Group Digital Director , Cossette Media

pluscompany; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading creative agency is seeking a Group Digital Director to lead a talented team, foster client relationships, and drive innovative digital media campaigns. This pivotal role requires a strategic leader with extensive experience in digital media and a passion for developing people. Enjoy a collaborative and dynamic work culture with flexible hours and generous benefits including vacation time, wellness programs, and professional development opportunities.

Benefits

Hybrid work models and flexible hours

Generous vacation starting at 3 weeks

Agency summer days

In-house learning & development sessions

Access to a personal wellness spending account

Comprehensive mental health support

Team social events

Qualifications

• 8+ years experience in digital media, ideally within agency environments.
• Strategic understanding of all digital media channels.
• Inspiring team leader with a reputation for growing people.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of Digital client leaders and develop their career success.
• Build and maintain senior client relationships.
• Set strategic vision across multiple accounts ensuring alignment and execution.

Skills

Strategic understanding of digital media channels

Leadership

Business strategy mindset

Aptitude with numbers

Tools

Media buying platforms

Job description

At Cossette, bright people shine their brightest. Because we get to work with iconic brands. On projects that always reflect our biggest strengths. And give us a chance to be in the spotlight, here and abroad. Plus, we’re surrounded by brilliant colleagues who ignite our passion daily. Working here is plugging into a collective energy like no other. And giving your skill set and talent a huge spark.

about the role.

We’re on the lookout for someone unique. A person with drive, passion and energy to create something great. As a Group Digital Director, you will report directly to our Digital AVP and lead a team of Digital client leaders, supporting and developing their career success. You will build and maintain senior client relationships, acting as their trusted digital media advisor and you and your team will be accountable for the development and execution of digital media campaigns. You will work closely with our Digital Practice Directors to ensure best-in-class campaign execution.

what you’ll do.

• Thought leadership, Industry organizations (judging, boards, teaching)
• Publications and panel participation Internal (PlusCo) & external (industry) committees
• Sets the strategic vision across multiple accounts, ensuring consistency in execution and alignment with agency-wide standards.
• Oversees execution methodologies across multiple accounts, ensuring teams follow industry best practices.
• Develops agency-wide budget allocation methodologies to maximize efficiency across multiple clients.
• Ensures reporting frameworks meet agency and client needs across multiple accounts, optimizing efficiency and insights.
• Defines coordination processes across multiple accounts to improve efficiency.
• Aligns innovation strategies across multiple accounts, ensuring long-term competitiveness.
• Oversees client relationships across multiple accounts, defining strategic engagement models.
• Oversees partner strategies across multiple accounts, fostering alignment between corporate deals and client needs.
• Manages financial oversight across multiple accounts, optimizing budget allocation models.
  
  

what you bring to the table.

• 8+ years experience in digital media, ideally within agency environments
• Passion for designing and growing best in class client services and solutions
• Inspiring team leader with a reputation for growing people
• Strategic understanding of all digital media channels with a POV and pulse on where the digital media market is going
• Working knowledge of media buying platforms and publisher offerings

analytically strong, aptitude with numbers

• Strong business strategy mindset with excellent people leadership skills
• Driven by a curiosity of leveraging AI tools to advance our clients work and objectives

What’s in it for you:

We value the ‘whole you’

• An innovative and entrepreneurial work environment that promotes ingenuity and individuality - with the best of colleagues, and the best of clients
• Hybrid work models and flexible hours, plus a work from anywhere policy for short-term stays in other regions
• Generous Vacation starting at 3 weeks + 1 extra week over the holidays
• Agency summer days (exact policy differs per campus and agency)
• Modern, open co-working spaces with coffee & snack bars, located in great city neighborhoods, close to shops and restaurants and easy access to public transport
• Dogs allowed, dedicated Play Room to support families and Private wellness room (in select offices)
• Team social events - holiday parties, seasonal gatherings, weekly happy hours, inspiring speakers and more!
  
  

We are obsessed with learning and being better humans

• In-house learning & development sessions and annual career and growth conversations’
• Access to internal network of opportunities across all agencies
• Internal EDI group(s), programs & initiatives across Plus Company and opportunities to be involved in employee resource group(s)

Check out our EDI report here to learn more about our work and commitment towards equity.

We invest in your health and wellness:

• Flexible benefits to support your individual lifestyle and life stage – with access to a personal wellness spending account you can use for a wide range of wellness expenses, including gym membership fees, pet care, education expenses, and much more!
• Comprehensive mental health support including access to a virtual mental health therapy clinic providing you with personalized therapist guided iCBT programs and live therapy, access to health clinicians 24/7, and a holistic array of other health and wellness resources to support you and your family.
• Dedicated play rooms for days you need to bring the kids and health and wellness rooms when you need a place to get grounded.
• A responsible sick & personal absence days policy designed so you don't have to worry the moment a personal obligation or emergency arises.
• Maternity leave top up program.

Expiry Date Notice: This job description expires on July 8, 2025.

We’re humbled by the number of talented people who apply to work with us every day. And, we thank each and every one of you. Truly. We’ll reach out directly to those we’d like to meet for an interview.

Creating meaningful work means embracing different perspectives. We are an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate based on age, colour, ability, national origin, race, religion, sex, or sexual orientation. Not only are these provisions protected by provincial and federal law, embracing difference is what makes Cossette Mediawhat it is—and we wouldn’t have it any other way. We pride ourselves on our inclusive and accessible workplace. If you need any accommodations during the interview process to make it work for you, let us know.

By joiningCossette Media, you become part of Plus Company, a unique partnership of forward-thinking creative agencies. As a network, we unabashedly believe anything is possible. Why? Because possibility is what powers the big dreams and limitless drive of an entrepreneur. And entrepreneurial agencies are what we’re made of. A whole network of them.

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