Manager, Media Buying (Paid Social)

• This position will be hybrid reporting into our Toronto office***

About Vaynermedia

VaynerMedia is a contemporary global creative and media agency with an expertise in driving relevance for clients and delivering impactful business results. The independently-owned agency was founded in 2009 and has offices in New York, Los Angeles, London, APAC and LATAM. VaynerMedia has been recognized for its work at Cannes Lions, the Clio Awards and The Webby Awards. It is part of the VaynerX family of companies.

What You'd Do:

• Collaborate across disciplines to craft best-in-class, holistic omnichannel media strategies rooted in driving tangible business outcomes for large brands.
• Oversee a team of Media Analysts providing leadership, mentorship, vision and technical expertise.
• Manage up to senior leadership corresponding the most crucial aspects of a client's business, keeping them abreast of any pertinent developments and urgent client needs.
• Create and present sophisticated media investment strategies to clients, derived from industry insights and QA reporting.
• Manage ad technology vendors needed to execute specific campaign work.
• Develop and deliver client-facing campaign reports to showcase performance, new business opportunities, and storytelling: pacing reports, campaign build, ad-hoc analysis, and high-touch optimizations to ensure relevant metrics and insights are highlighted.
• Monitor campaigns for performance along with a team of Media Analysts and Senior Media Analysts, ensuring campaigns are pacing accordingly, managing spend, troubleshooting campaigns, creating insights about performance, making updates accordingly and flagging potential issues to management.

What You've Got:

• Programmatic Display/Video (DV360, The Trade Desk, AppNexus, etc.)
• You live for today's digital & mobile consumer, driven, and hungry to succeed and always looking to learn more.
• Has the ability to lead by example in terms of attention to detail, general work ethic, empathy and internal/external professionalism.
• Advanced skills in Excel including pivot tables, V-Look Ups, and macros
• 3-4 years Media Buying experience working within paid social. Agency experience preferred.
• Experience working with analytics, attribution and measurement systems.
• An empathetic, patient and collaborative spirit that fosters a positive day-to-day experience for their teammates.
• Experience leading and managing Toronto-based teams or an individual
• Social: Facebook/Instagram, Twitter, Snapchat, Pinterest, LinkedIn, TikTok
• Experience across buying/biddable platforms in any of the following: