Sr. Media Specialist- Retail Media

Albertsons Media Collective; Pleasanton (CA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive wages paid weekly

Earned wage access up to 50%

Associate discounts

Health & financial well-being benefits

Paid time off

Training and career development

Inclusive work environment

Job summary

Albertsons Media Collective in Pleasanton, CA or Itasca, IL seeks a Senior Media Specialist to lead omni-channel media strategies that drive campaign performance and growth. You’ll partner with cross-functional teams to translate goals into actionable insights and recommendations, spanning planning, analysis and product development.

Based in Pleasanton, CA or Itasca, IL, this role requires four days in office weekly and offers a fast-paced, collaborative environment with opportunities to

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
• 6-7+ years in digital media planning/execution.
• End-to-end planning mindset for scalable media outcomes.
• Innovative thinker and problem solver.
• Team-oriented, fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Create omni-channel media plans aligned with best practices.
• Translate business goals into media strategy and insights.
• Support product roadmaps with media expertise.
• Deliver data-driven recommendations to optimize campaigns.
• Collaborate with Sales, Analytics and Product teams.
• Engage with clients to explain media strategy and outcomes.

Skills

Omni-channel media planning

Campaign performance analysis

Cross-functional collaboration

Media strategy development

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business or Marketing

Tools

Ad tech knowledge

Job description

Why choose us?

Are you ready to take the next step in your career? Join us for an exciting opportunity at Albertsons Companies, where innovation and customer service go hand-in-hand! At Albertsons Companies, we are looking for someone who’s not just seeking a job, but someone who wants to make an impact. In this role, you’ll have the opportunity to lead, innovate, and contribute to the growth of a company that values great service and lasting customer relationships. This position offers the chance to work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment that’s constantly evolving.

Why choose us?

Are you ready to take the next step in your career? Join us for an exciting opportunity at Albertsons Companies, where innovation and customer service go hand-in-hand! At Albertsons Companies, we are looking for someone who’s not just seeking a job, but someone who wants to make an impact. In this role, you’ll have the opportunity to lead, innovate, and contribute to the growth of a company that values great service and lasting customer relationships. This position offers the chance to work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment that’s constantly evolving. Albertsons Media Collective is a tech-centric, people-focused retail media network. Albertsons Media Collective assembles an inclusive, dynamic team of proven industry leaders to help drive sales for our clients and profitable growth for Albertsons. Albertsons Media Collective has a rich history of tradition, innovation, relationships, community values, and putting customers first. We reach shoppers where they are. Anytime,every placethrough the moments that matter most. We area collection of local businesses serving communities through the richness of diversity, relationships, and locality.

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What You Will Be Doing

The Senior Media Specialist role creates omni-channel media strategies that drive campaign performance and business growth. This role partners with cross-functional teams to translate business goals into effective media strategy, actionable insights, and recommendations. The position provides subject matter expertise across campaign planning, performance analysis, client support, and product development while identifying opportunities to optimize results and enhance media offerings. This role will be based in Pleasanton, CA or Itasca, IL and will require 4 days per week in office.

Main Responsibilities

• Expert organizational skills, great attention to detail and ability to implement and meet deadlines and manage multiple campaign
• Curate omni-channel media plans aligned to Collective best practices and with strong media rational to drive CPG campaign performance
• Contribute to the development of annual Communications Plans, Key Narratives and Metrics inclusive of client or tier specific learning agenda
• Ensure cohesive narrative/actionable media insights and next steps within Quarterly Business Reviews to generate incremental opportunities to influence sales or incremental sales for category growth
• Review, pressure test, and interpret campaign briefs with corresponding media strategy
• Contribute to Collective's new product roadmaps, playbooks and marketing materials with media expertise
• Develop performance best practices + training materials to educate cross teams for your defined book of business
• Support Sales and Account Management teams in closing business by providing media expertise
• Partner with analytics team to deliver insights & recommendations to tell a story rooted in data tied to the media strategy
• Stay up to date with competitive landscape, industry (especially Retail Media) and digital advertising trends to influence future product offerings and ways of working
• Strong stakeholder management and communication aptitude with Product Management, Technology, Sales and Account Management, Audience, Measurement, Clients and MarTech / AdTech vendor partners

We Are Looking For Candidates Who Possess The Following

• Possesses a solutions-oriented mindset, solves complex problems or issues and takes a broad perspective to identify solutions and best practices
• Collaborates effectively across departments
• Can function independently & effectively manage up, e.g. if needed raising key decision points for manager discussion to arrive at optimal solution
• Is able to operate at volume with effective prioritization rooted in maximizing business impact
• Provides and is open to feedback
• Based on business opportunities, develops thought leadership to management and business leaders.

We believe the successful candidate has these qualifications and experience:

• Bachelor's degree (preferred in Business or Marketing) or equivalent experience
• 6-7 plus years of experience in digital media planning and execution
• End to end planning mindset – how do we do the optimal media approach at scale & deliver results
• Innovative thinker & problem solver
• Requires an individual that works well in a team-based, fast-paced, detail-oriented environment.
• Strong troubleshooting skill and oversight of the implementation and integration of new emerging tools and/or technologies that will enable Albertsons Media Collective to work effectively and efficiently
• Media knowledge: detailed understanding of assessing target audiences, media planning and buying techniques, evaluation of media performance and digital ecosystem acumen (ex. Understanding of ad tech)

We Also Provide a Variety Of Benefits Including

• Competitive wages paid weekly
• Access to up to 50% of your earned wages before payday, via our partnership with Stream
• Associate discounts
• Health and financial well-being benefits for eligible associates (Medical, Dental, 401k and more!)
• Time off (vacation, holidays, sick pay). For eligibility requirements please visit myACI Benefits
• Leaders invested in your training, career growth and development
• An inclusive work environment with talented colleagues who reflect the communities we serve

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