Vice President, Strategy

Burbank, CA (On-site)

$160K/yr – $245K/yrSenior Level10+ years expFull time

Posted 2 hrs ago

Job Summary

Leads the client’s strategic media program, oversees multi-market planning, and guides the Strategy team to deliver integrated, insight-led campaigns that drive product launches, engagement, and growth.

  • Owns high level media strategy and client leadership
  • Manages resources, cross-functional collaboration, and stakeholder alignment
  • Delivers presentations and contributes to new business

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
  • Translates business priorities into clear media strategies that support product launches, seasonal moments, membership growth, and full-funnel consumer engagement
  • Responsible for designing and managing projects and resources for subsidiaries/business units
  • Maintain an in-depth knowledge of the client business and competitive landscape
  • Brings a strong understanding of premium retail, apparel, wellness, fitness, and community-driven brand building to strategic recommendations
  • 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

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 wellness and active lifestyle is a big plus
  • Ability to work collaboratively with client's in-house performance teams, ensuring clear roles, strong communication, and alignment across agency and client-led media efforts
  • 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

Preferred

  • Experience in wellness and active lifestyle is a big plus

Benefits

  • 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.
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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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$160K/yr – $245K/yr

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Funding

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$350K
Last Raise
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Series A, 9 months ago

Funding History

  • Jun 2025
    Series A • $350K

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