UNITED X: Founded in 2001, GALLEGOS United is a creatively driven agency born of a unique pedigree, creating marketing communications that help brands find new growth by being attuned to today’s America. GALLEGOS United (GU) counts Comcast, California Milk Processor Board (Got Milk?), Chick-fil-A, Cacique among others as clients. In 2021, GU saw a need to bring that sense of cultural attunement to media – and in partnership with Cross Media (XM), launched United X – bringing together the world class media tools and capabilities of XM, with the cultural sensibilities of a creative agency recognized for its inventive work as one of the most awarded agencies globally, including being named one of Advertising Age’s Agencies to Watch, and named by AdWeek as Multicultural Agency of the Year.

The Media Supervisor role is focused on working with an extended team on the GU and XM sides to help service existing clients in the creation, execution and monitoring of media plans, including negotiating with external vendors to secure the best investment options in a variety of mediums to maximize clients’ reach to targeted consumers.

What We Want You To Do

Manage all facets of media campaign execution by working closely with GU and XM account management and media teams

Manage, review, and analyze all client facing media deliverables

Stay up-to-date with emerging trends and identify areas of development

Develop and present media plan proposals with media and cost schedules to clients, including regional and locally focused plans with Hispanic media partners as a key element of the plans

Oversee campaign planning, optimization strategies, and campaign performance success for multiple clients

Oversee the development of RFPs, the final buy recommendation, buy summaries, and campaign measurements

Work with GU and XM teams to develop and present concise results decks highlighting the relevant learning gained and recommendations for future campaigns

Promote positive working relationships within the extended GU/XM team, and positively represent the agency to the vendor community

Provide strategic guidance to the media planning and buying team, while not hesitating to get your “hands dirty” in the planning/buying as needed

Provide consultative strategic direction to your accounts and identifying appropriate programs and services to meet client needs

What We Want You To Have For Success

You have a BA/BS degree, with 3-4 years in media management

You have strong quantitative and analytical skills – you can detect and translate a story behind numbers/data

You have excellent verbal and written communication skills; demonstrated ability to translate and present complicated ideas in a simple, and easy to understand yet inspirational /creative style in collaboration with a team

You have exceptional critical thinking and problem solving abilities – ability to think unconventionally in proposing potential solutions or opportunities to issues

You demonstrate strong detail orientation and organizational skills

You display effective negotiation and influence skills – steeped in required industry, brand, and competitive knowledge

You have experience working directly with various US Hispanic media partners across multiple mediums

You have an affinity for, and experience in multicultural marketing. Spanish fluency is not required, but is a plus

You have proven ability to multi-task and manage multiple projects effectively and work well under pressure to deliver high quality work within tight deadlines

You are able to evaluate client needs, express an understanding of target media behavior, develop media plans to connect the dots between client needs and target behavior with strategy and creative teams, and get your hands dirty working with a team to execute

You display a strong team orientation

You demonstrate a strong learning orientation and lean into new opportunities and are willing to challenge status quo

You display an intrinsic passion for new technology/digital gadgets; and utilization of social media tools to engage and inspire new solutions for clients

You have proven experience effectively coaching and developing others

You’re familiar/proficient with various media tools, such as MRI, Simmons, MBOX, Nielsen, DDS, Media Tools, Kantar, comScore, Clear Decisions, TARDIIS, DFA, IMS, Scarborough, etc.

Based in California 

GALLEGOS United (the “Company”) is committed to a policy of Equal Employment Opportunity and will not discriminate against an applicant or employee on the basis of race, ethnicity, color, religion or religious creed (including religious dress or grooming practices), national origin, ancestry, sex (including childbirth, breastfeeding, and related medical conditions), gender, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, transitioning status, age, physical or mental disability, protected medical condition, citizenship status, military and veteran status, uniform service member status, genetic information, marital status, pregnancy, driver’s license, or any other legally recognized protection basis under federal, state, or local laws, regulations, or ordinances. The information collected through the pre-hire process is solely to determine suitability for employment, verify identity, and maintain employment statistics on applicants.