Client Business Partner

Austin, TX (On-site)

Salary Not AvailableSenior Level7+ years expFull time

Posted 4 months ago

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Job Summary

Drive strategic media leadership for a major account, guiding audience-first planning, performance, and cross-functional team leadership.

  • Lead strategic vision, media planning, and performance reporting across the account.
  • Must-have: 7+ years agency-side experience with strong storytelling and presentation skills.
  • Standout: Mentors teams and acts as a strategic partner across workstreams with outcomes-based strategy.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Lead strategic vision, media planning, and performance reporting across one of our largest accounts.
  • Steward a multi-discipline team spanning brand, creative, media, performance and analytics.
  • Operate the account with financial oversight and oversee the workflow of supervisors, planners, and assistants.
  • Develop planning objectives and strategies aligned with the client’s marketing direction.
  • Utilize interactive media planning tools to craft media plans.
  • Architect an outcomes-based performance strategy aligned to client goals and connect performance to creative briefs.
  • Drive a test-and-learn operating model for continuous improvement across activations.
  • Provide strategic direction to team while mentoring and growing talent.

Requirements

  • 7+ years of experience, with at least 5 years on the agency side
  • Excellent writing, editing, storytelling and presentation skills
  • Active in digital ecosystems with curiosity to leverage new technologies for brands
  • Strong business acumen linking marketing investment to outcomes
  • Collaborative, calm under pressure, and able to unite diverse teams behind a strategy
  • Proven ability to mentor others and manage resources effectively

Preferred

  • 7+ years of experience, with at least 5 years on the agency side

Benefits

  • Generous benefits
  • Plenty of time off
  • Opportunities for growth
  • Inclusive environment where diverse perspectives are encouraged and empowered
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GSD&M

GSD&M is a creatively driven, full-service agency born and raised in Austin, TX. Our strategy? We’re in the business of growing our clients’ businesses and have helped grow some of the world's most successful brands. We’re a full-service advertising agency, but our work goes beyond just making ads. We are a company that uses the power of purpose to drive success with our clients. We partner with our clients to discover, define and articulate their core purpose beyond making money and translate that vision into the marketplace. The return for us? Our work makes a difference for our people, our clients and our communities.

Founded in 1971
Austin, Texas, USA
552 employees (229 in marketing)

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
5.6K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
31.3%
Direct
54.1%
Referral
5.6%
Social
7.6%
Paid
1.2%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~552

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
124 (22% of company)
Median Career Experience
16 years
Median Tenure
4.5 years

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