Vice President, Video Investment

Publicis Health Media; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 75,000 - 108,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage

Dental

Vision

Disability

401K

Parental leave

Family care leave

Tuition reimbursement

Flexible time off

Job summary

Publicis Health Media is seeking a VP, Video Investment to guide strategy and activation across Linear TV, OTT, CTV, and digital video. You will shape investment approaches for assigned accounts, ensure high-quality deliverables, and partner with Strategy, Planning, Analytics, and other teams to drive measurable outcomes.

You will mentor teams, strengthen agency and client relationships, and stay ahead of evolving video platforms and data capabilities to optimize planning, buying, and

Qualifications

• 10+ years of media buying, investment or activation experience in video.
• Experience across national and local video campaigns.
• Strong communication and client management skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead video investment and activation across multiple client accounts, from proposal development through campaign execution, optimization, and post-buy analysis.
• Own the quality, accuracy, and timeliness of client deliverables and investment recommendations.
• Partner with Strategy, Planning, Analytics, and other agency teams to develop effective video investment solutions.
• Support new business efforts, including pitch strategy, proposals, and video investment plans.
• Identify opportunities to improve processes, tools, data integrity, and ways of working across the Video Investment team.
• Maintain strong relationships with clients, media partners, vendors, and internal stakeholders.
• Stay current on evolving video platforms, technology, data, and content and identify opportunities to apply them to client business.
• Lead, coach, and develop team members while effectively managing priorities and delegating work.
• Present recommendations, strategies, and results clearly to senior clients and internal stakeholders.
• Participate in forecasting, business planning, and other strategic initiatives.

Skills

Media buying

Investment strategy

Video activation

Tools

Mediaocean/Prisma

Spectra/MediaBank

DSPs

ad servers

verification platforms

Job description

Company Description

PHM is the leading health media agency in the US, built for the modern healthcare experience. Here, industry depth meets media scale, where data becomes direction, where creativity and storytelling bring truth to life, and where orchestration replaces fragmentation.

Dedicated to making brands discovered, PHM redefines what media can do through data, content, and creativity. Because in modern healthcare, the brands that are found are the ones that lead. And when brands lead, advantage follows. Go deeper. Be found.

Overview

As the VP, Video Investment, you will lead video investment strategy and activation across the full video ecosystem, including Linear TV, FEP, VOD, OTT, CTV, Mobile, OLV, and Addressable. This role is responsible for driving effective, efficient, and innovative investment approaches across assigned client accounts while ensuring high-quality execution and strong business outcomes.

You will bring a forward-looking perspective to the evolving video landscape, identifying opportunities across emerging platforms, technology, data, and content to improve how we plan, buy, measure, and optimize video investment. You will also lead and develop teams, strengthen agency and client relationships, and partner cross-functionally to establish scalable processes and best practices.

Responsibilities

• Lead video investment and activation across multiple client accounts, from proposal development through campaign execution, optimization, and post-buy analysis.
• Own the quality, accuracy, and timeliness of client deliverables and investment recommendations.
• Partner with Strategy, Planning, Analytics, and other agency teams to develop effective video investment solutions.
• Support new business efforts, including pitch strategy, proposals, and video investment plans.
• Identify opportunities to improve processes, tools, data integrity, and ways of working across the Video Investment team.
• Maintain strong relationships with clients, media partners, vendors, and internal stakeholders.
• Stay current on evolving video platforms, technology, data, and content and identify opportunities to apply them to client business.
• Lead, coach, and develop team members while effectively managing priorities and delegating work.
• Present recommendations, strategies, and results clearly to senior clients and internal stakeholders.
• Participate in forecasting, business planning, and other strategic initiatives.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of media buying, investment, or activation experience, with significant video experience.
• 3+ years of digital video experience, including CTV, OLV, OTT, Mobile, and/or Addressable.
• Experience across National and Local Video.
• Experience in the Retail and/or CPG space.
• 3+ years managing client and external partner relationships.
• 2+ years of people management experience.
• Strong knowledge of media investment and digital buying tools, including Mediaocean/Prisma, Spectra/MediaBank, DSPs, ad servers, and verification platforms.
• Strong communication, presentation, analytical, and organizational skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and operate effectively in a matrixed environment.

Additional Information

Our Publicis Groupe motto “Viva La Différence” means we’re better together, and we believe that our differences make us stronger. It means we honor and celebrate all identities, across all facets of intersectionality, and it underpins all that we do as an organization. We are focused on fostering belonging and creating equitable & inclusive experiences for all talent.

Publicis Groupe provides robust and inclusive benefit programs and policies to support the evolving and diverse needs of our talent and enable every person to grow and thrive. Our benefits package includes medical coverage, dental, vision, disability, 401K, as well as parental and family care leave, family forming assistance, tuition reimbursement, and flexible time off.

If you require accommodation or assistance with the application or onboarding process specifically, please contact [e-mail].

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Compensation Range: USD $75,050.00 - USD $107,835.00/Annually. This is the pay range the Company believes it will pay for this position at the time of this posting. Consistent with applicable law, compensation will be determined based on the skills, qualifications, and experience of the applicant along with the requirements of the position, and the Company reserves the right to modify this pay range at any time. Temporary roles may be eligible to participate in our freelancer/temporary employee medical plan through a third‑party benefits administration system once certain criteria have been met. For regular roles, the Company will offer medical coverage, dental, vision, disability, 401k, and paid time off. The Company anticipates the application deadline for this job posting will be 11/1/2026.