Associate Media Director

Allied Global Marketing; New York (NY); On-site; USD 95,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

Disability insurance

Life insurance

401k

Flexible PTO

10 company paid holidays

Job summary

Allied Global Marketing is seeking an Associate Director, Media to oversee and manage digital media campaigns across paid social, paid search, video, display and other digital channels for an entertainment, culture and lifestyle client.

The role requires a highly organized leader who can coordinate across multiple clients and campaigns in a fast-paced environment, balancing strategic thinking with hands-on execution and proactive client communication.

Qualifications

• 5+ years digital media strategy, planning and buying experience.
• Hands-on experience managing Meta and Google ad platforms.
• Experience in planning and execution of large-scale, multi-channel media campaigns.
• Must have experience with Paid Search, Paid Social, YouTube, Programmatic, CTV.
• Experience with 2nd or 3rd party data providers and setting up custom data segments.
• Working knowledge of ad serving tools, pixel tracking and event setup.
• Experience with entertainment brands is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Guide team members with implementing the strategy and executing the campaigns.
• Present to and strategize directly with clients, internal and external teams, be able to think on your feet and offer up ideas.
• Hands-on-keyboard approach to managing digital campaign execution and oversee/guide team members on day-to-day responsibilities.
• Proactively monitor daily campaign performance to identify actionable optimisations and insights that maximize ROI, and fuel future investments.
• Triage and elevate campaign and performance issues that arise.
• Collaborate with creative team on needs for ad units, messaging, landing pages to ensure brand standards are met and customer experience is optimal.

Skills

Digital media strategy

Campaign management

Client communication

Team leadership

Performance optimization

Tools

Meta Ads Manager

Google Ads

Programmatic buying

YouTube Advertising

CTV advertising

Pixel tracking

Job description

In business for over 30 years, Allied has built upon its roots in film advertising and publicity to become a global leader in entertainment, culture, and lifestyle marketing. Allied's award-winning team of specialists, over 400 strong across 23 global offices, create campaigns that drive conversion for some of the world's biggest brands in film, TV, sports, gaming, live entertainment, cultural institutions, hospitality, and consumer brands. Our teams provide best-in-class marketing solutions across a range of services including integrated paid, owned, and earned media, creative solutions, and strategic consulting.

Overview

Allied Global Marketing is looking for an experienced Associate Director, Media to work on an entertainment, culture and lifestyle client. The Associate Director would oversee and manage digital media campaigns including paid social, paid search, video, display and all other forms of digital advertising.

This position requires a highly organized individual who is able to work well across multiple clients and campaigns, in a fast-paced and detail-oriented environment. This individual is expected to be resourceful, responsible, and to demonstrate initiative & innovation. Additionally, this person in this role is expected to be both strategic and executional.

The Associate Director, Media is heavily involved in the development of client relationships and day-to-day client communication; assessing client goals, strategic planning, anticipating client needs and working proactively to manage the team executing campaigns while gaining, instilling, and sustaining confidence in their clients. The qualified candidate is comfortable being very involved in both big picture and day-to-day details and campaign execution. This leader will provide account managers and team media planners with all details on client digital media campaigns.

Responsibilities

• Guide team members with implementing the strategy and executing the campaigns
• Present to and strategize directly with clients, internal and external teams, be able to think on your feet and offer up ideas
• Hands-on-keyboard approach to managing digital campaign execution and oversee/guide team members on day-to-day responsibilities
• Proactively monitor daily campaign performance to identify actionable optimisations and insights that maximize ROI, and fuel future investments
• Triage and elevate campaign and performance issues that arise
• Collaborate with creative team on needs for ad units, messaging, landing pages to ensure brand standards are met and customer experience is optimal

Qualifications

• 5+ years digital media strategy, planning and buying experience
• Hands-on experience managing Meta and Google ad platforms is a must
• Experience in the planning and execution of large scale, complex multi-tiered, multi-channel media campaigns
• Must have experience with Paid Search, Paid Social, YouTube, Programmatic Media, CTV advertising
• Experience with 2nd or 3rd party data providers and setting up custom data segments to align with campaign targets and goals
• Working knowledge of ad serving tools, pixel tracking and troubleshooting, event set-up, etc.
• Previous experience working with entertainment brands is a plus

Details

• The annual salary range for this full-time position is $95,000-$100,000, commensurate with experience.
• This position will be eligible to participate in the standard benefits offered to full-time employees of Allied Global Marketing (medical, dental, vision, short-term and long-term disability and life insurance as well as 401k and Flexible PTO). We also offer 10 company paid holidays.

Allied Global Marketing is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, veteran status, or any other status protected under federal, state or local law. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements.