Company Description
With a history that dates back over 80 years, Starcom is a global communications planning and media leader. We are an agency rooted in the founding principle that people are at the center of all we do. Each day, we apply this belief to harness the transformative power of data and technology to inspire and move people and business forward. With more than 7,000 employees in over 100 offices around the world, Starcom partners with the world’s leading marketers and brands, including Bank of America, Best Buy, Kellogg Company, McDonald’s, Novartis, Samsung, Visa and more.
Overview
- Lead media strategy development and holistic planning efforts to achieve planning efforts to deliver on campaign and business objectives; where necessary, work with counterparts to apply strategic thinking across the portfolio
- Build and maintain key client relationships across day-to-day levels and functions; serve as main point of contact across workstreams and processes
- Ensure team’s ability to contribute to media recommendations based on a clear understanding of brand objectives and client business, supported by data and insights
- Maintain working knowledge of media and category landscapes to inform client discussions, POVs, and strategic decision-making
- Work closely with cross-functional teams (Investment, Analytics, and Research) to ensure translation of media strategies to tactical plans, identify and apply campaign insights, develop learning agendas, and uncover business opportunities
- Provide vision, direction, management and support across all levels of the team to ensure growth and delivery against client and company objectives
- Act as a leader within the organization: proactively steer process, POVs, and collaboration across functions
Qualifications
- 12+ years of experience in media planning/strategy with progressive levels of responsibility
- 7+ years of progressive leadership experience, demonstrating a strong capacity to balance effective management, hands-on teaching, and mentorship
- Working experience across all media types (omnichannel, brand/performance, national/local, shopper, etc.)
- Aptly balancing participation in the day-to-day with providing leadership to the team
- Ability to adapt resources, approach, and work outputs quickly in line with changing client priorities while ensuring executional excellence
- Exceptional communication skills: ability to simplify complex information, tell a story through a presentation, and speak with clarity and authority to galvanize others
- Ability to understand and translate 1st and 3rd party data/results into viable strategic outputs
- Strong problem-solving and critical thinking skills; when presented with a challenge, develop an effective solution and implement it promptly
Additional Information
The Power of One starts with our people. To do powerful things, we offer powerful resources. Our best-in-class wellness and benefits offerings include:
- Paid Family Care for parents and caregivers for 12 weeks or more
- Monetary assistance and support for Adoption, Surrogacy and Fertility
- Monetary assistance and support for pet adoption
- Employee Assistance Programs and Health/Wellness/Comfort reimbursements to help you invest in your future and work/life balance
- Tuition Assistance
- Paid time off that includes Flexible Time off Vacation, Annual Sick Days, Volunteer Days, Holiday and Identity days, and more
- Matching Gifts programs
- Flexible working arrangements
- Work Your World Program encouraging employees to work from anywhere Publicis Groupe has an office for up to 6 weeks a year (based upon eligibility)
- Business Resource Groups that support multiple affinities and alliances
The benefits offerings listed are available to eligible U.S. Based employees, are reviewed on an annual basis, and are governed by the terms of the applicable plan documents. We also offer medical and voluntary benefits to our freelancers and temporary employees. Voluntary benefit options include supplemental medical insurance, transportation, and parking benefits, legal benefits, pet insurance, and auto and home insurance. You must be actively employed for 90 consecutive calendar days in order to be eligible for Publicis medical and voluntary benefits. You will also be eligible to participate in the Publicis 401(k) Plan after you complete 1,000 work hours in a consecutive 12-month period.
Starcom is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Our employment decisions are made without regard to actual or perceived race, color, ethnicity, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, age, disability, medical condition as defined by applicable state law, genetic information, marital status, military service and veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local laws and ordinances. If you require accommodation or assistance with the application or onboarding process specifically, please contact All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
Compensation Range: $149,340.00 - $214,620 annually. This is the pay range the Company believes it will pay for this position at the time of this posting. Consistent with applicable law, compensation will be determined based on the skills, qualifications, and experience of the applicant along with the requirements of the position, and the Company reserves the right to modify this pay range at any time. Temporary roles may be eligible to participate in our freelancer/temporary employee medical plan through a third-party benefits administration system once certain criteria have been met. Temporary roles may also qualify for participation in our 401(k) plan after eligibility criteria have been met. For regular roles, the Company will offer medical coverage, dental, vision, disability, 401k, and paid time off. The Company anticipates the application deadline for this job posting will be 6/15/26.
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