Associate Director, Programmatic

Associate Director – Programmatic Team

Havas Media Network North America, the Media Experience agency, is looking for an Associate Director to join the Programmatic Team, part of our global community of 10,000 team members focused on using Meaningful Media to make a meaningful difference to brands, businesses, and people.

Reporting to the SVP, Performance Investment, the role is critical in delivering programmatic strategy and delivery:

• Develop, grow, and maintain strong client relationships
• Work with planning and media buying teams to develop programmatic strategy
• Aide in the management and training of new strategists within Havas Programmatic
• Act as a point of escalation into the SVP, Programmatic Strategy for front office engagement needs

• Deliver programmatic strategy as part of yearly, half yearly and quarterly planning process as part of the agency’s integrated planning teams
• Deliver response to briefs as part of the agencies integrated planning teams
• Understand latest developments in programmatic from industry news, attending industry events and working with Havas Media Programmatic leadership
• Understand and evangelize Havas Media products

• Deliver programmatic pricing in support of day-to-day planning and new business activity
• Deliver programmatic plans which feed into integrated channel planning

• Become an expert in and be able to deliver training in front office facing products
• Ensure that invoicing, briefing and SLA process is understood and adhered to by all applicable teams
• Aide in management, training and onboarding within programmatic team
• Act as the primary interface between clients and Havas teams
• Ensure all campaign requirements are delivered according to SLAs in time for campaign launch
• Work with team members to translate weekly reports and optimization commentary to Media / Planning teams and clients
• Meet with team members regularly to understand campaign management and optimization
• Lead on QA and troubleshooting support with team members across programmatic campaigns and ensure campaign excellence and best practices are implemented in partnership with Havas Programmatic leadership

• Develop, maintain, and grow strong relationships with clients
• Work alongside Media / Planning teams to ensure the Programmatic Team delivers integrated digital technology solutions, which places innovation and best practice at the heart of all recommendations
• Act as the programmatic expert and primary point of contacts for clients

• Experience buying/planning digital campaign (programmatic and/or social)
• Knowledge of programmatic fundamentals and landscape
• 3-4+ years' experience with programmatic planning and/or trading background preferred

• A strong customer-service mentality
• Interested in working in a team environment, with a passion to manage and mentor junior team members to grow and develop skillset

Havas Media Network North America is the Media Experience agency. We deliver this brand promise through our proprietary Mx System, where meaningful media helps build more meaningful brands. Our focus is on understanding the most Meaningful Media – the media channels, moments and brands that really move consumers to action, the media that is trusted, engaging, and influential will have the best chance of helping an advertiser reach an engaged audience.

Our global mission to make a meaningful difference starts at home – because we can’t grow if our people can’t grow. It’s this simple but oftentimes overlooked insight that guides everything we do, from the decisions and investments made in our work for clients, to the inclusive programs that prioritize our people’s needs and the needs of our community. Our Values are the basis of our decision-making at Havas Media Group —from the clients we seek to the talent we attract, to what we reward and recognize in our staff, to how we reinforce these values of Taking the Lead, Having a Voice, and Showing We Care on a daily basis.

We are part of Havas Group, owned by Vivendi, one of the world's largest integrated content, media, and communications groups. Globally, we are home to more than 10,000 specialists across 150 countries worldwide, with 69 Villages.

Compensation: 115K