Specialist, Media Strategy

Mars United Commerce; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 50,000 - 66,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid family care for parents and caret

Adoption, surrogacy and fertility 지원

Pet adoption support

Wellness programs and reimbursements

Tuition assistance

Flexible time off

Job summary

Mars United Commerce is seeking a Specialist, Media Strategy to support omni-channel media campaigns from planning to execution. This role sits within our Detroit or Chicago hybrid offices and requires collaboration with clients and internal teams to deliver measurable results.

The ideal candidate has 1–3 years in shopper or digital retail media, strong Excel/Google Workspace skills, and the ability to communicate clearly and manage campaign budgets and timelines.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in advertising, marketing or related field or equivalent.
• 1-3 years of shopper, consumer promotions or digital/retail media in an agency.
• Excellent collaboration and cross-team communication.

Responsibilities

• Lead planning and execution of omni-channel media campaigns.
• Support 3P/Managed promotions and digital tactics.
• Assist AdOps with tagging requests and pacing.
• Deliver end-to-end campaign plans to market.
• Coordinate with vendors and internal teams.
• Manage budgets and document vendor savings.
• Monitor trackers and timelines for programs.
• Attend vendor capability meetings.
• RFP vendors to refine targeting and rates.
• Define campaign setup, performance, KPIs, expectations.
• Report campaign performance with insights.

Skills

Omnichannel planning

Client collaboration

Campaign budgeting

Excel/Sheets

Media buying tools

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in advertising/marketing or related field

Tools

Microsoft Office / Google Workspace

Job description

Company Description Mars United℠ Commerce is a global commerce marketing practice that aligns people, technology, and intelligence to make the business of our clients better today than it was yesterday. Our worldwide capabilities coalesce into four key disciplines — Strategy & Analytics, Content & Experiences, Digital Commerce, and Retail Consultancy — that individually deliver unmatched results for clients and collectively give them an unparalleled network of seamlessly integrated functions across the entire commerce marketing ecosystem. These disciplines are powered by our industry-leading technology platform, Marilyn®, which helps marketers understand the total business impact of their commerce marketing activation, enabling them to make better decisions, create connected experiences, and drive stronger, measurable results. Learn more at https://www.marsunited.com/.

Overview

We’re looking for a Specialist, Media Strategy. Candidates must reside within a commutable distance from our Detroit (Troy) or Chicago office for a hybrid work schedule.

Primary Responsibilities

• Client-facing role supporting planning and leading execution of best in class omni channel media campaigns
• Execution of 3P/Managed service consumer promotion and digital media tactics including experiential, sweeps, sampling, digital coupons, rebates, influencers, programmatic, mobile, etc
• Support AdOps by calculating estimated fees for ad tagging & verification, submitting tagging request and monitoring campaign pacing
• End-to-end campaign management delivering final approved plans to market
• Cross functional collaboration in ensuring all vendor deliverables are met
• Management of budgets, ensuring all client facing documents are accurate, and all vendor savings are documented for financial reporting
• Management of program trackers and timelines
• Management of third party consumer promotions and shopper vendor partners
• Identify new vendors and set up capabilities meetings to educate internal teams
• RFP vendors to develop and collaborate on targeting, rates and refine overall executional plan based on client objective, media strategy and vendor capabilities
• Have clear understanding of campaign set-up, performance, measurement and KPIs, as well as clearly set and communicate performance expectations with internal and external teams
• Ongoing campaign monitoring and management and working with vendors to identify and implement campaign optimizations
• Report back on campaign performance. Collaborate with vendor and team to provide campaign data, insights and strategic recommendations based on client objectives, media strategy and results

Skillsets Required

• Bachelor’s degree in advertising, marketing, related field or the equivalent combination of education and experience
• 1-3 years of shopper, consumer promotions or digital/retail media experience working in an agency setting
• Must be an excellent collaborator, willing to lean in and work closely with internal and external teams
• Must have a strong level of understanding of multiple media including trafficking, optimizing and tagging
• Able to communicate clearly, thoroughly, succinctly and in a timely manner both verbally and in writing; follow up on outstanding issues; ask questions
• Keen attention to detail with strong mathematical and Microsoft Office / Google Workspace skills including expert proficiency in applications such as Excel/Sheets, PowerPoint/Slides and Word/Docs
• Able to build relationships across the team, department, vendors and clients
• Detail oriented with ability to track and reconcile budgets to fine level of detail

Additional Information

The Power of One starts with our people! To do powerful things, we offer powerful resources. Our best-in-class wellness and benefits offerings include:

• Paid Family Care for parents and caregivers for 12 weeks or more
• Monetary assistance and support for Adoption, Surrogacy and Fertility
• Monetary assistance and support for pet adoption
• Employee Assistance Programs and Health/Wellness/Comfort reimbursements to help you invest in your future and work/life balance
• Tuition Assistance
• Paid time off that includes Flexible Time off Vacation, Annual Sick Days, Volunteer Days, Holiday and Identity days, and more
• Matching Gifts programs
• Flexible working arrangements
• ‘Work Your World’ Program encouraging employees to work from anywhere Publicis Groupe has an office for up to 6 weeks a year (based upon eligibility)
• Business Resource Groups that support multiple affinities and alliances

Mars United℠ Commerce is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Our employment decisions are made without regard to actual or perceived race, color, ethnicity, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, age, disability, medical condition as defined by applicable state law, genetic information, marital status, military service and veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local laws and ordinances.

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 $50,065.00 - USD $66,360.00/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. Temporary roles may also qualify for participation in our 401(k) plan after eligibility 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 10/10/2026.