Media Buyer Job in Kenya - Creative Edge

Position: Media Buyer

Reports to: General Manager

Overall Job Summary

• Purchases media space and time for advertisements

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Negotiates and purchases television, radio, and print media for all accounts within an assigned group of markets.
• Estimates, updates and adjusts all broadcast ratings per demographic, per quarter.
• Negotiates all rates, special placement and added value by medium for all markets
• Negotiating with media sales companies to obtain the best rates and most appropriate media spaces in online, broadcast and print advertising.
• Identify the target audience for a particular media campaign and deciding how best to communicate to that audience.
• Executes all media plans in the assigned group of markets within established budgets; buys media space and air time.
• Designs optimum buys in terms of cost efficiency, goals delivery and vendor agreements.
• Meets with media representatives and accesses media database to research available options for media placement.
• Maintains all media buys and is responsible for the post-buy results of all buys.
• Monitors buys in progress by spot checking placement and negotiating credit or billing adjustments when necessary.
• Tracks media expenditures to ensure agency and client budget compliance.
• Collaborates with clients and media team members to resolve media billing issues.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism/Mass Communication
• At least one (1) year experience
• Media or Media Buying experience with good relationship with the media houses..
• Proficiency in MS Office

If you believe you are the right candidate for the above position send your application and CV’s to jobs@creative.co.ke indicating your expected salary on or before Monday, 27th June 2012 

Indicate the position (Media Buyer) on the subject line of your email.