Director Media Services

Chicago, IL (On-site)

$135K/yr – $200K/yrDirector/Executive10+ years expFull time

Posted 2 days ago

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Job Summary

Own media strategy, investment governance, learning frameworks, and cross-functional collaboration to drive measurable ROI and media effectiveness.

  • Lead media strategy, planning standards, and activation QA
  • Develop learning agendas and optimization processes
  • Partner with analytics and finance for planning and MMM/incrementality

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Media Strategy & Planning Leadership
  • Build strategies, frameworks, media & audience methodologies, investment principles and operating standards to establish Conagra as a world-class in-house media organization.
  • Serve as the organizations thought leader on modern media strategy, ensuring media investment translates into clear business outcomes, consumer understanding, and measurable, tracked growth goals & ROI targets.
  • Partner with Brand, Analytics, and finance teams to support annual planning, scenario modeling, and investment decisions.
  • Establish & maintain activation standards, QA systems, and ensure executional quality across all media channels.
  • Elevate Media Effectiveness through Insights & Learning
  • Establish learning agendas, testing frameworks, and optimization processes that continuously improve media ROI, accelerate enterprise learnings, and reimagines our performance and operating model.
  • Lead the learning plan process and communication/reporting operating model to ensure insights inform both media and broader marketing improvement.
  • Establish the long-term roadmap for media technology, automation, operational efficiency, and data science, partnering with Analytics and IT teams to evolve data infrastructure, reporting capabilities, and reporting systems.
  • Evaluate emerging technologies, platforms, and AI-enabled solutions to improve media effectiveness.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree preferred.
  • 10+ years of media planning, media strategy, or integrated communications experience.

Preferred

  • advanced degree preferred
  • experience connecting media investments to business and financial outcomes
  • proven ability to influence senior stakeholders and lead cross-functional initiatives
  • experience partnering with analytics teams to leverage measurement and learning frameworks
  • strong understanding of audience strategy, channel planning, and integrated media ecosystems

Benefits

  • Health: Comprehensive healthcare plans, wellness incentive program, mental wellbeing support and fitness reimbursement
  • Wealth: Great pay, bonus incentive opportunity, matching 401(k) and stock purchase plan
  • Growth: Career development opportunities, employee resource groups, on-demand learning and tuition reimbursement
  • Balance: Paid-time off, parental leave, flexible work-schedules (subject to your location and role) and volunteer opportunities
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Conagra Inc is a mechanical or industrial engineering company based out of 222 Merchandise Mart Plaza, Chicago, IL, United States.

Chicago, Illinois, USA
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