Investment & Media Strategy Leader

Starcom Melbourne; Plano (TX); On-site; USD 97,375 - 139,965; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid family care

Adoption assistance

Pet adoption assistance

Health/Wellness reimbursements

Tuition assistance

Flexible time off

Matching gifts

Flexible working arrangements

Work Your World program

Employee resource groups

Job summary

Starcom is seeking an Associate Director, Investment to lead planning across digital channels for a global electronics account. This role collaborates with Investment, Strategy, and Performance Analytics teams to translate investment strategy into campaign activations and reporting.

You will oversee the execution of large‑scale media campaigns, review client deliverables for quality, and lead media plan execution to ensure high‑quality, on‑strategy results.

Qualifications

• 7–9 years of cross-channel media management experience required.
• Digital media agency experience preferred.
• Strong analytical thinking skills.
• Excellent communication and writing skills.
• Strong project and time management skills.
• Strong desire to contribute to a team.
• Strong proficiency in Microsoft Office solutions, specifically Excel and Microsoft PowerPoint.

Responsibilities

• Oversee the coordination and execution of media, creative, ad ops and data to deliver complex, large‑scale media campaigns.
• Work with Director to review client deliverables for quality, ensuring that recommendations and work product are accurate and on strategy.
• Exhibit strong brand and direct response expertise.
• Lead the execution of media plans; provide analysis when necessary; help interpret campaign results and analysis.
• Ultimate responsibility for delivering the highest quality, flawlessly executed campaigns.
• Support media strategy development and associated measurement and ad ops plans.
• Support in the delivery of media tacticals and POVs, coordinating with necessary teams to account for all relevant inputs, as well as oversee the translation of the investment strategy across activations.
• Serve as primary day‑to‑day internal contact for operational elements of a campaign.
• Work with project management and client service to support internal investment teams and deliver on client requests.

Skills

Cross-channel media

Analytical thinking

Communication & writing

Project & time management

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft PowerPoint

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft PowerPoint

Job description

Starcom is seeking an Associate Director, Investment to lead planning across digital channels for a global electronics account. This role collaborates with Investment, Strategy, and Performance Analytics teams to translate investment strategy into campaign activations and reporting.

You will oversee the execution of large‑scale media campaigns, review client deliverables for quality, and lead media plan execution to ensure high‑quality, on‑strategy results.