Media Director (Travel/Tourism)

Location: Kansas City, Missouri, United States; hybrid work with teams in the office an average of four days a week

Salary: $75,000–$180,000 USD per year

Company

hirify.global is a global creative company combining brand experience, customer experience, commerce, media, data, and technology as part of WPP.

What you will do

• Manage client media-related issues, develop solutions, and maintain strong client relationships.
• Lead media planning for a key travel and tourism client, including channel selection, scheduling, recommendations, and alternatives.
• Integrate consumer behavior, new media technologies, content partnerships, and multi-platform opportunities into campaign ideas.
• Present media plans to clients and coordinate timelines, approvals, budgets, and execution.
• Partner with analytics teams to establish measurement frameworks, evaluate performance, optimize campaigns, and prepare recap reporting.
• Manage and develop junior team members while leading cross-functional teams, media representatives, partners, and vendors.

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience in media planning and performance media.
• Agency experience is required.
• Demonstrated experience in team management and client-facing work.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Experience using media research and planning tools to evaluate audience size and attributes.
• Experience integrating research, planning, analytics, measurement, and optimization.

Culture & Benefits

• Inclusive culture focused on collaboration, active listening, and creative bravery.
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage for full-time hires.
• 401(k) match of 100% dollar-for-dollar on contributions up to 5% of salary.
• Paid time off and benefits supporting personal wellness and work-life balance.
• Training, feedback, and professional growth opportunities through hirify.global and WPP.