Remote Media Planner & Buyer — Growth Path

MV Digital; United States; Remote; USD 48,000 - 58,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision plans

401k plan

Generous paid time off

Parental and caregiver leave

Employee assistance program

Job summary

MV Digital Group is seeking a Media Planner & Buyer to design and execute media plans across channels for client campaigns. You will translate briefs into strategy, coordinate with senior planners, and grow your planning craft in a collaborative environment.

You'll work with budgets, forecasting, and pacing while learning DSPs and data platforms. A base salary plus incentives drives total earnings, with a strong learning curve and room for ownership.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in marketing, communications, or a related field, or equivalent experience preferred.
• Minimum two years in media planning, media buying, ad operations, or digital marketing; internship or agency coordinator experience counts
• Comfort with budgets and spreadsheets, and a willingness to get confident with planning math: allocation, forecasting, pacing, and reconciliation
• Exposure to digital media platforms such as search, social, or DSPs (DV360, The Trade Desk); hands-on experience is a plus, and we’ll teach the rest
• Familiarity with media planning tools (Bionic, Strata, ComScore) or audience data providers (LiveRamp, GWI) is a plus, not a requirement
• Experience building or contributing to a plan, deck, or recommendation, and the curiosity to explain the thinking behind it
• Strong organizational and analytical instincts, and the ability to juggle multiple campaigns on tight timelines without losing the details
• Clear written and verbal communication, and the ability to make complex ideas simple to explain and digest
• Good judgment under ambiguity, and the habit of asking good questions
• Experience in political, advocacy, higher ed, or utilities verticals is a plus

Responsibilities

• Build media plans for client campaigns, translating the brief into a channel strategy and budget framework, with guidance from senior planners
• Support audience strategy by researching targeting approaches, data sources, and segmentation options based on client goals and budget
• Recommend media mix across paid channels, learning to balance reach, frequency, cost efficiency, and client objectives
• Create media plans, flowcharts, budgets, and decks that connect audience to channel to budget to KPI in a clear narrative
• Handle planning math with growing independence, including budget allocation, forecasting, pacing, and reconciliation
• Conduct research that informs planning decisions, including competitive landscape, audience data, platform capabilities, and market context, and turn it into clear recommendations
• Partner with Account Managers in client conversations, presenting parts of the plan and building toward explaining the "why" behind channel decisions on your own
• Support campaign execution and optimization, including insertion orders, trafficking, and reporting, so you see how your plans perform in market
• Contribute to RFP responses as opportunities come up
• Stay sharp on the media landscape, including new platforms, shifting audience behavior, and pricing trends, and bring what you learn into planning decisions
• Take on more campaigns and greater ownership as your skills grow

Skills

Budgeting

Planning math

Audience targeting

Media planning

Campaign planning

Communication

Organization

Analytical

Education

Bachelor’s degree in marketing

Tools

Bionic

Strata

ComScore

LiveRamp

GWI

Job description

MV Digital Group is seeking a Media Planner & Buyer to design and execute media plans across channels for client campaigns. You will translate briefs into strategy, coordinate with senior planners, and grow your planning craft in a collaborative environment.

You'll work with budgets, forecasting, and pacing while learning DSPs and data platforms. A base salary plus incentives drives total earnings, with a strong learning curve and room for ownership.