Media Supervisor

Heartbeat; Philadelphia (Philadelphia County); On-site; USD 75,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Heartbeat, a healthcare marketing agency, is seeking a Media Supervisor to lead the development of integrated media strategies for healthcare challenger brands. You will manage day-to-day client relationships, guide a team, and ensure campaigns align with business goals and deliver measurable impact.

The role emphasizes data-driven planning, cross-channel collaboration, and ongoing optimization to maximize outcomes for clients in a fast-paced agency environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
• 4–6 years of media planning and/or buying experience, including 3+ years digital.
• Strong understanding of the media planning and buying process across channels.

Responsibilities

• Lead strategic, data-driven media plans across digital and traditional channels.
• Oversee campaign execution to meet quality standards and client expectations.
• Translate client goals into media recommendations and insights.
• Deliver reporting, optimization insights, and performance analyses.

Skills

Media planning

Media buying

Data-driven

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience

Tools

Ad serving platforms

Campaign measurement tools

Digital analytics

Job description

Company Description

Heartbeat is a full-service agency for healthcare Challenger Brands. Challengers are playing a high-stakes game—they must battle behemoth market leaders, upend ingrained treatment habits, or transform a “me-too” product into “yes-please.”

Heartbeat is a full-service agency for healthcare Challenger Brands. Challengers are playing a high-stakes game—they must battle behemoth market leaders, upend ingrained treatment habits, or transform a “me-too” product into “yes-please.” The agency is known for serving up distinctive strategies and differentiating approaches, ensuring clients’ market positions are uniquely owned. Heartbeat designs their organization around a 100% integration model, housing media, strategy, med comms, creative, technology, and even point of care/population health under the same roof for the tightest, most integrated campaigns possible. They price work based on outcomes, not outputs. Their innovative model delivers not only alignment, but powerful orchestration, greater efficiency, and maximum impact for every dollar spent—all the necessary elements for Challengers to triumph. That’s the philosophy, here’s the creds: 250+ employees between NYC & LA; 6 agency leaders with decades of tenure; a pile of awards from the likes of the Mannys, MM&M Awards, OMMAs, and Clios; an industry-leading commitment to diversity and inclusion (with a Med Ad News D&I Champion nod to match); and a President who dared to be quoted as saying, “We celebrate people who stand up and say, ‘You know what? This is dumb.' Damn straight.

Overview

We’re Heartbeat, the marketing agency for Healthcare Challenger Brands and the brave clients behind them. We create breakthrough experiences that move people, change behavior, and help healthcare brands make a meaningful impact. We’re looking for a Media Supervisor to join our team and lead the development of smart, innovative media strategies that connect with both consumers and healthcare professionals.

Read on to learn more about what we’re looking for and why you’ll love working here.

Responsibilities

As a Media Supervisor, you’ll play a critical role in developing and executing integrated media strategies while leading day-to-day client relationships and supporting the growth of your team. You’ll help ensure media recommendations are grounded in insights, aligned with business objectives, and executed with excellence.

Key Responsibilities Include

• Lead the development of strategic, data-driven media plans across digital and traditional channels
• Oversee campaign execution to ensure all deliverables meet quality standards and client expectations
• Translate client business challenges into innovative media strategies and thoughtful recommendations
• Deliver campaign reporting, optimization insights, and performance analysis to clients and internal stakeholders
• Partner closely with cross-functional teams including paid social, programmatic, analytics, media technology, business operations, strategy, and creative
• Contribute to new business opportunities by supporting media strategy development and agency pitches
• Manage client relationships by providing proactive communication, strategic guidance, and exceptional service
• Monitor media trends, platform updates, and industry best practices to inform planning recommendations
• Ensure projects are delivered on time, within budget, and aligned with campaign objectives
• Guide and mentor junior media team members, providing coaching and developmental support

Qualifications

What You’ll Bring

You’ve built a strong foundation in media planning and buying and have a passion for using data, insights, and creativity to get results. Across 4-6 years of experience, you’ve developed the skills, leadership capabilities, and strategic mindset needed to guide campaigns from planning through optimization.

Qualifications Include

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
• 4-6 years of media planning and/or buying experience, including at least 3 years focused on digital media
• Strong understanding of the media planning and buying process across channels, with experience evaluating and employing digital marketing solutions
• Familiarity with ad serving platforms, campaign measurement tools, and digital analytics technologies
• Deep knowledge of the evolving digital media landscape and emerging trends
• Strong communication and presentation skills, with the ability to translate client goals into clear media recommendations
• Demonstrated ability to mentor and develop junior team members
• Exceptional organizational and project management skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously
• Strong analytical skills and comfort working with campaign performance data
• Willingness to travel as needed

How You’ll Grow With Us

At Heartbeat, we’re committed to helping our people build meaningful and rewarding careers. As a Media Supervisor, you’ll have opportunities to strengthen your leadership skills, broaden your strategic expertise, and contribute to agency growth.

You’ll Continue Developing Skills In

• Team leadership and talent development
• Integrated media strategy across channels and audiences
• Financial management, forecasting, and resource planningClient relationship management and business growth
• Presentation and storytelling skills
• Industry thought leadership and innovation
• Collaboration across multidisciplinary teams

Building and promoting a culture of continuous learning

Additional Information

Why Heartbeat?

Heartbeat is a healthcare marketing and creative agency dedicated to helping challenger brands achieve extraordinary growth. We bring together strategy, creative, media, technology, analytics, and behavioral science to solve complex healthcare marketing challenges.

Our Culture Is Built Around Three Core Beliefs

Empowering Challenger Brands

We partner with ambitious healthcare marketers who are transforming categories and changing lives. Our teams challenge convention, think creatively, and deliver work that drives measurable impact.

Being the Best Place You'll Ever Work

We believe exceptional work happens when talented people feel supported, challenged, and inspired. Through ongoing learning opportunities, career development programs, wellness benefits, competitive compensation, generous time-off policies, and collaborative working environments, we invest in helping our people thrive both professionally and personally.

Fostering a Diverse & Caring Community

We are committed to creating an inclusive workplace where every individual feels respected, valued, and empowered. Through employee resource groups, mentorship opportunities, cultural programming, and a strong commitment to belonging, we continue to build a community where diverse perspectives fuel better ideas and stronger outcomes.

Our Culture and Community

At Heartbeat, collaboration is at the center of everything we do. We believe the best work is created when talented people come together, share ideas, challenge assumptions, and learn from one another. Our teams are passionate about healthcare, supportive of one another, and committed to delivering outstanding work for our clients.

With a strong track record of employee retention and long-term career growth, Heartbeat continues to be a place where talented professionals can build meaningful careers while making a lasting impact on healthcare brands and the audiences they serve.

About Publicis Health & Publicis Groupe

Heartbeat is a proud member of Publicis Health, one of the world's leading healthcare communications networks. Through Publicis Health, our teams have access to deep healthcare expertise, industry-leading resources, and global collaboration opportunities.

Publicis Health is part of Publicis Groupe, one of the largest global communications organizations, spanning advertising, media, data, technology, and business transformation. Together, we help clients navigate an increasingly complex marketing landscape while delivering innovative solutions that drive business results.

Our Publicis Groupe motto “Viva La Différence” means we’re better together, and we believe that our differences make us stronger. It means we honor and celebrate all identities, across all facets of intersectionality, and it underpins all that we do as an organization. We are focused on fostering belonging and creating equitable & inclusive experiences for all talent.

Publicis Groupe provides robust and inclusive benefit programs and policies to support the evolving and diverse needs of our talent and enable every person to grow and thrive. Our benefits package includes medical coverage, dental, vision, disability, 401K, as well as parental and family care leave, family forming assistance, tuition reimbursement, and flexible time off.

If you require accommodation or assistance with the application or onboarding process specifically, please contact [e-mail].

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Compensation Range: USD $75,050.00 - USD $120,159.00/Annually. This is the pay range the Company believes it will pay for this position at the time of this posting. Consistent with applicable law, compensation will be determined based on the skills, qualifications, and experience of the applicant along with the requirements of the position, and the Company reserves the right to modify this pay range at any time. Temporary roles may be eligible to participate in our freelancer/temporary employee medical plan through a third-party benefits administration system once certain criteria have been met. For regular roles, the Company will offer medical coverage, dental, vision, disability, 401k, and paid time off. The Company anticipates the application deadline for this job posting will be 10/5/2026.