Media Planner/Buyer

White Rock Media, is a fast-growing Midwest ad agency focused exclusively on managing media placements for advertisers (planning, buying, auditing & custom analytics), and we have an opening for a super-sharp media professional.  This person must be articulate in both written and verbal communication, have fantastic organizational skills and pay attention to detail. The perfect person will have a strong experience base with the STRATA media buying software platform, plus the ability to apply media math to non-metro situations (where the computer can’t do all the work for you).  This is a full-time position, with salary commensurate to experience and skill levels.

Qualifications:

Education: Minimum of a BA or BS degree. Additional education focused media analysis or writing skills a plus.  STRATA-proficiency important, but not necessarily a dealbreaker.

Skills & Experience:

• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.
• 5+ years experience managing multi-media advertising campaigns.
• A fundamental understanding of media metrics, and how to communicate these concepts to clients.
• Fantastic confidence in developing and delivering client-ready presentations – in person and in writing.
• Strong problem solving skills and analytical abilities.
• Drive for continuous improvement and be self-motivated/managed.
• High aptitude for understanding our prospects businesses quickly.
• Sharp listening skills.
• Ability to thrive in (or adapt to) a fast-paced entrepreneurial environment.

Key Responsibilities:

• Grow our already great relationships with clients; in this role, you will have extensive client contact, presenting media analysis & recommendations for client approval.
• Consistent great follow-up with clients and co-workers.
• Commit to continuing education on media management topics critical to White Rock (and it’s clients’) success.  (White Rock will underwrite or subsidize this activity).
• Listen to our prospects' and clients' needs and desires in a generous and intuitive way.
• Collaborate with the entire White Rock team to provide vision, direction, policies and strategy for White Rock’s service.
• Recognize and solve problems proactively.
• Believe in what you are selling! (Our experience is that believing in what we do makes it fun to come to work. We're looking for someone who will put his/her head and heart into work, and, at the same time, have fun.)

We offer a very competitive compensation package based on experience including a base salary and profit sharing program.

White Rock has created a fun, casual work environment with a lot of autonomy and no micromanagement. This position is a 40-50 hour work week and has almost no travel required (maybe 5 percent of the time). We are an ethics-driven organization and pride ourselves on having a workplace with open communication, mutual respect and the golden rule. We are very selective in hiring employees and in taking on clients in order to insure a good cultural fit.

We look forward to hearing from you. Please email your resume to Careers@whiterockmedia.com.  Please do not call at this time or email to any other email addresses, no exceptions. All email will be answered.