What are the responsibilities and job description for the Media Specialist position at Known?
WE HAVE CREATED A WORLD WHERE ART AND SCIENCE ARE BEST FRIENDS
Known is a modern marketing company engineered for the unprecedented opportunities and challenges facing marketers today. We are about 300 people strong, pairing PhD data scientists with award-winning creatives, strategists, engineers and expert research teams to produce some of the most innovative and cutting-edge creative work in culture. We believe that when creative truly collaborates with science, strategy, and technology, amazing things can happen.
Our clients span the leading brands in finance, technology, media, CPG, real estate, and many other categories. These partnerships have earned us multiple awards and recognition: Emmys, Clios, Effies, Cannes Lions Awards, ProMax Agency of the Year, and most recently, Digiday’s Most Innovative Media Agency.
We couldn’t create this award-winning work without seeking out and hiring the best talent. What does it mean to be a Knowner? We are curious innovators, knowledge-hunters who are constantly challenging ourselves to do better and be better for our clients, for our team and for our world at large. Our offices around the U.S. are open and while most of our people work in a hybrid setting, we are a distributed workforce with a number of Knowners working remotely.
BUT ENOUGH ABOUT US, LET'S TALK ABOUT YOU
About the role:
Known’s Media Science team uses advanced analytics, machine learning, statistics, and algorithms to plan and optimize advertising dollars. We partner with our clients to translate their business goals into meaningful metrics, and to plan and buy media across all channels to drive those target outcomes.
We are looking for a Media Specialist to join the team and work alongside data analysts, buyer scientists and channel activation teams.
WHAT YOU’LL DO
- Drive performance for our media campaigns and amaze our clients through the development of objectives, strategies and recommendations in the video space
- Provide thought leadership on the evolving video marketplace, including trends, measurement standards, emerging technologies, and how they may benefit our clients
- Build and prepare written and visual content, communicating recommendations with storytelling
- Work with other channel leads and data scientists to build cohesive, comprehensive measurement and reporting
- Responsiveness to client requests including research reports, preparing schedules, buy highlights
- Assist in preparing deck slides for client buy presentations
- Day-to-day implementation, monitoring, management, optimization, and development of assigned campaigns
- Develop new approaches to optimize KPIs and improve Known IP
WHO YOU ARE AND WHAT YOU HAVE
- Minimum of 3 years of experience in integrated video planning and buying
- Experience driving holistic video strategies, across both linear and streaming platforms. National video buying experience is a must, MVPD experience is a plus
- A history managing investment budgets of $30MM , efficiently and effectively negotiating buys
- Established vendor relationships and a keen eye for trends and emerging marketplace opportunities
- A data-oriented mindset, with an understanding of how to bring insights & analytics into the media buying process and how to tie success to objectives and learning agendas
- Superb communication and presentation skills, the ability to multitask in a fast paced environment with high attention to detail, and a strong sense of accountability
- Strong quantitative skills with the ability to think strategically about complex problems
- Experience working directly with clients is a plus
SOME OF OUR PERKS
- Unlimited paid time off
- 401k with company matching and no vesting period
- Annual bonuses
- Generous medical plan
- Paid parental leave
ONE LAST THING TO ASK YOURSELF
All this might sound great, but you’re probably still wondering, “Would I be a good fit for Known?” or “Would Known be a good fit for me?” Our culture is propped up by four values that we aspire to every day: We are one team. We see the good. We never stop learning. There’s always a better way. At Known we are setting out to build something more than just a company. We are building a legacy filled with exceptionally talented people with a kaleidoscope of backgrounds, experiences, and origin stories who feel encouraged and empowered to bring their whole selves to work, and to partner with us in molding and shaping our culture through our values.
Known is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against employees or qualified job applicants on the basis of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state or locally protected class.
The base salary for this position is $80K - $90K.
This range is posted in compliance with state and municipal Pay Transparency laws. In addition to base compensation, this role is eligible to receive additional Known benefits.
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Salary : $30 - $80,000
