Media Planner

Deutsch Inc.; Los Angeles (CA); Hybrid; USD 63,000 - 77,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401K

Unlimited PTO

Job summary

Deutsch Inc. in Los Angeles offers a hybrid Media Planner role focused on developing, executing, and optimizing integrated media campaigns for a leading B2B technology client.

You will collaborate with analytics, ad operations, finance, and partners to translate client objectives into effective media plans. The ideal candidate is analytical, highly organized, and experienced across programmatic, TV, and digital channels, with hands-on Prisma and strong Excel/PowerPoint skills.

Qualifications

• ,3+ years in hands-on media planning across integrated channels.
• Strong paid media fundamentals across digital and traditional channels.
• Experience with Nielsen, MRI-Simmons, Telmar, MediaRadar, or similar tools.
• Excellent time management and cross-functional communication.
• Experience managing budgets, pacing, billing, reconciliations.
• IOs, tagging, trafficking, QA, and vendor communication experience.
• Detail-oriented with accurate campaign setup and reporting.
• Strong analytics and ability to translate data into actions.
• Advanced Excel and PowerPoint; Google Workspace a plus.
• Experience with Prisma or similar planning/billing systems.

Responsibilities

• Support development and presentation of integrated media strategies aligned to client objectives and campaign goals
• Conduct audience, marketplace, competitive, and media research to inform planning recommendations
• Evaluate media opportunities across programmatic, online video, CTV, YouTube, paid social, podcasts, streaming audio, and traditional media channels
• Assist in developing channel strategies, investment allocations, flight recommendations, and media POVs
• Stay current on media trends, consumer behavior, platform capabilities, measurement solutions, and AI-enabled planning tools
• Develop integrated media plans, budget trackers, and support campaign documentation
• Coordinate campaign launches across internal teams and media partners
• Manage campaign setup and execution across media channels, including IOs, trafficking requirements, tagging, creative assets, and launch timelines
• Build and maintain campaigns within internal planning and billing systems (e.g., Prisma) to support campaign execution, financial tracking, and reporting
• Ensure campaigns launch accurately by QA’ing creative assets, tracking tags, landing pages, naming conventions, and vendor deliverables
• Communicate with clients on asset deliverables and launch progress
• Coordinate with offshore support to oversee campaign setup in Prisma, trafficking support, billing actualizations, and campaign documentation
• Monitor campaign pacing, delivery, and budgets by reviewing pacing reports and proactively identifying under or over-delivery
• Manage campaign budgets, reconciliations, invoice tracking, and financial documentation throughout the lifecycle
• Work with finance, media vendors, clients, and internal stakeholders to ensure accurate billing, campaign actualization, and financial reconciliation

Skills

Media planning

Paid media fundamentals

Campaign budgeting

Analytics

Cross-functional communication

Prisma / planning systems

Excel & PowerPoint

Vendor management

Tools

Prisma

Google Workspace

Job description

Hybrid Schedule - In Office Tuesday thru Thursday

The Media Planner is a key member of the media team responsible for developing, executing, and optimizing integrated media campaigns across digital and traditional media channels for a leading B2B technology client. Working closely with the larger team, including analytics, ad operations, finance, and external partners, this role helps translate client objectives into effective media plans that drive measurable business outcomes. The ideal candidate has a strong understanding of media fundamentals, is highly analytical, naturally curious, and enjoys solving problems through data. They are highly organized, collaborative, and thrive in a fast-paced agency environment while managing multiple priorities. The individual takes ownership of projects from planning through execution, proactively identifies solutions, demonstrates sounds judgement, and works collaboratively to deliver successful campaigns.

RESPONSIBLITIES

• Support development and presentation of integrated media strategies aligned to client business objectives and campaign goals
• Conduct audience, marketplace, competitive, and media research to inform planning recommendations
• Evaluate media opportunities across programmatic, online video, CTV, YouTube, paid social, podcasts, streaming audio, and traditional media channels
• Assist in developing channel strategies, investment allocations, flight recommendations, and media POVs
• Stay current on media trends, consumer behavior, platform capabilities, measurement solutions, and AI-enabled planning tools

Campaign Planning & Execution

• Develop integrated media plans, budget trackers, and support campaign documentation
• Coordinate campaign launches across internal teams and media partners
• Manage campaign setup and execution across media channels, including coordinating insertion orders (IOs), trafficking requirements, tagging, creative assets, and launch timelines
• Build and maintain campaigns within internal planning and billing systems (e.g., Prisma) to support campaign execution, financial tracking, and reporting
• Ensure campaigns launch accurately by QA’ing creative assets, tracking tags, landing pages, naming conventions, and vendor deliverables
• Communicate with clients on outstanding asset deliverables and launch progress
• Coordinate with offshore support to oversee campaign setup in Prisma, trafficking support, billing actualizations, and campaign documentation to ensure accurate and timely execution
• Monitor campaign pacing, delivery, and budgets by reviewing pacing reports and proactively identifying under or over-delivery, recommending solutions to optimize campaign performance
• Manage campaign budgets, reconciliations, invoice tracking, and financial documentation throughout the campaign lifecycle
• Work closely with finance, media vendors, clients, and internal stakeholders to ensure accurate billing, campaign actualization, and financial reconciliation

Media Partner Management

• Serve as a day-to-day point of contact for media vendors throughout campaign execution
• Deliver IOs, creative assets, tracking requirements, launch timelines, and campaign updates
• Work closely with partners to identify optimization and added value opportunities

Reporting & Measurement

• Partner with offshore support to coordinate recurring weekly campaign pacing reports, and QA to ensure reporting accuracy across all partners
• Collaborate with analytics and measurement teams on tagging, attribution, and campaign measurement implementation
• Analyze campaign performance and translate data into actionable insights and optimization recommendations

QUALIFICATIONS

• Minimum of 3 years of hands-on media planning and campaign management experience across integrated media channels
• Strong understanding of paid media fundamentals across digital and traditional channels, including planning, execution, optimization, and measurement
• Experience with media research and planning tools such as Nielsen, MRI-Simmons, Telmar, MediaRadar, or similar platform
• Excellent time management skills with the ability to prioritize multiple projects, manage deadlines, and communicate priorities effectively to supervisors and cross-functional teams
• Demonstrated experience managing campaign budgets, pacing, billing, reconciliations, and financial stewardship
• Experience coordinating campaign execution, including media authorizations (MAs), insertion orders (IOs), tagging, trafficking, QA, creative asset management, and vendor communication
• Highly detail oriented with a proven ability to maintain accuracy across campaign setup, documentation, financial tracking, and reporting
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret campaign performance and develop data-driven recommendations
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint, and experience with Google Workspace is a plus
• Experience working with media planning, billing, and campaign management systems (e.g., Prisma) is preferred
• Excellent written, verbal, and presentation skills with the ability to communicate effectively with clients, media partners, and internal stakeholders
• Previous client communication and presentation experience
• Experience working on integrated campaigns across multiple media channels is preferred

COMPENSATION

Deutsch offers top of the line benefits, 401K, unlimited PTO and more.

The salary range for this role is $70,350. The pay is subject to change and may be modified in the future.