Responsibilities

• This role is hybrid, and requires working onsite at our New York office, with flexibility to work from home
• You can toggle between the strategic and executional sides, because knowing the technical allows you to craft a stronger strategy.
• You are comfortable explaining media theories and technology to clients, partners, and internal teams. You take away the smoke and mirrors and are a teacher and mentor to your team.
• You enjoy building relationships with clients, as well as new business prospects and partner agencies.
• You have an entrepreneurial streak and are excited about building the agency with new tools, ideas, and opportunities.
• You are looking for a place to learn, push and build something special, and want to do it in a collaborative environment. You should be comfortable in a casual environment where the structure is loose, and the only limitations are your own.
• We are hiring a Director to join our Planning and Business Leadership team in a full time temporary role through August (benefits eligible). As a champion of media planning and strategy, the Director, Media, is responsible for delivering a level of innovation and excellence in work. This requires an in-depth understanding of communications and media strategy, cross-channel planning, and the intricacies of online and offline media activation and campaign performance analysis.

Requirements

• 6 + years of experience in media planning.
• Vertical experience in financial, banking, wealth management or related is highly desirable.
• Providing strategic leadership based on an in-depth knowledge of each clients’ business
• Advance media product delivered to clients, fueled by a holistic understanding of advertising and media.
• Liaison between partner agencies, media partners, in-house client strategy/creative team
• A thorough understanding of the media landscape and how it’s evolving
• Team management, including managing and mentoring team members. Reviews, performance issues, timely reviews/feedback, active work distribution and fair rotations
• Strong listening skills: believes good thinking can come from anyone and any place.
• Participation in new business
• A team player willing to compromise their point of view in support of others. This person WILL BE part of a highly successful integrated cross-discipline team

Benefits

• Flexibility to work in hybrid manner with in-office and work from home options (depending on role).
• Open/Flexible PTO with US & UK specific policies
• Sponsored healthcare options and agency-wide physical & mental health support
• 401k with company match (USA), and generous Pension (UK)
• Paid sabbatical at significant milestone anniversaries
• Generous paid parental leave policy
• Life milestone recognition & support
• The Pursuit of Happiness Fund devoted to helping Crossmedians find their happy (be it travel, enrichment class, fitness membership or professional development)
• Cell phone/tech reimbursement
• Student Loan payment plan (US)
• Tuition reimbursement
• Learning & Development and training programs
• And burgers – lots and lots of burgers