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IPG MediaBrands

VP, Group Director, Performance Content

IPG MediaBrands, Young America, MN


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Business Overview

We deliver our capabilities in four kinds of content- Original Content, Branded Content, Performance Content, and Campaign Content-to create powerful work for clients, built around stories and ideas. By developing content, we control creative, context, targeting and reach. Through our relationships and industry experience we lean on creators and editorial teams at our properties to create a voice in their work, that performs better, because it resonates in a more authentic way.
Position Summary

The mission of our Performance Content team is to serve our consumer audiences the most relevant, engaging, business results driving creative and content possible. Our unique approach to developing Performance Content is to attract engagement and move the customer along their path to purchase. Our aim to produce content that moves with the customer along their journey, adapts to the medium it operates in and immerses the customer by connecting emotionally. The VP, Group Director of Performance Content at Mediabrands Content Studio will ensure that client's business needs are met with MBCS performance content products, services, and capabilities, which include but are not limited to personalized/addressable content, dynamic creative optimization, omnichannel content production, content audits/analytics, e-commerce, web, social media. We also have expertise in all tools necessary to execute. The VP will establish and lead operational excellence and give clients and cross-channel teams a user-friendly experience to help drive growth of performance content offerings and manage seamlessly with the activation teams. This Vice President of Performance Content will directly lead a multi-disciplinary team of performance content specialists across Strategy, Creative, Production and Technology, as well as a wide range of inter-agency and integrated teams, tech partners, and creative AORs. They should be comfortable managing multi-disciplinary team leads across the agency. The right candidate must have a solid understanding of the performance media landscape, know how to translate consumer insights into actionable targeting and creative strategies, be comfortable managing multiple disciplines at once and be comfortable in client communication and presentation.
Responsibilities
  • Ensure implementation and growth of MBCS' content products and capabilities by having strong understanding of client needs.
  • Manage and maintain the product, commercial and financial health your portfolio of clients.
  • Lead team that provides content performance metrics on all channels to identify insights and optimize the platform's ongoing content streams.
  • Lead collaborations with editorial and cross-functional creative teammates to brainstorm and execute on brand campaign ideas and content strategies that deepen engagement with audiences.
  • Manage the research and findings of industry styles, standards, and approaches to content that is innovative, original, or data-driven to educate and energize our talented team of marketers.
  • Understand and educate teams on audience research and performance data and hone your content marketing skills accordingly.
  • Maintain understanding of client media planning and ways of working for more effective performance content product adoption and growth.
  • Ensure there is efficient cross-team communication to meet client business needs and expectations.
  • Manage teams in development of best practices for content creation including capabilities, tools and data.
  • Manage and prepare internal and client-facing POVs, Product 101s, estimates, updates and recaps.
  • Build teams, processes and solutions which can help steward process for operational excellence.
  • Drive maintenance of tools that allow for the best user experience of MBCS services.


Required Skills & Experience
  • Strong performance or precision media background in either digital content or performance media planning (12+ years of experience)
  • Proven ability to manage cross-team work and build relationships across agencies and clients
  • Ability to explain complex subjects in a way less experienced people will understand
  • Demonstration of personal accountability and self-discipline to drive work forward
  • An eye for creative and how to drive performance
  • Creative problem solver and strong communicator
  • Bachelor's Degree


Desired Skills & Experience
  • Experience working in content management platforms
  • Keen sense of data landscape and various ways to drive personalization in creative
  • Steward of social media creative best practices
  • Knowledge of vast video (linear, CTV, YouTube, Programmatic, etc.) landscape and creative formats available
  • Basic understanding of ways AI can be applied to marketing in general, DCO in particular


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At IPG Mediabrands, we are unified behind a commitment to fostering a culture of inclusion and belonging. Together, we shine through a set of shared values and behaviors. We take pride in our responsibility to our clients, communities, and to each other. We embrace differences and recognize the unique value that each of us brings to our community.

We encourage you to apply, as unique backgrounds, perspectives, and lived experiences are welcomed.

We See You at IPG Mediabrands.
Wage and Benefits

We offer a Total Rewards package that includes medical and dental coverage, 401(k) plans, flex spending, life insurance, disability, employee discount program, employee stock purchase program and paid family benefits to support you and your family. To give you the ability to better meet your personal needs, and in support of your physical and emotional well-being, you will receive discretionary time off days and company-wide Appreciation Weeks and Wellness Days.

We also offer a competitive Total Compensation package, including a competitive salary and eligibility for an annual discretionary incentive award or a relevant incentive award.

The salary range for this position is posted below. Where an employee or prospective employee is paid within this range will depend on, among other factors, actual ranges for current/former employees in the subject position, market considerations, budgetary considerations, tenure and standing with the Company (applicable to current employees), as well as the employee's/applicant's skill set, level of experience, and qualifications.
Employment Transparency

It is the policy of Mediabrands, division of the Interpublic group, to provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, ethnicity, gender, age, religion, creed, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, citizenship, genetic information, veteran status, disability, or any other basis prohibited by applicable federal, state, or local law.

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

The employer will make reasonable accommodations in compliance with the American with Disabilities Act of 1990. The job description will be reviewed periodically as duties and responsibilities change with business necessity. Essential and other job functions are subject to modification. Reasonable accommodations may be provided to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

For applicants to jobs in the United States: In compliance with the current Americans with Disabilities Act and state and local laws, if you have a disability and would like to request an accommodation to apply for a position with Mediabrands, please email [redacted].

About IPG Mediabrands

IPG Mediabrands is the media and marketing solutions division of Interpublic Group (NYSE: IPG). IPG Mediabrands manages over $47 billion in marketing investment globally on behalf of its clients across its full-service agency networks UM, Initiative and Mediahub and through its award-winning specialty business units Healix, Kinesso, MAGNA, Mediabrands Content Studio, Orion Holdings, Rapport, and the IPG Media Lab. IPG Mediabrands clients include many of the world's most recognizable and iconic brands from a broad portfolio of industry sectors including automotive, personal finance, consumer product goods (CPG), pharma, health and wellness, entertainment, financial services, energy, toys and gaming, direct to consumer and e-commerce, retail, hospitality, food and beverage, fashion and beauty. The company employs more than 18,000 diverse marketing communication professionals in more than 130 countries. Learn more at www.ipgmediabrands.com.

Salary Range

$1-$1 USD