Media Director: Pharma Strategy & Client Leadership

Omnicom Media; Chicago (IL); Sur place; USD 130 000 - 170 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Omnicom Media in Chicago seeks a senior media leader to manage client relationships, oversee media plan development, and lead presentations to senior stakeholders. You will mentor and manage staff, collaborate across creative, strategy and analytics teams, and ensure rigorous, data-driven channel mix decisions that deliver measurable results.

The role requires 8+ years of related media experience, pharma familiarity, and proficiency with Excel, PowerPoint, Word and media tools such as

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree preferred.
• 8+ years of related media work experience.
• At least 2 years experience with Pharma is required.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint and Word - Includes advanced Excel features.
• Proficiency in media applications including MediaTools, KANTAR and Prisma.
• Strategic thinking and team leadership.
• Leads client presentations and discussions.
• Relationship builder across internal, external (agency, publisher), client teams.
• Contribute to broader agency building initiatives.
• Drive adherence to process and WOW.

Responsabilités

• Maintain knowledge about the industry and brand/client - product benefits, efficacy, MOA, industry challenges, client processes and client corporate culture. Place clients on the leading edge of media change.
• Oversee media plan development and take the lead on all presentations. Create media plans that are strategically and executionally sound. Review all plans to ensure quality and flawless execution.
• Mentor and manage staff. Delegating to build an efficient team.
• Oversees the Associate Director or Media Supervisor ensuring timely, accurate, and overall work product excellence.
• Reviews briefs for comprehensiveness and enhances or challenges audience segmentation and KPI/measurement plan as appropriate.
• Challenges teams on the rigor and rationale used to determine outputs with a data-driven approach.
• Serves as a team resource for advice and counsel with internal and external groups to deliver strategic excellence.
• Meets with vendors to assess new capabilities and innovations relevant for clients’ media strategies.
• Provides and discusses industry information on media, markets and related topics.
• Maintain relationships with media vendors; continue to develop publisher and elevate relationships for exchange of new opportunities/ideas.
• Identifies opportunities to existing and perspective clients while demonstrating the ability to sell SOLVE(D) and/or Omnicom Health offerings.
• Must understand resource time utilization and make staffing recommendations based on actual conditions.
• Provide tightly defined SOWs to clients and set reasonable expectations based on staffing allocations.
• Builds trusting, collaborative relationships with internal and external constituents at appropriate levels.
• Manages expectations of clients and deliverables while identifying gaps/areas of improvement.
• Accurately represents the client’s point of view or corporate culture when reviewing work.
• Participates and presents in New Business efforts and presentations where appropriate.
• Capable of effectively managing up and down the reporting structure.
• Provide and/or guide plan input.
• Develop and steward planning processes across team.
• Demonstrate problem solving and intervention when necessary.
• Understand root causes of problems and develop rectifications.
• Guide and assist staff to arrive at potential solutions.
• Ensure all relevant parties are informed about client challenges and opportunities.
• Mentor, train, motivate and develop a media planning group with extended teams.
• Construct and deliver performance management documents; ensure feedback.

Connaissances

Strategic thinking

Team leadership

Leads client presentations

Relationship building

Client presentations

Formation

Bachelor’s Degree preferred

Outils

MediaTools

KANTAR

Prisma

Excel

PowerPoint

Word

Description du poste

Omnicom Media in Chicago seeks a senior media leader to manage client relationships, oversee media plan development, and lead presentations to senior stakeholders. You will mentor and manage staff, collaborate across creative, strategy and analytics teams, and ensure rigorous, data-driven channel mix decisions that deliver measurable results.

The role requires 8+ years of related media experience, pharma familiarity, and proficiency with Excel, PowerPoint, Word and media tools such as