Associate Director, Digital

Hearts & Science; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 100,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative marketing agency seeks an Associate Director, Digital to lead digital activation strategies and optimize performance across multiple channels. This role requires a proactive leader with a strong background in media planning and digital buying, capable of managing client relationships and guiding a team to success. With a focus on data-driven insights, you will develop strategic frameworks that align with client goals and drive impactful campaigns. Join a dynamic environment where your contributions will shape the future of personalized digital marketing. This is an exciting opportunity to make a significant impact in a fast-paced industry.

Benefits

Health Insurance

Vision Insurance

Dental Insurance

401(k)

Flexible Spending Account

Paid Parental Leave

Vacation Days

Sick Days

Personal Days

STD/LTD Insurance

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in media planning and digital buying.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities with attention to detail.
• Proven ability to influence cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead digital activation and ensure performance optimization.
• Manage client relationships and provide strategic direction.
• Oversee campaign creation and budget management.

Skills

Media Planning

Digital Buying

Client Relationship Management

Data Analysis

Communication Skills

Attention to Detail

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

Demand-Side Platforms

MS Excel

3rd Party Verification Tools

Campaign Workflow Tools

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The Company

Hearts & Science has been inspired by confident marketers seeking business advantage in a world of personalized digital marketing, where CRM and addressable channels converge, and decisions must be made in real time to aggregate effective reach and deliver the right message at the right time.

The Company

Hearts & Science has been inspired by confident marketers seeking business advantage in a world of personalized digital marketing, where CRM and addressable channels converge, and decisions must be made in real time to aggregate effective reach and deliver the right message at the right time.

Designed to inform brand strategies with real-time insights, Hearts & Science is a data-driven marketing agency with expert media planning and buying capabilities, among other services that include shopper marketing, marketing innovation and content activation.

Associate Director, Digital

The Associate Director plays a key role as a day-to-day lead for development of plans, executing digital buys, ensuring pacing and performance are optimized, client interaction, working with internal teams and leading the team responsible for digital activation. Ensuring that the Digital Activation Process is used correctly across the area of responsibility is a critical focus of this job.

A positive attitude and willingness to “roll up your sleeves” is also critical to get the job done. Experience working with across several media channels is preferred and a curiosity in emerging media platforms is a must.

Responsibilities

• Bring proactivity and leadership to the clients and the team
• Provide excellent client service by being responsive, accountable and detail oriented
• Build sound strategic frameworks that ladder up to client business goals
• Set the tone and strategic direction of the team; built around growth and application of learnings
• Understand and direct multiple user touch points that can influence creative and messaging strategies
• Own consumer insights and inspire tactical representations of strong, clear media strategies
• Develop strategic partnerships and provide subject matter expertise to clients, partners, internal teams etc.
• Overseeing campaign creation and implementation and directing the day-to-day operations of the activation team
• Effectively manage budget
• Leading and providing inputs and guidance around work around campaign design, tactic implementation, determining what path to buy (manual IO or programmatic), defining requirements for success and optimal use of demand side platforms
• Managing the daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly client conversations related to digital media
• Working side by side with the broader activation team to ensure tight coordination of campaign setup, adjustments and performance is efficient and effective
• Overseeing billing and reconciliation process.
• Implementing Business Intelligences tools and new capabilities (e.g., new supply & data sources, new media measurement techniques, etc.)
  
  

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in media planning and expert knowledge of digital buying, hands-on experience using demand-side platforms (The Trade Desk, DV360 or similar) a plus
• Experience managing media teams and client relationships
• Experience working with large data sets and understanding of methodologies for evaluating data
• Ability to self-manage, juggle multiple priorities, and pay strong attention to details
• Excellent communication skills, ability to distill key ideas for non-digitally centric teams
• Proven ability to work with and influence cross-functional teams
• Strong knowledge of MS Excel and ability to coach others in shortcuts
• Working knowledge of 3rd party verification tools, including IAS
• Hands-on experience with campaign workflow tools, including Prisma
  
  

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 relevant experience, other job-related qualifications/skills, and geographic location (to account for comparative cost of living). The Company reserves the right to modify this pay range at any time. For this role, benefits include: health insurance, vision insurance, dental insurance, 401(k), Healthcare Flexible Spending Account, Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account, vacation days, sick days, personal days, paid parental leave, paid medical leave, and STD/LTD insurance benefits.

Compensation Range

$100,000—$120,000 USD

This role is hybrid, requiring three (3) days per week in the office. The remaining two (2) days may be worked remotely. Specific in-office days will be discussed during the interview process, with flexibility to align with team needs. Please note that the number or required in-office days may be adjusted over time, potentially increasing the number of required in-office days based on business needs.

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Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Marketing and Sales

• Industries

  Advertising Services

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