Media Buyer

As a Media Buyer at DDM Marketing + Communications, you will play a crucial role in supporting the media team's efforts to build strong, successful paid media campaigns for our clients. This position involves working directly with media strategists and media vendors to effectively purchase and place media advertisements. You will be tasked with creating media Requests for Proposals (RFPs) and insertion orders, building strong relationships with media vendors, and monitoring costs and placements to ensure that contracts are upheld. This position requires a strong understanding of marketing strategies, the customer journey, and various marketing channels, along with excellent communication and negotiation skills. Responsibilities • Create and route RFPs to media vendors , • Negotiate pricing and placements with media vendors , • Own insertion order creation, trafficking, and signing , • Build strong relationships with media vendors and understand vendor offerings , • Assist media strategist with audience research , • Write media RFPs based on campaign briefs , • Request proposals from media vendors , • Compare and negotiate rates, ad space, and airtime , • Collaborate with media strategists to help identify the best placements , • Utilize Galeforce to build insertion orders based on approved media flowcharts , • Review ad metrics and proofs to ensure placements meet anticipated value , • Review media invoices to ensure appropriate budget pacing , • Review media vendor contracts and request DDM signatures , • Meet with vendor partners regularly to understand new offerings and ask questions on behalf of the media team , • Collect information about the audiences that can be reached by the different media channels, approximate size of those audiences, and targeting options for audiences