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Backbone Media

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60000.00 - 70000.00 USD / Year
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The Programmatic Media Buyer is a key member of Backbone’s Brand and Performance Media initiatives, responsible for planning, buying, executing, and optimizing campaigns across Programmatic, CTV, Streaming Audio, Display, Native, Digital Video, and Digital OOH. Working closely with media strategists, this role manages campaign performance primarily across self-serve platforms, ensuring budgets are invested in the right channels, audiences, and inventory to drive the strongest results.

Job Responsibility:

  • Collaborate with the paid media team to plan, execute, and optimize programmatic campaigns within DSP platforms, ensuring strong performance across digital channels
  • Oversee day-to-day campaign management, including pacing, optimization, trafficking coordination, vendor communication, and ongoing maintenance
  • Develop comprehensive media plans that include audience strategy, market mix, reach and frequency projections, budget allocation, and flighting recommendations
  • Negotiate directly with broadcast, cable, streaming, and audio partners to secure effective PMP and programmatic guaranteed opportunities
  • Partner closely with Media Strategy, Analytics, Account, and Creative teams to ensure campaign recommendations align with brand objectives, measurement frameworks, and ad-serving capabilities
  • Analyze campaign performance, audience research, and market insights to deliver clear recommendations, forecast outcomes, and communicate results through client-ready reporting and presentations
  • Ensure financial and operational accuracy by QA’ing buys, orders, invoices, and post logs throughout the campaign lifecycle
  • Stay ahead of industry trends by identifying new platform capabilities, emerging tools, and test-and-learn opportunities across programmatic channels, with a focus on TV, CTV, and audio

Requirements:

  • Bachelor’s Degree
  • 3-5 years of relevant experience
  • 3–6+ years of experience in TV, CTV, audio, and cross-channel media buying, with hands-on expertise managing campaigns across display, online video, digital audio, native, and digital OOH
  • Hands-on experience with The Trade Desk, Tatari, and/or other major DSP platforms
  • Strong understanding of media planning and buying fundamentals, including reach, frequency, GRPs, CPMs, impressions, and budget pacing
  • Proven ability to set up, manage, and optimize programmatic campaigns across channels, including bid strategy, performance analysis, and reporting
  • Experience working with ad serving tools, dynamic creative, and cross-channel or attribution reporting platforms
  • Strong analytical, problem-solving, and quantitative skills, with close attention to detail and financial accuracy
  • Strong communication and project management skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively across teams, build internal and external relationships, and work both independently and in a team environment
  • Curious, adaptable, and eager to learn, with a strong understanding of marketing, advertising, and media principles

Nice to have:

  • Understanding of Backbone’s core values
  • A love of the outdoors
  • A sense of humor
What we offer:
  • Health
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • 401k match
  • Flex time
  • powder days
  • wellness incentives
  • work from home/remote work options
  • office kegs
  • team hikes
  • floats
  • runs and playtime

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Job Posted:
April 16, 2026

Employment Type:
Fulltime
Work Type:
Hybrid work
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