Marketing Senior Specialist, Media Planning

About the team Our team at ZMedia is responsible for developing and executing the marketing strategy across all paid channels, including Video, Audio, Digital, Search, and Social, to achieve both Brand and Performance goals. We play a crucial role in helping people discover Zillow and connect them to our tools and services, ultimately guiding them to their next home. Our team is customer-focused, collaborative, data-informed, and innovative. We work with a wide range of partners to support business objectives and deliver high-performing marketing campaigns. About the role As a Marketing Sr. Specialist, Media Planning, you will help shape and activate intelligent, data-informed paid media strategies that drive both brand awareness and measurable business impact. This role will support planning across our Brand, Buyer, and Seller campaigns. You’ll have the opportunity to expand your expertise in cross-channel planning, performance optimization, and AI-enabled media activation while directly influencing how millions of consumers engage with Zillow’s products and services. You Will Get To: Translate brand and business objectives into full-funnel media plans that balance communication goals, efficiency and performance Leverage automation tools, platform algorithm and AI-driven optimization strategies to maximize media effectiveness Manage day-to-day campaign activities, ensuring projects are delivered on time, on budget, and on brief Oversee campaign budgets, flowcharts, and media authorizations Develop and coordinate process documents, workback schedules, and status reports Manage digital campaign implementation, including tagging, QA, and process documentation Coordinate creative trafficking and documentation Monitor competitive activity, industry trends, privacy shifts and emerging ad technologies to proactively evolve Zillow’s media strategy Build and maintain strong partnerships with internal teams, external agencies, and vendors This role has been categorized as a Remote position. “Remote” employees do not have a permanent corporate office workplace and, instead, work from a physical location of their choice, which must be identified to the Company. U.S. employees may live in any of the 50 United States, with limited exceptions. In addition to a competitive base salary and benefits, this position is also eligible for equity awards based on factors such as experience, performance and location. Who you are 3-5 years of experience creating and managing US consumer-facing paid media campaigns Proficient in planning and activating across all media channels, including video, audio, out-of-home, display, and paid social Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to synthesize data for performance optimization Comfortable leveraging AI-powered platforms and automation to enhance planning, targeting, optimization and measurement - with a growth mindset toward continuously evolving your skill set as media technology advances Excellent communicator and collaborator, able to build relationships remotely with cross-functional teams and partners Highly organized, with strong project management skills and attention to detail; able to manage multiple projects simultaneously Comfortable working in a fast-paced, results-oriented environment and adapting to changing business needs Experience with advertising and analytics tools (e.g., Google Analytics, Campaign Manager, Facebook Ad Manager, iSpot) is a plus Bachelor’s degree required; agency experience is a plus Here at Zillow, we value the experience and perspective of candidates with non-traditional backgrounds. We encourage you to apply if you have transferable skills or related experiences Get to know us At Zillow, we’re reimagining how people move—through the real estate market and through their careers. As the most-visited real estate platform in the U.S., we help customers navigate buying, selling, financing and renting with greater ease an ... (truncated, view full listing at source)