TEMP Associate Director, Digital Activation

OMD; New York (NY); On-site; USD 95,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

OMD is seeking a Temporary Associate Director, Digital Activation in New York. Start Date: ASAP. End Date: Oct 30, 2026. This role leads digital strategy and activation for major clients, coordinating with internal teams and client stakeholders to deliver impactful campaigns.

The position emphasizes building client relationships, identifying innovative digital opportunities, and guiding the team from concept through execution while staying abreast of industry trends.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5+ years of digital industry related experience.
• Experience managing multiple complex sponsored content programs.
• Collaborative with media owners, agency business units, and creative agency partners.
• Comfort level with data, analytics and measurement, and various data sources and methodologies.
• Thorough knowledge of marketing/advertising principles, media concepts, and creative requirements.
• Ability to train and inspire team and lead others to success.

Responsibilities

• Be the go-to for all things digital for client and internal strategy team.
• Grow relationships with clients, become the trusted resource for marketplace information.
• Identify new/innovative digital opportunities for the client, when appropriate.
• Provide point-of-view on various technologies, partners, platforms and opportunities in the marketplace.
• Meet with media sales executives and industry representatives to pursue ideas aligned with the client’s business.
• Keep abreast of industry trends that may impact a client’s business.
• Be well versed in all aspects and details of the campaign programs from concept to executional details.

Skills

Digital strategy

Client management

Media planning

Data analytics

Cross-functional

Negotiation

Leadership

Presentation skills

Job description

Job Description

OMD Temporary Associate Director, Digital Activation

Agency

Omd

Job Function

Non Standard Job Profiles

Job Subfunction

Contingent

Job Description

OMD Temporary Associate Director, Digital Activation

Start Date: ASAP

End Date: Oct 30th, 2026

Responsibilities

Digital Authority

• Be the go-to for all things digital for your client and internal strategy team
• Grow relationships with clients, become the trusted resource for marketplace information
• Identify new/innovative digital opportunities for the client, when appropriate
• Provide point-of-view on various technologies, partners, platforms and opportunities in the marketplace
• Meet with media sales executives and industry representatives on a regular basis to pursue ideas that are strategically aligned with the client’s business and foster strong relationships between OMD and the marketplace
• Keep abreast of industry trends (trade press, seminars, events, competitive) that may impact a client’s business
• Be well versed in all aspects and details of the campaign programs from concept to executional details

Process Driven

• Ensure that all clients financials are reconciled
• Ensure that the OMD digital planning process is followed, opportunities are being tracked and reflected accurately
• Ensure that timesheets of team members are being captured and reflected accurately

Motivator & Teacher

• Supervise development, implementation and maintenance of media plans
• Facilitate each team member’s development and educate them on process
• Continually learn and gain expertise in new technologies and share that knowledge throughout the team

Critical Thinker

• Hungry for insights and can defend thinking with data, mine, harmonize and elevate insights
• Uncover new targeting opportunities to buy more efficiently and better understand the outcomes we drive for clients
• Mine, harmonize and elevate insights across various data sources; analyze and optimize plans based on KPI’s
• Negotiate plans and Terms and Conditions in terms of business points and flag any inconsistencies or issues with GD

Collaborative Partner

• Embrace and drive results; build partnerships with others on behalf of clients
• Provide support to internal groups within OMG and determine the best way to integrate and leverage all resources

Qualifications

• Minimum 5+ years of digital industry related experience
• Deep experience with managing several complex custom content/sponsored content programs at one time is preferred
• Collaborative nature and experience with media owners, agency business units, and creative agency partners
• Comfort level with data, analytics and measurement, and various data sources and methodologies
• Thorough knowledge of the principles of marketing/advertising, understanding of media concepts, and creative requirements
• Uses alternative analytical approaches to solve media problems
• Writes clearly and concisely and present orally in an articulate and confident manner
• Effectively and comfortably communicate and interact with clients and effectively negotiate on the client’s behalf
• Articulates objectives, opportunities and techniques
• Ability to train and inspire team $2,000.00 per week ($50/hour)

Omnicom’s policy requires employees to work in the office for a minimum of three days a week, unless additional in-office days are directed by their agency or manager. Our objective is to increase this requirement over time, and many of our agencies as well as Omnicom’s corporate group already require five days of in-office attendance.

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, $2,000.00 per week ($50/hour)