Senior Media Buying Director - Programmatic & Social

Bully-Pulpit-International; Washington (District of Columbia); Hybrid; USD 100,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) match

Paid time off

Job summary

Bully Pulpit International is seeking an Associate Director, Media Buying to lead programmatic and social media campaigns for political and public affairs clients. You will drive strategy, execution, and reporting across major DSPs while mentoring the Buying team.

The role requires strong leadership, analytics, and cross-functional collaboration, with an expectation to work from one of our US offices at least 3 days per week. Starting salary range is $100,000–$110,000 with annual bonus.

Qualifications

• Proven hands-on programmatic and social media buying experience in an agency or similar setting.
• Strong cross-team collaboration and communication skills across client teams.
• Experience with budget management, optimizations, and performance reporting.
• Demonstrated ability to mentor junior staff and lead teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead media strategy and execution for mid-spend clients and campaigns.
• Oversee campaigns across multiple DSPs and platforms for flawless delivery.
• Provide actionable insights from platform metrics to improve performance.
• Collaborate with creative and insights teams to optimize placements and measurement.
• Mentor and develop junior team members across accounts.

Skills

Programmatic buying

Social media buying

Leadership

Client management

Analytics

Tools

The Trade Desk

DV360

Yahoo

Amazon Advertising

Google Campaign Manager

Job description

Bully Pulpit International is seeking an Associate Director, Media Buying to lead programmatic and social media campaigns for political and public affairs clients. You will drive strategy, execution, and reporting across major DSPs while mentoring the Buying team.

The role requires strong leadership, analytics, and cross-functional collaboration, with an expectation to work from one of our US offices at least 3 days per week. Starting salary range is $100,000–$110,000 with annual bonus.