Associate Director, Strategy

New York City, NY (On-site)

$107K/yr – $171K/yrSenior Level5+ years expFull time

Posted 7 days ago

Job Summary

Own the end-to-end media strategy and plan development, client leadership, and cross-functional delivery, driving insights, competitive analyses, and performance learnings across local and national media.

  • Lead development of media strategy and budgets with client teams
  • Translate campaign results into actionable recommendations for clients and internal teams
  • Manage client relationships and coordinate cross-functional delivery across markets

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Oversee media strategy and plan development and budget
  • Evaluating, identifying and sizing media target based on client brief
  • Responsible for developing and executing strategy for the functional area
  • Evaluating composition of a wide range of media vehicles to determine which would most effectively reach the target audience
  • Presenting recommendations to account service and clients
  • Maintaining strong relationship with key clients
  • Following detailed instructions and using established procedures, completes work in a detailed and complete manner
  • Performs under immediate supervision, using established procedures to accomplish assigned tasks
  • Assists in more advanced functions as part of training and development
  • Refers questions and problems to higher levels

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree;
  • 5+ years media planning experience including 3 years in a management capacity
  • Offline and Online media experience
  • Must have strong working knowledge of National and Local Media
  • Computer Skills/Software Knowledge: Microsoft Suite, Nielsen, Kantar Software, IMS, Flowchart Software, R/F and Optimization Software, Social Tracking tools, Comscore, Google Analytics, Competitive Tools: Pathmatics, MediaRadar
  • Exceptional written and verbal skills, with ability to present to clients, maintain client correspondence and internal documentation
  • Demonstrate ability to learn new proprietary software and processes quickly and proficiently
  • Understanding of Activation/Negotiation team functions
  • Understand the strengths and weaknesses of each media type
  • Able to make independent decisions and identify priorities

Benefits

  • medical coverage
  • dental
  • vision
  • disability
  • 401K
  • parantal and family care leave
  • family forming assistance
  • tuition reimbursement
  • flexible time off
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Zenith is the ROI Agency. Our more than 6,000 specialists across 95 markets offer unparalleled capabilities in Media, Data, Technology, Commerce and Content. We put effectiveness at the heart of our work to solve complex challenges, drive successful business outcomes, and grow our clients’ businesses. Zenith is part of Publicis Media, the media arm of Publicis Groupe [Euronext Paris Fr0000130577, CAC40].

Founded in 1988
Лондон, Англия, GBR
5.6K employees (1,571 in marketing)
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80% CEO approval

Salaries

Posted range

$107K/yr – $171K/yr

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Funding

Total Funding
$350K
Last Raise
$350K
Series A, 9 months ago

Funding History

  • Jun 2025
    Series A • $350K

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Associate Director, Strategy

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