Vice President, Investment

Company Description

Agile as a Lion, Powerful as the Pride

Infinite Roar is a full-service, brand-building, modern media powerhouse, seamlessly combining the agility and personalized attention of a boutique agency with the unrivaled resources and expertise of a global leader.

Fiercely devoted to partnering with ambitious brands driven by an insatiable hunger for growth, we harness the immense power of the Publicis Media Network to drive better outcomes overnight.

At Infinite Roar, we’re driven by the exhilaration of the hunt and the triumph of the catch, all the while serving as faithful guardians of your brand.

Overview

The VP, Digital Investment oversees investment, activation, and portfolio management across all media channels. They provide consistent leadership by bringing new ideas, innovation, and opportunities to the client regularly. The VP, Digital Investment develops go to market investment strategy, recommendation, and POV's while providing effective leadership of negotiations and creating strong vendor relationships.

Responsibilities

• Own client relationship and education relating to media investment across all channels
• Provide counsel on marketplace trends and investment expertise for clients and client teams. Be a thought leader in alternative buying models and integrated projects.
• Create executive level communications (ie tactical plans, quarterly business reviews, vendor recommendations, etc) that seamlessly connect business objectives, strategic direction, and investment approach
• Maintain, develop and grow relationships with appropriate client level contacts
• Inject ideas, innovation and leading industry developments into every assignment, including day-to-day client communications
• Consistently drive the use of analytics to inform/validate investment strategies, tactical planning and on-going optimizations across all media
• Lead the billing implementation process: direct investment teams to minimize errors, collaborate with operations to ensure accurate monthly billing, and verify that actualization data aligns with billing report
• Collaborate with all partner agencies on your LOB, but also internally across all LOBs
• Strategically develop campaigns across the funnel to align with clients strategic goals and KPIs
• Manage negotiation and implementation of added value inventory, research partnerships, and custom sponsorship elements when applicable
• Strong and proven ability to trouble-shoot and quickly problem solve campaign management issues as they arise, as well as effectively partner with strategy directors to appropriately communicate issues with clients

Qualifications

• 10 years of digital media buying experience, with progressive levels of responsibility, across all platforms: display, search, mobile, programmatic, and paid social
• Previous team management experience
• Excellent negotiation skills and understanding of how to add incremental value without compromising communication needs
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to package, merchandise, and sell in concepts and new opportunities.
• Strategic thinking, ability to see the bigger picture
• Problem-solver with strong project management experience
• Self-starter with ability to work independently and in a collaborative team setting
• Strong technical proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite

Additional Information

Our Publicis Groupe motto “Viva La Différence” means we’re better together, and we believe that our differences make us stronger. It means we honor and celebrate all identities, across all facets of intersectionality, and it underpins all that we do as an organization. We are focused on fostering belonging and creating equitable & inclusive experiences for all talent.

Publicis Groupe provides robust and inclusive benefit programs and policies to support the evolving and diverse needs of our talent and enable every person to grow and thrive. Our benefits package includes medical coverage, dental, vision, disability, 401K, as well as parental and family care leave, family forming assistance, tuition reimbursement, and flexible time off.

If you require accommodation or assistance with the application or onboarding process specifically, please contact USMSTACompliance@publicis.com. All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Compensation Range: $146,490 - $210,420 annually. 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 the skills, qualifications, and experience of the applicant along with the requirements of the position, and the Company reserves the right to modify this pay range at any time. Temporary roles may be eligible to participate in our freelancer/temporary employee medical plan through a third-party benefits administration system once certain criteria have been met. Temporary roles may also qualify for participation in our 401(k) plan after eligibility criteria have been met. For regular roles, the Company will offer medical coverage, dental, vision, disability, 401k, and paid time off. The Company anticipates the application deadline for this job posting will be 01/27/2025.

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