Media Strategy Director

Chicago, IL (On-site)

$150K/yr – $185K/yrSenior Level7+ years expFull time

Posted 3 weeks ago

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Job Summary

Own strategic planning and media storytelling across briefs, tests, and client work to drive business outcomes.

  • Growth Strategy: shape audience journeys, craft briefs, and align media with business goals.
  • Measurement and learning: partner with Marketing Science to design tests and reporting against north-star metrics.
  • Client POVs and trend insight: keep programs ahead and provide proactive guidance.

Job Description

Responsibilities - Understand the context of each ask, plan, or pitch, and translate this for your team - Create and write campaign briefs to align on goals, media objectives, audience considerations, creative considerations, plan parameters, timelines and milestones, and reasons to believe - Build a thoughtful approach to audiences, their motivations, and journeys - Provide relevant insights to guide budget recommendations across media channels - Ensure alignments between media strategy and messaging/CTA/creative placements - Author the narrative of media plan presentations to communicate what’s important: the overarching strategy and how it will achieve the business goals - Partner closely with the Marketing Science team to inform the design of tests, the framework for measurement and learning, to ensure reporting is set up to measure against north-star goals, and to co-author slides for reports or QBRs - Dig into relevant trends and provide internal POVs to consider that make our teams stronger and ahead of the curve - Provide clients with proactive content and POVs that are relevant to their business - Inspire awesome work Requirements - Minimum 7 years of experience in strategic planning, marketing strategy, media strategy or creative strategy - Strong understanding of media, marketing, the marketing and tech landscape, and AI - Previous agency experience strongly preferred - Concise writing skills - Pleasant client management demeanor - Ability to simplify and make the complex feel straightforward - Ability to lead collaboration across all teams (media + creative + marketing science + SME) - Word, PowerPoint, and Excel skills are required - New business/pitch experience is a plus
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Mindstream Media Group

We exist to give every client confidence that every dollar is stewarded with discipline and purpose driving smarter growth, scalable results, and lasting impact.Our mission is to make every brand feel bigger than its media budget.

Founded in 2020
Dallas, Texas, USA
62 employees (28 in marketing)

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
2.9K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
33.7%
Direct
44%
Referral
8.3%
Social
12%
Paid
1.6%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~62

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
27 (44% of company)
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
1