Associate Media Director

Chicago, IL (Hybrid)

$115K/yr – $130K/yrSenior Level7+ years expFull time

Posted 5 weeks ago

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Job Summary

Own blended media leadership: drive testing and innovation, oversee campaign quality, and turn media data into actionable growth signals for upsell and brand impact.

  • Innovation & Testing: Collaborate with IS to pilot media experiments that scale.
  • Campaign Oversight: Ensure campaign management teams hit quality and troubleshooting targets.
  • Media Insights: Extract actionable insights to protect brand impact and grow cross-sell opportunities.

Job Description

  • Innovation & Testing: Identify opportunities for testing and innovation in media strategy, collaborating with IS counterparts to implement.
  • Campaign Oversight: Assume oversight of campaign management teams, providing quality assurance, troubleshooting, and support.
  • Presentations: Apply storytelling techniques to presentations, adapting fluidly to adjust strategies in real-time.
  • Media Insights: Provide deep insights into media performance, proactively managing brand impact, and identifying upsell/cross-sell opportunities.
  • Project Management: Manage media team scope on projects, flagging potential overages and organizing teams accordingly.
  • Process Optimization: Define and adjust processes for new tools and technologies as required.
  • Research Utilization: Regularly leverage research from media tools to propose and defend innovative ideas.
  • Digital Expertise: Demonstrate understanding of digital, social, and emerging platforms and technologies.
  • Strategic Partnerships: Initiate discussions with partners to influence product roadmaps and capabilities.
  • Relationship Building: Establish relationships with IS leads, department leads, client leads, and vendor leads to enhance collaboration and client service.
  • Experience: 7-8+ years of experience in media planning/buying, demonstrating expertise and leadership in the field.
  • Medical, Dental and Vision coverage
  • 401k with Company match of 50% on the first 6%
  • Adoption Assistance – Up to $2,500 of financial assistance
  • Company Paid Life Insurance, Short-Term and Long-Term Disability
  • Short-Term Disability providing 100% of salary coverage
  • Paid Parental Leave for birth and non-birth parents (4 weeks)
  • Summer Fridays
  • Flexible Time Off (FTO)
  • 11 Holidays and End of Year Office Closure
  • Company provided Learning and Development opportunities
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Syntra Antwerpen en Vlaams Brabant (Syntra AB)

Syntra AB offers more than 800 courses to everyone.

Founded in 2002
Antwerp, Flemish Region, BEL
546 employees (40 in marketing)

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
139.7K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
50%
Direct
40.3%
Referral
8.5%
Social
0.7%
Paid
0.4%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~546

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
13 (2% of company)
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
2