Director, Ad Solutions

Director – Ad Solutions

Location – LA / NYC (Hybrid - 3 days in-office)

Data-Driven Research and Insights

MarketCast combines the power of research, technology, and data science to help marketers and researchers maximize their advertising impact and unlock brand Fandom.

Our data and insights guide critical marketing decisions, helping brands determine which fandom audiences to prioritize and product benefits to communicate, in addition to developing, launching, and measuring brand and advertising campaigns across media platforms. Today our clients represent the biggest names in entertainment, tech, consumer brands, and sports and video games, and our impact touches the lives of billions of people around the globe.

#FandomIsOurJam

We’re building:

• A team of skilled research professionals providing guidance and insights for advertisers to develop, track, and optimize their advertising for ads and campaigns in all stages of their lifecycle across all media and display devices.

We’re looking for:

• A passionate and experienced Ad Solutions Director to join our team. In this role, you will be responsible for design and implementation of client advertising projects, proactively anticipating client research needs, developing strategic insights and knowledge about clients, their industry, and their advertising needs, and translating client business objectives into insightful advertising research studies. You will work closely with our sales, marketing, and product teams to identify and develop new opportunities, and you will be responsible for driving revenue growth.

Responsibilities:

• Oversee end-to-end projects to ensure timely and high-quality delivery (study design, draft questionnaire, analysis plan, reporting, insights).
• Responsibility for interpreting advertising effectiveness insights as a subject-matter expert to create and clearly articulate action-oriented insights and recommendations, then presenting results to key client stakeholders.
• With VP/SVP, actively manage client(s) to promote client satisfaction, retention, and growth.
• Support sales team with proposal development as needed.
• Master the primary drivers of advertising performance, including (but not limited to) creative quality, media strategy, programming, and competitive activity.
• Manage a demanding and fulfilling workload across client research projects and ad hoc requests.
• Work with internal support and operations teams to ensure timely workflow, efficient processes, and exacting quality control.
• Mentor and train junior staff.
• Advanced knowledge of advertising research products and applications across their lifecycle.
• Ability to provide POV on various research topics including methodology, best practices, etc.
• Managing project budgets to ensure efficient resource allocation and cost control.

Qualifications:

• A Bachelor’s Degree.
• Minimum 7-10 years of prior market research experience within advertising and media; client insights roles or client-facing roles at suppliers.
• Advanced skills in Excel and PowerPoint.
• Strong analytic, writing, and presentation skills with proven ability to work with large data sets and lead story-driven analysis.

It’ll be helpful if you have:

• Experience managing/mentoring a team of researchers.
• A curious and entrepreneurial spirit!

Benefits and Perks:

• Medical, Dental, Vision
• 401(k) Company Match
• Flexi Time
• Health & Wellness Events & Benefits
• Professional & Personal Growth & Learning Opportunities
• And, more

Our Purpose:

Fandom connects people with shared passions and builds communities around them. It offers them space to express their joy and love, whether that’s for superheroes, sports teams, or even small batch whiskeys. At MarketCast, we believe in the power of fandom. It’s as important for brands as it is for action heroes and we do fandom research, data science and analytics better than anyone on the planet. This obsessive focus on fans helps the world’s top creators, media platforms, and sports leagues transform followers into fanatics and investments into impact.

Our Core Values:

Curiosity Makes Us Tick

Our love of learning manifests in everything we do - from the surveys we field and the datasets we analyze to the technology we develop. Where others pause, we push forward, uncovering hidden meaning and answers. Always learning, always looking for more.

We Celebrate Wins

Whether its wowing clients with research or solving everyday challenges, we pause to honor great work and everyone who plays a role in it. We acknowledge and recognize great work and hustle that helps deliver the very best outcomes.

Trust is Always Trending

Trust means everything to us. It’s lending a hand when deadlines loom, always delivering on the promises we make, and calling out behavior that harms our culture. And our client’s trust is what makes all this possible, something we never take for granted.

We Roll with Change

We embrace change as an opportunity to learn, grow, and further develop. We do this by challenging our biases and rethinking how things have always been done in the past. This fresh, open-minded approach keeps us agile, innovating, and adapting in the face of uncertainty.

Diversity is Our Superpower

Our differences make us stronger. As researchers and data scientists, we have a responsibility to reflect the diverse audiences and communities all around us. Understanding people, opinions and life experiences fuels our insights and deepens our perspectives.

At MarketCast, we don't just accept difference - we embrace it, support it, and thrive on it for the benefit of our global culture and success. MarketCast is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know. Check us out: www.marketcast.com

Per the pay transparency law, the hiring range for this position is $100,000 to $120,000. As a candidate for this position, your salary and related elements of compensation will be contingent upon your work experience, education, skill set, and any other factors MarketCast considers relevant to the hiring decision. In addition to your salary, MarketCast believes in providing a competitive total rewards package for its employees. MarketCast offers employees a holistic and wide array of benefits such as subsidized medical, dental and vision, enhanced mental health resources (Modern Health), free access to the HealthJoy, Everyday Inclusion, and Calm Apps, 401K match from day one, “freedom time off”, career and personal growth outlets, such as Coursera, and two free monthly movie tickets. All benefits are subject to eligibility requirements and the terms of our official plan may be modified or amended from time to time

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