Senior Media Planner, Programmatic

Senior Media Planner, Programmatic

About Team One : Team One is Publicis Groupe's fully integrated media, digital, and communications agency built to help premium brands thrive in a rapidly evolving world. We're known as the 'architects of aspiration' helping luxury brands reach modern affluents and next-gen consumers through culturally fluent strategies and experiences, unmatched access, and the agility to move at the speed of culture. We're a team of 400+ creators, doers, and difference-makers across six North American officesLos Angeles (our HQ), Dallas, New York, Chicago, Atlanta, and Boise. Together, we're proud partners to iconic brands, including Lexus and the Lexus Dealer Association, Marriott International, The Ritz-Carlton, Barclays, The RealReal, HKS Architects, Metabo HPT, KB Home, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Mo?t Hennessy, Citi., and Cathay Pacific Airlines. We take pride in our industry-shaping creativity, connection, and exceptional culture (that has landed us awards like Fast Company's Best Workplace for Innovators and Ad Age's "Best Places to Work" in 2024).

About This Position : As a Senior Media Planner, Programmatic, you will be a strategic leader responsible for developing, executing, and optimizing programmatic media plans that drive meaningful business outcomes for our clientsprimarily within the luxury automotive category. You'll collaborate closely with internal teams, agency partners, and platform vendors to architect smart, data-driven strategies across display, video, audio, and emerging programmatic channels. You will play a central role in evaluating new technologies, shaping audience strategies, and ensuring flawless execution across DSPs. You'll also translate performance insights into compelling stories that influence clients and guide ongoing optimization and testing.

What You'll Do :

• Develop full-funnel programmatic media plans, including strategy, audience recommendations, budget allocation, inventory selection, and KPIs.
• Lead campaign briefing, setup, forecasting, pacing, and optimization workflows in partnership with activation teams.
• Evaluate and recommend audience segmentation strategies, leveraging 1P / 2P / 3P data, contextual opportunities, and platform-native solutions.
• Collaborate with analytics and insights teams to define measurement frameworks, testing roadmaps, and learning agendas.
• Analyze campaign results and generate actionable insights that shape ongoing strategy.
• Provide thoughtful guidance on channel roles, programmatic trends, and emerging technologies.
• Partner with creative, account, and production teams to ensure alignment on messaging, placements, and deliverables.
• Lead communication with platform partners (DV360, The Trade Desk, Amazon DSP, etc.) to stay ahead of innovations and competitive intelligence.
• QA all programmatic media plans and deliverables, ensuring accuracy, consistency, and excellence.
• Present strategic recommendations, insights, and results to internal teams and client stakeholders.
• Support junior team members through guidance, mentorship, and performance feedback.

What You Bring :

Why It's Great to Work Here :

We live by our C.O.R.E. values :

We offer comprehensive benefits and 'work perks' like great options for medical / dental / vision insurance, 401(k) with company matching, unlimited PTO, generous paid parental leave, tuition reimbursement, family forming assistance reimbursement, pet adoption assistance + "pawternity" leave, etc.

We have a hybrid work schedule (3 days a week in office / 2 days from wherever your heart desires).

We're part of Publicis Groupe which is a huge global network, so there are many resources that come with that like Business Resource Groups for a variety of communities like Publicis Parents, VivaWomen, Egalit, etc.

We give back to our communities with our annual Day of Good and volunteer opportunities throughout the year.

We love to grow our talent and promote from within whenever possible, and we offer professional development training and regular structured performance reviews.

We have a lot of fun! We have a whole committee called "Team Fun" that plans parties and events for us to celebrate birthdays, holidays, cultural moments, etc. Some recent fun events include a flower bouquet bar, origami lessons, and hearing from creative entrepreneurs at our Moonshot speaker series.

Our Publicis Groupe motto "Viva La Diffrence" means we're better together, and we believe that our differences make us stronger. It means we honor and celebrate all identities, across all facets of intersectionality, and it underpins all that we do as an organization. We are focused on fostering belonging and creating equitable & inclusive experiences for all talent. Publicis Groupe provides robust and inclusive benefit programs and policies to support the evolving and diverse needs of our talent and enable every person to grow and thrive. Our benefits package includes medical coverage, dental, vision, disability, 401K, as well as parental and family care leave, family forming assistance, tuition reimbursement, and flexible time off. If you require accommodation or assistance with the application or onboarding process specifically, please contact USMSTACompliance@publicis.com. All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Compensation Range : $59,850.00 - $82,740.00 Annually. This is the pay range the Company believes it will pay for this position at the time of this posting. Consistent with applicable law, compensation will be determined based on the skills, qualifications, and experience of the applicant along with the requirements of the position, and the Company reserves the right to modify this pay range at any time.