Media Assistant

Position Overview Hanson Dodge is seeking a Media Assistant to support the day-to-day planning, execution, optimization, and reporting of media campaigns. This entry-level role is designed for a detail-oriented individual who is curious about media, strong with data, and eager to build a career in advertising and marketing. The Media Assistant will contribute to a wide range of media activities, including plan maintenance, campaign setup, quality assurance, trafficking, vendor coordination, reporting support, and hands-on support within media and analytics platforms. This role provides exposure to both digital and traditional media while learning from a team of experienced specialists and generalists. Responsibilities The Media Assistant will: - Support the development and maintenance of media plans, flowcharts, budget trackers, timelines, and campaign documentation. - Assist with campaign setup, ad specification gathering, trafficking inputs, creative asset coordination, and delivery across digital and traditional media channels. - Support traditional media coordination, including vendor communication, RFP organization, insertion orders, proofing, proof of performance and billing reconciliation. - Provide hands-on keyboard support in platforms such as Google Ads, Meta Ads Manager, DSPs like Basis and Viant, LinkedIn, TikTok, Amazon, and other planning, buying, trafficking, or reporting tools as needed. - Conduct quality assurance checks to ensure accuracy of campaign parameters, creative assets, tracking, links, naming conventions, budgets, dates, and placements. - Assist with basic campaign monitoring, including pacing, delivery, budget tracking, and performance checks. - Assist with analytics platform support, including dashboard QA, recurring report checks, data pull validation, naming consistency, and data pipeline maintenance. - Help identify and document data issues, missing information, broken links, tracking errors, or reporting discrepancies. - Maintain clear project documentation and help keep internal teams aligned on deadlines, deliverables, assets, approvals, and next steps. - Provide administrative and coordination support to the media team. - Partner with media planners, buyers, analysts, and specialists to streamline workflows and support accurate, efficient campaign execution. Qualifications - Bachelor's degree in marketing, communications, advertising, business, analytics, or related field, or equivalent practical experience. - Strong organizational skills and attention to detail. - Ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment. - Comfort working with numbers, spreadsheets, campaign data, and performance reports. - Proficiency in Microsoft Office or Google Workspace, particularly Excel or Google Sheets. - Excellent written and verbal communication skills. - Proactive, collaborative mindset with a willingness to ask questions, learn new tools, and solve problems. - Interest in media planning, campaign execution, digital platforms, analytics, and advertising. Preferred Qualifications - Internship or 1-2 years of experience in advertising, marketing, media, analytics, project coordination, or a related field. - Familiarity with paid media platforms such as Google Ads, Meta Ads Manager, Campaign Manager 360, Basis, Viant, LinkedIn, TikTok, Amazon, or similar tools. - Familiarity with analytics or reporting tools such as GA4, Looker Studio, Funnel, platform dashboards, or similar systems. - Exposure to media trafficking, campaign QA, reporting, billing reconciliation, vendor coordination, or data validation. - Comfort reviewing data for accuracy and helping troubleshoot reporting or tracking issues. - Interest in both digital and traditional media channels. What We Offer - Competitive salary commensurate with experience - Comprehensive benefits package including health, dental, and vision insurance - 401(k) with company matching - Professional development opportun…