Director, Digital Media Planning - Contract

Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and develop a team of Digital Media Planners and Producers, fostering growth, collaboration, and high performance.
• Drive strategic media planning and forecasting for existing and prospective clients in partnership with internal teams and agency stakeholders.
• Serve as a senior client leader, providing strategic direction, overseeing campaign execution, and ensuring exceptional client service and results.
• Shape and optimize multichannel paid media strategies across search, social, programmatic, and emerging platforms to drive acquisition and revenue growth.
• Partner with analytics teams to develop meaningful reporting frameworks and actionable performance insights.
• Support business development efforts through RFP responses, media strategy development, revenue projections, and presentation of departmental capabilities.
• Champion innovation by identifying new advertising opportunities, technologies, and media approaches that improve client outcomes.
• Improve operational excellence by standardizing processes, removing roadblocks, enhancing communication, and ensuring timely delivery of media plans and reporting.
• Collaborate across teams, agencies, and partners to drive efficient execution and maximize campaign effectiveness.
• Contribute to departmental leadership by supporting workforce planning, team engagement, training initiatives, and continuous improvement efforts.

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience in digital media planning, buying, and strategy with expertise across programmatic, paid search, and paid social channels.
• Proven success developing media strategies that generate leads, customer acquisition, revenue growth, and measurable business outcomes.
• Demonstrated leadership experience managing, coaching, mentoring, and developing high-performing teams.
• Strong understanding of digital marketing analytics, reporting methodologies, and performance optimization.
• Experience managing multiple complex projects and priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Exceptional client relationship management and stakeholder communication skills.
• Highly organized, detail-oriented, and solutions-focused with the ability to take initiative and drive projects forward.
• Collaborative leadership style with a customer-service mindset and ability to influence cross-functional teams.
• Strong written, verbal, and presentation skills.
• Nonprofit fundraising and marketing experience preferred.

Benefits

• To help you stay energized, engaged and inspired, we offer a wide range of benefits including comprehensive healthcare, paid holidays and generous paid time off so you can have the time and space to recharge pursue your other passions and be with the people you care about.