Media Manager, Planner/Buyer

What's the role?

Are you an energetic and results-oriented Media professional seeking a new challenge working with the most dynamic media team in Australia? Look no further! We have an incredible opportunity for you to join our team as a Media Manager, Planner/Buyer in our client side 'In-House' Media agency.

You will be at the forefront of driving business success, working closely with the Senior Media Manager to lead the day-to-day and operations for various News Corp brands. Your passion for understanding audience behaviour and your offline and online planning and optimisations will play a pivotal role in taking our media team to new heights.

Responsibilities

• Strategic Planning: Develop media strategies and plans for both digital and offline channels (social, video, display, audio, TV, radio, OOH and print). This includes taking marketing briefs, interrogating data to draw meaningful insights and translating this into media recommendations to deliver on business objectives.
• Media buying & trading: You will oversee and execute buying of media across all channels, ensuring effective campaign execution and delivery.
• Financial management: Manage media procurement processes for paid media, including budget control, contract management, account queries, and financial reporting to ensure accuracy and cost-efficiency.
• Communication and stakeholder management: Regular communication with relevant marketing, media and operational stakeholders is vital. You will maintain regular stakeholder communications, respond to business requests, and seek feedback to ensure expectations are met.
• Presentation & Storytelling: Confidently present media recommendations, campaign results, and strategic insights to internal and external stakeholders. Effectively communicate complex data in a clear and compelling way to drive decision-making.
• Reporting and analytics: Accurate and timely reporting of relevant metrics is essential. You will provide reports on various metrics, always seeking out insights and performance improvement recommendations based on data analysis.
• Team management: Responsible for day to day management and training to ensure quality control of output and development of the team.
  
  

Who are you?

• 4+ years of media agency experience in planning and buying across both offline (TV, radio, print, OOH) and digital (social, display, video, audio, programmatic) channels.
• Proficient in media planning tools (e.g. Roy Morgan, Fusion, Spectra, Move) and digital platforms (e.g. Google Ads, Meta Ads Manager).
• Management experience, including supporting team leadership, assisting with day-to-day operations, and ensuring quality control of outputs.
• Strong understanding of omnichannel marketing principles with hands-on experience in delivering integrated campaigns.
• Excellent numeric, budget management, and analytical skills.
• High attention to detail and strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong project management skills, capable of managing multiple campaigns and meeting tight deadlines.
• A team player, comfortable working in a fast-paced environment.
• Confident in presenting information clearly and concisely.
• Data-driven mindset with a passion for process improvement and delivering high-quality results.
• Adaptable and open to change, have a curious mind and proactive mindset and a commitment to delivering high-quality results.
  
  

What's in it for you?

• A thrilling and fast-paced work environment where your expertise will be valued and rewarded.
• The opportunity to work with major brands and shape their marketing strategies.
• The chance to collaborate with talented marketing professionals and contribute to their success.
• Ongoing learning and development opportunities to stay ahead in the dynamic world of media.
• Competitive compensation package and attractive benefits.
  
  

News Benefits

News Benefits is our way of saying thank you to our people for their valued contribution to News, our audiences, clients and communities. Thanking them for the great things they do daily, for the greater good of Australia. Our benefits include:

• Exclusively ours - Access to publications and products from across the News Corp family
• Health & wellbeing - Advice, support and facilities for healthy minds and bodies (including an onsite gym at our Adelaide, Brisbane & Sydney offices)
• Time off - News offers a range of leave options to support your personal needs and moments that matter in life: Parental leave, Birthday leave, Volunteer leave, Career break and Compassionate leave.
• Helping you grow - Development opportunities (including diversity and inclusion - focused education series) and recognition
• Financial wellbeing - Support on making the most of your money
• Perks & discounts - Exclusive offers across a range of products and services
• Giving back - Make a difference to our communities.
• Workplace Inclusion and facilities – Engage with your passions through various employee-resource groups and accessibility to multi-faith quiet rooms & parents’ rooms
  
  

Who are we?

News Corp Australia is the nation's largest media company operating over 150 house-hold name brands across print, digital and multimedia including The Australian and news.com.au. We are proud to be a central part of News Corp, a leading global network of powerful brands in news and information services, sports programming in Australia, digital real estate services, book publishing, digital education and pay-TV distribution in Australia including Fox Sports, Dow Jones, Harper Collins, Realestate.com.au and The Wall Street Journal.

What’s next?

Apply now or for more information on careers at News Corp Australia visit www.newscorpaustralia.com/careers

Our Commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion We know that diversity strengthens our teams and newsrooms as we seek to tell stories that represent the diverse communities of Australia that we serve. Our people make us unique and we all have a story. We encourage people of all ages, backgrounds, races, cultures, religions, sexual orientations, abilities and gender identities to apply. Inclusion is important to us and we want everyone at News to bring their whole-selves to work. If you require any accommodations or adjustments throughout the recruitment process, or would like to outline which pronouns you prefer, please feel free to let us know.

If you require any accommodations or adjustments throughout the recruitment process, please feel free to let us know. For more information regarding Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at NewsCorp Australia please visit www.newscorpaustralia.com/careers under the DEI section.

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