Optimum Sports · 5 months ago
Director, Investment
Omnicom Media Group (OMG) is a leading media services division that delivers transformative experiences in the marketing landscape. The Director of Investment will be responsible for maintaining client relationships, contributing to new business efforts, and providing strategic insights to enhance media investments and sponsorship marketing strategies.
AdvertisingBrand MarketingMarketingPublic RelationsSports
Responsibilities
Maintain client relationships where applicable
Contribute to new business efforts including research, ideation, pricing, and presenting
Analyze, identify, and realize compelling insights and trends and apply those to buy executions
Elevate strategic thinking at all levels, inspiring and creating new ideas that permeate across our people
Meet with media sales reps and industry representatives on a regular basis to pursue ideas that are strategically aligned with the client’s business and needs
Works in direct cooperation with respective strategy teams
Interacts with members of other SBU’s as the respective disciplines of those SBU’s are pertinent to proposed and executed media investments and sponsorship marketing strategies
Develop expertise and serve in an advisory capacity on all emerging TV trends (i.e., Programmatic, Addressable, OTT)
Provide oversight to junior level and supervisory staff by providing oversight to their buys and aiding them in identifying insights and trends
Lead multiple projects concurrently, while prioritizing the most important, right-fit opportunities at hand
Qualification
Required
7-10 years' experience as a member of an Omnichannel Video Investment team
Track record of negotiating complex strategic partnership agreements
Proficient in analyzing and interpreting data and insights to help drive and inform meaningful insights
Strong business acumen and interpersonal skills
Excellent verbal and written communication skills, as well as the ability to work effectively across internal and external organizations
Highly effective mentor, motivator, and leader of junior level staff
Strength in relationship development and management, as it pertains to clients, partners, and coworkers
Able to hit and exceed targeted goals and deliverables as agreed upon
Drive to be proactive and bring their informed point of view to deliver the highest quality of work
Ability to develop ideas independently and thrive in a fast-paced environment
Preferred
Understanding of Sports/Media business models preferred
Experience working in related role in the sports/media industry
A personal passion for sports and/or media technology
Background within the Television & Digital buying systems, not required, but a plus (can be but not limited to DDS & Prisma)
Benefits
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
STD/LTD insurance benefits
Company
Optimum Sports
Optimum Sports is a sports marketing agency for sports that has expertise in branding, investments, client relationships, PR and strategy.
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageRecent News
Sports Business Journal
2026-01-17
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