Senior Media Manager

Tatari
San Francisco, CA
HybridCareer-pivot friendly

Who this role is best for

Strong fit for candidates with TV/Video media buying experience who can manage both Enterprise and Mid-Market clients in a hybrid work arrangement.

Best fit for

  • Candidates with 5-8 years of TV/Video media buying experience and a track record of managing both Enterprise and Mid-Market accounts
    — “5-8+ years of experience with TV/Video media buying, planning, and platform/programmatic trading”
  • Individuals comfortable with learning new tech platforms and applying AI tools to enhance workflows
    — “You appreciate tech, product, engineering, data and analytics, and are comfortable and quick at learning software and systems”

Things to consider

  • Hybrid work arrangement requires at least two days per week in-office presence
    — “Hybrid RTO of 2 days per week in office”
  • Candidates must be prepared to manage and scale campaigns for brands at different stages of TV advertising maturity
    — “On the Enterprise side, you’ll partner with large, established brands... On the Mid-Market side, you’ll manage and scale mid-sized brands”

How to stand out

  • Highlight experience with both linear and streaming TV inventory and strategic media planning
    — “Understand linear TV and streaming inventory... and ability to build insightful and strategic media plans”
  • Showcase negotiation skills with high-premium placements and inventory management
    — “Experience negotiating and purchasing sports and high-premium placements”
  • Demonstrate ability to integrate data and analytics into campaign optimization
    — “Experience optimizing media buys based on performance outcomes and KPIs”
  • Demonstrate strong communication skills with both quantitative and creative presentation abilities
    — “Advanced presentation and communication skills... ability to blend quantitative analysis and creative thinking”
Pace · Fast PacedCollaboration · HighAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · Team

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What success looks like

  • Optimizing media buys based on performance outcomes
  • Managing and scaling TV campaigns
Typical background
5-8+ years of TV/Video media buying experience

Skills & requirements

Required

TV Media BuyingLinear TV And Streaming InventoryMedia PlanningProgrammatic TradingCampaign Optimization

Preferred

Direct Response ExperienceSports And High-premium Placements

Stack & domain

Tv/video Media BuyingLinear TVStreaming TVSports And High-premium PlacementsMedia OptimizationMarketing StrategyProgrammatic TradingCommunicationProblem SolvingTeamworkNegotiationMedia BuyingTV Advertising

About the role

Original posting from Tatari via Greenhouse

Tatari is on a mission to revolutionize TV advertising. Founded in 2016 to help transform the antiquated world of TV advertising through the intelligent application of AI and machine learning, Tatari helps some of the world’s fastest growing brands including Chime, Calm, Tecovas, Manscaped, Saatva, and Liquid I.V., reach their customers using linear and streaming TV ads. Our platform combines sophisticated media buying with proprietary analytics to turn TV advertising into an automated, digital-like experience, enabling businesses of any size to advertise on TV.

That approach has earned Tatari broad industry recognition, including being named Best CTV AdTech Platform in the 8th annual MarTech Breakthrough Awards, as well as honors from Digiday (Best Connected TV Platform), AdExchanger (Most Innovative TV Advertising Technology), and Business Insider (Hottest AdTech Companies). Tatari has also been recognized as the Best Place to Work by Inc. Magazine. Backed by an executive team of former founders and senior leaders from companies including Shazam, TrueCar, AdapTV, LiveRail, Amazon, Google, Meta, Microsoft, and Yahoo, Tatari continues to scale rapidly as TV advertising enters its next major era.

Tatari is growing, and we're looking for a Senior Media Manager to join the team to support our Enterprise and Mid-Market accounts. In this role, you will use the knowledge and experience you’ve had at previous media or tech companies and leverage the latest technology and measurement utilized at Tatari to plan, buy and optimize our clients’ streaming and linear TV campaigns. 

This role is a hands-on, in-platform media buying role where you’ll plan, buy, optimize, and manage campaigns day to day across multiple clients. On the Enterprise side, you’ll partner with large, established brands that run sophisticated, full-funnel marketing strategies and treat TV as a core part of their media mix, driving continued growth through scaled, performance-focused advertising. On the Mid-Market side, you’ll manage and scale mid-sized brands that are new to TV or looking to expand their linear and streaming efforts. These clients focus on lower-funnel KPIs while increasingly investing in upper-funnel brand building, and they often start with weekly remnant and ROS buying while setting their sights on sports, sponsorships, premium inventory, and upfront deals over the long term.

Qualifications

5-8+ years of experience with TV/Video media buying, planning, and platform/programmatic trading. Direct Response experience a bonus, but not required

Understand linear TV and streaming inventory (you should be very familiar with networks, publishers, programs, shows, personalities, and media calendar), pricing, and ability to build insightful and strategic media plans

Experience negotiating and purchasing sports and high-premium placements (e.g., live events, tentpole programming, sponsorships, etc.), with a strong understanding of how to evaluate value, secure inventory, and manage pricing in competitive, high-demand environments 

Experience optimizing media buys based on performance outcomes and KPIs

Understanding of marketing strategy, sales funnel KPIs, and how media, programmatic, data, measurement, and technology fit into the full picture

Advanced presentation and communication skills. You are a strong communicator, both verbally and written, with the ability to blend quantitative analysis and creative thinking to present recommendations to clients and internal stakeholders

You appreciate tech, product, engineering, data and analytics, and are comfortable and quick at learning software and systems (i.e. Tatari’s proprietary buying platform)

Curiosity and fluency in using AI tools to work smarter, such as accelerating research, reporting, and client deliverables, with sound judgment on when and how to apply them 

Excellent analytical and troubleshooting skills, including intermediate to advanced skills in Excel and/or Google Sheets

Detail-oriented and organized, with the ability to manage multiple workflows simultaneously

Benefits

Total compensation ($90,000-$120,000) 

Equity compensation

Health insurance coverage for you and your dependents

401K, FSA, and commuter benefits

$150 monthly spending account

$1,000 annual continued education benefit

$500 Newbie Productivity Perk

Unlimited PTO and sick days

Monthly Company Wellness Day Off

Snacks, drinks, and catered lunches at the office

Team building events 

Hybrid RTO of 2 days per week in office

At Tatari, we believe in the importance of cultivating teams with diverse backgrounds and offering equal opportunities to all. We strive to create a welcoming, inclusive environment where every team member feels valued and diversity is celebrated.

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Source: Tatari careers (Greenhouse)

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