Director, Digital Investment at Zenith | New York City, NY | $121K/yr – $160K/yr

Zenith

Director, Digital Investment

New York City, NY (On-site)

$121K/yr – $160K/yrDirector/Executive8+ years expFull time

Posted 4 weeks ago

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Job Summary

Own multi-channel strategy and delivery by leading campaign optimization, financial stewardship, and team development; you own the governance of test & learn, vendor partnerships, and high value client solutions that push growth.

Leadership & governance: Approve strategic recommendations, test plans, and innovative platform opportunities to improve delivery.
Financial stewardship: Oversee accounts and provide forecasting and reporting to senior leadership for campaign economics.
Team development: Mentor leaders, train juniors, and drive scalable processes for efficient, high-quality delivery.

Job Description

Leadership & governance: Guide the team in optimizing campaign performance and approving strategic recommendations, test & learn agendas, and innovation opportunities.
Financial stewardship: Oversee client accounts, provide financial reporting and forecasting to senior leadership.
Billing & reconciliation: Manage Vendor Billing including insertion orders, monthly reports, discrepancy resolution, and reconciliations.
Cross-functional collaboration: Collaborate with cross-discipline teams to align media strategies with business objectives.
Strategic advisory: Serve as senior advisor providing forward-thinking insights using latest platforms and methods to drive growth.
Escalation & client satisfaction: Point of escalation for media team and client relationship, driving issue resolution.
People & culture: Mentor Supervisors & Associate Director, promote excellence and continuous learning.
Training & support: Train junior team in billing, reporting, trafficking, analytics, and research.
Workload & quality control: Help manage workload, delegate, and check for accuracy.
Operational excellence: Establish and refine processes, systems, and best practices across team.
Vendor relationships: Build relationships with vendors to analyze value and applicability of media vehicles for client media plan.

Benefits: Publicis Groupe provides medical, dental, vision, disability, 401K, parental/family care leave, tuition reimbursement, and flexible time off.
Benefits: Temporary roles may access freelancer medical plan or 401K eligibility after criteria met.

Requirements: 8+ years in integrated media strategy, investment, or planning.
Requirements: Deep understanding of digital & traditional media, including upfront video planning.
Requirements: Experience with commerce media and RMN strategy preferred.
Requirements: Budget management experience with Media Tools is a plus.
Requirements: Strong Excel, pivot tables, and intermediate formulas.
Requirements: Ability to thrive in fast-paced environments and communicate clearly.
Requirements: Strong presentation skills and client/vendor relationship ability.
Requirements: Ability to translate complex strategy into actionable recommendations.
Requirements: Upfronts experience and programmatic experience preferred.
Requirements: Experience with Prisma and Nielsen/comScore preferred.

Nice-to-have: Experience with commerce media and RMN strategy preferred.
Nice-to-have: Programmatic experience preferred.
Nice-to-have: Prisma and Nielsen/comScore experience preferred.
Nice-to-have: Strong Excel with pivot tables and formulas.

Benefits: Publicis Groupe provides robust and inclusive benefit programs and policies including medical, dental, vision, disability, 401K, parental and family care leave, tuition reimbursement, and flexible time off.
Benefits: Temporary roles may be eligible for freelancer medical plan after criteria met.
Benefits: Temporary roles may qualify for 401(k) plan after eligibility criteria met.

Zenith

3.7 Glassdoor

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)

www.zenithmedia.com

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