Associate Director, Media

Newton, MA (Hybrid)

$140K/yr – $160K/yrSenior Level8+ years expFull time

Posted 5 weeks ago

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Job Summary

Own the paid media strategy and measurement backbone for a CPG brand, aligning cross-functional teams to brand + business goals, and turning data into optimized media spending and partnerships.

  • Own multi-channel media strategy across social, video, programmatic, search, and CTV with a focus on awareness and trial.
  • Lead measurement, attribution, and insights with agencies and analytics teams, leveraging MMM, Brand Lift, and incrementality.
  • Build and manage strategic partnerships with publishers, platforms, and sponsorships to unlock new growth opportunities.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Lead the development of campaign-specific media strategies aligned to brand and business objectives
  • Partner closely with Creative, Insights, Influencer & Partnerships teams to translate business priorities into effective media plans
  • Evaluate media channel investments and recommend budget allocations to drive awareness and trial of Spindrift beverages
  • Ensure media plans balance short-term performance objectives with long-term brand growth
  • Own performance measurement and analytics across all paid media channels (eg: social, digital, CTV, audio), including development of actionable insights and recommendations for optimizations
  • Maintain reporting frameworks, dashboards, and scorecards to track campaign performance against business objectives, KPIs, and media investment goals.
  • Partner with media agencies, platform representatives, and internal stakeholders to ensure accurate campaign tracking, tagging, and data integrity
  • Partner with analytics and insights teams to strengthen measurement frameworks and attribution approaches, including frameworks such as Marketing Mix Models, Brand Lift studies and Incrementality testing
  • Serve as the primary day-to-day lead for the media agency relationship
  • Establish clear goals, deliverables, timelines, and performance expectations for agency partners

Requirements

  • 8+ years of experience in media planning or media strategy (either client or agency side)
  • Expertise across media channels including paid social, online video, programmatic, search, audio and connected TV
  • Fluency in paid media analytics, with the ability to conduct hands-on, in-platform analysis and translate findings into concise, executive-level performance reporting
  • Ability to (1) synthesize complex datasets into clear, concise insights and recommendations and (2) create executive-ready summaries and presentations that communicate performance, learnings, and future recommendations
  • Experience managing external media agencies and holding partners accountable to reporting and optimization, as well as business outcomes
  • Track record of identifying and executing successful media partnerships and sponsorship opportunities
  • Excellent communication, presentation, and relationship-management skills
  • Experience within consumer-packaged goods, food & beverage, retail, or consumer brands preferred

Preferred

  • Experience within consumer-packaged goods, food & beverage, retail, or consumer brands preferred
  • Excellent communication, presentation, and relationship-management skills

Benefits

  • The opportunity to shape the trajectory of a fast-growing, beloved brand at the forefront of health and wellness movement
  • A collaborative, entrepreneurial, and mission-driven culture
  • Competitive compensation, equity, and benefits
  • Position is a hybrid role (4 days in office, 1 day remote) based out of our Newton, Mass headquarters
  • Short-term incentive programs specific to level and department
  • Long term incentives
  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance, with an employer contribution rate of 80% towards monthly premiums, regardless of plan type selected
  • Company-paid life insurance, and a 401k retirement savings plan with a company match
  • Monthly cell phone allowance
  • Annual allowances for personal use of Spindrift product, health and wellness, professional development, and social justice education

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