St. Louis, Missouri, United States · Hybrid
Job DetailsJob Location: STL Office - Saint Louis, MO 63104Position Type: Full Time Location: St. Louis or Chicago | Hybrid At HLK, we believe media isn’t just about impressions and clicks, it’s about driving…
Skills: Media Planning, Performance Strategy, Cross-channel Media, Client Relationship Management, Team Leadership
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Lead a media pod as the primary client contact, overseeing the strategy, execution, and optimization of cross-channel paid media plans. Manage a team of planners and buyers to drive business impact and ensure operational excellence in reporting and billing.
Requires 7+ years of experience in paid media planning and performance strategy with a proven track record of mentoring junior staff. Candidates should possess cross-channel expertise and strong analytical skills, with a preference for those with B2B experience.
Job DetailsJob Location: STL Office - Saint Louis, MO 63104Position Type: Full Time
Location: St. Louis or Chicago | Hybrid
At HLK, we believe media isn’t just about impressions and clicks, it’s about driving meaningful business impact.
We’re looking for a Media Supervisor who thrives in ownership, leads with curiosity, and knows how to turn strategy into performance. This role is designed for someone who wants real accountability, real leadership, and real influence.
HLK is an independent, full-service agency built on smart thinking and strong relationships. We bring strategy, media, creative, data, and CX together in ways that move brands forward.
We operate in paid media pods; small, focused teams built around client needs. Pods give our teams autonomy, clarity, and ownership. As a Media Supervisor, you’ll lead one.
The Role: Lead the Pod. Own the Performance.
The Media Supervisor serves as the client business lead for media planning, buying, and reporting. This role is responsible for agile go-to-market execution, continuous stewardship and optimization, and campaign insight development to always improve performance and return. As the Pod lead, this role is positioned to lead the media strategy and day-to-day decisions associated with achieving client objectives through data-driven means. You’ll report to the Media Director but operate with autonomy and authority within your pod.
The strategic driver
The performance owner
The decision-maker
The leader your team relies on
Own Strategy & Performance
Translate Consumer Experience strategy and client objectives into cross-channel paid media plans.
Make day-to-day decisions around budgets, pacing, optimizations, and channel shifts.
Connect business goals to measurable KPIs.
Identify risks early and pivot quickly.
Keep a pulse on competitive pressure and cultural nuances to build your strategy with a consumer-first mindset.
Lead performance conversations with clarity and confidence.
Create vendor connections to bring first-to-market and first-to-brand innovation to our clients.
Serve as the primary media contact for assigned accounts.
Present performance results, insights, and forward-looking recommendations.
Act as a strategic partner, not just a reporting voice.
Ensure clients understand how media supports broader marketing and business goals.
Develop & Elevate Your Team
Lead a Pod of Media Planners, Buyers, and Associates.
Set clear expectations, provide coaching and training when needed, and always lead by example.
Create media strategy and execute with agility while upholding the brand vision for client presence and meeting articulated media goals.
Foster accountability and continuous improvement.
Help your team grow, technically and strategically.
Partner with Operations and Data Intelligence to ensure flawless setup, tracking, reporting, and billing.
Uphold documentation standards and governance processes.
Improve workflows to remove bottlenecks and increase efficiency.
Qualifications
Thinks strategically but loves digging into performance data.
Can zoom out to business impact and zoom in to tactical optimizations.
Is comfortable making decisions and owning them.
Leads with curiosity and thoughtful communication.
Builds trust quickly with clients and teammates.
7+ years in paid media planning and performance strategy.
Experience mentoring or leading junior team members.
Cross-channel expertise (Search, Social, Programmatic, Video, etc.).
Experience analyzing and interpreting performance data.
Strong analytical instincts and storytelling ability.
Preference given to candidates with B2B experience.
Ownership without micromanagement
Collaboration without ego
Ambition without burnout culture
Curiosity as a core value
Leadership that develops leaders
We believe strong strategy and strong culture go hand in hand. Pods are built to give you room to lead, not just execute. If you’re ready to move from managing campaigns to driving performance and building teams, we’d love to talk.
We build brands that move people. St. Louis + Chicago.
We build brands that refuse to sit still. Brands rooted in insights and strategy, powered by people, that are constantly in motion. Because it’s people — us, our clients and our customers — who shape a brand’s identity, amplify its triumphs and inspire its next move. So, we obsess over our people who are constantly listening to all the ways brands are being considered, challenged and celebrated. In an ever-changing landscape, we’re dedicated to growth and helping brands evolve – pushing boundaries and challenging conventions – in the midst of change and uncertainty. We’re building brands that move people.
Offices: 1141 South 7th Street, Saint Louis, MO 63104, US · 954 W Washington Blvd, Chicago, Illinois 60607, US
View all jobs at HLKWe build brands that move people. St. Louis + Chicago.
We build brands that refuse to sit still. Brands rooted in insights and strategy, powered by people, that are constantly in motion. Because it’s people — us, our clients and our customers — who shape a brand’s identity, amplify its triumphs and inspire its next move. So, we obsess over our people who are constantly listening to all the ways brands are being considered, challenged and celebrated. In an ever-changing landscape, we’re dedicated to growth and helping brands evolve – pushing boundaries and challenging conventions – in the midst of change and uncertainty. We’re building brands that move people.
Offices: 1141 South 7th Street, Saint Louis, MO 63104, US · 954 W Washington Blvd, Chicago, Illinois 60607, US
View all jobs at HLK