Senior Programmatic Media Strategist — Remote/Hybrid

BarkleyOKRP; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance options

Flexible PTO

Life insurance

401K

Job summary

MissionOne Media, a brand within BarkleyOKRP, seeks a Senior Programmatic Media Specialist to develop strategies and manage paid programmatic accounts across DSPs, social, and display to drive client performance and growth. This full-time role offers remote or hybrid work based on proximity to an office.

The ideal candidate has 1+ years of media buying experience and is comfortable with Strata and The Trade Desk, plus strong analytics, negotiation, and cross‑functional collaboration.

Qualifications

• 1+ year of media buying experience (digital or social preferred).
• Experience with Strata buying software.
• Experience in a DSP (The Trade Desk preferred).
• Knowledge of 1st/3rd party data usage.
• Strong organizational and mathematical skills.
• Ability to multi-task and meet deadlines.
• Ability to negotiate rates and build vendor relationships.
• Collaborates effectively with cross-functional teams.
• Strong communication within a team and with clients.
• Comfortable in a fast-paced environment and making decisions.

Responsibilities

• Supports campaign development, optimization and reporting across platforms (Strata, DSPs, social).
• Builds relationships with media representatives.
• Negotiates rates, placements, and added value; documents findings.
• Serves as activation lead in client communications.
• Designs optimal buys for cost efficiency and goal delivery.
• Keeps supervisor updated on account status; escalates issues.
• Assists with campaign tracking setup and implementation with Ad Operations.
• Produces reporting dashboards and insights.
• Tracks spend against budgets; ensures adherence to client budgets.
• Keeps up with media trends; handles other duties as assigned.

Skills

Media Buying

Strata

The Trade Desk

Data Utilization

Organizational Skills

Multi-tasking

Negotiation

Cross-functional Collaboration

Communication

Decision Making

Tools

Strata

The Trade Desk

Job description

MissionOne Media, a brand within BarkleyOKRP, seeks a Senior Programmatic Media Specialist to develop strategies and manage paid programmatic accounts across DSPs, social, and display to drive client performance and growth. This full-time role offers remote or hybrid work based on proximity to an office.

The ideal candidate has 1+ years of media buying experience and is comfortable with Strata and The Trade Desk, plus strong analytics, negotiation, and cross‑functional collaboration.