Associate Director, Commerce (Retail Media) at Starcom | Chicago, IL | $97K/yr – $140K/yr

Starcom

Associate Director, Commerce (Retail Media)

Chicago, IL (Hybrid)

$97K/yr – $140K/yrSenior Level5+ years expFull time

Posted 6 weeks ago

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Job Summary

Own the end-to-end retail media strategy across networks and lead cross‑functional planning that ties media to retailer goals and business KPIs.

Own end-to-end retail media strategy across networks and programs
Coordinate with analytics, finance, and brand teams to align investments with joint business priorities
Mentor and scale the team while delivering performance insights and test‑and‑learn roadmaps

Job Description

Responsibilities

Lead the development of end-to-end retail media strategies spanning sponsored search, onsite display, offsite programmatic, and emerging retail media formats across multiple retail media networks.
Create and present strategic media plans that align retail media and programmatic investments with broader commerce, brand, and shopper marketing objectives.
Partner with shopper marketing, eCommerce, brand, analytics, and finance teams to align media investment with retailer sales goals, joint business priorities, and budget frameworks.
Oversee planning, activation, optimization, and reporting across on-retailer and off-retailer environments, including retail DSP and audience-based programmatic solutions.
Collaborate with senior leaders to evolve processes that improve performance, consistency, and scalability across platforms, clients, and teams.
Deliver clear, actionable performance reporting and insights, translating campaign results into strategic recommendations, optimization opportunities, and test-and-learn roadmaps.
Maintain accountability for forecasting, pacing, and performance reconciliation in partnership with analytics and finance stakeholders.
Serve as a senior point of contact for clients, leading day-to-day communications, recurring status meetings, and strategic working sessions.
Advise clients on retail media capabilities, measurement considerations, and evolving best practices, including incrementality and full-funnel impact.
Lead, manage, mentor, and develop Managers and Specialists, building strong capabilities across sponsored search and programmatic retail media disciplines.

Starcom

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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 the 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 almost 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, Kellanova, McDonald's, Novartis, Samsung, Visa, WK Kellogg Company and more.

Founded in 1936

Chicago, Illinois, USA

6.1K employees (2,084 in marketing)

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