Vice President, Paid Strategy and Planning
Job Summary
With a history that dates back over 80 years Starcom is a global communications planning and media leader. We are an agency still grounded in our founding principle that people are at center of all we do. Each day we apply this belief to harness the transformative power of data and technology to inspire and move people and business forward. With more than 7000 employees in over 100 offices around the world Starcom partners with the worlds leading marketers and brands including Bank of America Best Buy Kellogg Company McDonalds Novartis Samsung Visa and more.
This role at Starcom will serve as a member of Publicis Groupes strategic internal agency Constellation.
Constellation serves as an internal-facing brand formed by a collective of Publicis Groupe agencies to address our clients creative data strategy media and technology requirements. Team members collaborate across agencies while functioning as sub-divisions within their respective brands to provide dedicated support for the client. By acting as a unified interface Constellation eliminates operational silos and presents a single service entity and primary point of contact for the client.
- Lead media strategy development and holistic planning efforts to deliver on campaign and business objectives; where necessary work with counterparts to applystrategic thinking across the portfolio
- Build and maintain key clientrelationships acrossday-to-daylevels and functions; serve as main point of contact across workstreams and processes
- Ensure teamsability to contribute tomedia recommendations based on a clear understanding of brand objectivesand client business supported by data and insights
- Maintain working knowledge of mediaand category landscapes to inform client discussions POVs and strategic decision-making
- Workcloselywithcross-functional teams (Investment AnalyticsandResearch)ensure translation of mediastrategies to tactical plansidentifyandapplycampaign insightsdeveloplearningagendas and uncover business opportunities
- Provide vision direction management and support across all levels of the team to ensure growth and delivery against client and company objectives
- Act as a leader within the organization: proactively steer process POVs and collaboration across functions
- 12 years of experience in media planning/strategy with progressive levels of responsibility 7 years of progressive leadership experience demonstrating a strong capacity to understand/employ a balance effective management hands-on teaching and mentorship
- Working experience across all media types (omnichannel brand/performance national/local shopper etc.
- Appropriately balancing participation in the day-to-day with providing leadership to the team
- In line with changing client priorities ability to adapt resources approach and work outputs quickly while ensuring executional excellence
- Exceptional communication skills: you can make the complex simple when sharing information; you can tell a story through a presentation; you can speak clearly and with authority to galvanize those around you
- Ability to understand and translate 1stand 3rdpartydata/resultsinto viablestrategic outputs
- Strong problem-solving and critical thinking skills; when presented with a challenge develops an effective solution and implements it promptly
The Power of One starts with our people! To do powerful things we offer powerful best-in-class wellness and benefits offerings include:
Paid Family Care for parents and caregivers for 12 weeks or more
Monetary assistance and support for Adoption Surrogacy and Fertility
Monetary assistance and support for pet adoption
Employee Assistance Programs and Health/Wellness/Comfort reimbursements to help you invest in your future and work/life balance
Tuition Assistance
Paid time off that includes Flexible Time off Vacation Annual Sick Days Volunteer Days Holiday and Identity days and more
Matching Gifts programs
Flexible working arrangements
Work Your World Program encouraging employees to work from anywhere Publicis Groupe has an office for up to 6 weeks a year (based upon eligibility)
Business Resource Groups that support multiple affinities and alliances
The benefits offerings listed are available to eligible U.S. Based employees are reviewed on an annual basis and are governed by the terms of the applicable plan documents.
We also offer medical and voluntary benefits to our freelancers and temporary employees. Voluntary benefit options include supplemental medical insurance transportation and parking benefits legal benefits pet insurance and auto and home insurance. You must be actively employed for 90 consecutive calendar days in order to be eligible for Publicis medical and voluntary benefits.
Starcom is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Our employment decisions are made without regard to actual or perceived race color ethnicity religion creed sex sexual orientation gender gender identity gender expression pregnancy childbirth and related medical conditions national origin ancestry citizenship status age disability medical condition as defined by applicable state law genetic information marital status military service and veteran status or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal state or local laws and ordinances.
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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