Junior Media Buyer: Data-Driven & AI-Savvy

Chase&Co.; Lehi (UT); On-site; USD 42,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Chase&Co. seeks a Jr. Media Buyer to support planning, buying, and reporting of media campaigns across traditional and digital channels. You will coordinate with vendors and internal teams, monitor campaign performance, and help optimize execution to meet client goals.

You will analyze delivery, pacing, and KPIs, prepare clear recommendations, and contribute to process improvements, including responsible use of AI tools to streamline workflows.

Qualifications

• 1–3 years of experience in media buying, media planning, marketing, advertising, or a related role.
• Strong attention to detail and ability to manage multiple deadlines.
• Ability to organize complex information across vendors, campaigns, channels, budgets, and timelines.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Comfortable with spreadsheets, reports, media plans, and campaign data.
• Basic understanding of media channels such as TV, radio, digital, social, streaming audio, podcast, out-of-home, print, paid search, or programmatic.
• Ability to review data and identify practical recommendations.
• Curiosity about AI, automation, media technology, and process improvement.
• Willingness to learn new platforms, tools, and workflows.
• Ability to follow established processes while also identifying ways to improve them.

Responsibilities

• Develop media plans based on client goals, target audiences, budgets, markets, and campaign objectives.
• Research available media opportunities across channels such as TV, radio, streaming audio, podcast, out-of-home, print, digital, social, search, programmatic, and emerging platforms.
• Help evaluate media vendors, shows, talent, stations, markets, placements, sponsorships, and new media offerings to determine strategic fit and value.
• Request, review, and analyze vendor proposals.
• Negotiate with advertising sales representatives to secure cost-efficient, budget-conscious media placements.
• Purchase media on behalf of clients under the direction of senior media team members.
• Support media deals across multiple clients as needed.
• Ensure media recommendations align with approved strategy, budget, audience, geography, timing, and client objectives.
• Input media schedules into approved media planning systems.
• Send insertion orders and media orders to vendors.
• Confirm vendor contracts match internal IOs, approved schedules, rates, placements, and flight dates.
• Request financial information from new vendors so accounting can complete vendor setup.
• Coordinate with internal teams to ensure media plans, creative assets, trafficking details, deadlines, and campaign requirements are aligned.
• Monitor trafficked creative and confirm campaigns are running as ordered.
• Gather recorded copy, screenshots, live air-checks, post logs, screenshots, proof of performance, and other verification materials as needed.
• Review pre-logs and post-logs to identify discrepancies.
• Manage makegood requests when media does not run according to plan.
• Assist with overflow tasks within the media department as needed.

Skills

Attention to detail

Deadline management

Vendor coordination

Communication skills

Spreadsheet proficiency

Media planning

Data analysis

AI curiosity

Process improvement

Learning mindset

Tools

Reporting tools

Dashboards

Campaign analytics platforms

AI tools (e.g., ChatGPT)

Job description

Chase&Co. seeks a Jr. Media Buyer to support planning, buying, and reporting of media campaigns across traditional and digital channels. You will coordinate with vendors and internal teams, monitor campaign performance, and help optimize execution to meet client goals.

You will analyze delivery, pacing, and KPIs, prepare clear recommendations, and contribute to process improvements, including responsible use of AI tools to streamline workflows.