Associate Director, Media Investment

Company Description

Digitas is the Networked Experience Agency, built on the vision that we create magnetic experiences that earn the right for brands to exist in human networks. Today, and tomorrow. We deliver Networked Experiences by leveraging comprehensive data, technology, creative, media and strategy capabilities. Digitas delivers ambitious outcomes via unique solutions that include Creative Experiences, Integrated Media, Addressable Relationships, Social Marketing and Total Commerce. Celebrated by Ad Age as Data and Insights Agency of the Year, U.S Campaign’s Brand Experience Agency of the Year, Media Network of the Year and celebrated by Forrester and Gartner, Digitas serves the world’s leading brands through a global network comprised of more than 5,500 employees across over 65 offices in 43 countries.

The Digitas culture is made up of fearless, inventive and generous Unicorns of all kinds.

Job Description

As Associate Director, Media Investments , you will provide investment leadership across all paid media channels, including but not limited to TV, OOH, video, audio, social, search, display, and influencer. In this role, you will liaise with the channel investment teams to ensure a consistent go-to-market approach and develop synergies with our Media Strategy and Data and Analytics teams to exceed campaign KPIs.

To help with this, we’re looking for an outstanding Associate Director – someone who can win the hearts of clients, inspire their teammates, and skillfully juggle multiple pieces of business.

Sound like you? Read on.

We are seeking a leader who will bring an innovative approach to tactical planning and buying, endless curiosity to identify new opportunities and an ability to achieve greater value through strong partner negotiations and relationships. You will be able to speak fluently to channel buying tactics; often acting as a representative of the full media investment team to clients and the marketplace.

Responsibilities

Day to day your role includes :

Leadership

• Partner with the marketplace, build relationships, and co-lead channel negotiations as needed
• Establish and maintain strong partnerships with relevant media partners in the media ecosystem (i.e. Google, Facebook, Amazon, etc.)
• Oversee the work of multiple channel specialists, managing workflow, QA process, providing strategic guidance and oversight and ensuring operational excellence across all stages of tactical planning and buying
• Serve as a central point of contact for clients and internal teams for the client investment portfolio, with oversight from account leadership
• Speak fluently to multiple media channels, calling on deep expertise from activating one or more channels.
• Work alongside Channel Teams and Media Strategy to determine how best to spend media dollars to drive outcomes with account leadership oversight.
• Bring innovative solutions and out of the box thinking to partners and clients.
• Develop thought leadership on media marketplace evolution, ensuring delivery of strong point of view and industry knowledge
• Manage and maintain relationships with internal practice leads and full investment team
• Aid in delivering bespoke agency solutions and offerings to evolve client relationship
• The role reports to VP / VPGD, Investments

Planning & Optimization

Reporting & Analysis

Qualifications

Got the sparkle? Apply if you believe your unique skills are a fit. We’d love to hear from you.

Additional Information

Digitas is an equal opportunity employer.If you require accommodation or assistance with the application or onboarding process specifically, please Range : $95,950-$150,995 annually. This is the pay range the Company believes it will pay for this position at the time of this posting. Consistent with applicable law, compensation will be determined based on the skills, qualifications, and experience of the applicant along with the requirements of the position, and the Company reserves the right to modify this pay range at any time. Temporary roles may be eligible to participate in our freelancer / temporary employee medical plan through a third-party benefits administration system once certain criteria have been met. Temporary roles may also qualify for participation in our 401(k) plan after eligibility criteria have been met. For regular roles, the Company will offer medical coverage, dental, vision, disability, 401k, and paid time off. The Company anticipates the application deadline for this job posting will be 10 / 03 / 2025.All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

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