Group Director, Integrated Media Strategy & Planning

WHY DEPT®?

We are pioneers at heart. What this means, is that we are always leaning forward, thinking of what we can create tomorrow that does not exist today. We were born digital and we are a new model of agency, with a deep skillset in tech and marketing. That’s why we hire curious, self-driven, talented people who never stop innovating.

Our culture is big enough to cope and small enough to care. Meaning, that with people across 20+ countries, we’re big enough to provide you with the best tools, global opportunities, and benefits that help you thrive. While acting small by investing in you, your growth, your team, and giving you the autonomy to solve our clients' problems, no matter where you are in the world. 

We are currently only hiring in specific location in the United States. Locations, office requirements, and salary bands are outlined below. Please note that we do not offer relocation at this time.

ABOUT YOU:

We believe that real media impact comes from having a holistic understanding of consumers, culture, channels, content and commerce. Deciphering present day trends and historical performance from these interconnected and interdependent fields begins to represent our journey towards lasting growth for our clients. You understand that there’s art & science to the craft, requiring creativity & rigor, all done with the goal of moving hearts & minds. You understand both sides and know how to flex into either or both sides of this spectrum depending on the situation. 

As such, we are looking for a Group Director, Integrated Media Strategy & Planning who shares this mindset and wants to join a talented team of growth marketers. This leadership role is equal parts agency development as well as a strategic client partner. This person will join us as a key member of the Integrated Planning & Strategy team at a crucial time when its scope, size and influence are growing more immediately within the Creative & Media team, and gradually across the broader, global DEPT footprint. 

In this role, you’ll have the opportunity to shape what best in class integrated media strategy, and planning looks like and be in the driver seat in terms of both refining product and process, driving implementation across a variety of verticals and brands (both B2C and B2B). You’ll work closely in tandem with the business development, client partner, creative, data science & analytics, data & tech and channel activation teams to retain clients and win new ones. 

You have several years of experience across media planning/strategy and media buying/activation, ideally having worked on nationally and internationally known, iconic brands, dealing with junior and senior level clients as well as internal and external stakeholders. You get what it takes to plan and activate both digital and traditional channels and you can connect paid media efforts to owned, earned and shared media–that when looked at in concert, represent a well-thought out Integrated Marketing Communications plan. In that same vein, you have experience with Communications Planning or Connections Planning and are comfortable collaborating with other marketing disciplines beyond media like Creative, Content, PR, Brand, Product, Web, etc. bringing holistic consumer experiences to life. 

You'll be responsible for:

Leadership

• Lead long term relationships with Senior stakeholders for key client(s). Understand their personal and professional drivers and thus help position DEPT® as a key partner to help meet those goals.
• Take ownership for the overall success of client(s) within portfolio and wider business where necessary.
• Drive the business health of the portfolio of client(s). Empower and support client leads in maximizing revenue opportunities, maintaining profitability and ensuring accurate forecasting.
• Demonstrate an in-depth understanding of wider commercial context beyond profitability on projects (e.g wider business overheads, investment, 3rd party costs and client commercial issues that may affect DEPT® relationship.)
• Oversee key contract and cost negotiations across clients, lead client commercial affairs.
• Oversee all revenue forecasting and ensure appropriate trackers are up to date across the teams, reflecting the current status of projects as accurately as possible.
• Candidates must possess the ability to identify business growth opportunities and develop strategic recommendations to support the growth of client relationships
• Mentor the team and act as a final escalation point with client.
• Partner and work closely with other department leads (ie: Creative, Tech, Media, Design) to align the best team configurations, strategies and processes in order to achieve the best quality of work, while maintaini