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Spark Foundry · 3 hours ago

Associate Director

Chicago, IL

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$96K/yr - $138K/yr

5+ years exp

Spark Foundry is a global media agency focused on enhancing brand engagement through innovative media strategies. The Associate Director, Planning will oversee media issues for assigned brands, ensuring accurate budget control and effective media activity while fostering strong client relationships and managing a team.

AdvertisingMarketing

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Strong cross-channel planning and buying skills, particularly in digital

Successful at building strong, collaborative client relationships, instilling trust and authority on behalf of the agency

Ability to manage timelines, projects and personnel within direct report team and across cross-functional teams

Flexible and able to keep up with a fast-paced, constantly-evolving environment

Including the capacity to successfully manage multiple work streams at one time

Strong foundation in strategic and critical thinking, finding ways to innovate and collaborate with teams to improve outputs

Experience with productive and positive vendor relationship management

Individual should possess confidence, composure, and polished presentation skills to effectively attend and lead in-person meetings with key clients on a daily basis

Self-motivation and organization are key due to coordination with multiple internal and external clients

Qualification

Digital media planningClient relationship managementTeam leadershipStrategic thinkingProject managementNegotiation skillsPresentation skillsSelf-motivationOrganizational skills

Required

Have been working in digital media planning, buying and management for 5+ years with progressive levels of responsibility

Think strategically, take into account the bigger picture, analyze everything and think critically when solving problems to come up with unconventional solutions

Have led a team before, know what it takes to manage a group, even when a lot of moving parts are involved

Able to take care of the day-to-day part of overseeing others and good at helping them grow and realize their own potential

Build great relationships with clients, vendors, and reps; have a history negotiating to get the job done right and track record of success in media; understand business; have a knack for sharing complicated ideas in a simple, understandable way

Already active in the kinds of digital gadgets and communities that are changing our business; have a passion for tablets, smartphones, social networks, instant messaging, widgets, apps, blogs and whatever is new and life-changing; want to find ways to make them work for brands