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dentsu · 1 day ago

Director, Local & Audio

New York

Full-time

Onsite

Director/Executive

$94K/yr - $152K/yr

8+ years exp

Dentsu International Americas is seeking a Director, Local & Audio to lead and manage departmental initiatives for clients and teams. The role involves developing client and media relationships, ensuring operational efficiency, and fostering a collaborative environment to achieve strategic goals.

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Responsibilities

Initiate's projects/presentations dealing with broad scaled matters both internally and externally

Conceive of partnerships with media properties to the strategic benefit of clients

Collaborate with SVP, Group Director to ensure negotiation, pricing strategy and operational efficiency is consistent across all Clients

Ensure all cost guarantees, quality metrics and post buyer performance is delivered and reported accurately to the client

Seek out innovative solutions to client media objectives

Build trusting, collaborative relationships with clients at all levels

Manage expectations of senior clients and agency deliverables

Establishes and maintains business relationships with rep and station management (cable, TV, radio)

Accurately represent the client's point of view when reviewing work, leverage this perspective when providing feedback to team and presenting to client

Work together with other Agency departments to create a unified approach, with vendors, whom cross disciplines (broadcast, print, digital, OOH)

Represent Local spot buying expertise internally and externally

Grow business opportunities with current clients

Ensure appropriate staff utilization

Collaborate with Research to identify local broadcast needs, etc. Adopt data-driven decisions when appropriate, to make well-informed media choices

Ensure key information is provided to team regarding client issues, internal agency issues, changes in account status, etc

Actively keep current with industry trends, media tools – buying systems, research, resources and associations

Provide guidance to team members and nurture/promote team environment

Train, motivate and develop assigned staff

Persuasive delivery of information

Communicate key information about our company

Collaborative and able to successfully bring people from different disciplines, internal and external to dentsu Media, together to achieve desired outcomes

Leadership, management, and team building strengths

Encourage open, on-going internal communication

Establish and maintain communications process with clients and agency service teams for each piece of business within the team

Lead client presentations on priority subject matters

Qualification

Local broadcast experienceClient managementMedia Ocean knowledgeHudson MX knowledgeTeam buildingLeadership skillsPersuasive deliveryCommunication skillsCollaboration skills