Associate Media Director

As the Associate Media Director, you'll lead strategic media planning and execution to drive business performance. Collaborating with cross-functional teams, you'll set media objectives, manage client relationships, and oversee campaign execution across key platforms like DSPs, Google, META, and TTD. You’ll guide and mentor your team, using data insights to optimize performance, deliver innovative solutions, and ensure campaign accuracy and efficiency.

You Will:

• Lead the media planning and investment efforts for local campaigns, focusing on performance-driven strategies and regional buying.
• Collaborate with planning leads, marketing science teams, and creative counterparts to establish clear media objectives and drive strategic alignment.
• Demonstrate initiative by exploring new media solutions, utilizing strategic thinking and creativity to develop innovative alternatives.
• Manage client relationships and day-to-day queries, providing strategic direction and guidance to media teams.
• Oversee media execution, ensuring timely delivery against key milestones, including buy negotiations, live dates, and performance reporting.
• Develop and implement media strategies across DSPs, Google, Search, META (paid social), and TTD, ensuring optimal use of platforms.
• Manage and mentor the development of Associates and Supervisor teams, fostering their skills and supporting career growth.
• Lead the process of compiling and interpreting media research to inform media plan development and recommendations.
• Maintain strong working relationships with internal media planners, creative teams, and clients, acting as a key strategic media partner.
• Stay ahead of industry trends, exploring new opportunities and meeting with media/vendor representatives to inform strategic decisions.
• Oversee partner relationships and media buy delivery, ensuring high levels of accuracy and alignment with client objectives.
• Manage budgets efficiently, ensuring compliance with the SOX process and effective investment oversight.
• Present media plans and performance insights internally and to clients, providing actionable recommendations.
• Contribute to the development of competitive analysis to deepen knowledge of the competitive landscape and inform media strategies.

You Have:

• 6+ years’ experience in media planning and investment, focusing on performance, mid-to-upper funnel, Search, Social, and Programmatic across multiple campaigns.
• At least 3 years of management experience.
• Proven ability to integrate media, creative, and brand objectives, collaborating with cross-functional teams.
• Experience managing client relationships, ensuring alignment and timely execution of media plans.
• Hands-on campaign execution, using data and insights to optimize performance.
• Agency experience, particularly with integrated media campaigns.
• Proficiency in TTD, search platforms, and media planning tools.
• Strategic partner mindset, offering insights and recommendations to optimize results.
• Experience managing multi-million-dollar media budgets, ensuring efficient allocation and ROI.
• Up to date with industry trends, fostering innovation through continuous learning.
• Strong analytical, strategic thinking, and communication skills.
• Proven media buying and negotiation expertise.
• Clear understanding of the media planning, buying, and reporting process.
• Digital and unwired experience is a plus.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Proficiency in proprietary analytics and syndicated research tools.

What We Offer:

• Global maternity and parental leave
• Competitive benefits packages
• Vacation, compassionate leave, wellness days, and flex days
• Access to online services for families and new parents
• Early Dismissal Friday’s (off at 3:00 PM local time every Friday)
• 12 affinity groups
• Internal learning and development programs
• Enterprise-wide employee discounts

The Talent Team at Critical Mass is focused on ensuring we provide the best training, onboarding, and employee experience possible! Our new hires & employees are the future of our organization, and we want to set you up for long-term success. In an effort to do so, we expect our team to work from an office a minimum of 3 days a week.

We continually review ranges to address skills, experience and markets. Base salaries are determined during our interview process, by assessing a number of factors that include, but aren’t limited to, a candidate’s experience and skills relative to the scope and responsibilities of the position. For current CM employees, tenure will also be a consideration.

Salary Range

$110,000 - $140,000 USD

Critical Mass is an equal opportunity employer.

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