Associate Director, Media Planning

Starcom Melbourne; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

As an Associate Director at a leading media agency in Toronto, you'll lead a team of media professionals, developing innovative strategies to drive client success. The role emphasizes strong leadership and relationship development skills in a rapidly evolving media landscape. Join a culture that values creativity backed by data, and enjoy flexible working programs and extensive development opportunities.

Benefits

Extended long weekends

Work Your World program

Wellness & Tech benefits

Birthday leave

Professional Development Allowance

Growth opportunities within Publicis Groupe

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in media planning and management.
• Strong command of media research and reporting resources.
• Demonstrated business acumen with a track record of success.

Responsibilities

• Oversee team to develop innovative media solutions.
• Maintain relationships with key clients and media vendors.
• Manage performance evaluations and training for team.

Skills

Negotiating

Communication

Leadership

Analytical Skills

Problem Solving

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Company description

About Us:

With a history that dates back over 80 years, Starcom is a global communications planning and media leader. We are an agency still grounded in our founding principle that people are at 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.

Within Canada, Starcom is a part of Publicis Media within Publicis Groupe, one of the world’s leading communications groups. Our team spans across our Windsor, Toronto and Montreal offices. We truly love the world of Media and Advertising. We see the planning and buying process as art. However, it is an art that is always best when backed by the science of empirical data.

You will be joining a well recognised agency with credentials:

• Great Places to Work certified three years in a row

• Only communications company to be ranked in LinkedIn’s Top 25 Great Places to Work

• 2022 Media Agency of the Year

• 2023 Media Agency of the Year finalist

What we Offer:

• Work Your World program enabling you to experience working from anywhere in Canada or overseas for up to 6 weeks a year

• Extended long weekends throughout the year with an additional day off each long weekend

• Wellness & Tech benefits to support what’s most important to you

• Birthday leave

• Extensive Learning & Development opportunities, including more than 15,000 learning programs via our online learning platform as well as a Professional Development Allowance

• Local and Global Mobility within the Publicis Groupe network

Overview

As an Associate Director at Starcom, you will oversee a team of media professionals in developing ideas and activations that drive human connections. You will lead the team in pursuing innovative, well-targeted, communication and connection solutions across a variety of media to meet or exceed client objectives & drive business. Starcom has experienced an incredible growth rate over the past years. The network has transformed and moved at the pace of culture.

Responsibilities

• Develop and nurture ongoing relationships with key clients, especially at the senior level

• Evaluate media recommendations, presentations and clearly identify key media deliverables in terms of accountability and performance

• Maintain an in-depth knowledge of client business from current perspective as well as historical

• Responsible for overseeing media financial management of all Client business

• Maintain positive relationships with media vendors, request continuous ideas to be shared with clients

• Lead vendor management strategies, negotiations and deal development on behalf of clients

• Keep informed regarding media trends, technologies and new media opportunities

• Educate clients and provide thought leadership on changing media, consumer and marketplace dynamics that impact strategic direction

• Participates in new business and in the overall management of departmental operations

• Interview and make hiring recommendations for team

• Monitor timesheet preparation and vacation scheduling for team

• Manage performance evaluations and facilitate cascading goals amongst the team

• Ensure continuous learning and development of team ie. Set training agendas

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree from a four-year college or university

• 7+ years of progressive levels of responsibility in media planning, buying and management

• Challenges traditional boundaries and demonstrates consistent creative approaches to business problems

• Demonstrated business acumen and a track record of success in the media services profession

• Excellent written and verbal communication and presentation skills

• Strong negotiating skills

• A keen sense of curiosity

• Solid interpersonal and teamwork abilities

• Strong leadership and management skills

• Demonstrated critical thinking and problem-solving abilities

• Strong analytical abilities

• Strong command of media research and reporting resources

Additional information

Starcom is an equal opportunity employer with a strong commitment to diversity and inclusion. We create and nurture a vibrant work environment that celebrates, values and leverages all aspects of diversity and inclusiveness, attracts world-class talent and serves as the industry benchmark for best practices.We encourage applications from all qualified individuals and will provide appropriate accommodation for candidates with disabilities or accessibility needs throughout the recruitment process, upon request. Please contact our recruiter for any questions, accommodations or specific requests.We thankall candidates for their interest in Starcom however, only those candidatesselected for an interview will be contacted.