Senior Media Buyer

Job Title: Senior Media Buyer

Company: Hurst Media Company Limited

Location: Hurst Media Company HQ, Shoreditch, London (on-site, 5 days a week)

About the Company

Hurst Media Company: the UK's trusted media partner

We are a full service, direct response advertising agency, managing budgets from large to small, for clients across a wide range of industries, whether they want to place a single advertisement or create annual campaigns spanning multiple channels such as outdoor, print, broadcast and online.

Our specialist planners and buyers have longstanding buying agreements in place with every major media owner including News UK, Global, Mail Metro Media, Guardian Media Group and many more, establishing us as one of the UK's leading media buyers.

We support our clients with our media professionals by leveraging favourable trading rates with leading media owners and by utilising ad tech to analyse competitors, trends and market conditions.

With a proven track record of performance and maximising budgets, Hurst Media Company delivers effective and measurable campaigns for clients.

About the Role

Reporting to the Commercial Director, the Senior Media Buyer will lead the buying of our clients' campaigns, with out of home at the core and national press close behind.

This is a hands-on senior role. You will negotiate and book campaigns yourself, set the standard for how we trade with media owners, and make sure every plan we send out is commercially sound and accurately delivered.

We are looking for a well-rounded, multi-channel buyer with outdoor and press at their core, rather than a digital or performance specialist.

Key Responsibilities

• Buying: Negotiate and book OOH and national press campaigns with media owners and specialists, with digital alongside where it fits.
• Planning: Work closely with our sales team to shape media plans and respond quickly to live opportunities.
• Trading: Get the best rates, positions and added value, and set the standard for negotiation across media owners.
• Quality Control: Own the accuracy and commercial robustness of plans, proposals and bookings.
• Media Owner Relationships: Build and manage senior relationships with key media owners.
• Process: Bring structure and consistency to how campaigns are booked, tracked and delivered.
• Support: Help develop and guide junior planners and buyers in the team.

Essential Experience

• At least 5 years of hands-on media buying, with OOH as your lead channel.
• Experience buying national press campaigns alongside outdoor.
• Strong negotiation skills and a commercial, numbers-led approach.
• Strong organisation and the ability to work at pace.

Desirable

• Working knowledge of digital buying, gained alongside offline channels rather than as a standalone specialism.
• Exposure to TV or broadcast buying.
• Experience improving processes or coaching others.

Character

• Accountable and reliable.
• Commercially driven.
• Confident and decisive.
• Structured and organised.
• Collaborative and team oriented.

Benefits

• Ongoing Training and Development
• 28 days Annual Holiday
• Birthday Off
• Health insurance
• Dental & Optical Cover
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Gym Membership
• Monthly Work Events
• Company Laptop
• Fresh Fruit & Refreshments