Media Program Coordinator

Position Title: Media Program Coordinator

Location: Johnston, Iowa

Shift: 1st shift, 8:00 a.m.–4:30 p.m., with minimal overtime

Duration: 24 Months

Role Overview

The Media Program Coordinator manages operational readiness and day-to-day execution of paid media campaigns, helping ensure campaigns launch accurately and on schedule. This role translates approved media plans into coordinated workflows for campaign setup, creative readiness, trafficking, and performance measurement.

Key Responsibilities

• Maintain campaign details in internal systems and shared planning documents; identify missing information and schedule risks.
• Coordinate creative trafficking and launch readiness, serve as the initial contact for workflow questions, monitor creative progress, manage approvals, and flag potential delays.
• Enter print media buys in internal systems and verify that placements and required materials are linked to the correct campaign records.
• Maintain media specifications, including annual fiscal-year updates and ongoing revisions.
• Collect monthly campaign performance metrics and surface relevant insights or concerns.
• Monitor active work, identify dependencies and risks, resolve routine execution issues, and escalate decisions involving strategy, budget, scope, brand risk, or significant timing changes.
• Ensure media plan details are accurate and complete.
• Coordinate campaign workflows, including creative production, trafficking, and metric collection.
• Communicate status and follow up with stakeholders.

Required Qualifications

• Experience in marketing, advertising, an agency, or a related field.
• Project management experience.
• Experience coordinating with multiple stakeholders.
• Strong attention to detail and communication skills.
• Problem-solving ability and a self-starter mindset.

Education

A degree in marketing, advertising, communications, business, or a related field is preferred. Recent graduates with relevant internship experience may be considered.