Inizio Evoke is hiring: Associate Media Director in Chicago

This is a remote role working east coast hours.

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Inizio Evoke is a marketing and advertising agency servicing the healthcare industry. We partner with leading pharmaceutical, biotech, and medical device clients – delivering unparalleled levels of strategic service, creative and technological innovation that build richer and more interactions between our clients and their customers.

About the role

Inizio Evoke Media is looking for an Associate Media Director experienced in all aspects of paid media (with a focus within the Pharmaceutical/Healthcare Category) to lead an exciting client where we are leading multi‑channel/omni‑channel performance‑based digital communications planning and buying.

The Associate Media Director is the cornerstone of our media team; reporting to the Team's Media Director, to partner and lend important counsel to our clients. We need someone who can understand marketing challenges that our clients face and empower the media team to think creatively across all lines of business. You will be a collaborative and inspiring and dynamic manager and mentor to work with the Media Director to inspire and continue to develop a team.

This leadership position bears accountability for all deliverables and work produced by the team and builds and maintains better processes for more strategic, efficient, and integrated activation and department‑wide collaboration.

About you

You have experience building and maintaining client relationships, outstanding team management experience, have overseen all aspects of integrated media planning and activation, stay current with industry best practices and understand the importance of basing all planning on important consumer/user behaviors. A necessary skill for this role is an analytical bent to ensure that we are measuring success in the right way and providing this information to our clients.

The Associate Media Director must be both strategic and hands‑on, have a project management sensibility and be engaged and passionate about delivering outstanding media ideas and work.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience leading teams and communicating.
• At least 3 years managerial experience overseeing a team of employees at a media or full‑service ad agency.
• Multichannel media experience is a must, inclusive of digital and traditional/linear media forms.
• Experience in Pharmaceutical/Healthcare or Medical Device.
• Understanding of “media strategy” and the development of holistic media solutions. Comfortable working on clients who are very involved in the daily process as partners/collaborators.
• Ability to assume specific account‑oriented responsibilities if asked (comfortable with both client management responsibilities and team project management).
• Drive thought leadership, POVs and craft presentations that ignite and innovate the business.
• Generates client confidence as a trusted advisor by listening and understanding their problems or concerns and speaking with authority on how we will address them.
• Storyteller and presentation abilities. Must be comfortable developing and delivering strategic presentations and thinking on one’s feet.
• Leads and nurtures the team inspirationally (brings out everyone’s strengths).

Benefits

• Medical
• Vision
• Flexible Vacation
• 401K

We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender, gender identity or expression, or veteran status. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.

Compensation

$125,000 — $145,000 USD

Don’t meet every job requirement? That’s okay! Our company is dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace. If you’re excited about this role, but your experience doesn’t perfectly fit every qualification, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right person for this role or others.