Associate Director, Commerce & Retail Media at dentsu

Job Description:As an Associate Director you will be responsible overseeing the strategy and delivery of work for the media planning activation and campaign management team of top-tier retail media networks. You will develop and maintain an intimate knowledge of client businesses and ensure all client media requirements are accomplished in a timely and accurate manner. You will align the right resources to meet the client needs and you will provide coaching and guidance to your direct reports and team. You will work cross functionally with all teams to support and deliver against media client and company objectives. You will report to the Group Director of Media Strategy & Monetization.Responsibilities:Maintain an understanding of client business goals and marketing objectives and translate them into digital objectives/strategies.Remain up to date with the media marketplace and opportunities for our clients.Build internal/external client and stakeholder relationships.Develop client specific media best practices SOPs and ways of working.Drive alignment across internal and client teams for establishing processes ways of working and cross-functional roles and responsibilities.Identify challenges and process-related roadblocks and problem solve internally and with the client.Oversee team workload including distribution of work and staffing across pods capacity planning and communicating staffing needs to senior management.Lead interviewing hiring and training of new team members.Provide ongoing support to your team through regular feedback and weekly one-on-ones.Ensure that process documents are accurate and are kept current.Be an escalation point on planning and activation best practices process and campaign troubleshooting.Work on special projects as assigned.Qualifications5 years in digital media monetization strategy planning activation and/or campaign management2 years of retail media experience potentially specialty retail experience2 years of hands-on experience in a digital planning/buying role including platform experience across programmatic DSPs (DV360 TTD YouTube) paid social platforms (Meta Pinterest TikTok) and/or SSP/Ad Servers (GAM DCM Criteo CAD)Experience working within OMS platforms ( Advendio) and workflow management systems (JIRA Workfront Monday)Experience with management of planning/buying on digital OOH platformsComfortable working in a startup environment with changing workflows and prioritiesDesire for knowledge and innovation keen to make a difference in a growing business with existing clientsExperience managing a teamProficiency in Word Excel and PowerPointThe annual salary range for this position is $68000 -$110400. 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 insuranceLife insuranceShort-term and long-term disability insurance401kFlexible paid time offAt least 15 paid holidays per yearPaid sick and safe leave andPaid parental leave.Dentsu also complies with applicable state and local laws regarding employee leave benefits including but not limited to providing time off pursuant to the Colorado Healthy Families and Workplaces Act in accordance with its plans and policies. For further details regarding Dentsu benefits please visit.To begin the application process please click on the Apply button at the top of this job posting. Applications will be reviewed on an ongoing basis and qualified candidates will be contacted for next steps.At dentsu we believe great work happens when were connected. Our way of working combines flexibility with in-person collaboration to spark ideas and strengthen our teams. Employees who live within a commutable distance of one of our hub offices currently located in Chicago metro Detroit Los Angeles and New York City are required and expected to work from the office three days per week (two days per week for employees based in Los Angeles). Dentsu may designate other Hub offices at any time. Those who live outside a commutable range may be designated as remote depending on the role and business needs. Regardless of your work location we expect our employees to be flexible to meet the needs of our Company and clients which may include attendance in an office.#LI-AD2#LI-remoteLocation:Chicago - N. StateBrand:IprospectTime Type:Full timeContract Type:PermanentDentsu is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees. We do this without regard to race color national origin sex sexual orientation gender identity age pregnancy childbirth or related medical conditions ancestry physical or mental disability marital status political affiliation religious practices and observances citizenship status genetic information veteran status or any other basis protected under applicable federal state or local law.Dentsu is committed to providing reasonable accommodation to among others individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans. If you need an accommodation because of a disability to search and apply for a career opportunity with us please send an e-mail toby clicking on the link to let usknow the nature of your accommodation request and your contact information. We are here to support you.Required Experience:Director Key Skills Instrument,Credit Control,Drafting,Government,Administration Support,Analytics Employment Type : Full-Time Experience: years Vacancy: 1 Monthly Salary Salary: 68000 - 110400