Senior Director, Digital Activation

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Job Description:

The right candidate should be a:

• Digital subject matter expert across all Digital channels
• Clear, concise communicator
• Gravitas in abundance
• Thought-leader: inspires change and transformation within the client
• Interact with detailed and big-picture stakeholders
• Proactive, entrepreneurial & initiative-driven mentality

Key Roles & Responsibilities:

Digital Leadership:

• Create the vision and implementation for Digital initiatives in the US, working in collaboration with stakeholders
• across PHD, setting ambitious goals to advance the client's digital maturity and reach across Digital channels.
• Identify emerging digital trends, technologies, and platforms to leverage to advance the strategic development of
• digital media strategy.
• Provide thought leadership, competitive benchmarking, industry insights, and best practices.
• Ensure all opportunities have a focus on brand safety and suitability, and adhere to all advertising requirements.
• Own relationships with media vendors & partners (e.g., Google, TTD), including leading JBPs & QBRs.
• Collaborate on new ways to operationalize Biddable media to achieve greater effectiveness and business
• outcomes.
• Work closely with cross-functional team leads across Media Operations, Creative, Data Privacy, and Analytics to
• collaborate on solutions.
• Oversee the development of team members, including reviews, constructive feedback, and identifying career
• growth paths.

Media Activation:

• Drive the vision, strategy, execution, and day-to-day responsibilities of the Media activation team in Search,
• Programmatic, Video, Audio, and Social Media.
• Propose new ways of approaching media buying to continue to drive business growth and challenge the status quo.
• Work with internal agency and holding company stakeholders to leverage enterprise relationships when possible
• and to help inform agency/holding company direction on topics based on client needs.
• Continue to evolve the Digital/Performance team to meet the demands of the ever-changing digital media
• ecosystem.
• Develop the team to be cross-tier and cross-functional for optimal management of campaigns and dollars.
• Act as a leader for the Client team and PHD to develop and deliver well-thought-out POVs on industry-changing
• topics like GDPR, CCPA, AI, CAPI, etc..
• Advise and educate clients on these topics in advance of their rollouts to manage expectations and drive for
• smooth transitions.
• Be versed in both Digital platforms and technology, having a POV on hot industry topics and trends.
• Be fluent and champion the benefits of leading tech and data stack offerings
• Strong marketplace knowledge, reputation, and relationships.

EXPERIENCE NEEDED:

• 10+ years of experience in Digital Media/Marketing
• Proven track record of successfully leading and implementing digital transformation initiatives in complex
• organizations
• In-depth knowledge of digital media trends, technologies, and platforms across all digital media channels, content
• management systems, analytics tools, and marketing automation
• Strong strategic thinking and problem-solving skills, with the ability to translate business objectives into
• actionable digital strategies
• Experience in building, leading, and delegating to a team, client-facing, strong strategic vision, and ability to
• execute excellent marketplace relationships
• Strong leadership skills to inspire, cultivate, and motivate a team through positive reinforcement while
• championing accountability
• Foster growth with team members to develop skill sets both within and beyond their titled disciplines
• Ability to work across functions (strategy and marketing science) to bring client goals to an actionable result
• Process and detail-oriented
• Willingness to embrace change – ways of working, processes, tools, etc.
• Strong comfort level with data, analytics, and measurement

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120,000-230,000

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