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Senior Specialist, Direct Investments

United States, Kansas City, MO 60000.00 - 84000.00 USD / Year · Job Posted January 26, 2026
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The Senior Direct Investments Specialist plays a key role in executing direct media investments, managing vendor relationships, and ensuring smooth campaign implementation. Building on a strong foundation in media buying, this role takes on greater responsibility for campaign logistics, troubleshooting challenges, and optimizing media performance. This position actively contributes to the tactical execution of media placements across offline and digital channels, including audio, video, print, and OOH, within approved media plans. The Senior Specialist ensures accuracy in media activations, supports contract negotiations, and provides input on strategic recommendations. Additionally, they offer foundational insights into best practices and strategy while applying a strong understanding of media measurement to help develop effective tactical approaches and budgets that drive impactful results.

Job Responsibility

  • Executing direct media investments
  • Managing vendor relationships
  • Ensuring smooth campaign implementation
  • Taking on greater responsibility for campaign logistics, troubleshooting challenges, and optimizing media performance
  • Actively contributes to the tactical execution of media placements across offline and digital channels, including audio, video, print, and OOH, within approved media plans
  • Ensures accuracy in media activations
  • Supports contract negotiations
  • Provides input on strategic recommendations
  • Offers foundational insights into best practices and strategy
  • Applies a strong understanding of media measurement to help develop effective tactical approaches and budgets that drive impactful results

Requirements

  • Minimum 1 year of Media Buying experience
  • Knowledge and prior use of buying software (Strata preferred)
  • Experience working in a DSP (The Trade Desk preferred)
  • Knowledge and utilization of 1st and/or 3rd party data
  • Strong organizational and mathematical skills
  • Ability to multi-task and deliver work on-time for set deadlines
  • Ability to establish good working relationships with media sales reps and can effectively negotiate rates/makegoods, etc.
  • Ability to work effectively with a variety of internal teams and business groups, including Creative, Account Management, Finance and Project Management
  • Ability to communicate effectively within a team environment, with outside media sales reps as well as with current clients
  • Must be prepared for a fast-paced environment and be comfortable making decisions

What we offer

  • Multiple health insurance options
  • Flexible PTO
  • Life insurance
  • 401K

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