Associate Director, Investment

Company Description With a history that dates back over 80 years, Starcom is a global communications planning and media leader. We are an agency still grounded in our founding principle that people are at center of all we do. Each day, we apply this belief to harness the transformative power of data and technology to inspire and move people and business forward.

With more than 7,000 employees in over 100 offices around the world, Starcom partners with the world's leading marketers and brands, including Bank of America, Best Buy, Kellogg Company, McDonald's, Novartis, Samsung, Visa and more.

Job Description

What You’ll Do:

The Director oversees the planning of all media campaigns across channels. This person is a leader who contributes to the brand strategy and planning and builds solid relationships with clients and internal teams across all levels and functions. As a day-to-day point of contact for senior-level partners, the Director facilitates ongoing education for internal teams and clients, identifies new revenue growth opportunities, and provides team management and strategic insight.

Responsibilities:
• Maintain an in-depth knowledge of current media industry news and brand business (current and historical perspectives) with a focus on upstream initiatives
• Ensure the team delivers sound strategic media recommendations based on a clear understanding of brand objectives
• Lead the team and day-to-day client interaction and build, maintain, and grow client relationships and client business
• Apply their experience to elevate strategic thinking across the portfolio and set appropriate learning agenda elements
• Write and deliver strategies and POVs as well as oversee the translation of these strategies into the final audience plans
• Work with analytics and research teams to identify/apply learnings and the investment and operations teams to ensure flawless implementation
• Analyze client’s audience strategies and work with internal groups to lead business case development
• Facilitate team building through collaboration, open communication, and focused project management to assure that assignments are executed in a timely manner
• Provide vision, direction, management and support to individuals within the team to ensure their work aligns with our mission and goals
• Demonstrate a deep technical understanding as well as problem solving and intervention when necessary

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree preferred, preferably with a concentration in marketing, advertising, communications, business, sociology, or consumer insights
• years of media planning experience
• 5+ years of management experience with progressing responsibilities
• Ability to strategically plan campaigns from audience determination, through how to best flight and execute campaigns to align with clients strategic goals and KPIs
• Strong understanding of analytics to inform and validate planning and strategy
• History of identifying media opportunities, presenting them to clients, and executing
• Experience monitoring and recommending improvements to the entire media planning process
• Ensuring people are adopting the best in class tools, techniques, systems to deliver effective media processes
• Portfolio management of paid media for a large brand
• Excellent communication (written and verbal along with visual storytelling), diplomacy, and relationship building and decision making skills with the ability to think creatively. Additional Information Starcom is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Our employment decisions are made without regard to actual or perceived race, color, ethnicity, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, age, disability, medical condition as defined by applicable state law, genetic information, marital status, military service and veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local laws and ordinances.

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