Digital Media Buyer

Veritone One; United States; Remote; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a talented individual to join their dynamic team in audio advertising. In this role, you will dive deep into the world of media buying, working with a diverse range of clients from various sectors. Your analytical skills will be put to the test as you monitor campaign performance and provide insightful recommendations. This innovative firm offers a remote-first and hybrid work environment, empowering you to grow your career while making a significant impact in the field of AI-driven advertising. If you're passionate about media and eager to contribute to a forward-thinking company, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Benefits

Competitive compensation package

Participation in the Company’s Equity Program

Flexible (Paid) Time Off

Medical, dental, vision benefits

401K matching

Mental health awareness and support

Remote first + Hybrid workplace

VERI Communities (Affinity Groups) & Belonging

Qualifications

• 2+ years in Programmatic, Paid Search, Paid Social, Digital Analytics or Planning roles.
• Exceptional Excel and PowerPoint skills required.

Responsibilities

• Negotiate and plan media buys with various audio vendors.
• Assist Media Buyers in maintaining media plans and tracking performance.
• Provide detailed campaign analysis and recommendations.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Communication

Persuasion

Research abilities

Excel

PowerPoint

Education

Bachelor’s degree in broadcast journalism

Bachelor’s degree in mass media communications

Bachelor’s degree in advertising

Bachelor’s degree in a related field

Tools

Google Ads

Job description

WE ARE VERITONE ONE

Veritone One is one of the world’s largest full-service performance-based audio advertising agencies, creating native and traditional ads for the world’s most recognizable brands. The agency’s expertise in media buying, planning and creative execution, coupled with its unmatched ability to track near real-time performance of advertisements through Veritone, Inc.’s proprietary aiWARE technology, enables Veritone One to deliver ads with unmatched effectiveness in a way that’s simple, scalable and trackable.

Veritone One is powered by Veritone aiWare, Veritone, Inc’s proprietary platform that processes and organizes unstructured audio and video data using AI-based cognitive computing. This gives us the ability to provide our clients with real-time ad verification and compliance, organize and share every mention, and turn hard data into actionable intelligence we use to optimize your campaign. We’d say it’s the future of advertising--but we’ve been doing it for years.

Veritone One is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Veritone, Inc. (NASDAQ: VERI) and is headquartered in Denver, CO. You can view us at: www.veritone.com / www.veritoneone.com

WHAT YOU’LL DO

• Learn the intricacies of negotiating, planning, buying, and partnering with a wide variety of audio and podcast vendors.
• Work with clients ranging from Meal-Kits, Apparel Brands, Beauty, Pharmaceutical, and more!
• Assist Media Buyers in planning and maintaining media plans on a day-to-day basis.
• Work with the team to track campaign pacing, performance, etc.
• Prepare and maintain traffic sheets.
• Monitor and reconcile client / vendor monthly billing.
• Gather market and media research. Prepare POVs on opportunities presented to the team.
• Onboard new vendors and talent, informing them on best practices as they are brought on (manage due dates, reconciliation, send campaign briefs, etc.).
• Executes all aspects of media buying for designated accounts, including:

1. RFPs
2. Building Media Proposals
3. Presenting to client or internal team
4. QAs and signs IOs
5. Manages billing actualization and invoicing
6. Traffics creative in ad platform or DCM
7. Monitors pacing
8. Compiles wrap ups as needed

• Writes thoughtful weekly insights and proposes optimizations to improve results.
• Works closely with vendors to make optimizations, communicate performance goals, and learn about new test opportunities.
• Understand his or her clients' needs and wants and research what media are available and afforded by a client's budget.
• Analytical thinking, communication, persuasion, and research abilities.
• Provide detailed campaign analysis and recommendations to internal and client teams.
• Experience purchasing and managing a variety of media campaigns and various deal structures including, CPV, CPM, CPC, and CPA.
• Work with the strategists to help determine overarching media strategy, client goals, media recommendation, and plan.
• Build thoughtful media plans based on given criteria and narrative.
• Ensure monthly invoices are reconciled for all account assignments.
• Participate in internal meetings to review results and make recommendations to the team before the client call.
• Plan, negotiate, book and optimize annual deals from multiple clients.

WHAT YOU'LL NEED

• A Bachelor’s degree in broadcast journalism, mass media communications, advertising, or a related field.
• 2+ years working within Programmatic, Paid Search, Paid Social, Digital Analytics or Digital Planning roles are strongly preferred.
• Must have exceptional Excel & PowerPoint skills, with knowledge of formulas, calculating and manipulating data comfortably within Excel.
• Google Ads Certification preferred.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Analytical, creative and innovative approach to solving problems.
• Attention to detail and high level of accuracy.
• Entrepreneurial mindset; comfortable in a data-driven business environment.

WHAT WE OFFER

• An incredible opportunity to impact AI for good and empower the human with AI solutions and services.
• A competitive compensation package.
• Participation in the Company’s Equity Program.
• Remote first + Hybrid workplace.
• VERI Communities (Affinity Groups) & Belonging.
• Empowerment to build your career journey at Veritone.
• Flexible (Paid) Time Off.
• Benefits Program: medical, dental, vision, 401K matching, and more!
• Mental health awareness and support.

OUR CULTURE

• Loves learning & continuous growth; stays current on marketing trends.
• Can juggle multiple projects, priorities, and deadlines with a positive attitude.
• Comfortable in a fast-paced, small company environment.
• Collaborative and always contributing value.
• Driven to win as a team.
• Remote first workplace.

Veritone is a leading provider of artificial intelligence (AI) technology and solutions. The company's proprietary operating system, aiWARE, orchestrates an expanding ecosystem of machine learning models to transform audio, video and other data sources into actionable intelligence. We love to continuously grow while staying ahead of trends and creating structure in an unstructured world.

If you’ve made it this far and align with our goals, we look forward to reviewing your qualifications!

DISCLOSURE

Our company provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics.

(Colorado & California Only*): Minimum annual salary of $70000.00. This base pay is for illustrative purposes only and will be determined based on skills and experience comparable to the job requirements. This position may be eligible for additional compensation and benefits including but not limited to: incentive compensation; health benefits; retirement benefits; life insurance; paid time off; parental leave and benefits; and other employee perks and benefits.

*Note: Disclosure as required by sb19-085 (8-5-20) of the minimum salary compensation for this role when being hired in Colorado.

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