Associate Media Director, Investments

Business Overview 

Mediahub is one of the three major global media agencies within IPG Mediabrands with over 1000+ employees worldwide. We are an award-winning agency built for brands who are challenging and disrupting the status quo. Our organization is focused on challenging all facets of media in an environment of rapid change in order maximize our clients’ investments. We are challenging key fundamentals in the areas of audience creation, purpose, creativity, and digital platforms.

Named Media Agency of the Year by Adweek, Ad Age, and Campaign, Mediahub is powered by the buying and intelligence power of Magna Global and the data backbone of Acxiom.

Position Summary

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 bes

Required Skills & Experience

• 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.

Desired Skills & Experience

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

We See You  

At IPG Mediabrands, we are unified behind a commitment to fostering a culture of inclusion and belonging. Together, we shine through a set of shared values and behaviors. We take pride in our responsibility to our clients, communities, and to each other. We embrace differences and recognize the unique value that each of us brings to our community.  

We encourage you to apply, as unique backgrounds, perspectives, and lived experiences are welcomed.   

We See You at IPG Mediabrands. 

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