The Strategy Group Company

We are seeking an energetic, highly organized Assistant Media Director / Project Coordinator to support the leadership and operations of our media department. This position is designed for someone who wants to learn, and eventually master, every facet of modern political media buying and campaign strategy.

Requirements

• Cross-Channel Coordination: Oversee and integrate programmatic and traditional media planning to ensure cohesive, goal-driven strategy execution.
• Campaign Planning & Finance Oversight: Support the Media Director in ensuring all media budgets are properly allocated, tracked, and spent in accordance with client plans and timelines.
• Strategic Deliverables: Assist in developing and delivering measurable, data-informed media plans to internal strategists and external clients.
• Operational Excellence: Maintain tight control over departmental workflows, ensuring efficiency, accuracy, and accountability across all planning, placement, and reporting systems.
• Communication Bridge: Foster clear, consistent communication between buyers, analysts, strategists, and the operations and finance teams.
• Project Management: Upload new projects into the agency’s project management tool, track progress, and ensure deadlines and budgets are met.
• Expedite Requests: Act as a catalyst between strategists, buyers, and analysts, helping to prioritize, clarify, and complete time-sensitive tasks such as rate requests, traffic changes, media analyses, and placement adjustments.
• Media Support: Step in as needed to assemble schedules, process placements, or assist buyers during peak workload periods.
• Leadership Development: Manage and mentor analysts or junior team members, reinforcing standards of accuracy, professionalism, and curiosity.
• Strategic Growth: Learn the fundamentals of campaign strategy, budget management, and client service, with the goal of becoming a future media strategist or director.
• Innovation & Improvement: Champion new tools, workflow enhancements, and cross-department collaboration to strengthen the agency’s competitive advantage.
• Business Development: Utilize growing strategy experience to assist in developing client relationships and contributing to agency growth initiatives.

Benefits

• Opportunity to work with a successful political media agency
• Growth-track position with mentorship and exposure to live campaigns
• Chance to build a foundation in political media strategy