Director, Retail Media Onsite Activation

New York City, NY (On-site)

$150K/yr – $160K/yrDirector/Executive7+ years expFull time

Posted 2 months ago

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Job Summary

Own multi-platform programmatic activation with strategic governance, performance forecasting, and team leadership to deliver integrated, data-driven campaigns for clients.

  • Strategic Oversight: forecast performance, resource needs, and risks, guiding proactive remediation.
  • Platform & Data Execution: lead on-site outcomes, platform capabilities, and data-informed optimization across buy-/sell-side tools.
  • Team & Cross-functional Leadership: mentor managers and specialists, partner with Offsite, Social, Analytics, and Strategy to deliver integrated activations.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Strategic Outlook: Forecasts performance, resourcing and financial risks across campaigns and Pods, proactively identifying and resolving issues.
  • Campaign Management: Owns Onsite channel outcomes, standards, and delivery health. Approves media plans and optimization direction.
  • Team Leadership: Oversees campaigns at a high level, and ensures workload is balanced and adjusted as needed across the team. Guides and manages Managers and Associate Directors, setting operations standards. Manages and mentors a team of Onsite Activation specialists and media buyers, providing guidance on best practices and professional development.
  • Client Relations: Serve as primary point of contact for Onsite initiatives alongside SVP, collaborating with clients at multiple levels.
  • Platform Expertise: Maintain deep knowledge of publisher-side platforms (notably Google Ad Manager) and their capabilities as well as leading buy-side platforms (The Trade Desk, DV360, CM360, etc.) and their capabilities.
  • Data & Analytics: Drive data-informed decision making, support insights development, and report outputs.
  • Process Improvement: maintain & enforce workflows, documentation, and quality assurance processes to ensure efficiency and accuracy. Drives process improvements and best practices.
  • Cross-functional Collaboration: Partner with Offsite, Social, Retail Media Enablement, Media Strategy, and Analytics teams to ensure integrated campaign activation.
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Omnicom Media, the media services division of Omnicom Group Inc., designs ecosystems for growth. Powered by the Omni Intelligence Platform, Omnicom Media connects best-in-class capabilities that enable our full-service media agencies OMD, Initiative, PHD, UM, Hearts & Science and Mediahub to deliver more relevant and actionable consumer experiences, more productive and proactive client experiences, and more collaborative and rewarding talent experiences for the more than 40,000 people serving the world’s leading brands in Omnicom Media agencies around the globe.

Founded in 1996
New York, Iowa, USA
14K employees (3,943 in marketing)
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