Job Description:
As the Associate Director (AD) you will manage daily workflow for the team across specified account(s) such as the buying of programmatic and direct digital campaigns within the dentsu portfolio of agencies including Carat dentsuX and iProspect. You will oversee tactical development campaign activation pacing and optimizations and contribute to reporting including direct client interaction daily. Associate Directors also review client deliverables to ensure quality outputs.
The AD monitors campaign performance and proactively ensures optimization and that any needed course-corrections are implemented to deliver against campaign goals. You provide oversight of QA and operational best practices and continuous training and mentorship to direct reports. You assist the Director with managing timelines and priorities to ensure high-quality on-time deliverables. Beyond daily team deliverables you will foster knowledge-sharing and support the Directors with central tasks and are key to promoting a culture of teamwork and collaboration.
You will report to the Director Digital and Programmtic.
Main Responsibilities:
Accountable to daily team operations and campaign excellence ensuring best practices are evident in work of the activation/investment team
Articulate optimizations rationale results and recommendations in reporting commentary and on client calls and address concerns
Lead RFP responses and develop tactical recommendations showcasing innovative thinking across platforms audiences & content programs
Be an expert on the buying platforms direct media buying processes and internal dentsu products
Identify and test new tech solutions and innovations highlighting client value in results and sharing across client team
Ensure the team follows defined processes for campaign management across digital and programmatic channels with extra oversight on hands-on-keys activation work
Manage and communicate with direct reports managing expectations timelines and priorities
Identify training and development needs of account team
Update agency leads on team performance campaign health and strategic growth opportunities
Contribute to thought leadership POVs or other shareable collateral that improves the overall level of knowledge across digital and programmatic investment teams
Assist leadership with new business pitches
Qualifications
Bachelors degree or equivalent 5 years experience within the programmatic and digital industry
Experience with management of a team
Experience across all digital media channels and ability to eloquently speak to each
Experience with business concepts and client objectives to identify expansion opportunities
Strong analytical thinking and mathematical skills
Proficient in programmatic technology platform and partner solutions including DSPs ad servers ad verification platforms planning/financial platforms DMPs analytics & reporting dashboards
The annual salary range for this position is $68000 -$110400. Placement within the salary range is based on a variety of factors including relevant experience knowledge skills and other factors permitted by law.
Benefits available with this position include:
Medical vision and dental insurance
Life insurance
Short-term and long-term disability insurance
401k
Flexible paid time off
At least 15 paid holidays per year
Paid sick and safe leave and
Paid parental leave.
Dentsu also complies with applicable state and local laws regarding employee leave benefits including but not limited to providing time off pursuant to the Colorado Healthy Families and Workplaces Act in accordance with its plans and policies. For further details regarding Dentsu benefits please visit
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Location:
New York
Brand:
Carat
Time Type:
Full time
Contract Type:
Permanent
Dentsu is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees. We do this without regard to race color national origin sex sexual orientation gender identity age pregnancy childbirth or related medical conditions ancestry physical or mental disability marital status political affiliation religious practices and observances citizenship status genetic information veteran status or any other basis protected under applicable federal state or local law.
Required Experience:
Director