About the role
The Media Activation team is responsible for providing thoughtful and exciting recommendations for Search, Social, Display, and Video, owning supplier relationships, and then executing those recommendations expertly.
The Media Activation team leverages their mastery of each channel to make sure its recommendations are consistently excellent and innovative, and that in-channel performance and data integrity is maximized.
The Associate Display Activation Director is the display lead for designated clients/campaigns, and is responsible for delivering category-defining capabilities and services across display and video inventory purchased via display platforms and Reservation.
Success in this role involves providing strategic insight across a breadth of channels, helping to evolve best practice within the display channel specifically, and leading a team (including ultimate responsibility for quality of work within this team).
Some of the things we’d like you to do:
Support the team Client Director & Media Activation Practice Lead in capacity planning & resource management for the team
Oversea development, roll out, and adherence of display best practices
Develop strong relationships with your client, and key suppliers, leading team communications with these stakeholders.
Be able to communicate with clients on subjects outside your remit, and provide them with useful insight, working independently
Bring in-depth knowledge of all programmatic platforms (e.g.
– DSPs , DMPs, etc) operating as in-agency expert in your field of specialism, whilst showing a good understanding of the overall media landscape
Manage and develop display and video vendor relationships
Identify new platforms, partners & integrations, evaluate these (and existing platforms) over time and maintain a POV here
Develop thought leadership pieces & case studies throughout the course of the year to demonstrate role within wider industry as a display expert
Deliver quarterly, semi-annual, or annual updates on work quality as it relates to owned workstreams
Gain a strategic understanding of the client’s business and KPIs, and how display campaign optimizations meet those KPIs
Ownership of in-channel planning and forecasting, testing, measurement, and optimization
Manage a team of 2-5 direct reports, a larger team of up to 12
Lead through vision, values, and model leadership behaviors while championing and facilitating change in a positive manner
Provide timely and actionable feedback to the team to aid in their development
Strong and effective communication across all levels; ability to establish and maintain effective relationships both internally and externally
Thoughtfully craft career development plans for your reports and contribute to the development of training materials for the department
A bit about yourself:
Bachelor’s degree in a Media/Advertising or a related field
Expert knowledge in programmatic landscape
Approximately 5-7 years experience in a digital media agency or ad tech company, minimum 4 years of media buying experience.
Specialization in DSP platforms (e.g.
DBM, TubeMogul, AppNexus), or with SSP/Ad Exchange platforms (e.g.
AdX, Rubicon).
Experience with reservation-based buying, including vendor management and negotiation and IO handling
Detailed knowledge of challenges for mobile & video in programmatic
– e.g.
SDK, VPAID/VAST
Experience with data integration projects
– e.g.
API, DMP, Analytics, etc
Proficiency in Excel (Pivot Tables, VLookups, etc)
Strong understanding of optimization levers & testing approaches across media buying platforms
Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written, are particularly important in developing client relationships and maintaining efficient communication across the team
Great analysis skills (including quantitative analysis) and confidence in making information based decisions
Adept at working within team and partnering across teams
Strong leadership capability