ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR, CLIENT STRATEGY

Stella Rising; New York (NY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health

Vision

Dental

Life insurance

401k with company match

Wellness and technology reimbursements

Home office setup support

Over 7 weeks of PTO

Summer Fridays

Job summary

Stella Rising, a leading marketing and media agency, seeks an Associate Director, Client Strategy in the New York area to lead campaign strategy, oversee media planning, and mentor a growing team. You will bridge business goals with tactical media execution across multiple clients and channels.

You will guide client interactions, deliver data-driven insights, and drive innovative partnerships to advance brand outcomes in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Masters in media, marketing, business or related field preferred.
• Experience leading client strategy and media planning for multiple brands.
• Strong knowledge of cross-channel media tactics and performance measurement.
• Proven ability to mentor junior team members.
• Excellent presentation and client-facing communication skills.
• Deep understanding of platforms like Meta, TikTok, Google and programmatic buying.

Responsibilities

• Cultivate and strengthen client connections, driving growth and retention.
• Lead the team in crafting media recommendations aligned with client objectives.
• Manage client interactions, media strategy, POVs and daily communications.
• Uncover media performance insights and present data-driven stories to clients.
• Own the research process for client partnerships and ensure strategic alignment.
• Gatekeeper for client-ready communications and deliverables.
• Lead cross-functional channel communication aligning with budgets and strategies.
• Oversee budgets and revenue, communicating changes impacting forecasting.

Skills

Cross-channel media tactics

Team development

Media analytics

Strategic thinking

Communication & collaboration

Media platforms knowledge

Excel & PowerPoint

Tools

MRI

Comscore

Pathmatics

eMarketer

GA4

DCM

Datarama

Job description

Stella Rising is the leading marketing and media agency for spirited, high-growth consumer brands and service companies. We combine deep category expertise with a data-driven approach and a passion for elevating the brands people love most.

As Associate Director, Client Strategy you step into a leadership role, driving the development of campaign strategies and spearheading media strategy and planning efforts. Leveraging your advanced media knowledge and strategic acumen, you lead a team in crafting plans that effectively deliver clients' goals. Your role as a bridge between business goals and media tactics plays a pivotal part in our clients' success. You demonstrate the ability to adapt in a fast-moving industry and provide leadership across multiple clients and media channels within various categories. You are part of the media leadership team responsible for evaluating new partnerships that drive forward innovation on behalf of our brands.

Regular Responsibilities but not limited to:

• Cultivate and strengthen client connections by actively anticipating and resolving client needs enhancing growth and fostering long-term retention in the agency-client collaboration.
• Play a pivotal role in crafting comprehensive media recommendations aligned with client objectives, overseeing collaborative efforts within the team.
• Take a lead position in client interactions, managing media strategy, POVs, reporting, and daily communication for the designated client roster.
• Uncover media performance insights, craft the data-driven story for clients, and present in partnership with channel teams.
• Assume ownership of the research process for supporting client partnerships, ensuring its excellence, and strategic alignment.
• Act as a primary gatekeeper for all client-ready communications and deliverables, upholding an unwavering commitment to excellence.
• Lead cross-functional channel communication, ensuring seamless collaboration and alignment with client objectives, budgets, and overarching strategies.
• Oversee budgets and revenue, informing client lead any changes impacting forecasting or financial success of the agency.
• Display a proven ability to mentor and guide junior team members effectively, contributing to their continual skill advancement and fostering team success.

Required Skills and Qualifications:

• Mastery in cross-channel media tactics and planning.
• Proven ability to lead and foster team development including training and performance management.
• Mastery of research tools (MRI, Comscore, Pathmatics, eMarketer, etc.)
• Advanced understanding of media analytics.
• Basic understanding of digital ad operations.
• Proficiency with reporting tools (GA4, DCM, Datarama).
• Strategic thinker with the knowledge and experience to swiftly troubleshoot and address client needs.
• Excellent communication (including presentation skills) and collaboration skills (internal team & external clients)
• High level understanding of media platforms (Meta, TikTok, Google and Programmatic)
• Expert knowledge of Excel and PowerPoint.

Stella Rising is a women-led company that prizes diversity, creativity, hard work and intelligence, while keeping warmth, balance and human understanding at the core of our values. Named an Ad Age Best Workplace and an Inc. Best Workplace for five consecutive years, the company fosters an energetic and collaborative work environment where employees come first. In addition to surprising and delighting our team, we offer an environment where employee learning and recognition is prioritized. We take care of our team through a highly competitive benefits package that includes

• health
• vision
• dental
• life insurance
• a 401k with company match
• wellness and technology reimbursements
• home office setup support
• over 7 weeks of PTO
• plus Summer Fridays

If this sounds like the right opportunity for you, we would love to hear from you.

Due the volume of candidates, we will only contact qualified candidates. EOE

THIS COMPANY IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER