Director, Media Design at Spark Foundry | New York, USA | $129K/yr – $207K/yr

Spark Foundry

Director, Media Design

New York, USA (On-site)

$129K/yr – $207K/yrDirector/Executive7+ years expFull time

Posted 4 months ago

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Job Summary

Drive integrated communications strategy and cross‑channel activation, leading diverse teams and client partnerships to deliver measurable campaigns.

Own end-to-end integration across channels, creative, and content activation.
7+ years of leading integrated marketing strategy across paid, owned, and earned.
Executive-ready leader with strong client relationships and cross-functional collaboration.

Job Description

Responsibilities

Ensure seamless, end-to-end integration across channels, creative, and content activation with no dead ends
Act as a “connector” across fields both internally and externally with partners and clients
Simplify client inputs to identify the critical jobs to be done with communications
Bring a deep understanding of diverse, target consumers and champion that consumer to create experiences they will want to engage with
Form collaborative relationships with other agency capabilities, partner agency teams and third parties
Finds opportunities upstream to leverage content and media partnerships to supercharge media plans
Navigates multifunctional agency teams and client relationships; with authority to deliver strong and substantiated recommendations to both internal and external audiences and show the ability to quickly shift course-based findings from on-going, inclusive insights.
Proactively ideates with team and colleagues to produce novel (award-worthy) solutions for clients.

Requirements

7+ years’ experience in leading and developing communication / integrated marketing strategy, connecting the dots across paid, owned, and earned
Embraces a collaborative approach and experience; thrives working closely with research, content and data specialists to diagnose and solve client business challenges and audience struggles or opportunities for marketing
A strategic leader with vision with the rigor to step back from the noise in order to get to inclusive behavioral insights that will incite successful connected campaigns
A persuasive storyteller who is endlessly curious, with a keen ability to shift perspective and illuminate powerful, inclusive insights and potential through data and narrative
A proven leader and relationship builder with an authoritative presence and confident communication style with executive-level clients; easily accessible to all levels of the agency and client organizations
Champions cultural attributes and continuously strives for diversity and inclusivity and broad perspectives in our human experience deliverables for clients

Spark Foundry

3.9 Glassdoor

As one of the fastest-growing global media agency networks, Spark Foundry is not beholden to legacy.We embrace nimbleness, agility and open-mindedness as part of our Startup Spirit. But as part of Publicis Media, we tap into a Powerhouse Soul, gaining access to first-mover opportunities alongside market-shaping clout, plus leading-edge AI and technology.Together, our Startup Spirit and Powerhouse Soul allow us to innovate and iterate faster than any other agency, bringing clients a distinct competitive advantage. Our innovative experiences have been recognized by Cannes Lions, Effies, Shortys and Webbys, all delivered by best-in-class talent across more than 70 global offices. Spark Foundry is part of the global Publicis Media agency network, a key division of Publicis Groupe [Euronext Paris FR0000130577, CAC 40].

Founded in 2016

New York, New York, USA

3.1K employees (807 in marketing)

www.sparkfoundryww.com

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