Associate Director, Programmatic

PHD is a global communications planning and media buying agency network delivering smart strategic thinking and creative innovation for the world’s leading brands. Brilliant media thinking is in our DNA. A culture of thought-leadership, creativity and innovation has seen us grow from a challenger agency in the UK, to a global leader with over 6,000 employees in over 100 offices worldwide. We combine the latest industry insight with the best creative minds to produce planning innovation and create award-winning work for some of the world’s largest advertisers. Finding a better way is our ethos and sums up how we approach everything – from a new client brief to the way we work.

• Primary Role
• Serve as the performance team lead across your dedicated brands, providing the highest level of escalation support for items specifically pertaining the team’s activation and strategy of these channels before moving onto senior leadership/ external teams. Work should be done with a primary focus of ensuring team growth, the innovation of our digital approach, and the upholding of the overall client relationship and opinion of the performance team.
• The Associate Director should be well-versed in the strategic and tactical aspects of campaign planning and execution across Programmatic, Social, and Search.

• Necessary Skills & Roles
• Manage a team of people ensuring you focus on the core principles of effective management
• In partnership with Enterprise/ Omnicom leadership, negotiate large agency deals across clients creating wins for the client and agency
• Master the ability to lead client relationships, managing all day-to-day activities including strategic and tactical campaign management, serving as the lead managerial contact for client and internal/external partners within your channels
• Identify opportunities to bring in additional teams within the agency in efforts to provide the highest level of agency service, maximizing a broader strategic investment solution for the client
• Improve current processes or ways of doing something by challenging the conventional way of thinking and enacting insightful and strategically rational updates to your team’s operations
• Drive maximum savings for the client through innovative client strategies or account stewardship
• Master the ability to summarize the results and thought behind key agency value propositions, ultimately to be presented to the client and applicable senior management
• Establish a future focused and productive relationship with your team and channels, ensuring that all team members have the necessary tools to grow in their career/ knowledge of these mediums, as well as effectively deliver against our client needs

Owned Responsibilities (in no particular order)

• Cross-channel Optimizations & Budget Management, Client Status, Cross-Team Meetings (sr.), Upholding Overall Client Relationship & Opinion, Day to Day Client Management (mid-sr.), Ad Hoc Analyses/ Marketplace POVs, Upholding/Updating Overall Digital Strategy, Team Expectations & Personal Growth, Senior Leadership & Agency Work
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This is the pay range the Company believes it will pay for this position at the time of this posting. Consistent with applicable law, compensation will be determined based on relevant experience, other job-related qualifications/skills, and geographic location (to account for comparative cost of living). The Company reserves the right to modify this pay range at any time. For this role, benefits include: health insurance, vision insurance, dental insurance, 401(k), Healthcare Flexible Spending Account, Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account, vacation days, sick days, personal days, paid parental leave, paid medical leave, and STD/LTD insurance benefits.

Compensation Range

$70,000—$120,000 USD

This role is hybrid, requiring three (3) days per week in the office. The remaining two (2) days may be worked remotely. Specific in-office days will be discussed during the interview process, with flexibility to align with team needs. Please note that the number or required in-office days may be adjusted over time, potentially increasing the number of required in-office days based on business needs.

PHD is An Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status, age or any other federally protected class.

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