As a Senior Media Associate, you will be responsible for working with the Media Manager in mining for and developing insights to implement strategic media planning processes, executing paid media buying responsibilities across print, radio and broadcast media, and supporting with oversight of the team on a day to day basis.

We operate in a fast-paced, agile environment - which means wearing many hats, being able to change direction quickly, and showing an eagerness to learn new best practices as the need arises. The role requires people who can prioritize, multitask, and deliver.

We expect people to live our values and role model inclusive behaviours in support of an inclusive workplace where all feel a strong sense of belonging.

Responsibilities will include:

• Understand marketplace dynamics/conditions and gain deeper understanding of client's business (sales, competitors, targets)
• Actively participate in delivering strategic insight into 360 plan development and manage (plan) process
• Ensure utilization of all research tools and provide strategic analysis/insight of media
• Execute media buying across a range of channels including but not limited to print, radio, television, connected TV, OOH, and premium digital networks
• Collaborate with internal and external agency partners and ensure effective communication with all stakeholders
• Lead and motivate team members and be willing to delegate, provide guidance and monitor their work, help set priorities, be a readily accessible resource and provide regular feedback
• Reinforce company's values and culture
• Foster client relationships, demonstrate leadership abilities
• Set realistic client expectations and make every effort to exceed them by delivering work in a timely and responsive manner
• Collaborating with and guideMedia Associates and Interns to coordinate cross-platform campaigns.
• The ability to clearly articulate a problem and make suggestions on a path forward.

We're looking for someone with:

• 4-6 years of media-specific experience at a brand or agency
• Bachelor's degree or college diploma specific to media/advertising
• Organized, digitally oriented, and platform agnostic, with a strong understanding of traditional and digital media
• Experience with advocacy and B2B marketing and communications.
• Proven media buying expertise across multiple paid media channels (traditional, social, programmatic, etc.)
• Knowledge of the Canadian paid media landscape and vendor opportunities

We are Believeco:Partners

Believeco:Partners is an independent owner, operator and builder of the foremost partner-led marketing, communications, and engagement agencies. Made up of Believeco, our full-service marketing agency, Argyle our public relations and advisory engagement agency and Castlemain, our Indigenous advisory firm. With over 300 people, across seven offices, in 6 provinces and 2 countries, our goal is to be one of North America's largest and most acclaimed full-service agencies.

An equitable employer:

Believeco:Partners is committed to advancing equity, diversity, and inclusion in all its forms, a commitment that enriches our company culture, the ideas that we generate, and the quality of service that we provide our clients. We encourage applications from Indigenous communities, racialized communities, women, persons with disabilities, LGBTQ2S+ people, and people from other historically marginalized communities.

Believeco:Partners is committed to providing employment accommodation under the Human Rights Code and the Accessibility Disabilities Act provincially by providing employment accommodations. If you are a job applicant with a disability, Believeco:Partners will make every effort to accommodate you throughout the recruitment process. Please inform us if you require any accommodation, and we will work with you to meet your needs.

At Believeco:Partners, we recognize that the best candidate may not meet all the criteria listed above. We encourage all those interested and with relevant experience to apply even if you don't match the job posting perfectly. We welcome creative, out-of-the-box thinking, and lived-experience and we strive to provide an environment for best-in-class innovation that quickly and fulsomely meets our clients' needs.