Director, Analytics, Data Strategy (Media Advertising) - Contract

New York City, NY (Hybrid)

$65/hr – $104/hrDirector/Executive7+ years expTemporary

Posted 3 hrs ago

Job Summary

Own and optimize global reporting and data strategy across assigned brands, leading dashboards, data integrations, and QA while collaborating with leadership to ensure consistent, data-driven decision making across markets.

  • Oversee global reporting operations
  • Drive data visualization and analytics adoption
  • Coordinate cross-market issues with SVP

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • The successful candidate will have experience and expertise in how to intersect consulting skills, data, advanced analytics and marketing strategy to drive and improve clients' business results.
  • Handle day-to-day operations of the global reporting dashboard for assigned brands and markets. Be the main contact and first line for customer concerns. Collaborate with the SVP on issues affecting multiple markets.
  • Support global reporting network management, ensuring consistency and alignment across regional teams
  • Build and maintain strong relationships with internal collaborators and client groups
  • Champion a culture of 'always on' data-driven decision making, helping institutionalize the use of customer-focused analytics in media/marketing investment planning
  • Manage data integrations utilizing taxonomy nomenclature and make recommendations for data visualization to showcase media performance through the use of PowerBI, Datorama, or Tableau
  • Lead a team to perform regular quality assurance/quality control checks on assigned client campaigns to ensure data is processing accurately
  • Operationalize testing as it relates to ensuring taxonomy and necessary ad server/verification tracking has been applied
  • Raise systemic issues, resourcing needs, and roadmap risks to the SVP with clear recommendations

Requirements

  • Minimum 7 years cumulative experience within Media, Analytics, and related fields
  • Experience leading and managing marketing technology projects from ideation through installation
  • Experience with online advertising/media, channel marketing, strategic marketing, off-line advertising/media and/or consulting
  • Experience working with international teams is a plus
  • Solid project management skills
  • Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail a must
  • Excellent presentation and communication skills
  • Proficiency with Datorama, Tableau, or other data visualization tools is a plus
  • Strong critical thinking and problem-solving skills
  • Advanced written and verbal communication skills with the ability to communicate/translate complex concepts to a non-technical audience

Preferred

  • Experience working with international teams is a plus
  • Proficiency with Datorama, Tableau, or other data visualization tools is a plus
  • Exposure to statistical modeling software (MATLAB, R, SAS, SPSS, Python) and database tools (Amazon Web, SQL, MS Access, Excel PivotTables, MS SQL Server) a plus

Benefits

  • The Power of One starts with our people! To do powerful things, we offer powerful resources. Our best-in-class wellness and benefits offerings include:
  • Paid Family Care for parents and caregivers for 12 weeks or more
  • Monetary assistance and support for Adoption, Surrogacy and Fertility
  • Monetary assistance and support for pet adoption
  • Employee Assistance Programs and Health/Wellness/Comfort reimbursements to help you invest in your future and work/life balance
  • Tuition Assistance
  • Paid time off that includes Flexible Time off Vacation, Annual Sick Days, Volunteer Days, Holiday and Identity days, and more
  • Matching Gifts programs
  • Flexible working arrangements
  • 'Work Your World’ Program encouraging employees to work from anywhere Publicis Groupe has an office for up to 6 weeks a year (based upon eligibility)
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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

Salaries

Posted range

$65/hr – $104/hr

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Total Funding
$57.1M
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    Series A • $43.2M
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    Series A
  • May 2025
    Series A • $13.9M

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