Associate Director, Digital Activation

Agency:

Omd

Job Function:

Media

Job Subfunction:

Performance Media

Job Description:

Associate Director Digital Media
Role Overview
Were seeking an exceptional Associate Director to lead and inspire a high-performing team of media this hands-on leadership role youll drive strategic outcomes by balancing delegated accountability with direct ownership of media planning and activation. Youll establish a foundation of support guidance strategic clarity and commitment to excellence while ensuring every project executes on time on budget and exceeds quality standards.

Key Responsibilities
- Manage daily team performance and trajectory ensuring alignment with agency objectives and client expectations
- Be accountable for your direct reports day-to-day performance and task prioritization
- Facilitate partnership between senior leadership clients and internal teams to translate business requirements into executable digital media strategies
- Review assess and provide constructive feedback on partner media plans to ensure strategic alignment efficiency and ROI maximization
- Demonstrate proficiency in client/agency finance processes billing protocols and resource allocation
- Champion agency processes and best practices to ensure operational efficiency accountability and consistent client satisfaction

Required Experience & Qualifications

Management Experience:
3 years in a management role; must be comfortable managing a team of several employees (at least 2 employees)
Must love managing and leading a team of passionate and dedicated media professionals across digital areas
Meeting with senior leaders to understand and facilitate client agency and business requests
Understanding of client/agency finance process; client billing and employee hours/pacing against business scope
Must follow all agency process to support/push continued adherence to facilitate workflow and manage expectations

Digital Media Expertise:
- 4 years of strategic digital media planning and execution
- Deep expertise in digital marketplace dynamicsincluding media rates buying models negotiation strategies and contract execution
- Advanced proficiency in media math and data-driven optimization
- Deep proficiency with Prisma (non-negotiable)
- Proven ability to review evaluate and critique partner media plans for strategic alignment and optimization
- Fluency in media terminology and industry standards

Preferred Qualifications (Nice-to-Haves)
- Hands-on experience managing and executing campaigns within ecommerce platforms (Instacart DoorDash Walmart Connect)
- Background in curating custom content programs with cross -channel components
-Social media experience (Meta TikTok)
- Experience optimizing digital media strategies for conversion-focused campaigns $70000 - $125000

Omnicoms 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 Omnicoms corporate group already require five days of in-office attendance.

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