Trading Manager – Media Agency

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A$134,400.00/yr - A$134,400.00/yr

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Our client is a small but growing independent media agency with brand-side DNA. They are analytical, precise, move fast, and operate like extensions of their clients' teams.

We're on the hunt for a passionate and commercially minded Senior Planner / Buyer (offline and online) to join the team and take ownership of key client relationships. You'll play a central role in defining and driving media strategy, campaign delivery, and client success across a diverse portfolio of brands. You'll bring a strong understanding of the Australian media landscape, paired with the confidence to lead client conversations and deliver work that makes an impact.

You'll thrive in a fast-paced agency environment, where curiosity, collaboration, and accountability are highly valued. This is a hands-on role where you'll manage the full campaign lifecycle—from briefing and strategy through to implementation, reporting, and optimisation— no team, just you.

What your day looks like

• Own client relationships end‑to‑end: strategy, execution, reporting, all of it.
• Plan, negotiate and book media across all channels with a clear link to brand and business objectives
• Monitor campaign performance and proactively identify opportunities to optimise, course-correct, or over-deliver
• Brief, manage, and traffic creative to ensure deadlines are hit and assets land where they should
• Prepare clear, concise reporting that connects media results to client KPI's
• Identify opportunities to grow and improve the agency, help us see around corners and optimise workflows

What we are looking for

• 5+ years' experience in a media agency, 'on the tools' trading experience across traditional media and an understanding of online media a must
• Strategic thinker who gets metric‑driven results and can articulate them
• Proactive communicator—confident in pitching, leading meetings, negotiating and reporting back
• Craves real accountability and cares about client success above all.

What's in it for you

• A pathway to directorship, building your media team around you
• Rewarded for results: a generous salary package + bonus tied to growth and success
• Culture first: tight‑knit, values‑driven, results‑obsessed; with a healthy side of fun
• Hybrid & flexible: an outcome-focused agency, they are not clock-watchers

To find out more about this fantastic opportunity, reach out to Brenton Moore at frontdoor@MAARS.com.au for a confidential chat. Please note: no sponsorship or transfer of visa is available on this occasion.

Seniority level

• Seniority levelMid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment typeFull-time

Job function

• Job functionAdvertising
• IndustriesAdvertising Services

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