Digitas North America
Vice President Group Director, Media Investment
Digitas North America, Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60290
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Job Description
As
VP/ Group Dire
ctor, Video,
you will provide investment leadership across paid Video channels, both nationally and locally, including TV, CTV and Addressable TV. In this role, you will manage the Video investment team to ensure a consistent go-to-market approach and create synergies with our media strategy to exceed campaign KPIs.
To help with this, we’re looking for an outstanding
VP/Group Director
– someone who can win the hearts of clients, inspire their teammates, and skillfully juggle multiple Video channels for a new piece of CPG business.
Sound like you? Read on.
We are seeking a leader who will bring an innovative approach to buying, endless curiosity to identify new opportunities and an ability to achieve value through strong partner negotiation. You will be able to speak fluently to channel buying tactics; often acting as a representative of the full media investment team to clients and the marketplace.
Day to day your role includes:
Manage, optimize, and expand programs for all video channels to maximize the profitability of the marketing spend.
Oversee the work of a team, managing workflow and providing strategic guidance and oversight. Responsible for overseeing client performance & delivery across the portfolio of their brands.
Operate as a connective tissue with internal agency capabilities to ensure that all relevant teams are aware of media investment details and have a central point of contact to represent the broader investment portfolio.
Speak fluently to multiple Video channels – Linear, Streaming & Addressable
Act as primary point of contact for agency/holding company tools and offerings that bring immediate value to the client.
Leverage historic analytics/performance to validate investment strategies, inform tactical decisions and exhibit ongoing willingness to optimization performance for campaign success.
Work alongside client partners to determine how best to spend their media dollars to drive outcomes.
Bring innovative solutions and out of the box thinking to partners and clients.
Work within teams to troubleshoot and quickly problem solve campaign management issues as they arise, as well as effectively communicate issues with clients.
Manage and maintain relationships with internal practice leads and full investment team (up to 15+ people)
Be a leader through strength and stability — functioning as a point of escalation for clients and team members as needed.
This position reports to the SVP, Investments.
Qualifications
12+ years of media planning and buying experience, with a strong focus on performance media
Bachelor’s degree or higher, with a concentration in advertising, marketing, business administration, communications, or equivalent
Analytical Video background – comfort with data and numbers
6+ years of people managing experience, overseeing five or more reports in an account management/client services team
Deep industry relationships with TV networks, streaming partners and other publishers
Excellent negotiation skills and understanding of how to add incremental value and communicate that to our clients
Strong communication and writing skills—you’re poised, precise, and above all, kind when engaging with others
Able to package, merchandise, and sell in concepts and new opportunities
Strategic thinking and able to see the bigger picture
Self-starter with ability to work independently and in a collaborative team setting
Got what it takes? We’d love to hear from you.
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Job Description
As
VP/ Group Dire
ctor, Video,
you will provide investment leadership across paid Video channels, both nationally and locally, including TV, CTV and Addressable TV. In this role, you will manage the Video investment team to ensure a consistent go-to-market approach and create synergies with our media strategy to exceed campaign KPIs.
To help with this, we’re looking for an outstanding
VP/Group Director
– someone who can win the hearts of clients, inspire their teammates, and skillfully juggle multiple Video channels for a new piece of CPG business.
Sound like you? Read on.
We are seeking a leader who will bring an innovative approach to buying, endless curiosity to identify new opportunities and an ability to achieve value through strong partner negotiation. You will be able to speak fluently to channel buying tactics; often acting as a representative of the full media investment team to clients and the marketplace.
Day to day your role includes:
Manage, optimize, and expand programs for all video channels to maximize the profitability of the marketing spend.
Oversee the work of a team, managing workflow and providing strategic guidance and oversight. Responsible for overseeing client performance & delivery across the portfolio of their brands.
Operate as a connective tissue with internal agency capabilities to ensure that all relevant teams are aware of media investment details and have a central point of contact to represent the broader investment portfolio.
Speak fluently to multiple Video channels – Linear, Streaming & Addressable
Act as primary point of contact for agency/holding company tools and offerings that bring immediate value to the client.
Leverage historic analytics/performance to validate investment strategies, inform tactical decisions and exhibit ongoing willingness to optimization performance for campaign success.
Work alongside client partners to determine how best to spend their media dollars to drive outcomes.
Bring innovative solutions and out of the box thinking to partners and clients.
Work within teams to troubleshoot and quickly problem solve campaign management issues as they arise, as well as effectively communicate issues with clients.
Manage and maintain relationships with internal practice leads and full investment team (up to 15+ people)
Be a leader through strength and stability — functioning as a point of escalation for clients and team members as needed.
This position reports to the SVP, Investments.
Qualifications
12+ years of media planning and buying experience, with a strong focus on performance media
Bachelor’s degree or higher, with a concentration in advertising, marketing, business administration, communications, or equivalent
Analytical Video background – comfort with data and numbers
6+ years of people managing experience, overseeing five or more reports in an account management/client services team
Deep industry relationships with TV networks, streaming partners and other publishers
Excellent negotiation skills and understanding of how to add incremental value and communicate that to our clients
Strong communication and writing skills—you’re poised, precise, and above all, kind when engaging with others
Able to package, merchandise, and sell in concepts and new opportunities
Strategic thinking and able to see the bigger picture
Self-starter with ability to work independently and in a collaborative team setting
Got what it takes? We’d love to hear from you.
#J-18808-Ljbffr