Director of Strategic Media & Client Partnerships

Publicis Groupe Holdings B.V; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 129,000 - 186,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid Family Care

Adoption, Surrogacy & Fertility aid

Pet adoption support

Wellness reimbursements

Tuition Assistance

Flexible time off

Matching gifts

Work Your World program

Diversity Resource Groups

Job summary

Starcom, part of Publicis Groupe, in Chicago, seeks a Director to oversee strategy across media campaigns. You will lead client relationships, guide the brand's media thinking, and mentor teams, while partnering with analytics and investment teams to drive growth and program excellence.

Candidates bring 7+ years in media and 5+ years of leadership, with strong analytics, storytelling, and negotiation skills.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree preferred, preferably with a concentration in marketing, advertising, communications, business, sociology, or consumer insights
• 7+ years of media experience
• 5+ years of management experience
• Ability to strategically plan campaigns from audience determination, ability to best flight and execute campaigns to align with client's strategic goals and KPIs
• Strong understanding of analytics to inform and validate planning and strategy
• History of identifying media opportunities, presenting them to clients, and executing
• Experience monitoring and recommending improvements to the entire media planning process
• Ensuring people are adopting the best in class tools, techniques, systems to deliver effective media processes
• Portfolio management of paid media for a large brand
• Excellent communication (written and verbal along with visual storytelling), diplomacy, and relationship building and decision making skills with the ability to think creatively

Responsibilities

• Maintain an in-depth knowledge of current media industry news and brand business (current and historical perspectives) with a focus on upstream initiatives
• Ensure the team delivers sound strategic media recommendations based on a clear understanding of brand objectives
• Lead the team and day-to-day client interaction and build, maintain, and grow client relationships and client business
• Apply their experience to elevate strategic thinking across the portfolio and set appropriate learning agenda elements
• Write and deliver strategies and POV’s as well as oversee the translation of these strategies into the final audience recommendations/plans
• Work with analytics and research teams to identify/apply learnings and the investment and operations teams to ensure flawless implementation
• Analyze client’s audience strategiesand work with internal groups to lead business case development
• Facilitate team building through collaboration, open communication, and focused project management to assure that assignments are executed in a timely manner
• Provide vision, direction, management and support to individuals within the team to ensure their work aligns with our mission and goals
• Demonstrate a deep technical understanding as well as problem solving and intervention when necessary

Skills

Media strategy

Client relationships

Team leadership

Analytics understanding

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in marketing/advertising/communications/business/sociology/consumer insights

Job description

Starcom, part of Publicis Groupe, in Chicago, seeks a Director to oversee strategy across media campaigns. You will lead client relationships, guide the brand's media thinking, and mentor teams, while partnering with analytics and investment teams to drive growth and program excellence.

Candidates bring 7+ years in media and 5+ years of leadership, with strong analytics, storytelling, and negotiation skills.