Senior Media Investment Associate

Tinuiti is the largest independent full-funnel marketing agency in the U.S. across the media that matters most, with $4 billion in digital media under management and more than 1,200 employees. Built for marketers who demand growth and accountability, Tinuiti unites media and measurement under one roof to eliminate waste—the biggest growth killer of all—and scale what works. Its proprietary technology, Bliss Point by Tinuiti, reveals the truth around growth and waste, and how to capitalize on it. With expert teams across Commerce, Search, Social, TV & Audio, and more, Tinuiti delivers measurable results with brutal simplicity: Love Growth. Hate Waste.

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As a Senior Media Investment Associate, you will play a pivotal role in owning our media buying and account management processes by ensuring our client’s media campaigns operate smoothly and efficiently, and are carried out with best in class media acumen and strategic thinking. Your expertise will be essential to client performance across channels–primarily TV, audio, and display–serving as a key liaison with our media partners and the agency’s client teams, and developing innovative strategies to meet our brand’s diverse needs. This role requires a strategic thinker with a foundational knowledge of strategic media buying, particularly in video and audio advertising.

As the Senior Media Investment Associate, you will focus on:

• Media Buying: Research, vet, and execute media plans for multiple clients, ensuring that they run efficiently and accurately, while also assisting with opportunities for strategic expansion, optimization, and campaign growth

• Campaign Performance: Oversee daily campaign delivery across channels, ensuring strategies are appropriately implemented, errors are kept to a minimum, and goals are being achieved.

• Collaboration: Interface with network partners, vendors, and internal teams to ensure smooth campaign execution with a solution-oriented mindset.

• Special Projects: Develop and implement project-based work tailored to the Media Investment team’s needs, showcasing your flexibility and creativity in improving how we function with clients and media partners alike

• Network Orders and Traffic: Send and track network orders and traffic instructions, ensuring accurate and timely delivery.

• Industry Engagement: Stay abreast of TV, audio, and display trends through educational meetings with publishers as well as your own independent research, utilizing insights to make informed media recommendations and fostering knowledge sharing among your peers.

• Media Negotiation: Evaluate and negotiate media plans in collaboration with senior team members, honing your ability to vet new offerings and assess the value of media opportunities for the clients you work on

Professional Qualifications:

• 2+ years of experience in a media agency or publisher environment, with a focus on media buying in linear TV, OTT, digital audio, and/or display advertising.

• Direct hands-on-keys experience in industry platforms (DSPs, research tools) a plus

• Demonstrated organizational skills with exceptional attention to detail and follow-through.

• Self-motivated with a passion for learning, asking questions, and thriving in a collaborative setting.

• Strategic marketing and communication skills to internally promote new media opportunities.

• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and strong business writing and presentation skills.

• Excellent time management capabilities, managing multiple tasks against tight deadlines.

Competencies:

• Strategic Thinking: Ability to inform integrated media strategies that align with client objectives and industry trends, using a foundational knowledge of our agency and client’s business objectives to tailor your recommendation to suit their individual needs

• Media Acumen: An understanding of the media marketplace as it relates to TV, audio, and display channels and the key partners and tactics therein

• Technical Skills: Skilled in reviewing campaign data to make informed decisions and executing those matters in a live buying environment, with a strong attention to fine detail

• Communication: Effective communicator, capable of liaising with partners and presenting complex information in an understandable format.

• Collaboration: Works seamlessly with internal teams and external partners to drive agency and client success through knowledge sharing, a positive attitude, an open mind, and the desire to support our collective work.

• Time Management: Demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects, delivering on schedule and with excellent follow-through

The annual base salary range for this roles' listed level is currently $60,000-$70,000 plus performance bonus of up to 8%.  Grade level and salary ranges are determined through interviews and a review of education, experience, knowledge, skills, abilities of the applicant, equity with other team members, and alignment with market data. We will provide more information on our benefits and equity upon requests. Disclosure as required by the Colorado Equal Pay for > Equal Work Act, C.R.S. § 8-5-101 et seq

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

Unlimited PTO: At Tinuiti, we believe you deserve time to rest, recharge, and enjoy life unplugged. When you prioritize time for yourself, you're able to bring your best self to work. That’s why we offer unlimited paid time off, a fully remote environment, and flexibility to take the time you need, when you need it. On top of that, we provide 20 paid holidays, including multiple long weekends, to ensure you have dedicated time to step away and disconnect. We're proud to offer above-industry standard work-life balance, consistently rated as one of the most loved benefits by Tinuitians year after year.

Healthcare: Medical, Dental, Vision, Life & Disability, Flex Spending Accounts

Retirement: Match up to 4% of your contributions at 100% with immediate vesting

Perks and Wellness: Fringe, Forma, Unlimited Telemedicine and Teletherapy available at no cost, Thankful giving, Equity

Parental Leave: Birthing parents receive 16 weeks of leave with 100% pay (partners 12 weeks) after the birth or adoption of a child.

Learning and Development: On-demand learning (powered by LinkedIn Learning), mentorship program, leadership and management development programs and resources

Disclaimer: This description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this position. The actual duties, responsibilities, and qualifications may vary based on assignment or group. Tinuiti is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, national origin, marital status, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other protected status.