Barkley is looking for an enthusiastic and smart Senior Media Buyer who is comfortable working in a fast-changing environment.This role will be based in Pittsburgh, PA and works primarily with clients in the Food & Beverage  Industry.Our experience spans over 100 F&B brands in 20 years, from icons to startups.Come work (and eat) with us. We're looking for people who live for food and tasty work. 

Reports to: Head of Channel Strategy & Analytics

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Owns end to end reporting for our clients utilizing Tableau, SuperMetrics and integration with all client advertising platforms/vendors.
• Expert in Tableau understanding how to utilize latest features to clearly develop informative and actionable client dashboards.
• Builds relationships with vendors, negotiating and facilitating media buys and flowcharts for national
  and regional brands
• Primarily responsible for programmatic (OTT, CTV, OLV, OLA) and digital shopper placements.
• Has understanding of traditional media best practices and placements.
• Manages, analyze and optimize media placements for maximum ROI, and report on their effectiveness
  and progress toward achieving goals
• Assess the value of media sponsorships and strategic partnerships where appropriate
• Understands creative placements and can advise on creative bet practices for placements to drive client KPIs (awareness, purchase).
• Lead/assist digital campaign trafficking and implementation of tracking, optimization and analytics that drive measurable business outcomes
• Perform campaign analysis both to client and internal teams.
• Develop and maintain solid working relationships with clients during presentations and with
  internal teams especially Client Service, Creative, Digital Development, and Production teams
• Manages team members to execute media plans and client reporting.

Qualifications / Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree or higher or
• 5+ years of experience in online media planning and buying with experience in CPM, CPC, CPA, CPE pricing; search experience is a big plus
• Strong knowledge of media planning and buying, online advertising strategy and tactics
• Strong written and verbal presentation skills
• Self-starter that can have an immediate positive impact on process and execution
• Accountable for financial reporting process (authorizations, budgets and reconciliation)
• Must be detail oriented with advanced proficiency in MS Excel
• Should have an understanding of research tools such as ComScore, Nielsen, MRI, etc.
• Must be proficient with 3rd party ad serving technology (DoubleClick DCM or Sizmek)
• Strong analytical and optimization knowledge and skills
• Experience working with all online marketing disciplines (ranging from web development to
  social media)
• Experience and familiarity with Google Analytics
• Experience working with social media platform analytics/insights tools preferred (Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest)
• Strong project management and organizational skills
• Ability to work occasional evening and weekend hours
• Ability to travel (approximately 10%)