Associate Director, Planning

Chicago, IL (Hybrid)

$70K/yr – $125K/yrSenior Level6+ years expFull time

Posted 6 weeks ago

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Job Summary

Own client relationships end to end with growth outcomes, shaping media strategy and budget governance.

  • Strategic direction: set team course and translate data into client-focused actions.
  • Campaign delivery: oversee integrated media planning and cross-team collaboration with strategy, creative, and partners.
  • People and process: mentor staff, maintain client communication, and optimize workflows and reporting.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Be responsive, accountable, and detailed-oriented as a primary client relationship holder
  • Present media plans, analyses, strategic recommendations and other deliverables to clients
  • Maintain complex monthly budget and billing documents and deliver clear, client-facing documents to facilitate client approvals.
  • Manage, mentor, and motivate direct reports to encourage their professional development while providing daily supervision and guidance
  • Manage workflow, deadlines, and interactions with strategy team, creative partners, clients, and other external teams
  • Responsible for all work products created by team of direct reports
  • Provide higher level of insight and analysis to campaign performance. Draw insights and actions from data to advance the client’s business forward
  • Set the tone and strategic direction of the team built around growth and application of learnings
  • Build sound strategic frameworks that ladder to client business goals
  • Maintain communication and develop strategic partnerships with key stakeholders – clients, partner agencies, peers, etc.

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