Responsibilities

• Client Leadership
• Serve as the lead media point of contact with senior media client stakeholders.
• Maintain in-depth knowledge of the client's business, including strategic priorities, historical performance, and competitive threats and opportunities, to provide thought leadership and strategic POVs on behalf of the team.
• In partnership with the Group Business Lead, oversee the client's business: drive innovative results and challenge the norm while maintaining business continuity.
• Identify and pursue organic growth opportunities across Monks' full capability set; contribute to scope development and commercial planning for the account.
• Ensure senior media and agency leadership is proactively engaged in emerging client needs with regular, accurate updates on relationship health.
• Strategic & Team Leadership
• Lead the development of all go-to-market strategies and integrated, full-funnel media plans, informed by rich consumer and industry insights and connected to measurable outcomes.
• Champion AI-enabled workflows across planning, insight generation and reporting, coaching the team on where and how to apply them.
• Oversee the output of the day-to-day team to ensure executional and performance excellence, including strategic support for junior team members.

Requirements

• 12+ years of industry experience focused on client service, media strategy and digital media.
• Eager to forge long-term client partnerships fueled by curiosity, data-driven strategies and brand-performance outcomes.
• A master of digital and social media planning, activation and measurement, with strong full-funnel fluency.
• Fluent in data and AI-enabled tools, with the analytical rigor to separate signal from noise.
• Organized, with the ability to manage up and swing down as needed, and to spearhead initiatives across departments.
• Experienced in leading and managing growing teams in a high-pressure, high-volume environment.
• Not afraid to defect from the status quo in order to make our clients and company more successful.
• BA or equivalent with emphasis on marketing, advertising, or business.

Benefits

• Excellent, full coverage medical, dental, and vision insurance - more about our coverage here!
• Generous PTO and 15 company-wide holidays
• 401k with company contribution
• Paid parental leave
• Work-life balance with an emphasis on personal well-being
• Career growth in a disruptor space & entrepreneurial opportunities within the Monks network
• A globally diverse & inclusive culture with employee resource groups such as S4 Melanin, Pride.Monks, Cultura.Monks, and more!
• Authentic commitment to DEI efforts and sustainable growth. (Why Sir Martin Sorrell signed The Climate Pledge here!)