Creative & Media employment contract

Media Buyer Employment Contract UK

Name: Media Buyer Employment Contract UK
Brand: HRHeaven
SKU: creative_and_media_media_buyer_generated_v1
Price: 19.99 GBP
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Define accountable media investment across authorised audiences, rates, placements and delivery evidence.

Watercolour illustration showing Media Buyer at work in Creative & Media on a pale sage background

This contract includes Source compare and negotiate media inventory. Book placements within approved plans. Manage budgets suppliers and changes. Preview before payment PDF and editable DOCX files after checkoutBuilt for UK employers

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Last updated: 19 June 2026
Content owner: HRHeaven employment documentation team
Review standard: UK employer template review, versioned clause logic and preview before payment

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Job description

Clear role overview and key responsibilities.

Probation period

Clear probation terms for the selected arrangement.

Role-specific duties

Maintained responsibilities, records and authority boundaries for the selected role.

Working hours

Standard and flexible working arrangements.

Holiday entitlement

Holiday terms explained for the selected arrangement.

Confidentiality

Client and company confidentiality.

Disciplinary process

Clear process and employee rights.

Notice periods

Notice terms explained for both parties.

Before you create it

Use this Media Buyer contract with confidence

Practical checks to help an employer choose the right starting point and prepare the information the document needs.

When to use this contract

Coordinate controlled media bookings, deliver documented rates and supplier terms, and deliver reconciled delivery and invoices.

Workplace context: Office, studio, remote systems, client meetings or approved project locations.

What makes this role different

Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering clients markets channels and audiences. Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering plans negotiations bookings and budgets. Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering suppliers conflicts rebates and changes. Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering verification discrepancies invoices and records. Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering client confidentiality.

Not a fit / obtain specialist advice

Recheck the role or obtain appropriate advice if the work would exceed these maintained authority boundaries: The buyer cannot exceed spend, change strategy, accept undisclosed benefits or bind clients beyond booking and signature authority. Obtain approval before committing expenditure, changing contractual commitments or making regulated or staffing decisions outside the assigned role.

What to prepare before you issue it

the channels clients and markets
the booking and signature authority
the budget and change thresholds
the supplier conflict and rebate rules
the verification and invoice process

Day-to-day operating brief

What Media Buyer work looks like in practice

A Media Buyer plans and purchases advertising inventory across digital, broadcast, print, outdoor or other channels. Terms should identify clients and markets, approved plans, negotiation and booking authority, budgets, supplier terms, audience data, brand-safety requirements, cancellation, makegoods, campaign trafficking interfaces, verification, discrepancies, commissions or rebates, conflicts and invoice reconciliation.

Responsibilities reflected in the contract

Source compare and negotiate media inventory.
Book placements within approved plans.
Manage budgets suppliers and changes.
Monitor delivery quality and discrepancies.
Reconcile evidence invoices and credits.

A realistic working scenario

A supplier offers a discounted placement outside the approved audience and brand-safety plan. The buyer assesses value and obtains approval instead of treating lower cost as sufficient authority.

Outputs to agree

controlled media bookings
documented rates and supplier terms
reconciled delivery and invoices

Records and evidence

Plan audience channel and budget.
Quotation negotiation and booking.
Placement change delivery and verification.
Invoice credit rebate and closure.
Design files.
Project briefs.

Reporting relationship

Typically reports to Creative Director, Design Lead, Account Director or Project Manager. Confirm the employer's actual reporting structure in the builder.

Authority and escalation

The buyer cannot exceed spend, change strategy, accept undisclosed benefits or bind clients beyond booking and signature authority.
Obtain approval before committing expenditure, changing contractual commitments or making regulated or staffing decisions outside the assigned role.

Tools and systems

Design software.
Project management tools.
Approval systems.
Client communication tools.

Workplace context

Office, studio, remote systems, client meetings or approved project locations.

Contract priorities

clients markets channels and audiences
plans negotiations bookings and budgets
suppliers conflicts rebates and changes
verification discrepancies invoices and records

Information the employer should prepare

the channels clients and markets
the booking and signature authority
the budget and change thresholds
the supplier conflict and rebate rules
the verification and invoice process

Individually written and reviewed against the maintained role record.

Maintained role evidence

The facts this Media Buyer contract is built around

These role-pack details give an employer something concrete to check before using the contract for creative & media work.

Work setting

Office, studio, remote systems, client meetings or approved project locations.

Primary duties

Source compare and negotiate media inventory.
Book placements within approved plans.
Manage budgets suppliers and changes.
Monitor delivery quality and discrepancies.

Tools and training to confirm

Design software.
Project management tools.
Approval systems.
Client communication tools.

Governance focus

Employer procedures and role controls. Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering clients markets channels and audiences. Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering plans negotiations bookings and budgets. Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering suppliers conflicts rebates and changes.

Contract builder output

Media Buyer clauses and builder inputs

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Role wording

Media Buyer duties

Coordinate controlled media bookings, deliver documented rates and supplier terms, and deliver reconciled delivery and invoices.

Source compare and negotiate media inventory. Book placements within approved plans. Manage budgets suppliers and changes. Monitor delivery quality and discrepancies. Reconcile evidence invoices and credits.

Builder answers

What the contract builder captures

Employer and employee details Role title and reporting line Pay, hours and working pattern Holiday, probation and notice Workplace and site rules Company branding and e-sign

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Specific clauses

What is added to the finished contract

The buyer cannot exceed spend, change strategy, accept undisclosed benefits or bind clients beyond booking and signature authority.

Obtain approval before committing expenditure, changing contractual commitments or making regulated or staffing decisions outside the assigned role.

Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering clients markets channels and audiences.

Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering plans negotiations bookings and budgets.

£19.99 one-off contractPreview before payment, then download the branded PDF and send for signature.

Employee Handbook + Contract Bundle

Employee handbook bundle

Media Buyer Contract + Employee Handbook Bundle

Pair the contract with a fully customisable employee handbook and keep the role wording, workplace rules, branding and policies aligned from day one.

Industry-specific policies Contract and handbook generated together UK-focused policy content Easy to edit and maintain

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