Associate Director, Planning

Chicago, IL (On-site)

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

Posted 2 months ago

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Job Summary

Own strategic media planning and direction across channels, shaping client POVs, budgets, and channel choices to unlock in-market opportunities.

  • Strategic leadership: develop proposals, decks, and audience development plans with input from multiple teams.
  • Knowledge sharing and best practices: drive sessions and codify media methods with investment-team input.
  • Team and issue resolution: mentor Associates and act as escalation point for campaign issues.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Strategize with internal directors, partner agencies and client to develop innovative, well-targeted marketing solutions
  • Review client deliverables for quality, ensuring that recommendations and work product are sound and viable
  • Own the development of strategic proposals and client facing POVs, coordinating with necessary teams to account for all relevant inputs
  • Assume accountability and ownership of campaign planning for assigned client accounts
  • Embrace and encourage a culture based on teamwork, collaboration, and support
  • Develop best practices for improving communication and collaboration within the team and the group, and lead the authorship of media best practices with input from investment teams
  • Lead knowledge share sessions to share and learn new strategies for optimizing and enhancing campaign performance
  • Collaborate and foster relationships with key partners including clients, internal teams, and leadership
  • Lead strategic planning initiatives including deck writing, budget and channel allocation, and audience development
  • Serve as escalation point for teams to help troubleshoot issues
  • Support development of strategic approach and experience design by delivering channel ideas and providing the link to reality of historical performance and in-market opportunities
  • Oversee budget management and flowchart development and QA
  • Responsible for management and development of Associates and Senior Associates

Requirements

  • Minimum of 5 years of experience in media planning/strategy experience across media channels
  • Team management experience
  • Digital Media Experience And Local Media Planning/buying Preferred
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite with strong understanding of Excel and PowerPoint
  • Experience working within media systems/platforms (Kantar, MOAT, Prisma, ComScore)

Benefits

  • medical coverage
  • dental
  • vision
  • disability
  • 401K
  • parental and family care leave
  • family forming assistance
  • tuition reimbursement
  • flexible time off
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Infinite Roar

Infinite Roar is a full-service, brand-building, modern media powerhouse, seamlessly combining the agility and personalized attention of a boutique agency with the unrivaled resources and expertise of a global leader. Fiercely devoted to partnering with ambitious brands driven by an insatiable hunger for growth, we harness the immense power of the Publicis Media Network to drive better outcomes overnight.At Infinite Roar, we’re driven by the exhilaration of the hunt and the triumph of the catch, all the while serving as faithful guardians of your brand.

Founded in 1970
Chicago, Illinois, USA
60 employees (15 in marketing)

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
1.1K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
31.3%
Direct
44.4%
Referral
11.8%
Social
10.2%
Paid
1.5%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~60

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
14 (23% of company)
Median Career Experience
12.5 years
Median Tenure
1.4 years
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