Saatchi & Saatchi

Director, Brand Experience

Saatchi & Saatchi$121K — $194K *
Media
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 7-10 years of experience managing large accounts and teams
  • Diverse media planning/strategy experience across various client verticals
  • Proven agency media planning experience
  • Superior client service skills with a focus on strategic media plans
  • Experience across all media types including digital and programmatic
  • Proficiency in media-related software and analysis tools
  • Strong problem-solving and adaptability skills

Responsibilities

  • Establish and nurture strong relationships with senior client contacts
  • Collaborate with clients on annual budget and staffing plans
  • Drive modern marketing solutions through innovation and thought leadership
  • Balance client expectations with agency business goals
  • Direct and nurture the development of competitive communication plans
  • Partner with internal teams to evaluate brand extension concepts
  • Co-manage and mentor team members with varying experience levels

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage
  • Disability and flexible time off
  • 401K retirement plan options
  • Parental and family care leave policies
  • Tuition reimbursement for further education
  • Family forming assistance programs
Full Job Description
Overview

The Director, Brand Experience serves as the media lead and partner to our client providing comprehensive media thought leadership. They help set the direction while driving new thinking and challenging the team and themselves to deliver innovative work for our client. The Director is a strong relationship builder and problem solver who provides strategic oversight to holistic media plans, innovative ideas, and marketplace solutions tailored to a fast-paced client.

You will be working side by side with our client on a world-leading brand and category across US markets. You have the opportunity to build culture and lead a world-class pharma brand that brings people together! This role works with an exciting, iconic brand gearing up to do big and impactful things!

The right candidate will lead with credibility & confidence within a matrixed team and build strong client relationships with senior and junior team members.

Responsibilities

  • Establish and build strong working relationships with senior level client contacts
  • Work with the client to establish annual budget and staffing plan to best meet the needs of the client and agency
  • Bring innovation and thought leadership to drive modern marketing solutions for our client
  • Effectively and confidently balance the expectations and business goals of the client and agency
  • Direct and nurture the development, presentation and maintenance of communication plans to build a competitive advantage including: insight development, innovation road maps, strategic initiatives, big but relevant ideas, updates, and point-of-views (POVs)
  • Partner with internal teams to develop insights into brand extensions through evaluations and recommendations of cross-platform concepts; high degree of partnership across various areas/teams requires open and flexible collaboration style
  • Manage and work alongside Directors on Planning and Investment to co-manage and mentor a team with varying levels of experience .

Qualifications

  • 7-10 years of experience with previous experience leading a large account and team
  • Diverse client vertical experience in media planning/strategy highly preferred
  • Agency media planning experience required
  • Superior client service experience with proven ability to provide strategic media plans
  • Experience across all media types (national, local, digital, direct, programmatic, shopper , etc.)
  • Computer Skills/Software Knowledge: Microsoft Suite, Nielsen Suite, Kantar, IMS , Media Tools Flowchart Software,
  • MediaOcean OS, R/F and Optimization Software, comScore, Prisma, Mbox, MRI/GfK, GWI, Tableau
  • Ability to anticipate and quickly assess continually changing client needs and adapt resources and strategies accordingly
  • Agile, ability to solve problems
  • Excellent communication, presentation, organizational, interpersonal and analytical skills
  • Ability to translate data into viable business solutions to enhance strategies and meet deliverables
  • Excellent leadership skills with ability to lead team to deliver high-quality results

Additional information

Our Publicis Groupe motto "Viva La Différence" means we're 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.

Compensation Range: USD $121,315.00 - USD $194,220.00/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 10/26/2026.

About Saatchi & Saatchi

Saatchi & Saatchi is a global advertising agency headquartered in New York City. The company was founded in London in 1970 by brothers Maurice and Charles Saatchi and is now part of the Publicis Groupe, a French multinational advertising and public relations company. Saatchi & Saatchi has over 6,000 employees in 114 countries and provides a range of advertising and marketing services to clients in various industries, including automotive, consumer goods, financial services, and telecommunications. The company is known for its creative and innovative advertising campaigns, including the iconic 'Nothing is Impossible' campaign for Toyota. Saatchi & Saatchi has won numerous awards for its work, including Cannes Lions, Clios, and Effies.
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