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TEC Direct Media

Associate Media Director

Chicago, IL (Hybrid)

Salary Not AvailableSenior Level7+ years expFull time

Posted 3 months ago

Job Summary

Own and drive strategic client partnerships for media across online/offline channels, shaping plans, budgets, and ROI goals while leading a senior team and representing TEC as a trusted strategic partner.

  • Strategic Planning & ROI: lead budgeting, channel targeting, and ROI-driven decision making.
  • People & Process: mentor the team, manage day-to-day buying, and streamline production and evaluation.
  • Client Leadership: serve as the primary client face, build trust, spot opportunities, and align media with business goals.

Job Description

  • Be the primary client relationship owner, build trust, grow relationships, spot organic opportunities, and ensure clients feel like they have a true strategic partner — not just a vendor
  • Lead planning objectives, own budget allocation decisions, develop targeting strategies across channels, and push the team toward ROI-driven thinking
  • Oversee day-to-day buying across traditional and digital channels, manage workflow, and own the reconciliation process from start to finish
  • Mentor the team, contribute to new business, help vet vendors, champion best practices, and play an active role in improving how we operate
  • This is the senior role with real responsibility: you'll be the strategic lead on media plans, and a hands-on manager of people and process
  • You'll be the face of TEC to our clients, building trust and acting as a strategic partner
  • 7+ years in media management
  • Knowledge of both online and offline media with interest and understanding of emerging trends and channels
  • Comfortable owning client conversations at a senior level
  • Ability to read a media post report and a room with equal confidence
  • Willingness to grow with a focused, performance-driven independent agency
  • Experience working with music/entertainment marketing
  • Proven leadership or mentoring experience in a team setting
  • Strong client-facing and strategic presentation skills
  • Competitive salary based on experience
  • Medical, life, and AD&D insurance
  • 401(k) with profit sharing
  • Bonus compensation opportunities
  • Three weeks of paid time off in the first year
  • Professional development support
  • Cell phone and internet reimbursement
  • Hybrid work environment with scheduled in-office collaboration days and remote flexibility
  • Coffee, tea, and snacks in the office
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TEC Direct Media

TEC Direct Media is a media agency in Chicago. We plan and buy media for artists, brands and agencies so they can generate awareness, acquire new customers and drive sales.Using M3D®, our proprietary media management software, we can improve business economies by leveraging critical media and response data into insight and efficiency for our clients. It's what we like to call media management with a 360-degree perspective.TEC Direct has managed media in almost every category... from Lady Gaga to metal polish... from guitars to gadgets

Founded in 2001
Chicago, Illinois, USA
11 employees (5 in marketing)
www.tec-direct.com

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
3 (27% of company)

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
2.8K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
45.2%
Direct
26.7%
Referral
19.2%
Social
7.2%
Paid
1.4%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~11
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Associate Media Director

TEC Direct Media · Chicago, IL · Hybrid