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Media Planner
A Media Planner determines where and how an organization's advertising dollars are spent, selecting channels and negotiating placements to reach target audiences effectively. They use media buying platforms (DSPs) and tools like Google Ads and Analytics alongside Excel to plan budgets, define audience targeting, and analyze campaign performance. This role sits within advertising agencies or marketing departments and suits data-driven professionals who blend strategic thinking with attention to audience insights.
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Media Planning Associate
Citigroup
Full-time · Irving, TX · $87,360 – $131,040
This role supports the development and execution of media plans that help advertisers reach Citi cardmembers across digital properties. The position suits someone with media planning experience who can translate campaign briefs into actionable strategies and collaborate across sales, operations, and analytics teams.
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Senior Manager, Media Strategy
iHeartMedia
Full-time · Los Angeles, CA · $72,000 – $90,000
This role develops multi-platform media strategies for iHeartMedia's largest national advertisers, working with sales teams to recommend the optimal mix of radio, digital, events, and podcast properties to meet client objectives. It suits someone with 4-5 years of media planning experience who can juggle multiple accounts, analyze campaign performance metrics, and communicate complex strategies clearly to internal and external stakeholders.
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Manager, Media Planning
Mastercard
Full-time · Purchase, NY · $135,000 – $222,000
This role manages the day-to-day execution and optimization of Mastercard's integrated media campaigns across digital, television, social, and emerging channels in the U.S., working between internal teams and agency partners. It suits media professionals with campaign management experience who want to grow their strategic skills while handling high-visibility brand initiatives.
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Where Media Planners commonly go next: Advertising Manager, Media Buyer, Media Director.
Vice President, Media
Dave & Buster's
Full-time · Coppell, TX · $191,600 – $273,800
Lead the media strategy and investment for Dave & Buster's and Main Event, focusing on paid and organic search, paid social, and local activation to drive new customer acquisition and same-store sales growth. This role is for an experienced media leader who can connect brand strategy with measurable business results and partner effectively across creative, CRM, and store operations.
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Sr. Professional, Media
Under Armour
Full-time · Baltimore, MD · $75,000 – $100,000
Under Armour seeks a media professional to execute brand and product campaigns across digital channels, working with creative and agency partners to deliver integrated marketing initiatives. This role suits someone with media planning or buying experience who thrives in fast-paced environments and can collaborate across teams to bring campaigns to life.
Listed on Under Armour’s careers site · Apply there ↗
Senior Manager, Paid Media
Whalar
Full-time · New York, NY · $85,000 – $100,000
This role leads paid social media campaigns end-to-end across platforms like Meta and TikTok, handling strategy, execution, optimization, and client management. It suits experienced media professionals who thrive on data-driven campaign work and direct client relationships in a fast-paced agency environment.
Listed on Whalar’s careers site · Apply there ↗
Programmatic Ad Partnerships Manager
Haystack News
Miami, FL
This role involves building relationships with programmatic advertising partners and managing day-to-day ad operations for a fast-growing Connected TV news platform. It suits someone with analytical chops and advertising industry experience who wants to drive revenue growth at a Silicon Valley startup.
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Sr. Professional, Media
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Full-time · Baltimore, MD · $75,000 – $100,000
Under Armour seeks a media professional to execute brand and product campaigns across digital channels, working with creative and agency partners to deliver integrated marketing initiatives. This role suits someone with media planning or buying experience who thrives in fast-paced environments and can collaborate across teams to bring campaigns to life.
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Lead Analyst, Roundel - Performance & Insights
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Roundel, Target's advertising platform, seeks a strategic analyst to partner with major clients on measuring and optimizing their media performance and ROI. This role suits experienced digital media professionals who can translate data into actionable business insights and thrive managing relationships across complex organizational structures.
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Manager, Marketing Insights
Supercast
New York, NY · $128,000 – $144,000
This role analyzes subscription and marketing data to drive strategy at FOX News Media, supporting customer acquisition and retention through dashboards, cohort analysis, and data-driven recommendations. It suits someone with strong SQL skills and marketing analytics experience who can translate subscriber metrics into actionable insights for cross-functional teams.
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End-User Marketing Intern (Public)
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This internship involves market research, competitive analysis, and go-to-market strategy development for IoT lighting solutions in the retail and hospitality sectors. It suits undergraduate or master's students studying business or marketing who are interested in the IoT space and can commit full-time for 3–4 months.
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Customer Lifecycle Analyst
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This role leads customer lifecycle strategy and CRM automation at Levi's, focusing on building personalized email, SMS, and app push journeys at scale. It suits analysts with strong SQL skills, CRM platform expertise, and experience designing and optimizing customer communication campaigns.
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Manager, Marketing Science
The Home Depot
Atlanta, GA
Lead a team of marketing analytics professionals at The Home Depot, designing and executing measurement strategies to quantify the impact of marketing investments across the enterprise. This role suits experienced analysts ready to move into people management, combining technical expertise in causal inference and experimentation with responsibility for mentoring junior team members and translating complex findings for executives.
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