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Overview
As Associate Director, Cross Channel Investments , you will provide investment leadership across all paid media channels, including but not limited to TV, OOH, video, audio, social, search, display, and influencer. In this role, you will liaise with the channel investment teams to ensure a consistent go-to-market approach and develop synergies with our Media Strategy and Data and Analytics teams to exceed campaign KPIs.
To help with this, we’re looking for an outstanding Associate Director – someone who can win the hearts of clients, inspire their teammates, and skillfully juggle multiple pieces of business.
Sound like you? Read on.
We are seeking a leader who will bring an innovative approach to tactical planning and buying, endless curiosity to identify new opportunities and an ability to achieve greater value through strong partner negotiations and relationships. You will be able to speak fluently to channel buying tactics; often acting as a representative of the full media investment team to clients and the marketplace.
Responsibilities
Day to day your role includes:
Leadership
- Partner with the marketplace, build relationships, and co-lead channel negotiations as needed
- Establish and maintain strong partnerships with relevant media partners in the media ecosystem (i.e. Google, Facebook, Amazon, etc.)
- Oversee the work of multiple channel specialists, managing workflow, QA process, providing strategic guidance and oversight and ensuring operational excellence across all stages of tactical planning and buying
- Serve as a central point of contact for clients and internal teams for the client investment portfolio, with oversight from