Responsibilities

• The Associate Director, Strategy is the day-to-day steward of traditional media communication for assigned brands, including accurate budget control and flow of media activity.
• They will be required to develop and maintain a strong knowledge of their clients’ business and apply their media understanding accordingly to help deliver against the clients’ needs/objectives.
• They will work closely with the Managers in the development and communication of all media recommendations.
• Strong cross-channel planning and buying skills, particularly in offline media
• Successful at building strong, collaborative client relationships, instilling trust and authority on behalf of the agency
• Ability to manage timelines, projects and personnel within direct report team and across cross-functional teams
• Flexible and able to keep up with a fast-paced, constantly-evolving environment
• The capacity to successfully manage multiple work streams at one time
• Strong foundation in strategic and critical thinking, with an eye for finding ways to innovate and collaborate with teams to improve outputs
• Experience with productive and positive vendor relationship management

Requirements

• Have been working in traditional media planning, buying and management for 5+ years with progressive levels of responsibility
• Should possess confidence and composure and polished presentation skills to effectively attend and lead in-person meetings with key clients on a daily basis
• Self-motivation and organization are key, given coordination with multiple internal and external
• Ability to manage timelines, projects and personnel within direct report team and across cross-functional teams
• Strong cross-channel planning and buying skills, particularly in offline media
• Experience with productive and positive vendor relationship management
• Strong foundation in strategic and critical thinking, with an eye for finding ways to innovate and collaborate with teams to improve outputs

Preferred

• Already active in the kinds of forward-thinking gadgets and communities that are changing our business; have a passion for tablets, smartphones, social networks, instant messaging, widgets, apps, blogs and whatever is new and life-changing, and want to find ways to make them work for brands