Media Supervisor at Noble People

Noble People is not your typical media agency- we’re a fearless, forward-thinking collective of creative problem-solvers who thrive on bold ideas and no-bull rationale.

For us, media is more than just a channel; it’s anything and everything that creates meaningful connections between a brand and its audience. Whether that means redefining how a brand shows up in culture, sparking conversations around new trends, or creating entirely new ways to engage, we believe the possibilities are limitless. We’re driven by the belief that extraordinary results come from challenging the status quo. By blending bold, creative thinking with data-informed insights, we maximize every lever of marketing to achieve transformational growth not just for marketing teams but for the entire organization. We aim to drive impact that matters not only to CMOs but to CEOs and CFOs, ensuring our work fuels meaningful growth across all levels of our clients’ businesses. Our mission is to unlock the professional potential of everyone in our ecosystem. We empower our employees to elevate themselves, their teammates, and their clients, creating a culture where ambitious, growth-focused individuals thrive.

If you’re someone who believes that the best solutions come from questioning convention, pushing boundaries, and keeping it real, you’ll find your place here. This is Noble People. Bold ideas. No bull rationale. Let’s build something extraordinary together.

The Media Supervisor directs the media team’s day-to-day activities on specific client accounts, ensuring execution and quality of media activities that support effective, innovative, creative and strategic solutions. Supervises, trains and supports Media Planners and Assistant Media Planners, ensuring quality control and that timeliness are met for all work products. Reports directly to the Media Director.

Essential Functions (other duties may be assigned).

Team Development & Internal Communication

• Supervises, coaches and supports Media Planners and/or Assistant Media Planners in day-to-day activities developing and executing media plans. Ensures deadlines are met and oversees quality control for all work products, ensuring all errors are caught and corrected.
• Trains and develops Media Planners and/or Assistant Media Planners; interviews and hires, mentors and trains, allocates work, audits work, conduct performance reviews and recommends pay increases.
• Provides media team with client perspectives, insights, goals and strategies.
• Communicates effectively with supervising Media Director, keeping him/her abreast of project status and flagging and elevating concerns.
• Sets a high bar for creativity, strategic rigor, and account management that inspires the team. Produces work that delivers on client goals and gains industry recognition for its creativity and results.

Client & Account Management

• Manages day-to-day expectations and communications with client. Establishes a true partnership in client’s business by gaining and maintaining a deep understanding of business needs and issues faced. Maintains a vocal, visible role in all major internal and client meetings. 
• Participates in developing long-term strategy plans that generate measurable results, with a focus on new and emerging media opportunities to help drive the clients’ and agency’s business. Ascertains client’s needs and key media challenges and recommends effective solutions. 
• Maintains thorough, up-to-date knowledge of client’s business (market share, business priorities, key competitor strategies, etc.), monitoring progress and accuracy of all communication plans, assignments and projects.
• Clearly identifies and communicates key media deliverables in terms of accountability and performance.

Media Strategy & Landscape Expertise 

• Develops, writes, and assists the team in presenting media recommendations and POV’s.
• Constantly seeks and creates creative opportunities in both media choice and usage to increase visibility/impact; seeks ways to merchandise media team’s work to client.
• Cultivates excellent relations within the media sales community. 
• Stays abreast of key developments/trends/issues in media (e.g., population, demographic, lifestyle, media usage changes).
• Actively participates in new business pitches, as determined by CEO.

Requirements

Requirements

• At least 4 years experience as a Media Planner in a media agency and proven experience managing other team members (ie. assistant media planners, or planners) required.
• Exceptional written, verbal communication skills with the ability to communicate with all levels of employees, vendors and clients. 
• Ability to write concise, reasoned, and inspired media presentations, and present to clients with confidence.
• A demonstrated track record of gaining trust and respect by consistently demonstrating sound creative, strategic, and analytical thinking skills.
• Ability to build and maintain strong interpersonal / professional relationship with employees, vendors, clients, etc.
• Demonstrated strong command of Media Research resources, capabilities and limitations.
• Demonstrated self-confidence (and track record) in championing innovative, bold and game-changing ideas.
• Analytical thinker with the ability to apply critical thinking and analysis in writing.
• Strong math and analytical skills, with a working comprehension of strategy development and required media math.
• Demonstrated understanding of consumer insights and how to put insights into action.
• Skilled negotiator with a track record of open and fair negotiations.
• Strong attention to detail.
• Some travel and after hours and work required. 

Benefits

We take care of you

• Noble People offers a generous time-off package of 15 PTO days per annum, Safe & sick days, Personal and Birthday PTO as well as Summer Fridays, Mental Health & Wellness days, and a Sabbatical Program if you are with the agency for 7 or more years.
• We offer a comprehensive healthcare plan for eligible employees and their families which includes Medical with Telehealth/virtual care options, Dental, Vision, 401K, STD, LTD, Life Insurance
• Lastly, we allow for a cell phone reimbursement, pre-tax commuter benefits, Flexible Spending Account, daily snacks, and much more.
• The salary range is $90,000 - $100,000 per year.

Diversity and Inclusion

At Noble People, our people are our greatest asset. We are committed to fostering an inclusive environment that attracts, engages, and retains the best possible talent. Our diversity of experiences, backgrounds, locations, viewpoints and ideas is what makes us a great place to work and differentiate us as an employer of choice.

We are an equal opportunity employer

At Noble People we are committed to expanding opportunities for all employees without regard to race, color, religion, gender, age, national origin, sexual orientation, sexual identity, disability, or any other characteristic. Each person is valued for his or her talents, expertise, experience, and perspective.