Associate Director, Media Buying

District of Columbia, USA (Remote)

$85K/yr – $105K/yrSenior Level7+ years expFull time

Posted 4 weeks ago

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Job Summary

Own cross-functional media buying leadership with a focus on profitability, client satisfaction, and shared services scale.

  • Lead media buying operations, ensure campaign profitability, and drive process innovation across teams.
  • Align with other departments, mentor managers, and prepare staff for Director-level growth.
  • Own platform updates and disseminate capabilities to media buying and related functions.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Oversee Managers and Senior Managers responsible for media buying teams.
  • Create a culture of accountability, innovation, and collaboration.
  • Set departmental goals and ensure alignment with company objectives.
  • Provide oversight on campaign profitability, client satisfaction, and process innovation.
  • Lead development and implementation of best practices across media buying operations.
  • Collaborate with cross-departmental leaders to improve integration of services.
  • Serve as an escalation point for high-level client or campaign issues.
  • Support vendor negotiations and technology adoption alongside senior leadership.
  • Own buying platform updates and capability dissemination for media buying and other relevant departments
  • Mentor and develop staff for advancement to Director-level roles.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent experience.
  • 7+ years of experience in digital advertising or public affairs preferred.
  • Hands-on management of either search/social or programmatic platforms is required, both are preferred.
  • Demonstrated success managing Managers and Senior Managers.
  • Expertise in campaign profitability, strategy, and technology integration.
  • Advanced Excel, analytics, and reporting capabilities.
  • Advanced degree or specialization in business, management, or digital media preferred.

Preferred

    Benefits

    • Open leave (paid time off)
    • Paid Leave for new parents
    • Health insurance (including dental and vision)
    • Flex Spending Plan
    • Employee Assistance Program
    • 401K with company matching
    • Student Loan Repayment Program
    • Professional development opportunities
    • Rewards and recognition programs
    • Mobile phone & internet reimbursement and much more!
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    DSPolitical

    DSPolitical brings together the best data-driven targeting science with a multi-layered advertising strategy to help your campaign find the exact right people online every time. With the richness of television and the targeting ability of direct mail, your online advertising campaign will make a real impact on election day.

    Founded in 2011
    Washington, District of Columbia, US
    58 employees (7 in marketing)

    Traffic Signals

    Monthly Visitors
    6.3K
    Monthly Google Ads Budget
    $1.4K
    Traffic Source Mix
    Search
    29%
    Direct
    46.8%
    Referral
    5.8%
    Social
    16.8%
    Paid
    1.5%

    Headcount Trend

    Current headcount: ~58

    Marketing Team

    Marketing Team Size
    7 (12% of company)
    Median Career Experience
    9 years
    Median Tenure
    2.1 years
    Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
    1