Media Planner

Nextdoor is where you connect to the neighborhoods that matter to you so you can belong. Our purpose is to cultivate a kinder world where everyone has a neighborhood they can rely on.

Neighbors around the world turn to Nextdoor daily to receive trusted information, give and get help, get things done, and build real-world connections with those nearby — neighbors, businesses, and public services. Today, neighbors rely on Nextdoor in more than 305,000 neighborhoods across 11 countries.

Nextdoor’s Advertising Solutions team is a diverse, hardworking and strategic group of neighbors focused on partnering with national brands to connect them with our community of members through our growing portfolio of advertising products. The team culture mirrors the larger business focus: relying on building trusted connections with internal and external partners in order to drive campaigns and executions that add value to our members’ lives while simultaneously driving results for our brand partners.  We believe that in order to succeed we must attract and develop smart, capable and passionate employees, while also creating an environment where they can thrive and grow. 

Nextdoor’s Advertising Solutions team partners with national brands to connect them with our hyper-local community of neighbors across the United States through our suite of advertising products. We are looking for a Media Planner to help us plan and build advertising campaigns on Nextdoor. You’ll partner closely with Account Management to ensure all campaigns are properly booked in our order management system, build out client-facing support materials, and analyze campaign delivery and performance.  If you're great with people, insanely detail-oriented, a creative problem solver, and eager to learn more about advertising (or put your keen knowledge of ad platforms to use!), come join our team!

• Provide excellent day-to-day support to the Nextdoor Ad Solutions team through proactive and agile assistance
• Work with forecasting systems to ensure accurate campaign setup and inventory reservations
• Compile data from various sources to complete RFP templates
• Build creative mocks and screenshots to confirm successful campaign launches 
• Prepare and update internal/external reporting to ensure delivery, pacing and performance
• Create client-ready decks on topics including campaign performance and insights
• Identify opportunities to implement solutions to improve the efficacy of our team and product
• Show flexibility and willingness to handle miscellaneous operational tasks and advertiser requests
• Work cross-functionally to ensure all aspects of a campaign are executed flawlessly

• 3+ year of experience in ad operations, account management, project management, or other operational role
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills
• Exceptional organization and time management skills
• Analytical skills that can be applied to campaign performance and optimization recommendations
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, high-volume, and deadline-driven environment
• Demonstrated problem solving and troubleshooting skills
• Strong Excel skills a plus (pivot tables, VLOOKUP, macros)
• Experience monitoring campaigns with a strong knowledge of ad platforms a huge plus
• Bold in sharing feedback and perspective - good ideas come from everywhere

Compensation, benefits, perks, and recognition programs at Nextdoor come together to create one overall rewards package.

The starting salary for this role is expected to range from $57,000 to $75,000 on an annualized basis, or potentially greater in the event that your 'level' of proficiency exceeds the level expected for the role. Compensation may also vary by geography.

Importantly, the compensation for this role also includes a variable incentive component, which will vary depending on your achievement of sales-related goals and objectives.

We also expect to award a meaningful equity grant for this role. With equal quarterly vesting, your first vest date would be within the first 3 months of your start date.

Overall, total compensation will vary depending on your relevant skills, experience, and qualifications.

We have you covered! Nextdoor employees can choose between a variety of great health plans. We cover 100% of your personal monthly premium for health, dental, and vision – and provide a OneMedical membership for concierge care.

At Nextdoor, we empower our employees to build stronger local communities. To create a platform where all feel welcome, we want our workforce to reflect the diversity of the neighbors we seek to serve. We encourage everyone interested in our purpose to apply. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, age, or any other trait that unfairly targets a group of people. In accordance with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we always consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.