Associate Director, Investment

Plano, TX (Hybrid)

$97K/yr – $140K/yrSenior Level7+ years expFull time

Posted 3 weeks ago

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Job Summary

Own cross-channel media execution and performance analysis from briefing through delivery, ensuring flawless campaigns and strong brand plus direct response outcomes.

  • Media ownership: Manage multi-channel planning, ad ops, data inputs, and creative alignment to scale complex campaigns.
  • Execution & analysis: Lead campaign rollout and provide interpretation to optimize results.
  • Operations & collaboration: Serve as the day-to-day internal contact for ops, QA deliverables with the Director, and support PM/client service on requests.

Job Description

  • Oversee the coordination and execution of media, creative, ad ops and data to deliver complex, large-scale media campaigns.
  • Work with Director to review client deliverables for quality, ensuring that recommendations and work product are accurate and on strategy.
  • Exhibit strong brand and direct response expertise.
  • Lead the execution of media plans; provides analysis when necessary; helps interpret campaign results and analysis.
  • Ultimate responsibility for delivering the highest quality, flawlessly executed campaigns.
  • Support media strategy development and associated measurement and ad ops plans.
  • Support in the delivery of media tacticals and POVs, coordinating with necessary teams to account for all relevant inputs, as well as oversee the translation of the investment strategy across activations.
  • Serve as primary day-to-day internal contact for operational elements of a campaigns
  • Work with project management and client service to support internal investment teams & deliver on client requests.
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Starcom

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With a history that dates back over 80 years, Starcom is a global communications planning and media leader. We are an agency still grounded in our founding principle that people are at the center of all we do. Each day, we apply this belief to harness the transformative power of data and technology to inspire and move people and business forward. With almost 7,000 employees in over 100 offices around the world, Starcom partners with the world's leading marketers and brands, including Bank of America, Best Buy, Kellanova, McDonald's, Novartis, Samsung, Visa, WK Kellogg Company and more.

Founded in 1936
Chicago, Illinois, USA
6.1K employees (2,084 in marketing)
66% recommend to a friend
59% CEO approval

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
20.1K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
43.1%
Direct
41.6%
Referral
9.1%
Social
4.6%
Paid
1.1%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~6.1K

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
1,983 (33% of company)
Median Career Experience
10 years
Median Tenure
4.5 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
34

Funding

Total Funding
$57.1M
Last Raise
$43.2M
Series A, 1 months ago

Funding History

  • Feb 2026
    Series A • $43.2M
  • Aug 2025
    Series A
  • May 2025
    Series A • $13.9M

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