Merkle
Associate Director, Digital Investment
Merkle, New York, NY
Company Description
Job Description
Associate Directors will manage a team of digital and programmatic practitioners bringing to life successful programmatic and digital campaigns across clients within the dentsu portfolio of agencies including Carat, dentsuX/360i, and iProspect. You will get on-the-job training in industry landscape and technologies, managerial skills, technology partnerships, campaign management, client services, expertise contributions, ad trafficking, analysis, and communications. This position can be performed remote and will report into the Director.
Important Accountabilities:
Qualifications
Additional Information
Our benefits include:
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About dentsu
Dentsu is the network designed for what's next, helping clients predict and plan for disruptive future opportunities in the sustainable economy. Taking a people-centered approach to business transformation, dentsu combines Japanese innovation with a diverse, global perspective to drive client growth and to shape society .
We are champions for meaningful progress and we strive to be a force for good-for our people, for our clients, for the industry and for our society. We keep our people at the center, creating space for growth, understanding and learning so they can thrive. We embed diversity, in our mindset, in our solutions and in our teams to empower an inclusive, equitable and culturally fluent environment. Building this culture within our teams makes us better collaborators with each other and with our clients, driving better outcomes for all.
Dentsu (the "Company") is committed to a policy of Equal Employment Opportunity and will not discriminate against an applicant or employee of the Company, on the basis of age, sex, sexual orientation, race, color, creed, religion, ethnicity, national origin, alienage or citizenship, disability, marital status, veteran or military status, genetic information, or any other legally-recognized protected basis under federal, state or local laws, regulations or ordinances. Applicants with disabilities may be entitled to reasonable accommodation under the terms of the Americans with Disabilities Act and/or certain state or local laws. A reasonable accommodation is a change in the way things are normally done that will ensure an equal employment opportunity without imposing an undue hardship on the Company. Please contact your recruiter if you need assistance completing any forms or to otherwise participate in the application process or to request or discuss an accommodation in connection with a job at the Company to which you are applying.
Job Description
Associate Directors will manage a team of digital and programmatic practitioners bringing to life successful programmatic and digital campaigns across clients within the dentsu portfolio of agencies including Carat, dentsuX/360i, and iProspect. You will get on-the-job training in industry landscape and technologies, managerial skills, technology partnerships, campaign management, client services, expertise contributions, ad trafficking, analysis, and communications. This position can be performed remote and will report into the Director.
Important Accountabilities:
- Define account and audience strategy incorporating the best process
- Speak to data outputs, review account performance and address concerns when needed
- Ensure the team follows defined process for campaign management across digital and programmatic channels, including excellent hands-on-keys activation work
- Team management and communication with a focus on leading and delegating team deliverables, encouraging individual growth across team
- Manage monthly investment and revenue tracking across portfolio of clients
- Communicate frequently with agency leads and client to connect on team performance, campaign health, and strategic growth opportunities
- Lead RFP responses that inspire creativity
- Frequent contributor to experience projects
- Always stay up to date on the latest dentsu activation and internal tools
- Assist leadership with new business pitches
- Establish quarterly plans that focus on account growth
- Form strategy that guides negotiation process with site vendors, based on individual brand needs and campaign goals
Qualifications
- 5+ years' experience within the programmatic and digital industry
- Experience with management of a team- with the ability to lead a highly successful team
- Experience across all digital media channels and ability to eloquently speak to each
- Project management experience
- Excellent verbal and written communications, presentation, and analytical skills
- Collaboration mindset
- Retain professionalism in all situations
- Detail-oriented with attention to project management and follow-through
- Solutions orientated with strong critical thinking abilities and problem-solving skills
- Analytical thinking and mathematical skills
- Proficient in programmatic technology, platform, and partner solutions
- Experience working with business applications; Microsoft Office Suite required
Additional Information
Our benefits include:
- Flexible paid time off
- 16 weeks paid parental leave
- Matching 401(k)
- Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans
#LI-AH1
#LI-Remote
About dentsu
Dentsu is the network designed for what's next, helping clients predict and plan for disruptive future opportunities in the sustainable economy. Taking a people-centered approach to business transformation, dentsu combines Japanese innovation with a diverse, global perspective to drive client growth and to shape society .
We are champions for meaningful progress and we strive to be a force for good-for our people, for our clients, for the industry and for our society. We keep our people at the center, creating space for growth, understanding and learning so they can thrive. We embed diversity, in our mindset, in our solutions and in our teams to empower an inclusive, equitable and culturally fluent environment. Building this culture within our teams makes us better collaborators with each other and with our clients, driving better outcomes for all.
Dentsu (the "Company") is committed to a policy of Equal Employment Opportunity and will not discriminate against an applicant or employee of the Company, on the basis of age, sex, sexual orientation, race, color, creed, religion, ethnicity, national origin, alienage or citizenship, disability, marital status, veteran or military status, genetic information, or any other legally-recognized protected basis under federal, state or local laws, regulations or ordinances. Applicants with disabilities may be entitled to reasonable accommodation under the terms of the Americans with Disabilities Act and/or certain state or local laws. A reasonable accommodation is a change in the way things are normally done that will ensure an equal employment opportunity without imposing an undue hardship on the Company. Please contact your recruiter if you need assistance completing any forms or to otherwise participate in the application process or to request or discuss an accommodation in connection with a job at the Company to which you are applying.