The Media Manager is responsible for all aspects of media planning for all media and are the main day to-day client contact. Working with cross-functional teams to access all ChangeMakers services, you will ensure the strategic delivery of client goals and business objectives.

They provide leadership and maintain a broad level of involvement in all accounts in the group, encouraging the highest quality media product and client satisfaction. They also play an active role coaching, training, and mentoring juniors. 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 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 behaviors in support of an inclusive workplace where all feel a strong sense of belonging.

Key Responsibilities:

• Responsible for day-to-day client engagement, and account management
• Partner with Senior staff to develop and implement full cycle media plans
• Develop and maintain client and agency partner relationships
• Supervise and coach junior staff on the day-to-day running of the account, ensuring that tasks are completed on time, project status is monitored and client requests are handled in a timely manner • Ensure financial reporting and budget controls/forecasts are issued accurately and on time.
• Responsible for the development of client specific media plans across all channels
• Participate in client plan presentations
• Responsible to client for carrying out requests and projects for the group
• Develops media plans and presentations in conjunction with senior management
• Works with all internal resources including Account Services (if applicable), Strategy and Finance in carrying out the development of their plans and client service requirements
• Complete plans and projects on behalf of clients; with assistance of juniors
• Monitor status and manage project to ensure on time completion
• Assist with and oversee all media administrative duties including campaign set-up and maintenance, and issue accurate client financial reports i.e. BCRs, with a high degree of accuracy

Qualifications:

• 6+ years of related work experience, preferably in a brand or agency
• Undergraduate degree in Marketing, Business Administration or relevant field
• Experience working in a fast-paced professional services environment dealing with executive level decision makers and critical business issues
• Experience with advocacy and B2B marketing and communications

Salary Range for this role $80,000 - $90,000 CAD.

We are ChangeMakers: 

Change Makers is an independent owner, operator and builder of the foremost partner-led marketing, communications, and engagement agencies. Made up of Change Makers, 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: 

ChangeMakers 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.

ChangeMakers 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, ChangeMakers 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 ChangeMakers 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.