Sr. Media Specialist- Retail Media

Why choose us? Are you ready to take the next step in your career? Join us for an exciting opportunity at Albertsons Companies, where innovation and customer service go hand-in-hand! At Albertsons Companies, we are looking for someone who’s not just seeking a job, but someone who wants to make an impact. In this role, you’ll have the opportunity to lead, innovate, and contribute to the growth of a company that values great service and lasting customer relationships. This position offers the chance to work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment that’s constantly evolving. Albertsons Media Collective is a tech-centric, people-focused retail media network. Albertsons Media Collective assembles an inclusive, dynamic team of proven industry leaders to help drive sales for our clients and profitable growth for Albertsons. Albertsons Media Collective has a rich history of tradition, innovation, relationships, community values, and putting customers first. We reach shoppers where they are. Anytime, every place through the moments that matter most. We are a collection of local businesses serving communities through the richness of diversity, relationships, and locality. Bring your flavor Building the future of food and well-being starts with you. Join our team and bring your best self to the table.

The Senior Media Specialist role creates omni-channel media strategies that drive campaign performance and business growth. This role partners with cross-functional teams to translate business goals into effective media strategy, actionable insights, and recommendations. The position provides subject matter expertise across campaign planning, performance analysis, client support, and product development while identifying opportunities to optimize results and enhance media offerings This role will be based in Pleasanton, CA or Itasca, IL and will require 4 days per week in office.

Expert organizational skills, great attention to detail and ability to implement and meet deadlines and manage multiple campaign Curate omni-channel media plans aligned to Collective best practices and with strong media rational to drive CPG campaign performance Contribute to the development of annual Communications Plans, Key Narratives and Metrics inclusive of client or tier specific learning agenda Ensure cohesive narrative/actionable media insights and next steps within Quarterly Business Reviews to generate incremental opportunities to influence sales or incremental sales for category growth Review, pressure test, and interpret campaign briefs with corresponding media strategy Contribute to Collective's new product roadmaps, playbooks and marketing materials with media expertise Develop performance best practices + training materials to educate cross teams for your defined book of business Support Sales and Account Management teams in closing business by providing media expertise Partner with analytics team to deliver insights & recommendations to tell a story rooted in data tied to the media strategy Stay up to date with competitive landscape, industry (especially Retail Media) and digital advertising trends to influence future product offerings and ways of working Strong stakeholder management and communication aptitude with Product Management, Technology, Sales and Account Management, Audience, Measurement, Clients and MarTech / AdTech vendor partners We are looking for candidates who possess the following: Possesses a solutions-oriented mindset, solves complex problems or issues and takes a broad perspective to identify solutions and best practices Collaborates effectively across departments Can function independently & effectively manage up, e.g. if needed raising key decision points for manager discussion to arrive at optimal solution Is able to operate at volume with effective prioritization rooted in maximizing business impact Provides and is open to feedback Based on business opportunities,