Media Strategist Jobs
Media Strategist jobs are open across advertising agencies, media companies, tech firms, and consumer brands, from entry-level and associate to senior and director roles, with specializations in paid media, integrated campaign strategy, and digital media planning. See the openings below and apply to the ones that match your experience.
Find Media Strategist JobsOverview
Showing 5 of 88+ Media Strategist jobs
TAVERN is an independent creative agency based in New York City, specializing in brand strategy, identity, packaging, and experiences. We work with some of the world's most iconic and ambitious brands across food, beverage, spirits, and hospitality, helping them build brands that are both culturally relevant and built to last.
We're looking for a culturally plugged-in, creatively driven Freelance Social Media & Content Strategist to help grow our social presence. You'll be responsible for developing and executing a social media and content strategy that brings TAVERN's work, people, perspectives, and personality to life. From showcasing our latest projects and sharing our point of view on the industry to identifying cultural moments worth participating in, you'll help shape how TAVERN shows up in the world. We're looking for someone who thinks beyond the content calendar. Someone with great taste, strong instincts, and an understanding of what makes content genuinely interesting, engaging, and worth sharing.
This is a hands-on role for someone who can think strategically, move quickly, and make things happen.
Requirements
JOB RESPONSIBILITIES
- Develop and execute a social media strategy that increases visibility, engagement, and recognition within the creative, branding, and marketing industries
- Own the planning, creation, scheduling, and publishing of content across key social platforms, primarily Instagram and LinkedIn
- Identify opportunities to turn TAVERN's creative work, case studies, people, and perspectives into compelling, culturally relevant content
- Create engaging, original content across formats, including short-form video, Reels, carousels, graphics, and written posts
- Establish and evolve TAVERN's distinct social voice, ensuring content reflects our creative standards, personality, and point of view
- Stay ahead of cultural conversations, emerging trends, and platform developments, identifying opportunities for TAVERN to participate in meaningful and unexpected ways
- Collaborate with our Creative and Leadership teams to uncover stories, generate content ideas, and bring them to life
- Develop content that positions TAVERN and its leadership as influential voices in branding, design, and the broader creative industry
- Build relationships and engage with relevant creatives, brands, publications, and industry voices to organically expand TAVERN's reach
- Identify opportunities for social-first collaborations, partnerships, and content series that help introduce TAVERN to new audiences
- Track content performance, audience growth, and engagement, using insights to continuously refine the strategy
- Proactively bring fresh ideas, creative experiments, and new opportunities to the table
QUALIFICATIONS
- 3–5+ years of experience in social media, content creation, or digital marketing, ideally within a creative agency, design studio, lifestyle brand, or culturally relevant business
- Proven track record of growing social audiences and creating content that generates meaningful engagement and visibility
- Exceptional creative instincts, strong visual taste, and a deep understanding of what makes content compelling
- Strong understanding of Instagram and LinkedIn, including platform-specific best practices, formats, and audience behaviors
- Hands-on experience creating and editing content, including short-form video, photography, graphics, and copywriting
- Excellent writing and storytelling skills, with the ability to develop a distinctive, engaging brand voice
- Strong understanding of design, branding, advertising, culture, and the creative industries
- Ability to independently develop ideas and execute them from concept through publication
- Proactive, resourceful, and comfortable working autonomously within a small, fast-moving team
- Highly organized, with the ability to manage content calendars, deadlines, and multiple priorities
- Comfortable collaborating with creative teams and senior leadership
- A natural curiosity for culture, creativity, and the brands shaping the world around us
- Thrives on direct, honest, and supportive communication
Benefits
- Flexible Schedule: Part-time contract role (10–20 hours per week) with flexibility to manage your own schedule
- Remote Work: Work remotely with opportunities to collaborate with our NYC-based team
- Creative Freedom: The opportunity to bring your own ideas, experiment with content, and help shape TAVERN's social presence and voice
- Exciting Clients & Projects: Exposure to iconic brands across food, beverage, spirits, and hospitality
- Direct Collaboration: Work closely with TAVERN's creative team and leadership, gaining firsthand insight into the agency's work and creative process
- Meaningful Impact: Play a key role in growing the visibility and reputation of an ambitious independent creative agency
- Opportunity for Growth: Potential to expand the scope of the engagement as the agency's needs evolve
TAVERN is an independent creative agency based in New York City, specializing in brand strategy, identity, packaging, and experiences. We work with some of the world's most iconic and ambitious brands across food, beverage, spirits, and hospitality, helping them build brands that are both culturally relevant and built to last.
We're looking for a culturally plugged-in, creatively driven Freelance Social Media & Content Strategist to help grow our social presence. You'll be responsible for developing and executing a social media and content strategy that brings TAVERN's work, people, perspectives, and personality to life. From showcasing our latest projects and sharing our point of view on the industry to identifying cultural moments worth participating in, you'll help shape how TAVERN shows up in the world. We're looking for someone who thinks beyond the content calendar. Someone with great taste, strong instincts, and an understanding of what makes content genuinely interesting, engaging, and worth sharing.
This is a hands-on role for someone who can think strategically, move quickly, and make things happen.
Requirements
JOB RESPONSIBILITIES
- Develop and execute a social media strategy that increases visibility, engagement, and recognition within the creative, branding, and marketing industries
- Own the planning, creation, scheduling, and publishing of content across key social platforms, primarily Instagram and LinkedIn
- Identify opportunities to turn TAVERN's creative work, case studies, people, and perspectives into compelling, culturally relevant content
- Create engaging, original content across formats, including short-form video, Reels, carousels, graphics, and written posts
- Establish and evolve TAVERN's distinct social voice, ensuring content reflects our creative standards, personality, and point of view
- Stay ahead of cultural conversations, emerging trends, and platform developments, identifying opportunities for TAVERN to participate in meaningful and unexpected ways
- Collaborate with our Creative and Leadership teams to uncover stories, generate content ideas, and bring them to life
- Develop content that positions TAVERN and its leadership as influential voices in branding, design, and the broader creative industry
- Build relationships and engage with relevant creatives, brands, publications, and industry voices to organically expand TAVERN's reach
- Identify opportunities for social-first collaborations, partnerships, and content series that help introduce TAVERN to new audiences
- Track content performance, audience growth, and engagement, using insights to continuously refine the strategy
- Proactively bring fresh ideas, creative experiments, and new opportunities to the table
QUALIFICATIONS
- 3–5+ years of experience in social media, content creation, or digital marketing, ideally within a creative agency, design studio, lifestyle brand, or culturally relevant business
- Proven track record of growing social audiences and creating content that generates meaningful engagement and visibility
- Exceptional creative instincts, strong visual taste, and a deep understanding of what makes content compelling
- Strong understanding of Instagram and LinkedIn, including platform-specific best practices, formats, and audience behaviors
- Hands-on experience creating and editing content, including short-form video, photography, graphics, and copywriting
- Excellent writing and storytelling skills, with the ability to develop a distinctive, engaging brand voice
- Strong understanding of design, branding, advertising, culture, and the creative industries
- Ability to independently develop ideas and execute them from concept through publication
- Proactive, resourceful, and comfortable working autonomously within a small, fast-moving team
- Highly organized, with the ability to manage content calendars, deadlines, and multiple priorities
- Comfortable collaborating with creative teams and senior leadership
- A natural curiosity for culture, creativity, and the brands shaping the world around us
- Thrives on direct, honest, and supportive communication
Benefits
- Flexible Schedule: Part-time contract role (10–20 hours per week) with flexibility to manage your own schedule
- Remote Work: Work remotely with opportunities to collaborate with our NYC-based team
- Creative Freedom: The opportunity to bring your own ideas, experiment with content, and help shape TAVERN's social presence and voice
- Exciting Clients & Projects: Exposure to iconic brands across food, beverage, spirits, and hospitality
- Direct Collaboration: Work closely with TAVERN's creative team and leadership, gaining firsthand insight into the agency's work and creative process
- Meaningful Impact: Play a key role in growing the visibility and reputation of an ambitious independent creative agency
- Opportunity for Growth: Potential to expand the scope of the engagement as the agency's needs evolve
See All 88 Media Strategist Jobs
Find roles that match your experience and apply in just a few clicks.
Find Media Strategist JobsMedia Strategist Job Market
Who's Hiring
Top Industries Hiring
- Staffing & Recruiting
- Education
- Media & Entertainment
- Technology & Software
- Investment & Asset Management
What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in media strategist jobs.
- Experience building and presenting integrated media plans across digital and traditional channels
- Proficiency with media planning and buying tools such as DSPs, ad servers, and audience platforms
- Strong analytical skills with ability to interpret campaign data and optimize against KPIs
- Bachelor's degree in advertising, marketing, communications, or a related field
- Familiarity with audience research tools and syndicated data sources like Nielsen or Comscore
- Experience managing or collaborating with cross-functional teams including creative and analytics
Tips for Your Media Strategist Job Search
Tailor your resume to channel mix
Hiring managers for media strategist roles scan for the specific channels you've managed, whether paid search, programmatic, social, or linear TV. List each channel alongside the spend level you handled and the KPIs you owned, not just the platforms you touched.
Show campaign outcomes, not just duties
Descriptions like 'developed media plans' get overlooked. Replace them with outcomes: how campaign performance shifted against reach, frequency, CPM, or ROAS goals. Recruiters reading dozens of media resumes respond to concrete directional results, even without exact figures.
Target openings by planning discipline
Media strategist postings split across brand planning, performance media, and comms strategy. Filter your search by the discipline that matches your background so you're not competing against specialists in the wrong lane. Titles like 'integrated media strategist' and 'paid media strategist' signal very different day-to-day scope.
Apply early to roles that fit
Migrate Mate lists media strategist openings from across the United States in one place, so you can find roles that match and apply directly to each listing.
Prep a media plan case study for interviews
Many media strategist interviews include a live brief exercise or take-home plan. Practice walking through a channel allocation rationale, audience segmentation logic, and measurement framework out loud so you can explain your thinking clearly when it counts.
Negotiate using total compensation, not title
Media strategist offers vary more by budget ownership and campaign scope than by title alone. When evaluating an offer, ask about the media budget you'd control, the planning cycle, and whether the role owns strategy end-to-end or hands off to buyers. That scope affects your leverage and your next move.
Media Strategist Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
Which companies are hiring the most media strategists?
The most active employers for media strategists right now are KittySpout, MrBeast, and R&R Partners, and the most openings are in Texas, California, and New York, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. Demand is consistent across large holding-company agencies, in-house brand teams, and independent media shops.
How many media strategist jobs are remote?
About 73% of media strategist openings are fully remote or hybrid as of November 2026, reflecting the planning-heavy, screen-based nature of the work. Roles focused on digital and programmatic strategy tend to be the most remote-friendly, while positions tied to broadcast, out-of-home, or on-site client relationships more often require in-person presence.
How do you become a media strategist?
Most media strategists start in media buying, planning coordination, or digital marketing roles and move into strategy once they've built channel expertise and client-facing skills. Building fluency with audience research, campaign measurement, and cross-channel planning tools accelerates that path. Some enter through agency media departments, while others come through in-house marketing teams at consumer or tech brands.
Can you get hired as a media strategist with little experience?
Entry-level media strategist roles do exist, usually titled associate media strategist or media planner, and agencies are the most common entry point. Candidates with internship experience, hands-on work managing small paid campaigns, or coursework in media planning have a real shot. Demonstrating that you can read a media brief, segment an audience, and articulate channel rationale matters more than years on a resume at the junior level.
What does the media strategist interview process look like?
Most media strategist interviews include an initial recruiter screen, a hiring manager conversation focused on past campaigns and channel thinking, and a practical exercise such as a take-home media plan or a live brief response. Final rounds often involve presenting your work to a panel that includes strategists and account leads. Expect questions about how you handle conflicting client priorities and how you justify channel allocation decisions.
Where can I find and apply to media strategist jobs?
You can find and apply to media strategist jobs on Migrate Mate, which lists current openings from across the United States. Search for roles that fit your channel expertise and seniority level, then apply directly to each listing that matches your background.
See All 88 Media Strategist Jobs
Find roles that match your experience and apply in just a few clicks.
Find Media Strategist Jobs