Vice President, Strategy

New York City, NY (On-site)

$160K/yr – $256K/yrSenior Level10+ years expFull time

Posted 9 days ago

Job Summary

Own the strategic leadership of client business lines, shaping media strategy, team development, and cross-functional collaboration while leading senior client engagements and new business efforts.

  • Owns strategy and media plan execution
  • Leads client relationships and team development
  • Drives new business opportunities

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Serves as senior lead on client’s business and oversees all aspects of the assigned LOB(s)
  • Defines high level strategy and holistic management of the media plan development, implementation, and execution
  • Identifies key target insights based on client brief necessary for formulating strategic recommendations, and ensures alignment into broader long-term goals
  • Responsible for designing and managing projects and resources for subsidiaries/business unit
  • Maintain an in-depth knowledge of the client business and competitive landscape
  • Team leader for client interaction while fostering positive relationships
  • Ensure teams adopt best in class tools, techniques, and systems to deliver plan recommendations aligned to client’s objectives and expected business outcomes
  • Demonstrate an intimate, and strategic, understanding of how consumers interact with channels and technology, while championing across internal agency teams
  • Outlines role & responsibilities for the Strategy team – delivering on vision, direction, management, and support to direct and indirect reports
  • Supervising, training and developing staff (team growth and learning agenda, managing workload, delegating responsibilities, and performance management)

Requirements

  • B.A. or B.S., preferably in Marketing, Advertising, or related field
  • 10+ years of media planning experience
  • 5+ years of experience in a management capacity
  • Agency experience highly preferred
  • Experience in entertainment is a big plus
  • Proven experience and success in presenting plans to senior clients and influencing top level client decisions related to media strategy and implementation
  • Excellent leadership, management and motivational skills
  • Excellent organizational, interpersonal and quantitative/analytical skills
  • Adept at injecting ideas, innovation and leading industry developments into planning assignments
  • Detail-oriented and proven ability to thrive in a fast paced environment

Benefits

  • Our Publicis Groupe motto “Viva La Différence” means we’re better together, and we believe that our differences make us stronger. It means we honor and celebrate all identities, across all facets of intersectionality, and it underpins all that we do as an organization. We are focused on fostering belonging and creating equitable & inclusive experiences for all talent.
  • Publicis Groupe provides robust and inclusive benefit programs and policies to support the evolving and diverse needs of our talent and enable every person to grow and thrive. Our benefits package includes medical coverage, dental, vision, disability, 401K, as well as parental and family care leave, family forming assistance, tuition reimbursement, and flexible time off.
  • If you require accommodation or assistance with the application or onboarding process specifically, please contact USMTTACompliance@publicis.com.
  • All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
  • Veterans Encouraged to Apply.
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Zenith

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Zenith is the ROI Agency. Our more than 6,000 specialists across 95 markets offer unparalleled capabilities in Media, Data, Technology, Commerce and Content. We put effectiveness at the heart of our work to solve complex challenges, drive successful business outcomes, and grow our clients’ businesses. Zenith is part of Publicis Media, the media arm of Publicis Groupe [Euronext Paris Fr0000130577, CAC40].

Founded in 1988
Лондон, Англия, GBR
5.6K employees (1,571 in marketing)
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Salaries

Posted range

$160K/yr – $256K/yr

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Funding

Total Funding
$350K
Last Raise
$350K
Series A, 9 months ago

Funding History

  • Jun 2025
    Series A • $350K

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Vice President, Strategy

Zenith · New York City, NY · On-site