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IPG Mediabrands

Associate Media Director, Investments

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Position Overview

The Associate Media Director is a high-level client team specialist, requiring a strong leader with proven experience managing teams, juggling multiple high-level projects at one time, researching, and justifying partner selection, and developing and negotiating multi-faceted media and marketing partnerships. The Associate Media Director must think strategically and work collaboratively with other disciplines across the agency to create recommendations that deliver on client strategic goals and business objectives. The Associate Media Director is a team leader who manages their client leads and works with the investment leaders to train and provide reviews for their direct reports

Responsibilities

  • Oversight and leadership of client relationships.
  • Aligning with client goals and acting as a strategic partner to exceed them.
  • Strengthening and broadening client relationships resulting in a deeper footprint with the organization.
  • Partners with the finance and project management team to ensure delivery and drive profitability.
  • Drives the process for an integrated business, aligning and ensuring all integrated disciplines are working together in support of the business.
  • Manage a team that will execute the full national buying process for each client including the development of branded content, detailed audience tracking, strategic negotiations, and tactical scheduling through final post-buy analysis.
  • Plays an active role in conflict resolution. Identifies, manages, and resolves problems before they escalate.
  • Strong strategic contributor with ability to assemble thought leadership POVs, proposals and reporting.
  • Supports and delivers on MAGNA agency-wide media partnerships targets in a way that benefits client in a cost-effective way.
  • Responsible for team development and growth.
  • The ideal candidate will also have some experience dealing with other outside agencies or have the desire to oversee partner agencies.
  • Work in tandem with the analytics team to understand how to determine best KPI for client objectives and metrics to evaluate for best KPI return. Can successfully pull in past or projected campaign metrics to support media recommendation.

Qualification - Required Skills

  • Ability to manage an entire team or teams on all assigned business.
  • Strong oral and written communication skills. Solid presentation skills.
  • Be a team player and pinch hit/support on projects.
  • Must be willing to help other members of the team, let junior members shine as well.
  • Communicating your decisions and solutions to the team.
  • Helping creatives express their ideas with feasible recommendations to tie it closer to the brief.
  • Passionate about innovation and the creative process, desire to find creative ways say "yes" to ideas and to contribute your own.
  • Passionate about advertising and the ability to spread that passion to others.
  • Management and supervisory experience required.
  • Well-versed in all aspects of media, particularly National TV, Video, Streaming, and Advanced TV.

Qualifications - Desired Skills

  • Bachelor’s degree in business administration/marketing preferred.
  • 5+ years of agency experience required with extensive experience managing a client and 2+ direct reports

Wage and Benefits

We offer a Total Rewards package that includes medical and dental coverage, 401(k) plans, flex spending, life insurance, disability, employee discount program, employee stock purchase program and paid family benefits to support you and your family.

The salary range for this position is posted below. Where an employee or prospective employee is paid within this range will depend on, among other factors, actual ranges for current/former employees in the subject position, market considerations, budgetary considerations, tenure and standing with the Company (applicable to current employees), as well as the employee’s/applicant’s skill set, level of experience, and qualifications.

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It is our policy to provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, ethnicity, gender, age, religion, creed, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, citizenship, genetic information, veteran status, disability, or any other basis prohibited by applicable federal, state, or local law.

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

The employer will make reasonable accommodations in compliance with the American with Disabilities Act of 1990. The job description will be reviewed periodically as duties and responsibilities change with business necessity. Essential and other job functions are subject to modification. Reasonable accommodations may be provided to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

For applicants to jobs in the United States: In compliance with the current Americans with Disabilities Act and state and local laws, if you have a disability and would like to request an accommodation to apply for a position, please email [email protected].


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