Media Strategist

Our leading financial client is looking for a Media Strategist to join their team, starting immediately! This is a remote role, requiring 40 hours per week, through June 2026, with potential to extend.

Location: 100% remote

Pay Range: $55-57/hr.

Duration: ASAP - June 2026

Role Summary/Purpose:

We are continuing to build a world class Performance Media and Creative Agency committed to driving results with our retail and payments partners while also delivering leading customer experiences. Within this agency, our Paid Media Team is focused on achieving growth by making data-driven decisions to create meaningful interactions with existing and potential customers.

We are seeking a Media Strategist to serve as a media planner across SEM, paid social and display/video (direct and programmatic). This role will be responsible for digital media planning activities across the marketing ecosystem, ensuring optimal mix to deliver against business goals.

Key responsibilities:

• Develop media and channel strategy, aligning business objectives to best use of paid media channels to deliver business impact
• Work collaboratively with platform owners and in-house agency partners to ensure optimal channel distribution, orchestration and performance
• Utilize strong analytical ability to identify and build audience strategies, while evaluating end-to-end customer experience across multiple channels and customer touch points
• Actively make plan optimization recommendations as supported by channel lead performance and reporting
• Partner with channel teams to share ideas, communicate opportunities, and to identify and deliver new solutions for campaigns
• Influence and align stakeholders in a highly matrixed organization
• Perform other duties and/or special projects as assigned

Qualifications/Requirements:

• Bachelor's Degree or, in lieu of a degree, a high school diploma and 10 years of digital marketing and digital media experience.
• Experience in financial services or retail
• 3 years of full funnel media planning experience
• A minimum of 6 years of integrated digital marketing, media or analytic experience that includes (can be concurrent):
• 4 years of direct marketing experience using customer data analysis and segmentation
• 3 years of experience utilizing tools such as Google Analytics, Omniture, or other performance tools to manage digital marketing metrics
• 3 years of experience with integrated paid media planning experience inclusive of SEM, SEO, programmatic, and paid social
• 3 years of client account management

Desired Characteristics:

• 3+ years of agency experience in a media strategy role
• Strong understanding of technical requirements, including tracking pixels, data integrations, etc. as it applies to paid media capabilities
• Experience in direct response campaign execution

If you are interested in and qualified for this role, please forward your resume today!