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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.