Media Planner

Requisition ID: 185828
Career Group: Corporate Office Careers
Job Category: Marketing Technology & Digital
Travel Requirements: 0 - 10%
Job Type: Full-Time

Country: Canada (CA)
Province: Nova Scotia; Alberta; Ontario
City: Halifax (Primary Office); Toronto; Calgary

Embark on a rewarding career with Sobeys Inc., celebrated among Canada's Top 100 employers, where your talents contribute to our commitment to excellence and community impact.

Our family of 128,000 employees and franchise affiliates share a collective passion for delivering exceptional shopping experiences and amazing food to all our customers. Our mission is to nurture the things that make life better - great experiences, families, communities, and our employees. We are a family nurturing families.

A proudly Canadian company, we started in a small town in Nova Scotia but we are now in communities of all sizes across this great country. With over 1,600 stores in all 10 provinces, you may know us as Sobeys, Safeway, IGA, Foodland, FreshCo, Thrifty Foods, Lawtons Drug Stores or another of our great banners but we are all one extended family.

Ready to Make an impact?

We are looking for a Media Planner for our Retail Media Network team. In this role, you will manage ad inventory to meet advertiser commitments and develop strategic media plans tailored to client objectives. You will execute media buys across various digital platforms, optimize budget allocation, and collaborate with suppliers and third-party vendors to ensure campaigns run smoothly and effectively.

This position will be based in our office in Halifax, Nova Scotia. We offer a competitive salary along with a comprehensive benefits package. We will also provide relocation assistance for qualified candidates interested in making Nova Scotia their new home.

Here's where you'll be focusing:

• Manage overall ad inventory and ensure there is capacity to meet advertiser campaigns / annual commitments
• Develop strategic media plans tailored to advertiser objectives
• Execute media buys across various offsite digital platforms within RMN (e.g., search, social, display, video)
• Manage advertising budget and optimize spend across channels
• Utilize media expertise to develop recommendations for suppliers, including allocation of budget across ad products, recommending and building audiences, and flighting strategy
• Meet and consult periodically with suppliers to understand priorities, ensure campaigns are running properly and hitting objectives, and share updates
• Help develop processes in order to quickly deliver media plans (e.g., audience sizing, inventory availability)
• Develop strategy and outreach plans for underserved / non-active clients
• Manage relationship with 3rd party vendors and agencies for offsite media (e.g., negotiate contracts, coordinate media planning & buying needs)

What you have to offer:

• 3+ years experience at media planning and buying agency
• Strong analytical, decision-making, project management, and communication skills
• Experience with ad tech tools (e.g., GAM360)
• Experience working at or closely with offsite advertising platforms

At Empire we require our teammates to have the ability to adhere to a hybrid work model that requires your presence at one of our office locations at least three days per week. This requirement is integral to our commitment to team collaboration and the overall success of our office culture.

We offer a comprehensive Total Rewards package, which varies by role and designed to help our teammates to live better - physically, financially and emotionally.

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We will consider factors such as your working location, work experience and skills as well as internal equity, and market conditions to ensure the selected candidate is paid fairly and competitively. We look forward to discussing the specific compensation details relevant to this role with candidates who are selected to move forward in the recruitment process.

Our Total Rewards programs, for full-time teammates, goes well beyond your paycheque:

• Competitive Benefits Package, tailored to meet your needs, including health and dental coverage, life, short- and long-term disability insurance.
• Access to Virtual Health Care Platform and Employee and Family Assistance Program.
• A Retirement and Savings Plan that provides you with the opportunity to build and add value to your savings.
• A 10% in-store discount at our participating banners and access to a wide range of other discount programs, making your purchases more affordable.
• Learning and Development Resources to fuel your professional growth.
• Parental leave top-up
• Paid Vacation and Days-off

We are committed to accommodating applicants with disabilities throughout the hiring process and will work with applicants requesting accommodation at any stage of this process.