Digital Media Planning Associate

Summary

Join National Public Media (NPM) as a Digital Media Planning Associate and contribute to the creation of strategic digital sponsorship proposals for NPR's digital platforms. You will collaborate with the sales team, manage a high-volume workload, and analyze data to optimize campaigns. This role requires proficiency in MS Excel, strong communication skills, and experience in ad operations or a similar field. The position offers a competitive salary, comprehensive benefits, and a flexible hybrid work arrangement. NPM values diversity and inclusion, fostering a collaborative and creative work environment. The ideal candidate is passionate about digital media and public media's mission.

Requirements

• 2-4 years of work experience, preferably in ad operations or a similar field
• Must be proficient in MS Excel
• Outstanding attention to detail for quality assurance purposes, and the ability to manage multiple priorities at a time
• Ability to collaborate on a team of 20+ people in a fast-paced environment with large amounts of revenue at stake
• Proven ability for project management and excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in work experience
• Project Management: Must have project management experience and excellent written and verbal communication skills.  Ability to collaborate on a large team in a fast-paced environment with large amounts of money at stake
• Numbers-Focused: Must be proficient in MS Excel and comfortable working with math, formulas and data
• Organization Skills: Must have attention to detail, ability to work efficiently independently, and capacity to manage multiple priorities at a time

Responsibilities

• Create digital media proposals ranging from $20K to $2M in an order management system, using  to clients’ audience targets and objectives to customize plans
• Juggle a high-volume, fast-paced workload—often generating or updating 4+ proposals per business day across a variety of accounts
• Pull ad inventory availability in ad servers like Megaphone and Google Ad Manager
• Analyze inventory sell-through rates to steer clients toward underutilized digital products
• Manage time-sensitive proposal revisions and campaign optimizations, recommending alternative placements to prevent revenue loss
• Translate proposals into agency-provided Excel templates with high attention to detail
• Build foundational knowledge of emerging podcast ad tech

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with ad-serving platforms (i.e. Google Ad Manager, Megaphone, Adswizz) and order management systems (i.e. Boostr) is a plus
• Enthusiasm for public media, its mission and its programs

Benefits

• Heavily subsidized healthcare premiums
• Training and career development opportunities
• A flexible approach to hybrid work arrangements
• Access to health and wellness
• Paid time off
• Financial well-being
• Medical, dental, vision, life/ accidental death and dismemberment, long-term disability, short-term disability, and voluntary retirement savings to all eligible NPR employees