Senior Media Planner

EMPOWER OCEAN MEDIA– GROW FEARLESSLY

Build campaigns. Delight clients. Accelerate your career.

We're not looking for just another Media Planner.

We're looking for someone who loves solving complex problems, thrives under pressure, and gets a genuine buzz from making clients successful.

Someone who doesn't wait to be asked, who constantly raised their hand like that smart kid in 3rd grade that other kids rolled their eyes at.

Someone who rolls up their sleeves and just gets things done.

Someone who understands that client delight isn't a slogan, it's the reason we're here.

About Us

We don't believe in ordinary. Empower Ocean Media Group is the second-largest independent full-funnel media agency in the U.S., managing more than $2 billion in media billings.

By bringing together Empower and Ocean Media, we've combined the best of both worlds: exceptional talent, unmatched buying power, proprietary technology, and a culture that believes great work, and great people, win.

And to borrow from Beyoncé... who runs the world? Girls. We're proudly woman-owned, fiercely independent, and relentlessly focused on helping our clients grow.

Our clients include brands like PetSmart, Sprouts Farmers Market, Tempur Sealy, Whataburger, BetMGM, Rakuten, Realtor.com, Mint Mobile, and many others.

Who You Are

You love media. You love clients. You love figuring things out. You're calm and focused when your day doesn’t go as planned. You don't hide behind email, you pick up the phone. You solve problems.

You know agency life isn't always neat and tidy. Priorities shift. Clients change their minds. Deadlines move. That's part of what makes it exciting.

If you're looking for a predictable 9-to-5, this probably isn't your place. If you're looking to accelerate your career, work alongside incredibly smart people, and build skills most planners don't develop until much later in their careers, we should talk.

We'll invest in your growth. We'll challenge you. We'll give you opportunities to make an impact from day one.

What You'll Do

• Build thoughtful, insight-driven media strategies and plans.
• Become a trusted advisor to your clients by anticipating needs, not simply reacting to them.
• Own the day-to-day management of plans, budgets, flowcharts, and timelines.
• Partner with investment, analytics, and activation teams to ensure flawless execution.
• Present recommendations with confidence and conviction.
• Solve problems quickly and creatively.
• Help improve how we work, not just complete the work.
• Deliver something we obsess over every day: client delight.

What Success Looks Like

You...

• earn the trust of clients quickly.
• stay composed under pressure.
• manage difficult conversations with confidence and professionalism.
• own your work from beginning to end.
• never assume "good enough" is good enough.
• juggle competing priorities without dropping the ball.
• proactively identify opportunities before clients ask.
• make your teammates better.

What You Bring

• 3–5 years of agency media planning experience.
• Strong understanding of both traditional and digital media channels, including programmatic display, CTV, online video (OLV), YouTube, paid search, digital audio, out-of-home (OOH), radio, social, print, and emerging media.
• Experience partnering closely with investment and analytics teams to monitor campaign pacing, evaluate performance, and identify optimization opportunities throughout the campaign lifecycle.
• Retail experience is a plus.
• Experience with Guideline, PRISMA, Nielsen, MRI-Simmons, Telmar and other related industry planning tools.
• Outstanding presentation and communication skills.
• Exceptional organization and follow-through.
• Resilience. Agency life can move fast, and our clients count on us to deliver.
• Curiosity, grit and a healthy sense of urgency.
• A bias toward action.

Why Empower Ocean?

Because careers aren't built by standing still. You'll work with nationally recognized brands. You’ll learn from some of the best people in the industry. You'll be trusted with meaningful responsibility earlier than most agencies.

You'll grow. You'll laugh. You'll work hard. You may even cry... but they'll be tears of accomplishment after pushing yourself further than you thought possible.

And when our clients win, we celebrate together.

If you're looking for a job, there are plenty out there. If you're looking to build something remarkable, for our clients and for yourself, we'd love to meet you.