Responsibilities - Maintain an in-depth knowledge of current media industry news and brand business (current and historical perspectives) with a focus on upstream initiatives - Ensure the team delivers sound strategic media recommendations based on a clear understanding of brand objectives - Lead the team and day-to-day client interaction and build, maintain, and grow client relationships and client business - Apply your experience to improve critical thinking across the portfolio and set appropriate learning agenda elements - Write and deliver strategies and POV’s as well as oversee the translation of these strategies into the final audience plans - Work with analytics and research teams to identify/apply takeaways and the investment and operations teams to ensure flawless implementation - Analyze client’s audience strategies and work with internal groups to lead business case development - Facilitate team building through collaboration, open communication, and focused project management to assure that assignments are completed in a timely manner - Provide vision, direction, management and support to individuals within the team to ensure their work aligns with our mission and goals - Demonstrate a deep technical understanding as well as problem solving and intervention when necessary Requirements - 8+ years of media planning experience - Previous management experience - Ability to strategically plan campaigns from audience determination, through how to best flight and implement campaigns to align with clients’ strategic goals and benchmarks - Strong understanding of analytics to inform and validate planning and strategy - History of identifying media opportunities, presenting them to clients. - Experience monitoring and recommending improvements to the entire media planning process - Ensuring people are adopting the best-in-class tools, techniques, systems to deliver effective media processes - Portfolio management of paid media for a large brand - Excellent communication (written and verbal along with visual storytelling), diplomacy, and relationship building and decision-making skills with the ability to think creatively. Benefits - Medical coverage - Dental - Vision - Disability - 401K - Parental and family care leave - Family forming assistance - Tuition reimbursement - Flexible time off