Media Planning Specialist
The Media Planning Specialist supports the development and execution of digital media campaigns across various channels for healthcare clients. They are responsible for managing budgets, monitoring campaign performance, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver data-driven insights.
- Hybrid
- Toronto, ON
- Posted Aug 4, 2026
- 1 position
Job summary
Company Description The Klick Group - comprising Klick Health (including Klick Katalyst and btwelve), Klick Media Group, Klick Applied Sciences (including Klick Labs), Klick Consulting, and Klick Ventures—is an ecosystem dedicated to realizing the full potential of our people and clients in life sciences. Founded in 1997, we have offices in New York, Philadelphia, Saratoga Springs, Toronto, London, São Paulo, and Singapore. Consistently named a Best Managed Company, Most Admired Corporate Culture, and Great Place to Work, Klick is committed to fostering a high-performance, people-first culture with creativity, collaboration, innovation, and impact across everything we do. About our Media Craft Klick Media ensures that our work reaches the right audiences at the right moments. The team combines audience insight, data, and technology to drive measurable impact across channels. Media teams continuously test, learn, and optimize performance in partnership with strategy, creative, and analytics. Their work connects insight and creativity to real-world results. Job Description The Media Planning Specialist supports the development and execution of digital media campaigns that reach healthcare audiences across the US market. This role works closely with senior media planners, media operations, analytics, and cross-functional teams to translate data into effective media strategies. The Media Planning Specialist contributes to campaign planning, execution, optimization, and reporting while building a strong foundation in digital media best practices. What You’ll Do Develop and support digital media plans across paid search, display, video, social, email, and mobile channels using platform and audience data. Allocate and manage budgets by channel, monitor pacing, and support optimization against defined KPIs with Analytics and Media Operations. Execute and optimize live campaigns using media platforms and tools, ensuring accuracy, compliance, and performance. Produce performance reports and insights that evaluate campaign effectiveness and inform recommendations. Collaborate with Media Operations, Finance, Project Management, SEM, Biddable, Analytics, and Client Services teams to deliver integrated campaigns. Qualifications Required: 2–3+ years of hands-on digital media planning or execution experience, including campaign setup, optimization, and reporting. Experience supporting paid digital campaigns across multiple channels such as search, display, video, or social, with measurable performance outcomes. Demonstrated ability to analyze campaign data and translate insights into optimization recommendations. Hands-on experience using media and operational tools such as DCM, Datorama, Genome, Excel, PowerPoint, or equivalent platforms. Experience collaborating with cross-functional teams and media vendors to execute campaigns effectively. Desired: Comfort and enthusiasm for using AI as a regular part of how work gets done. Experience working on US healthcare or pharmaceutical campaigns in an agency environment. Exposure to budget management, pacing, and reconciliation processes. Experience supporting or mentoring junior team members or coordinators. Interest in contributing to new business initiatives or process improvements. Additional Information This posting is for an existing role at Klick. The base salary range for this position is between $60,000 - $68,000. The final amount offered will be determined based on several factors such as a candidate's work location, their unique skill set, education, and prior work experience. #LI-JP1 #LI-Hybrid Our Commitment to Inclusion Klick is consciously creating a culture where everyone can thrive and grow in their careers. We believe that our best work comes from our diverse backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We strongly encourage members of historically underrepresented communities to apply, including Black people, Indigenous peoples, and other people of color, people with disabilities, people from gender and sexually diverse communities and people with intersectional identities. We're also committed to developing an inclusive, barrier-free recruitment process and work environment. Should you require any accommodation, please contact us at [email protected] and we will work with you to meet your accessibility needs and ensure you have a positive experience.
What you’ll do
The Media Planning Specialist supports the development and execution of digital media campaigns across various channels for healthcare clients. They are responsible for managing budgets, monitoring campaign performance, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver data-driven insights.
Requirements
Candidates must have 2-3 years of hands-on experience in digital media planning or execution with a focus on campaign setup and optimization. Proficiency in media tools and the ability to translate campaign data into actionable recommendations are essential for this role.
Listed skills
- Data analysisPreferred
- Microsoft ExcelPreferred
Other relevant skills
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- Digital media planning
- Campaign execution
- Paid search
- Display advertising
- Social media marketing
- Budget management
- Data analysis
- Performance reporting
- DCM
- Datorama
- Genome
- Excel
- PowerPoint
- Cross-functional collaboration
- Healthcare marketing
- Budget Management
- Performance Reporting
- Campaign Management
- Media Planning
- Operations Analytics
- Salesforce Datorama
- Planning
- Microsoft Excel
- Artificial Intelligence
- Analytics
- Budgeting
- Reconciliation
- Client Services
- Consulting
- Contextual Advertising
- Creativity
- Finance
- Innovation
- Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
- Life Sciences
- Project Management
- Mentorship
- Operations
- Pharmaceuticals
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Search Engine Marketing
- Process Improvement
- Enthusiasm
Job areas
- Marketing
- Creative & Media
- Data & Analytics
- Healthcare
- Consulting
- Media Planning Manager
- Media Planner / Buyer
- Buyers
- Public Relations Specialists
Additional details
- Minimum experience
- 2+ years
- Posting language
- English
- Working hours
- 40 hours per week
