Saatchi & Saatchi

Director, Media

Saatchi & Saatchi$121K — $166K *
Media
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 7-10+ years of experience in multi-channel media, particularly digital media
  • 5+ years of management experience
  • Experience with large enterprise client teams
  • Skill in strategizing campaigns aligned with client goals and KPIs
  • Strong analytics aptitude to inform media planning
  • Proven track record of identifying and executing media opportunities
  • Experience in optimizing the media planning process
  • Portfolio management for large brand paid media
  • Excellent communication skills, including visual storytelling.

Responsibilities

  • Maintain up-to-date knowledge of media industry news and brand business
  • Lead team and client interactions to foster strong relationships
  • Develop strategic media recommendations aligned with brand objectives
  • Elevate strategic thinking across the portfolio using personal experience
  • Analyze audience strategies to support business case development
  • Facilitate timely execution of assignments through effective team collaboration
  • Provide management support to ensure alignment with organizational goals.

Benefits

  • 12 weeks or more of Paid Family Care for caregivers
  • Financial support for Adoption, Surrogacy, and Fertility
  • Financial assistance for pet adoption
  • Comprehensive wellness reimbursements
  • Tuition Assistance for continued education
  • Flexible Paid Time Off policies including vacation and sick days
  • Opportunity to work remotely through the 'Work Your World' program
  • Involvement in Business Resource Groups of diverse affinities.
Full Job Description
Overview

  • Maintain an in-depth knowledge of current media industry news and brand business (current and historical perspectives) with a focus on upstream initiatives
  • Ensure the team delivers sound strategic media recommendations based on a clear understanding of brand objectives
  • Lead the team and day-to-day client interaction and build, maintain, and grow client relationships and client business
  • Apply their experience to elevate strategic thinking across the portfolio and set appropriate learning agenda elements
  • Write and deliver strategies and POV's as well as oversee the translation of these strategies into the final audience recommendations/plans
  • Analyze client's audience strategies and work with internal groups to lead business case development
  • Facilitate team building through collaboration, open communication, and focused project management to assure that assignments are executed in a timely manner
  • Provide vision, direction, management and support to individuals within the team to ensure their work aligns with our mission and goals
  • Demonstrate a deep technical understanding as well as problem solving and intervention when necessary

Qualifications

  • 7-10+ years of multi-channel media experience, with an emphasis on digital media
  • 5+ years of management experience
  • Experience working on a large enterprise client team
  • Ability to strategically plan campaigns from audience determination, ability to best flight and execute campaigns to align with client's strategic goals and KPIs
  • Strong understanding of analytics to inform and validate planning and strategy
  • History of identifying media opportunities, presenting them to clients, and executing
  • Experience monitoring and recommending improvements to the entire media planning process
  • Ensuring people are adopting the best in class tools, techniques, systems to deliver effective media processes
  • Portfolio management of paid media for a large brand
  • Excellent communication (written and verbal along with visual storytelling), diplomacy, and relationship building and decision making skills with the ability to think creatively.

Additional information

The Power of One starts with our people! To do powerful things, we offer powerful resources.

Our 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.

Compensation Range: USD $121,315.00 - USD $166,000.00/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 9/1/2026.

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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