Associate Director, Media Planning & Strategy

New York City, NY (Hybrid)

$97K/yr – $156K/yrSenior Level5+ years expFull time

Posted 4 weeks ago

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Job Summary

Own strategic planning and cross-functional leadership for high-impact media campaigns across client accounts, balancing data-driven insights with client-facing POVs to drive aligned, viable recommendations.

  • Strategic leadership: develop proposals, decks, and audience development plans with input from necessary teams.
  • Campaign ownership: oversee planning for assigned accounts from budget to channel allocation and performance reviews.
  • Team and knowledge: foster collaboration, run knowledge share sessions, and mentor Associates and Supervisors.

Job Description

Own strategic planning and cross-functional leadership for high-impact media campaigns across client accounts, balancing data-driven insights with client-facing POVs to drive aligned, viable recommendations.

  • Strategic leadership: develop proposals, decks, and audience development plans with input from necessary teams.
  • Campaign ownership: oversee planning for assigned accounts from budget to channel allocation and performance reviews.
  • Team and knowledge: foster collaboration, run knowledge share sessions, and mentor Associates and Supervisors.
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Starcom

3.7 Glassdoor

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)
66% recommend to a friend
59% CEO approval

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
20.1K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
43.1%
Direct
41.6%
Referral
9.1%
Social
4.6%
Paid
1.1%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~6.1K

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
1,983 (33% of company)
Median Career Experience
10 years
Median Tenure
4.5 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
34

Funding

Total Funding
$57.1M
Last Raise
$43.2M
Series A, 1 months ago

Funding History

  • Feb 2026
    Series A • $43.2M
  • Aug 2025
    Series A
  • May 2025
    Series A • $13.9M

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