Director, Activation
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Job Location:
Chicago, IL - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
21 hours ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Job Description:
Amplifi Solutions is the commercial innovation & incremental value arm for dentsu amplifying transformative business outcomes for all. We have a mandate to unleash the potential of media technology and modern trading methodologies to create value for all. We deliver solutions to create and deliver value for advertisers partners and the wider industry including Advantage a suite of guaranteed value products powered by principal trading and Modern Media a modern omni-channel cross-screen activation solution.
The Director will be called upon for the management of the end-to-end campaign activation process overseeing a team of omni-channel activation experts. The Director is accountable for stewarding campaign performance and pacing. They provide oversight of the full team and ensure compliance and best practices. The Director assists the senior leaders with managing timelines and priorities to ensure high-quality on-time deliverables. Beyond day-to-day team deliverables they foster knowledge-sharing and support senior leaders with central tasks and are key to cultivating a culture of teamwork and collaboration. The Director is client-facing and able to expertly navigate and manage the client service experience.
KEY AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY:
Responsibilities include but are not limited to:
Accountable for daily team operations and campaign excellence ensuring best practices are evident in work of the activation team
Responsible for maintaining processes to ensure successful campaign activation troubleshooting and optimization
Ability to lead meetings and articulate optimizations rationale results and recommendations in reporting commentary and on client calls and address concerns as needed
Generate RFP responses and develop tactical recommendations showcasing innovative thinking across platforms audiences & content programs
Translate business problems into activation strategies using Amplifi products (e.g. Advantage Modern Media commerce/retail media constructs) with measurable KPIs across efficiency effectiveness and impact.
Be an expert on the buying platforms direct media buying processes and internal dentsu products; support team with Q/A
Identify and test emerging tech solutions and innovations highlighting client value in results and sharing across client team
Effectively manage expectations timelines and priorities
Update team 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
Contribute to forecasting and revenue related projects
Partner with Solutions to bring principal/proprietary offerings to life; with Partnerships/Commercial on supply strategy and deal economics; with DTA on data tech and measurement; and with Revenue Ops on compliant processes.
EXPERIENCE/KNOWLEDGE REQUIRED:
Bachelors degree or equivalent 7 years of experience within programmatic specifically and overall digital industry
Strong experience across all digital media channels and ability to eloquently speak to each
Proficient in programmatic/social technology platform and partner solutions including but not limited to DSPs ad servers ad verification platforms planning/financial platforms DMPs analytics & reporting dashboards etc.
Excellent verbal and written communications presentation and analytical skills
Theannualsalary range for this position is $114425-$152662.Placement within the salary rangeis based on a variety of factorsincluding relevant experience knowledge skills and other factorspermittedby law.
Benefits available with this position include:
Medical vision and dental insurance
Life insurance
Short-term and long-term disability insurance
401k
Flexiblepaidtimeoff
At least 15paid holidays per year
Paid sickand safeleave and
Paid parentalleave.
Dentsu alsocomplieswithapplicable state and local lawsregardingemployee leave benefits including but not limited to providing time offpursuant tothe Colorado Healthy Families and Workplaces Actin accordance withits plans and policies.Forfurther detailsregardingDentsu benefits please visit .
To begin the application process please click on the Apply button at the top of this job posting. Applications will be reviewed on an ongoing basis and qualified candidates will be contacted fornextsteps.
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Required Experience:
Director
Key Skills
- Business
- Marketing
- Key Decision Makers
- Active Directory
- Customer Service
- Performance Evaluations
- Federal Regulations
- Communications
- Account Management
- Project Management
- Minimum Data Set
- Budget management
- Powerpoint
- Direct Reports
