At Mediagistic, we pride ourselves on going beyond the results for our local, regional, national and franchise clients. We’re one of the nation’s premier marketing and advertising agencies working in the home services, outdoor power equipment and family entertainment centers industries.

The Media Specialist at Mediagistic supports the Media Planner and/or Buyer in creating and implementing strategic media plans that align with client objectives and budgets. This role involves meticulous attention to detail, effective time management, and strong research skills. The Media Specialist collaborates with internal teams and external vendors, ensuring all research is completed and organized on time to enable optimal media placements, strong vendor relationships, and successful campaign outcomes.

Essential Responsibilities Include:

• Conduct comprehensive market research using guided checklists.
• Complete special projects within deadlines, including reporting, file updating, RFPs, and creating master spreadsheets.
• Format documents such as client schedules, radio rankers, post reports, and recommendation templates.
• Perform data entry in programs including FreeWheel View, Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Google Docs/Sheets.
• Communicate effectively with internal teams and external partners.
• Maintain professional relationships with media vendors and internal teams.
• Adhere to departmental processes and understand media goals.
• Manage your workflow efficiently, maintaining a comparable volume to colleagues.
• Handle multiple deadlines daily and perform efficiently under tight schedules.
• Import, clean, and prepare initial negotiations for media campaigns accurately and eventually with minimal assistance.
• Ensure all media research is delivered promptly and accurately, upholding our commitment to excellence.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Marketing or a minimum of 2 years of marketing research experience.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills for effective internal and external interactions.
• Strong mathematical skills, including a thorough understanding of percentages and fractions.
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel and/or Google Sheets, for data analysis solutions.
• Excellent research skills with a curious and investigative mindset.
• Proven organizational skills and attention to detail, essential for managing multiple projects simultaneously.
• Effective time-management skills to balance accuracy and punctuality across various tasks.

Supervision/Contacts:

• Directly reports to the Director of Media Planning & Buying

Work Environment:

• Work is normally performed in a typical interior office environment that requires normal safety precautions such as typical office or administrative work.

Physical Demands:

• Job involves sitting most of the time: walking, lifting, bending, and standing may be minimally required to complete tasks.

Travel:

• Travel will be required rarely, if at all. Total travel time will be less than 10% of the time.

Job Type: Full-time (Monday – Friday) in-office

Office Location: Hidden River Parkway (Fletcher & I-75)

What Mediagistic Offers You:

We offer competitive benefits and learning and development opportunities including:

• Generous Medical Plan
• Dental & Vision Plans
• Disability & Life Insurance
• Optional Life & Accident Insurances
• Tuition Assistance
• 401(k) & 401(k) Matching
• Awesome Work/Life Balance
• Rich Paid Time Off (PTO) plan that includes sick, vacation, personal time, birthday, volunteer time and holidays
• Casual Work Environment
• Starbucks Coffee Machines (FREE!)
• On-Site Personal Trainer (group workouts 2x/week – FREE!)
• Positive Office Culture (Quality of Workplace committee to plan events and community involvement & Diversity and Inclusion committee to enhance culture & equity in the workplace)