As a Media Associate you will have hands-on experience of the 360 media planning practice; it is a great training ground for all that is media. As a Media Associate, one of the primary responsibilities in this role is to learn planning process and provide support to your assigned strategy group in the media planning process across all media.

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 new technologies as the need arises. The role requires people who can prioritize, multitask, and deliver.

We expect people to live our values in support of an inclusive workplace where all feel a strong sense of belonging.

Key Responsibilities:

• Observe, shadow and assist the team with costing exercises
• Develop expertise in media management platforms
• Checking and maintenance of estimates, review draft billing
• Review computer input against estimates, contracts and plan
• Execute research runs
• Set up and update blocking charts for media plans
• Provide details for booking print ads and out of home ads
• Broadcast Goal upload
• Liaise with production and account groups on material requirements
• Liaise with Suppliers to source information
• Source information for print and outdoor pre and post buy reports
• Monthly maintenance of Budget Control Reports and resolution of billing discrepancies
• Input media campaigns
• Develop POV's
• Attend training and learning opportunities

Qualifications:

• 2-4 years of social media-specific experience at a brand or agency
• Education in internet marketing, journalism, or a related field
• Organized, digitally oriented, and platform agnostic, with a strong understanding of Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, TikTok.
• Strong working knowledge in Facebook Ads and Google Ads
• Experience with advocacy and B2B marketing and communications.
• Proven expertise across multiple paid media channels (search, social, programmatic, etc.)

Salary Range for this role $50,000- $55,000 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.