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Media Supervisor

Doner, Southfield, MI, USA

Job type: Full Time


The purpose of the Media Supervisor role is to support the Planning & Strategy Director in translating the overarching media strategy into an effective tactical plan and helping see that plan through to completion.

What You’ll Do

Support client service and account management in media strategy and planning.

Support local and cross‑channel media campaign planning across broadcast, digital, social, programmatic, search, and direct publisher partners

Collaborate closely with strategy, activation, and analytics teams to ensure accurate campaign setup and execution

QA campaign details prior to launch to ensure accuracy across budgets, dates, targeting, and placements

Input and maintain campaign budgets, flighting, and vendor details within agency systems and billing platforms

Monitor budget pacing and support updates or adjustments throughout the campaign lifecycle

Maintain accurate documentation related to campaign investments and approvals

Identify and resolve billing discrepancies in collaboration with vendors, finance teams, and internal stakeholders

Serve as a day‑to‑day point of contact for media partners regarding campaign execution, billing, and reconciliation questions

Track and manage multiple concurrent workstreams across campaigns, vendors, and markets

Develop an in-depth understanding of digital tools and platform opportunities facilitating the integration of insights and capabilities into the media planning and execution processes.

Manage timelines by working alongside internal activation teams, external vendors, and larger cross-agency teams.

Prepare flowcharts and budgets for media plan development and maintenance, coordinate delivery of media plans and applicable assets, and ensure activation and creative teams are apprised of changes to the plan.

Translate dense audience insights and tactical plans into digestible client presentations.

Performs other duties and projects as assigned.

What You Need

Bachelor's Degree, preferably in Marketing, Advertising, or related field

3-5 Years industry Experience

Experience in local and cross‑channel media planning and campaign execution

Hands‑on experience inputting and managing budgets and campaigns within agency systems like MediaOcean/Prisma

Familiarity with client billing processes, insertion orders (IOs), and invoice reconciliation

Media Planning/Strategy Experience Required, Activation Experience is a bonus

Agency Experience highly preferred

Knowledge of cross-channel media capabilities and measurement solutions

Experience with other media planning and data insight tools such as Kantar, Stat Social, Helixa, Mintel, WARC, Placer.ai, etc. a bonus

Strong written, verbal, and organizational skills, with experience managing complex internal and external relationships, client/team correspondence, and internal documentation.

Independent self-starter with strong attention to detail and follow-through who has experience multi-tasking across multiple competing priorities and projects to meet various client and internal deadlines

A strategic thinker who asks thoughtful questions and is eager to find opportunities to answer them with insights, analysis, and data

A love of media – and the motivation to learn and keep up with industry trends and emerging platforms

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