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Director, Audience Data & Platform Sol

Publicis Groupe


Job Location:

Chicago, IL - USA

Monthly Salary: Not provided by the employer
Posted: 23 July 2026 (30+ days ago)
Application Deadline: 21 October 2026
Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Company Description

Publicis Media is a social marketing and dynamic content center of excellence specializing in connecting brands to consumers in real-time social environments.

Job Description

The Data and Platform Solutions group is a specialized team within the agency acting as digital data and ad technology experts. Audience data can help inform media decisions and this position supports this process with the media team. This will include collaboration with internal groups who own GTM Strategy DSP/Programmatic Strategy Analytics and Investment teams.

The Director Data & Platform Solutions will specifically be responsible for generating audience insights and crafting go to market strategies across platforms for audience level data. They will also work in collaboration with other teams to craft and deliver data led insights test and learn agendas and overall push the limits of data platform capabilities. This highly motivated detail-oriented individual manages processes around targeting data generates reports to understand key insights and overall executes on the clients investments in data.

Core Job functions of DPS Team

  1. Leverage data and technology to solve business problems
    Includes: Data and Audience strategy across all channels and provide audience insights and recommendations for clients and internal teams.
  2. Drive ad tech partnerships:

Includes: Evaluation selection setup maintenance roadmap project management of ad tech partners.

    1. Digital Data and Ad Tech Education (trainings POVs reference guides)
    2. Ad serving (Standard dynamic video display)
    3. Attribution (pixels tracking measurement mobile desktop)
    4. Web analytics app measurement MTA cross device CPDs
    5. Data Marketplace (1P 2P 3P landscape best practices)
    6. DSPs
    7. Role of platforms and tech (DPS 101)

    Responsibilities

    Role Responsibilities:

    • Act as resource to demonstrate agency knowledge of digital strategies
    • Own and maintain relationships with audience data partners and internal agency counterparts
    • Guide and drive use of audience data to impact media strategies for client account(s) based on overall objectives
    • Maintaining knowledge of current media trends and provide training to employees when necessary.
    • Help create client presentations & provide agency POVs to client based on client data strategy objectives
    • Grow day to day client relationships focused on data & internal agency leads
    • Oversee & Set Precedent of the management of the day to day relationship with DMP or DMP Like platforms (Data Management Platform)
    • Managing the process of defining audiences to be leveraged sharing of data with partners and tracking and compiling performance reports regarding audience groups
    • Prepare & present data strategy presentation and drive integration in media plan focused on audience details
    • Support and/or manage thought leadership and roadmap planning of signal loss and data privacy initiative

    Qualifications
    • B.A. or B.S. preferably in Marketing Advertising or Data Science
    • 7 years of experience preferred in digital media ad technology ad operations or analytics
    • Self-starter who is quick to learn and eager to contribute
    • Excellent interpersonal verbal written communication and presentation skills
    • Experience managing multiple competing priorities duties and/or projects
    • Familiarity with basic accounting/math principles; basic statistical analysis experience is a plus
    Additional Information

    Our Publicis Groupe motto Viva La Différence means were 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

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

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    Compensation Range: USD $135375.00 - USD $165000.00/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. Temporary roles may also qualify for participation in our 401(k) plan after eligibility 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 8/15/2026.

    Required Experience:

    Director


    About Company

    Publicis Media is one of the four solutions hubs of Publicis Groupe ([Euronext Paris FR0000130577, CAC 40], alongside Publicis Communications, Publicis.Sapient and Publicis Healthcare. Led by Steve King, CEO, Publicis Media is powered by its five global brands, Starcom, Zenith, Spark ... View more

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