Responsibilities

• Serve as primary day-to-day liaison between Zenith and client.
• Direct the development, presentation and maintenance of brand media plans. Including objectives, strategic initiatives, updates and point-of-views (POVs) on proposals.
• Provide direction to buyers and planners in a timely and accurate manner. Ensure all buys and executions of media plans adhere to agreed upon planning strategies and are properly communicated to client.
• Partner with internal teams and other Zenith accounts to develop insights into brand extensions through evaluations and recommendations of cross-platform and merchandising concepts.
• Ensure that client receives full value from Zenith’s resources within the parameters of service/compensation agreement.
• Provide leadership and direction to team working on account.
• Take leading role in client ideation and creativity, partnering with creative, digital and other agencies
• Take leading role in new business activity as required, leading pitch planning teams
• Ensure a robust training program for all members of the team is in place

Requirements

• Minimum 12+ years of media experience with extensive planning knowledge
• Superior client service experience with proven ability to provide strategic media plans
• Bachelors degree
• Experience across all media types (national, local, direct, OOH)
• Ability to anticipate and quickly assess continually changing client needs and adapt resources and strategies accordingly
• Excellent written and verbal communication, presentation, organizational, interpersonal and analytical skills
• Ability to translate numbers into viable business solutions to enhance strategies and meet deliverables
• Excellent leadership ability to drive team to deliver results

Benefits

• medical coverage, dental, vision, disability, 401K, as well as parental and family care leave, family forming assistance, tuition reimbursement, and flexible time off.