Director, Media Planning

Job Description

As an Account Director at Zenith, you will own the client relationship. You will provide strategic leadership and guidance of the media team in terms of conception and delivering innovation, bringing human outcomes to your client’s business. You will also guide, mentor and contribute to the overall growth and career path of the team.

You will be responsible for developing and selling through Zenith and Publicis Media solutions to your roster of clients.

Transparency matters to us. For this role, you can expect a salary between $100,000-120,000 annually, depending on experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage the client relationship
• Actively listens to clients and continually identifies opportunities that makes Zenith indispensable to clients, while bringing the Human Experience to the forefront
• Develop and sell through Zenith and Publicis Media solutions to your roster of clients
• Maintain an in-depth knowledge of client business from current and historical perspectives
• Co-ordinate and ensure the quality of work for all client deliverables
• Effectively negotiates annual retainer fee with client to ensure agency is making a fair profit
• Coach, develop and mentor junior team member Ensures current staff is fully utilized and operating effectively to meet client needs within budget
• Participates in the overall management of the company, new business and offering support to business issues and supporting senior management decisions
• Provides thought leadership to colleagues, clients and projects
• Manages client contribution to vendor commitments
• Take a lead role in recruitment of new staff and make hiring recommendations for team
• Ensure client financials are accurate and delivered on deadline
• Ensure accurate client forecasts for internal agency usage

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree from a four-year college or university
• 10+ years of progressive levels of responsibility in media planning, buying and management
• Demonstrated business acumen and a track record of success in the media services profession
• Able to establish and manage to P&L statement
• Excellent written and verbal communication and presentation skills
• Strong negotiating skills
• Solid interpersonal and teamwork abilities
• Strong leadership and management skills
• Demonstrated critical thinking and problem solving abilities
• Strong analytical abilities
• Strong command of media research and reporting resource

Additional Information

Zenith is an equal opportunity employer and we welcome and encourage applications from all interested parties. Accommodations are available, upon request, for all stages of the interview and employment process for those with a disability or medical need during any stage of the recruitment process. We thank all candidates for their interest in Zenith , however, only those candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.