Director Media Operations

Chicago, IL (Hybrid)

$145K/yr – $170K/yrDirector/Executive6+ years expFull time

Posted 2 weeks ago

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Job Summary

Own the vision and global operations execution for media ops, leading cross-functional teams to develop processes, standards, and tech-driven solutions for efficient media buying and governance.

  • Oversee BAU client lead and cross-market coordination
  • Drive development of processes, standards, and digital tooling
  • Align planning, data governance, and budget tracking across teams

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Creating and delivering on the vision of the media ops organization
  • Lead account team to drive rapid development of processes, standards, and innovative solutions
  • Serve as the day-to-day client lead for all BAU needs
  • Proactively partner and lead across global/regional/local market team peers to facilitate effective communication, collaboration, and feedback channels as required
  • Lead for defining and managing technology-driven processes that enable efficient resource and time management to drive effective and efficient media buying & management, globally
  • Drive and share the vision for ad/mar tech evolution for the client brands, globally
  • Provide expertise across data sources to drive development of governance solutions (processes, technologies, etc.) to ensure visibility to goals and requirements across reputation, brand, financial, efficiency, and execution requirements
  • Support the broader OMD team in implementing the planning process, while ensuring alignment with other cross-functional agency teams and client partners
  • Drive rapid development of processes, standards and innovative solutions
  • Drive and share the vision for tech evolution for the client brand

Requirements

  • Advanced experience in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint
  • Pivot tables, web queries, advanced functions
  • Demonstrates strong attention to detail
  • Experience and understanding of Media Operations – processes and workflows
  • Experience and understanding of campaign management platforms including advanced knowledge of – Media Ocean (PRISMA, DDS), Google Campaign Manager (CM360), Google Ads, Facebook Ads Manager, and Programmatic DSPs (e.g. DV360, The Trade Desk, Yahoo)
  • Experience and understanding in working with Ad Operations and Trafficking teams
  • At least 6-8 Years of relative media experience; proficiency in digital or ad operations is a plus
  • Comfortable working with budgets and numerical values
  • Budget/pacing and billing in an agency environment
  • Exceptional organizational skills, applied through an ability to manage multiple projects at once

Preferred

  • Buying experience on an Agency Investment team – any channel
  • Experience setting up Campaigns/Packages/Placements in Media Ocean’s buyer workflow
  • Familiarity with business intelligence tools such as Alteryx, Tableau, Datorama, and PowerBI
  • Familiarity with planning tools such as Plan It or Media Tools
  • Familiarity with project management tools like HIVE and Smartsheets
  • Previously worked with Offshore Teams in any location, in any capacity
  • Understanding of Financial Operations workflows and/or agency billing process
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OMD is the world’s largest media network, with more than 14,000 people working across more than 100 countries.At OMD, We Create What’s Next — delivering creative media solutions to drive sustainable growth for the world’s leading brands. Named the best-performing global media network overall by RECMA, the highest-ranked media agency network on the Effie Effectiveness Index, and Media Network of the Year at the 2025 Cannes Festival of Media, OMD is a leader in innovation, creativity, and cultural relevance.

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New York, New York, USA
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