Dentsu America

Director, Client Solutions & Planning

Dentsu America$94K — $152K *
Media
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 8+ years of experience in a large agency setting
  • 8+ years of media planning and buying experience in TV, CTV, Social, and digital
  • 8+ years with media tools like Media Ocean, DDS, Nielsen Ad Intel
  • 3+ years of leadership experience with direct reports
  • Understanding of national-level sponsorship campaign planning
  • Ability to foster collaborative team relationships
  • Experience with major entertainment clients
  • Strong mathematical skills and comfort with budgeting

Responsibilities

  • Understand and coordinate across various media channels, focusing on TV, CTV, Social, and Digital
  • Lead upper funnel media awareness campaigns with 8+ years of expertise
  • Design integrated media plans across diverse awareness channels
  • Communicate directly with clients regarding media strategies and plans
  • Evaluate project timelines and manage deliverables effectively
  • Analyze competitive landscapes and derive insights from reports
  • Oversee large media budgets and manage flowcharts
  • Identify and guide media channel selections with forward-thinking strategies

Benefits

  • Medical, vision, and dental insurance
  • Life insurance
  • Short-term and long-term disability insurance
  • 401(k) plan
  • Flexible paid time off
  • At least 15 paid holidays per year
  • Paid sick and safe leave
  • Paid parental leave
Full Job Description

Job Description:

We are looking for a Director, Integrated Media Planning. You will join a supportive team and work with a client that sees us as a true partner.

You will serve in an important leadership role. You will report directly into our Group Director, Media Planning. You will also get to demonstrate your working knowledge of the media space (Traditional and Digital media) and available media research and systems. You will help manage the daily tasks by assuring focus on important client goals and communicating appropriate resource needs to meet ongoing client goals. This role is hybrid, and will be onsite in downtown Chicago three days a week.

Responsibilities:

  • Understanding of all media channels and experience coordinating across multiple media disciplines with a heavy focus on TV/CTV/Social/Digital

  • 8+ years of experience with upper funnel media awareness campaigns

  • Coordinate with multi-channel teams to design modern, strategic and thoughtful integrated media plans across a myriad of awareness-based channels (TV, CTV, Video, Social, Programmatic and Audio)

  • Comfort overseeing and communicating directly with clients on questions and media plans

  • Evaluate timelines and manage daily deliverables

  • Experience analyzing competitive landscapes, pulling reports using agency tools and compiling insights

  • Manage a large Media Budget and Flowchart

  • Guide media channel selection and forward think on new opportunities

Qualifications:

  • 8+ years of total experience in a large agency setting

  • 8+ years of media planning and buying experience in the TV, CTV, Social and digital landscape

  • 8+ years of experience with Media Ocean, DDS, Nielsen Ad Intel, Pathmatics, Media Tools, Web Analytics, Ad Servers, Media Research tools

  • 3+ years of experience of leading multiple levels of direct reports in a large agency setting

  • Understanding of planning sponsorship campaigns on a national level

  • Experience promoting collaborative relationships with other teams

  • Experience working on large entertainment clients

  • Comfortable working with budgets/numbers and an understanding of mathematical concepts

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The annual salary range for this position is $94,000 - $152,375. Placement within the salary range is based on a variety of factors, including relevant experience, knowledge, skills, and other factors permitted by law.

Benefits available with this position include:

 Medical, vision, and dental insurance,

 Life insurance,

 Short-term and long-term disability insurance,

 401k,

 Flexible paid time off,

 At least 15 paid holidays per year,

 Paid sick and safe leave, and

 Paid parental leave.

Location:

Chicago

Brand:

Dentsu X

Time Type:

Full time

Contract Type:

Permanent

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