How to hire a media services manager

How to hire a media services manager, step by step

Here's a step-by-step media services manager hiring guide:

• Step 1: Identify your hiring needs
• Step 2: Create an ideal candidate profile
• Step 3: Make a budget
• Step 4: Write a media services manager job description
• Step 5: Post your job
• Step 6: Interview candidates
• Step 7: Send a job offer and onboard your new media services manager
• Step 8: Go through the hiring process checklist

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1. Identify your hiring needs

   Before you post your media services manager job, you should take the time to determine what type of worker your business needs. While certain jobs definitely require a full-time employee, it's sometimes better to find a media services manager for hire on a part-time basis or as a contractor.

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   Hiring the perfect media services manager also involves considering the ideal background you'd like them to have. Depending on what industry or field they have experience in, they'll bring different skills to the job. It's also important to consider what levels of seniority and education the job requires and what kind of salary such a candidate would likely demand.

   This list shows salaries for various types of media services managers.

   Type of Media Services Manager	Description	Hourly rate
   Media Services Manager	Advertising, promotions, and marketing managers plan programs to generate interest in products or services. They work with art directors, sales agents, and financial staff members.	$40-81
   Promotions Director	Promotions Directors have many skills and requirements, starting with a bachelor's or master's degree in business administration with classes in marketing, economics, business accounting, statistics, math, computer technology, and communications. Averaging at an annual salary of $42K, this career choice requires interaction across multiple departments to create promotional programs and events.	$26-68
   Media Director	A media director spearheads and oversees a company's entire media-related activities, including marketing and advertising campaigns. They are in charge of setting goals and guidelines, liaising and building positive relationships with external parties, conceptualizing plans for projects and campaigns, and developing strategies to optimize operations... Show more	$35-82

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2. Create an ideal candidate profile

   Common skills:

   • Video Production
   • Process Improvement
   • AV
   • Direct Reports
   • Media Planning
   • Website Design
   • Digital Signage
   • Technical Issues
   • Press Releases
   • Photography
   • Adobe Photoshop
   • A/V
   • Media Management
   • Facebook

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   Responsibilities:

   • Manage eLearning strategy, marketing, multimedia evangelist, digital distribution and guest facing technology.
   • Course content deal with designing fundraising newsletters, and photography for slide presentations and print production.
   • Perform digital photography, retouch and color correction for large format printing of fine art gicl es.
   • Pitch idea generation and revenue proposals with Powerpoint presentations to clients in person and on the telephone.
   • Provide an efficiency tool by developing a database of compliance-approve letters used by financial consultants to communicate with clients.
   • Provide copywriting for numerous items including company print brochure and website.

3. Make a budget

   Including a salary range in your media services manager job description is one of the best ways to attract top talent. A media services manager can vary based on:

   • Location. For example, media services managers' average salary in florida is 40% less than in california.
   • Seniority. Entry-level media services managers 50% less than senior-level media services managers.
   • Certifications. A media services manager with certifications usually earns a higher salary.
   • Company. Working for an established firm or a new start-up company can make a big difference in a media services manager's salary.

   Average media services manager salary

   $120,610yearly

   $57.99 hourly rate

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   Entry-level media services manager salary

   $85,000 yearly salary

   Updated January 14, 2026

4. Writing a media services manager job description

   A job description for a media services manager role includes a summary of the job's main responsibilities, required skills, and preferred background experience. Including a salary range can also go a long way in attracting more candidates to apply, and showing the first name of the hiring manager can also make applicants more comfortable. As an example, here's a media services manager job description:

   Media services manager job description example

   WHAT YOU'LL DO

   As a Lead Knowledge Analyst (LKA) within BCG's TMT (Technology, Media, and Telecommunication) Practice Area, you will work in a growing global team, providing industry and/or functional expertise and insights whilst working together with case and proposal teams to provide knowledge assets, analysis and expert advisory. You'll serve as a thought partner and content expert to case teams and topic/sector leaders, helping structure and solve complex issues.
   
   You will act as the team and knowledge lead for our B2B Information Services sub-sector within the Media practice and work closely with the sub-sector leadership team in developing existing & new intellectual property and knowledge assets. You will work on commercialization efforts for the sector, in conjunction with business leaders, supporting marketing efforts, conferences and publications. As a Lead Knowledge Analyst, you will lead a team of analysts working on B2B Information Services topics, developing, training and guiding junior colleagues and share best practices within the wider TMT Knowledge team.

   YOU'RE GOOD AT

   • Commercial focus & understanding of client demands in the B2B Information Services space, business acumen
   • Solving client problems through formulating relevant research and/or analytical approaches in your B2B Information Services
   • Codifying knowledge and maintaining assets and tools for the B2B Information Services based on different client contexts
   • Communicating with senior stakeholders, in a credible and confident way
   • Working collaboratively and effectively in a group dynamic often virtual, proficient in agile ways of working
   • Flexibility and bringing a curious and creative mindset, open to new things and able to propose innovative ideas
   • Ability to navigate complexity and ambiguity

   YOU BRING (EXPERIENCE & QUALIFICATIONS)

   • 3+ years of consulting experience in relevant B2B Information Services required; candidates with consulting experience preferred
   • In lieu of consulting experience, 4+ years minimum industry experience required; 6-10+ years of industry experience strongly preferred
   • Deep knowledge in one or more of the B2B Information Services segments: Financial services & information, Credit reporting/rating, Legal, Risk & Compliance, Research & advisory with focus on technology trends in the space including SaaS, impact of AI/ML/block chain, cloud, growth of digital identity
   • An understanding of one or more relevant functional topics, including: pricing, GTM strategy & TSR analysis would be an added advantage
   • Bachelor's degree with high academic achievement required; Advanced Degree preferred; Major in Computer Science preferred.
   • Fluency in English;
   • Outstanding interpersonal and communication skills to interact with internal and external stakeholder while working in a global collaborative team environment

   YOU'LL WORK WITHOur knowledge and research specialists collaborate with global colleagues across BCG to bring expertise and capabilities to the service of our clients. Our team is made up of a diverse pool of knowledge and research positions that allow us to pursue exciting, innovative research careers.ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

   The Knowledge Team (KT) is a group of functional and/or industry experts leveraging deep domain knowledge to enable insight for case teams and clients. KT members are affiliated to BCG Practice Areas, plugged into the strategic agenda and building and deploying leading edge IP data tools/assets to deliver insight.
   
   BCG's Knowledge Team members have the opportunity to be staffed on cases and help co-create insights with case teams and clients through expert perspectives on industry trends, delivery of proprietary data or tools in a particular function and complex research and analysis of market information. KT members also support the PA's business development and proposals and help to organize and codify the knowledge that enables BCG to deliver superior business value for its clients.
   
   Candidates should be aware that BCG currently maintains a policy requiring all US & Canada based employees to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Newly hired employees must be fully vaccinated prior to their employment start date. BCG is an equal opportunity employer and will provide a reasonable accommodation to those unable to be vaccinated for medical or religious reasons where it is not an undue hardship to the company to do so as provided under applicable federal, state, provincial and local law.

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5. Post your job

   To find media services managers for your business, try out a few different recruiting strategies:

   • Consider internal talent. One of the most important talent pools for any company is its current employees.
   • Ask for referrals. Reach out to friends, family members, and your current work to ask if they know any media services managers they would recommend.
   • Recruit at local colleges. Attend job fairs at local colleges to recruit entry-level media services managers with the right educational background.
   • Social media platforms. LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter have more than 3.5 billion users, and they're a great place for company branding and reaching potential job candidates.

   Post your job online:

   • Post your media services manager job on Zippia to find and recruit media services manager candidates who meet your exact specifications.
   • Use field-specific websites.
   • Post a job on free websites.

6. Interview candidates

   To successfully recruit media services managers, your first interview needs to engage with candidates to learn about their interest in the role and experience in the field. You can go into more detail about the company, the role, and the responsibilities during follow-up interviews.

   It's also good to ask about candidates' unique skills and talents. You can move on to the technical interview if a candidate is good enough for the next step.

   The right interview questions can help you assess a candidate's hard skills, behavioral intelligence, and soft skills.

7. Send a job offer and onboard your new media services manager

   Once you've selected the best media services manager candidate for the job, it's time to write an offer letter. In addition to salary, this letter should include details about the benefits and perks you offer the candidate. Ensuring that your offer is competitive is essential, as qualified candidates may be considering other job opportunities. The candidate may wish to negotiate the terms of the offer, and you should be open to discussion. After you reach an agreement, the final step is formalizing the agreement with a contract.

   It's equally important to follow up with applicants who don't get the job with an email letting them know that the position has been filled.

   Once that's done, you can draft an onboarding schedule for the new media services manager. Human Resources should complete Employee Action Forms and ensure that onboarding paperwork is completed, including I-9s, benefits enrollment, federal and state tax forms, etc. They should also ensure that new employee files are created for internal recordkeeping.

8. Go through the hiring process checklist

   • Determine employee type (full-time, part-time, contractor, etc.)
   • Submit a job requisition form to the HR department
   • Define job responsibilities and requirements
   • Establish budget and timeline
   • Determine hiring decision makers for the role
   • Write job description
   • Post job on job boards, company website, etc.
   • Promote the job internally
   • Process applications through applicant tracking system
   • Review resumes and cover letters
   • Shortlist candidates for screening
   • Hold phone/virtual interview screening with first round of candidates
   • Conduct in-person interviews with top candidates from first round
   • Score candidates based on weighted criteria (e.g., experience, education, background, cultural fit, skill set, etc.)
   • Conduct background checks on top candidates
   • Check references of top candidates
   • Consult with HR and hiring decision makers on job offer specifics
   • Extend offer to top candidate(s)
   • Receive formal job offer acceptance and signed employment contract
   • Inform other candidates that the position has been filled
   • Set and communicate onboarding schedule to new hire(s)
   • Complete new hire paperwork (i9, benefits enrollment, tax forms, etc.)

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