poised; can effectively and comfortably communicate with both internal and external stakeholders; write clear and concise emails
Storytelling – can clearly and passionately sell through new ideas, ways of thinking/working with clients
Strong work ethic – conscientious, diligent and productive
Critical thinker and natural “strategic dot connector"– able to spot issues and opportunities; identify insights and defend strategic thinking with data; anticipate potential outcomes
Intellectually curious – asks the right questions to deepen understanding; doesn’t just accept things at face value; thirsty to understand the client’s industry and operating environment
Problem solver and diplomacy – continuously seeking to improve upon existing processes; evolving ways of thinking; finding better ways to work with internal and external stakeholders
Resourceful, self-starter – pro-active and takes initiative
Job Responsibilities
The job responsibilities for the Media Supervisor lies in three key areas: Business Understanding, Strategic Leadership & Relationship Building.
Business Understanding: Serve as the specialist across client’s business with a deep understanding of their business vertical across both brand and product. It is imperative that you have a grasp of their business challenges, goals, and objectives to deliver relevant solutions and recommendations.
Become a specialist of our client’s businesses making it easier to serve as their key day-to-day partner; strive to deliver solutions to their business problems without being afraid to say when something didn’t work; build trust and maintain clear open communication
Proactively research, study, and inquire about the client vertical competition, trends, consumers, challenges, etc. to maintain a holistic view of the business
Look for opportunities to inject new ways of thinking into the businesses we service; introduce new channels into media mixes, and question the norm – just because it’s been done one way in the past doesn’t mean it’s the best way to continue operating in the future
Strategic Planning: Lead the development and execution of client communication strategies across campaigns delivering on key business objectives and goals. This requires data-led strategic thinking, creative and innovative problem solving, hunger to become an “expert” in client’s business, and eagerness to stay in the know on marketplace/consumer trends. Examples of responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
Develop strong understanding of client’s business and product verticals/competitors through proactive 1st and 3rd party research
Leverage research tools and data sources to gather and analyze information needed to provide sound and strategic consumer insight driven media recommendations
Demonstrate strong understanding and application of media fundamentals across various channels – TV, CTV, OLV, Digital (includes social platforms), Audio (streaming and radio), OOH, etc
Identify and lead media partnerships and activation opportunities that can deliver against the client’s marketing objectives.
Look to the latest consumer and/or marketplace trends to identify at least one new “innovative” addition to each plan put forward to clients. Innovative addition can include but not limited to new partner, channel, tactic, data usage, opportunity audience, etc
Relationship Building: Ensuring collaboration, diplomacy, and trust across 3E clients, 3E media team, 3E agency team, key media partners, and partnering agency teams. Examples of responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
Become an expert in client’s business so they in return, trust you and treat you as an extension of their own team
Serve as key voice and representative of the Media Team across all other 3E agency disciplines (Account, Creative, Strategy, Experiential, etc.); regularly attend (video on) and participate in cross-discipline meetings; champion media team’s work across agency; ensure media is a key consideration across other team’s planning phases
Maintain relationships with key media owners while staying up to date with new offerings and solutions
Set up regular reviews/one-on-ones with team members – discuss feedback, outline goals, and ensure junior team members and HMP are getting what is needed out of each other
What Success Looks Like
The Media Supervisor is successful when they are:
Consistently and seamlessly planning and managing client campaigns from start to finish
Evolving and growing the sophistication of media plans, recommendations, POV’s, etc
Frequently satisfying and surprising clients with new ways of thinking/planning with direct correlation to campaign success and client business growth
Notably growing skillset and responsibilities of junior team members
Seamlessly integrating and collaborating with other agency disciplines during planning
Qualifications
Solid understanding of media planning and buying functions across both traditional and digital media
Client service experience
Comfortable with data, analytics, and measurement
Proven leadership ability – experience managing and growing a team of planners and assistant planners
Knowledge of current trends and innovations in media
5-8 years of work experience in a relevant field (advertising/media)
THIRD EAR offers a robust benefits package including health, dental, vision, company paid life and STD/LTD insurance, 401(k) matching, hybrid work schedule, paid time off, parental leave, paid parking, annual wellness program and Summer Fridays.
We are an EEO employer and promote diversity, equity, and inclusion in our staff operations, and services.
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Seniority level
Mid-Senior level
Employment type
Full-time
Job function
Marketing and Sales
Industries
Internet Publishing
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