What We Are Looking For 

VML is seeking a Senior Media Manager, Omnichannel Media Planning to join our team and support a key health/pharmaceutical client. This role requires someone who can manage client media-related issues, foster strong client relationships, and lead media planning efforts that drive innovative and effective ideas.

What You'll Do

Media Planning:

• Develop media plans that support the client's marketing objectives. Ensure media plans are executed as planned and approved, on schedule and within budget.
• Empower innovative ideas by bringing appropriate new media technologies and capabilities to the ideation conversation.
• Identify opportunities for content partnerships and multi-platform media partnerships.
• Create media plan recommendations and alternatives.
• Select media channels and determine scheduling.
• Analyze competitive activity in the marketplace.
• Present media plans to clients.
• Work with the analytics team to measure media performance, make recommendations for optimization.
• Develop recap reporting to understand and document final campaign performance against goals and critical learnings.

Who You Are

• An individual with outstanding verbal and written communication skills.
• Adept at using media research and planning tools to determine audience size and determine audience attributes.
• Someone with demonstrated success in client relationships, team management, and media planning.
• Possesses the fortitude to stay calm under pressure.

What You'll Need

• 3-5 years of experience with digital media planning and performance media. Agency experience required.
• Health/Pharmaceutical advertising highly preferred
• Experience collaborating cross functionally with with media activation teams (paid social, programmatic, search), ad operations, and analytics
• Client facing experience
• A professional with demonstrated ability to manage and lead across cross functional internal teams and lead with external clients, partners and vendors