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Senior Media Buyer

Senior Media Buyer

CompanyYahoo
LocationUnited States
Salary$102000 – $212500
TypeFull-Time
DegreesBachelor’s
Experience LevelSenior

Requirements

  • 5+ years of successful Media Buying experience on platforms such as Google Ads, Facebook, Outbrain, etc.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills with ability to problem-solve in a fast-paced environment.
  • Experience with digital traffic tools (e.g., Google Analytics, Adobe Omniture, comScore) and enterprise BI tools (e.g., Looker)
  • Knowledge of digital advertising, social media, search/SEO, and search arbitrage.
  • Ability to conceptualize business issues, formulate hypotheses, gather results, analyze data, and make appropriate recommendations.
  • Strong quantitative and analytical skills.
  • Curious, entrepreneurial mindset with desire to learn about our business, back-end systems, and consumers.

Responsibilities

  • Independently identify and prioritize opportunities to deliver projects that drive growth across Yahoo’s highest-value Search terms.
  • Ensure ROI performance, efficiency and quality at scale.
  • Communicate directly with partners, product teams, and leadership at all levels to promote spend growth while ensuring long-term GINSU success.
  • Support Digital Growth strategies, roadmaps, scrums, and product rollouts across analytics/insights, acquisition/referrals, activation/onboarding, and adoption.
  • Partner closely with Product, Editorial, Media Buying teams, and other internal team members to provide best-in-class service.
  • Work independently, requiring guidance only in complex situations.
  • Lead functional teams or projects with moderate resource requirements, risks, and/or complexity.
  • Lead others in solving complex work problems and network with key contacts outside your area.
  • Impact a range of customer, operational, project, or service objectives.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree preferred, but not required.
  • Prior experience in media, technology, and/or startups preferred.