Senior Media Planner

Envisionit; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 75,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Paid time off

Health benefits

401(k)

Transit benefits

Career growth

Culture of collaboration

Job summary

Envisionit, a Chicago-based digital marketing agency, is seeking a Senior Media Planner to convert strategy into precise, actionable media plans and budgets for a tourism account. You will own day-to-day plan management and act as the accuracy backstop before execution.

You’ll collaborate across creative, strategy, and project teams in a hybrid office setting (2–3 days in-office). The role requires 4–8 years in media planning, a sharp eye for detail, and proven vendor negotiation experience to

Qualifications

• 4–8 years in media planning or account-side media execution, tourism/travel focus.
• Hands-on experience building and maintaining media flowcharts, budgets, and flighting.
• Detail-oriented with strong verification before plan or invoice is issued.
• Experience with MAFs, invoice reconciliation, and monthly budget tracking.
• Proven vendor contract negotiation and performance-metric monitoring.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain tactical media plans across channels, budgets, and flighting.
• Manage working media budgets and create MAFs from allocation through revisions.
• Prepare plans, specs, and documentation for handoff to creative and vendor teams.
• Proactively update plans for performance, scope changes, and stakeholder feedback.
• Collaborate with creative, strategy, DNA, account, and project management to stay aligned.
• Approve invoices, verify accuracy, and reconcile budget tracker to the plan monthly.
• Manage the Creative Calendar and materials tracking.
• Negotiate annual vendor contracts (OOH, broadcast, airport) and secure metrics.

Skills

Media planning

Budget management

Vendor negotiation

Cross-functional collaboration

Attention to detail

Flowcharts

MAFs

Tools

MAFs

Flowcharts

Job description

Envisionit, an award-winning digital marketing agency based in Chicago, is hiring a Senior Media Planner to own tactical execution for one of our tourism accounts. This role is the accuracy backstop between strategy and execution: if a number, spec, or deadline is off, you're the one who catches it before it reaches a client or a vendor. You'll join a team of strategists, creatives, and data nerds who genuinely like working together, push each other to do better work, and don't take themselves too seriously while doing it.

We are headquartered in Chicago and have a beautiful office overlooking Millennium Park and Lake Michigan, operating under a hybrid work model (2-3 days in-office/week).

The Senior Media Planner turns approved strategy into detailed, accurate media plans, budgets, and flighting, then keeps every version airtight as the campaign runs. You'll report to the Media Director, own day-to-day plan and budget management independently, and know exactly when a scope or strategy question needs to go up the chain.

Key Functions:

• Build, own, and maintain tactical media plans (channels, budgets, and flighting) that translate strategy into executable campaigns
• Manage working media budgets and create MAFs with full accuracy, from initial allocation through every revision
• Prepare plans, specs, and documentation for clean handoff to creative, account/PM, and vendor teams
• Proactively update plans for performance, optimizations, scope changes, and stakeholder feedback
• Partner with creative, strategy, DNA, account, and project management to keep plans aligned and quality-controlled
• Approve media invoices, verify accuracy, and reconcile the flowchart and budget tracker to the approved plan each month
• Manage specs, the Creative Calendar, and materials tracking - chasing down anything late, wrong, or unapproved
• Negotiate annual vendor contracts (OOH, broadcast, airport) and secure performance metrics for custom placements

What we're looking for:

• 4-8 years in media planning or account-side media execution, ideally on a tourism, travel, or other fast-moving, multi-market account
• Hands-on experience building and maintaining media flowcharts, budgets, and flighting across multiple channels
• A sharp eye for detail, confidence in being the last check before a plan or invoice goes out the door
• Experience with MAFs, invoice reconciliation, and monthly budget tracking
• A track record of negotiating vendor contracts (OOH, broadcast, airport, or similar) and holding vendors to performance metrics
• A strong cross-functional collaborator, used to working closely with creative, strategy, account, and project management
• Comfort owning a workstream independently, with good judgment on when an issue needs to be escalated vs. resolved directly

Perks, Salary & Benefits:

The salary range for this position is $75,000 - $100,000 USD. This is a good-faith estimate of the base pay scale for this position and any potential offers will ultimately be determined based on experience, education, skill set, and performance in the interview process.

Our benefits include:

• A hybrid office model, with the option to WFH 2+ days/week
• A minimum of 20 days off yearly + 12 company holidays + summer hours
• Medical, Dental, Vision, Life & Disability Insurance
• Employer-matched 401k
• Transit benefits, corporate discount programs, free fitness center membership
• Career pathing, dedicated budget towards opportunities for professional growth
• A culture focused on collaboration, curiosity & support, with regular events, volunteerism, and an employee-led recognition program

Due to the high volume of applicants, we are not currently accepting phone calls about employment opportunities or application status. In addition, we cannot pay for relocation expenses or act as an immigration sponsor at this time. Please peruse our website and socials to learn more about us. At this time, we can only consider candidates from the following US states: FL, GA, IL, IN, MI, MN, NV, SD, TN.

Envisionit is an Equal Opportunity Employer and our employees are people with diverse strengths, experiences and backgrounds, who share a passion for the work we do. Diversity not only includes race and gender identity, but also age, disability status, veteran status, sexual orientation, religion and many other parts of one's identity. All of our employee's points of view are key to our success, and inclusion is everyone's responsibility. Envisionit is committed to providing access, equal opportunity, and reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities in employment, its services, programs, and activities. To request reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, contact HR Manager, Ali Aguilar at [e-mail] or 312-262-6602.

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