CrawlJobs Logo

Associate Director, Digital Media Strategy

zionandzion.com Logo

Zion & Zion

Location Icon

Location:
United States

Category Icon
Category:
-

Job Type Icon

Contract Type:
Not provided

Salary Icon

Salary:

Not provided

Job Description:

The Associate Director, Digital Media Strategy must have demonstrated expertise across digital channels, extensive digital media planning and buying experience, and the ability to develop the strategy around how digital media fits into a client’s overall marketing/media plan. The position is responsible for overseeing all aspects of a client’s digital media strategy, from media plan development, to execution and reporting. The position is client-facing, and the candidate will be responsible for presenting digital strategy, digital media reporting, and may at times act as the client POC for all digital media related efforts. The ideal candidate will have well-established subject matter expertise around digital media channels, including but not limited to: Paid Social, Google Ads, and Programmatic, with an established POV on how these channels are affected by 3rd party cookie deprecation and iOS 14.5 updates. The ideal candidate is detail-oriented, proficient at managing multiple projects, highly-organized, analytical, exhibits strong leadership qualities, and possesses effective communication skills.

Job Responsibility:

  • Act as both an internal and client-facing subject matter expert for digital media strategy
  • Provide both internal and external (client facing) POV on the future state of digital media, as it related to changes in the industry
  • Communicate when and why to use different targeting methodologies (behavioral, contextual, demographic, lookalike, cross-device, retargeting) and speak on each to educate clients
  • Know when and why to use different digital media channels (based on client business objectives and KPIs)
  • Utilize a data-driven approach to budget allocation decision making
  • Perform hands-on optimization of digital campaigns and delegate digital campaign optimization efforts to team members when necessary
  • Put together clear and concise presentations
  • Analyze the meaning behind data and communicate key findings and highlights to clients
  • Pull media pacing reports and analyze against KPIs
  • Contribute to thought leadership content around digital media strategy (blogs, articles, whitepapers)
  • Collaborate and innovate with agency departments and cross functional teams
  • Oversee all aspects of a client’s digital media strategy, from media plan development, to execution and reporting
  • Present digital strategy and digital media reporting
  • May at times act as the client POC for all digital media related efforts

Requirements:

  • 5+ years of experience at a media planning & buying agency experience a must
  • Bachelor’s degree in Business or Communications (Marketing, Advertising, Finance, Business Administration, or similar)
  • Meticulous and detail-oriented
  • Proven track record and ability to mentor junior members of a team to teach and inform digital media best practices
  • Basic knowledge of traditional media
  • be able to speak strategically about how digital and traditional media work together
  • Extensive experience planning and buying digital media: Paid Social, Paid Search, and programmatic experience is required
  • Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
  • Experience presenting to client executives and upper management
  • Must be a proactive team player willing to roll your sleeves up and help the team as needed
  • Ability to manage simultaneous tasks in a fast-paced technology-oriented environment
  • Analytical mindset with a knack for rapid troubleshooting and ability to problem-solve independently
  • Self-starter who can keep track of multiple projects and meet deadlines without a direct manager to prioritize their desk
  • Proficiency with Microsoft Office suite of products (Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint)
  • Experience with Google Campaign Manager
  • Experience with Google Ads
  • Experience with Google Analytics
  • Experience with Google Tag Manager
  • Experience with Facebook Business Manager
  • Experience with LinkedIn Ads
  • Experience with Basis (or similar DSP experience)

Nice to have:

  • Experience with new-business pitches is a plus
  • Experience or knowledge in Customer Data Platforms is a huge plus
  • Experience with Customer Data Platforms (Not required but a plus)
  • Experience with Advantage (ideal)

Additional Information:

Job Posted:
December 14, 2025

Work Type:
Remote work
Job Link Share:

Looking for more opportunities? Search for other job offers that match your skills and interests.

Briefcase Icon

Similar Jobs for Associate Director, Digital Media Strategy

Associate Director, Data Strategy

We’re looking for an Associate Director of Data Strategy to join our fast-growin...
Location
Location
United States
Salary
Salary:
120000.00 - 135000.00 USD / Year
wpromote.com Logo
Wpromote
Expiration Date
Until further notice
Flip Icon
Requirements
Requirements
  • 6+ years experience working in digital media and marketing environment
  • 6+ years experience working with media data
  • Strong client-facing experience at a digital media or performance marketing agency or similar environment
  • Experience or familiarity with statistical concepts
  • Experience or familiarity with marketing analytics including Media Mix Modeling, Multi-Touch Attribution, and Incrementality Testing
  • Ability to collaborate with technical teams to define requirements for building data models and analytics for digital marketing by defining all the relevant KPIs and data sources, finding the best path for piping all relevant data into a database, and defining business rules for output in visualizations and advanced analysis
  • Strong proficiency in Excel, Google Sheets, and Google Slides
  • Excellent verbal communication skills, with the ability to understand the technical detail behind data utilization for digital marketing and the ability to explain it simply to non-technical audiences
  • Excellent project management skills, with the ability to work efficiently across multiple teams, clients, and timelines simultaneously
  • Experience with Customer Data Platforms such as Tealium or Segment
Job Responsibility
Job Responsibility
  • Serve as a thought leader on marketing measurement strategy, helping clients understand and operationalize advanced analytics solutions
  • Lead cross-functional strategic engagements across MMM, incrementality testing, causal impact analysis, and holistic measurement frameworks
  • Translate complex statistical concepts into actionable insights, recommendations, and value add for non-technical stakeholders
  • Design and oversee robust measurement frameworks that span multiple solutions (MMM, MTA, lift tests, attribution, etc.)
  • Partner with internal teams (data science, media, strategy, client success, Analytics Engineering, etc.) to ensure alignment between analytical rigor and marketing objectives
  • Work closely with paid media buyers to support analysis of performance measurement and utilize measurement solutions to define methods for optimizing campaign outcomes
  • Run weekly project management sprint sessions with cross-functional technical teams on dedicated clients as needs emerge or evolve, seeing tasks through to completion efficiently to improve the overall cycle time on task completion
  • Directly communicate with clients and internal stakeholders on data needs within your portfolio or tasks coming from the support queue
  • Partner with Data Strategy & Analytics leadership to design processes to efficiently deliver cohesive Data Strategy & Analytics services across technical teams to clients and internal stakeholders
  • Identify new measurement needs for our clients and work with cross-departmental teams to develop new solutions that can be delivered to clients at scale
What we offer
What we offer
  • Remote-first culture
  • Unlimited PTO
  • Extended Holiday break (Winter)
  • Flexible schedules
  • Work from anywhere options*
  • 100% paid parental leave
  • 401(k) matching
  • Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, Pet Insurance
  • Sponsored life insurance
  • Short Term Disability insurance and additional voluntary insurance
  • Fulltime
Read More
Arrow Right

Associate Director, Digital Strategy

The Associate Director, Digital Strategy must have demonstrated expertise across...
Location
Location
United States
Salary
Salary:
Not provided
zionandzion.com Logo
Zion & Zion
Expiration Date
Until further notice
Flip Icon
Requirements
Requirements
  • 5+ years of experience at a media planning & buying agency experience a must
  • Bachelor’s degree in Business or Communications (Marketing, Advertising, Finance, Business Administration, or similar)
  • Meticulous and detail-oriented
  • Proven track record and ability to mentor junior members of a team to teach and inform digital media best practices
  • Basic knowledge of traditional media
  • be able to speak strategically about how digital and traditional media work together
  • Extensive experience planning and buying digital media: Paid Social, Paid Search, and programmatic experience is required
  • Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
  • Experience presenting to client executives and upper management
  • Must be a proactive team player willing to roll your sleeves up and help the team as needed
Job Responsibility
Job Responsibility
  • Act as both an internal and client-facing subject matter expert for digital media strategy
  • Provide both internal and external (client facing) POV on the future state of digital media, as it related to changes in the industry
  • Communicate when and why to use different targeting methodologies (behavioral, contextual, demographic, lookalike, cross-device, retargeting) and speak on each to educate clients
  • Know when and why to use different digital media channels (based on client business objectives and KPIs)
  • Utilize a data-driven approach to budget allocation decision making
  • Perform hands-on optimization of digital campaigns and delegate digital campaign optimization efforts to team members when necessary
  • Put together clear and concise presentations
  • Analyze the meaning behind data and communicate key findings and highlights to clients
  • Pull media pacing reports and analyze against KPIs
  • Contribute to thought leadership content around digital media strategy (blogs, articles, whitepapers)
Read More
Arrow Right

Associate Director, Media Planning & Buying

Execute innovative marketing strategy through a diverse channel mix, for leading...
Location
Location
United Kingdom , London
Salary
Salary:
Not provided
bluestate.co Logo
Blue State
Expiration Date
Until further notice
Flip Icon
Requirements
Requirements
  • 6-8 years experience in a hands-on paid media planning and buying role using a mix of digital channels (Social, Search, Display, Video, Audio, etc)
  • Demonstrated experience translating client business goals into cohesive media strategies and specific KPIs, and a record executing campaigns that delivered on those goals
  • Experience working with non-profits, with fundraising and/or income objectives within paid media campaigns
  • Ability to effectively manage multiple clients and projects on time, within budget, and meet performance goals
  • High proficiency with digital advertising platforms — demonstrated mastery of paid social, paid search, and/or programmatic trading — as well as Google Analytics and other measurement platforms
  • Exceptional attention to detail, especially with regards to campaign setup and trafficking, QA, and reporting
  • Ability to adapt to new situations, solve problems on the fly, and communicate with those around you
  • A shared passion and curiosity for delivering change, including comfort with ambiguity, a restlessness that resists the status quo, and a commitment to quality
Job Responsibility
Job Responsibility
  • Translate clients’ strategic visions into media objectives and KPIs to accomplish a wide range of client objectives including direct response (lead gen and fundraising), awareness, persuasion, and advocacy
  • Analyse ongoing and historical performance data to identify opportunities for improvement, make strategic recommendations, and generate reporting and insights to drive optimisation
  • Have a strong POV on measurement, attribution, and conversion tracking, and apply that knowledge to strategic recommendations and ongoing campaign management
  • Participate in (and frequently lead) client-facing interactions — be the subject-matter expert for the platforms you manage
  • Plan, build, manage, and optimise media campaigns across multiple platforms, and oversee others in the team across multiple accounts to ensure media buying is efficient, effective and compliant
  • Work collaboratively with other internal or external teams, including media planners, strategists, account directors, designers, and analysts, to produce campaigns, creative ideas, audience and target recommendations, and experimental designs
  • Be an internal and external thought leader and help keep us up to date with the latest digital media trends by maintaining relationships with media partners, and engaging in media R&D projects, writing blog posts, and participating on panels
What we offer
What we offer
  • Unlimited time off (inclusive of sick, personal and vacation days)
  • $1,250 annual in professional development funds (local equivalent)
  • Fully subsidised health and dental insurance for employees (subject to tax)
  • Generous pension match via salary sacrifice
  • Generous paid holiday schedule
  • Parental leave policy for up to 32.5 week of coverage at full pay, inclusive of all genders and supporting a range of family structures
  • Group Income Protection (GIP)
  • Group Life Assurance (GLA)
  • Optional holiday travel insurance
  • Pre-tax season ticket loans
  • Fulltime
Read More
Arrow Right

Director - Digital

Lead the Digital planning portfolio for one of our client, strategically guiding...
Location
Location
India , Mumbai
Salary
Salary:
Not provided
mindshareworld.com Logo
Mindshare Worldwide
Expiration Date
Until further notice
Flip Icon
Requirements
Requirements
  • Minimum 6 years in digital media planning and buying
  • Excellent written and oral communication skills combined with outstanding presentation skills
  • Team management skills
  • Understanding of programmatic landscape viz. Knowledge of the digital advertising industry, trends, technologies (DMP, DSP, SSP etc.) – Preferred
  • Applied knowledge of 3rd party ad serving, website and tracking and associated technologies – Preferred
  • Intermediate to advanced analytical skills, specifically relating to performance data and metrics – Preferred
  • Strong interpersonal and communication skills
  • Problem-solving skills
  • Abreast with the latest technology that will affect digital advertising
  • Worked closely with publisher partners to elevate industry standards in-line with client needs
Job Responsibility
Job Responsibility
  • Media Planning & Strategy: Work closely and in-depth with a team of digital planners, with the ability to guide on media planning with Platform depth
  • Strategic mindset considering audience deep dive, creating an approach note and bringing GroupM vertical offerings while stitching the final approach/presentation to client
  • Client Success: Understand client objectives, category/competitive trends for various product categories
  • Ability to steer client review meetings on regular basis
  • Work towards delivering client delight and success by stitching all media offering including – Digital media, Offline media, content marketing, brand associations
  • Manage Campaign Supervision Team: Manage and supervise a team of campaign supervisors
  • Must know platform nuances and details to lead a team of Supervisors efficiently
  • Guide the team on regular basis for Optimization of campaigns
  • Work with the Planning team delivering time to time reports
  • Campaign and business reporting: Work with the team of planners and reporting experts to build and deliver camping reports and Post Campaign analysis time to time
What we offer
What we offer
  • Competitive medical, group retirement plans, vision, and dental insurance
  • Significant paid time off
  • Preferential partner discounts
  • Employee mental health awareness days
Read More
Arrow Right

Associate Creative Director, Design

We're looking for a creative sergeant with a contagious love for problem-solving...
Location
Location
United States , Chicago
Salary
Salary:
Not provided
barkleyokrp.com Logo
BarkleyOKRP
Expiration Date
Until further notice
Flip Icon
Requirements
Requirements
  • Portfolio must show significant conceptual social/digital work
  • 4+ Years of experience
  • Ability to manage multiple projects and priorities, adhering to timelines in a fast-paced environment with high client expectations
  • Excellent time management, organizational and communication skills
  • Collaborative and works well with others, while still taking independent initiative
  • Passionate, positive, and solution-oriented
Job Responsibility
Job Responsibility
  • Client communication plan and campaign objectives are met
  • Creative work is outstanding and on strategy
  • Work is on target, on time, and within budget
  • Account management morale on the account is positive, related to the creative relationship
  • Client and agency management express confidence in leadership abilities
  • Wise, responsible decision-making ability
  • Contribute to the culture and build team camaraderie toward an open, honest, judgment-free environment where team members feel valued and empowered
  • Push for brilliant and unfamiliar concepts that make clients uncomfortable (in a good way). Consistently deliver what they want, just in a way they didn’t expect it
  • Keep up-to-date on what is trending and implement it relevantly into the work
  • Mentor more junior members of the team
  • Fulltime
Read More
Arrow Right

Associate Director, Project Management

The Associate Director, Delivery is a critical contributor within the DEPT® Deli...
Location
Location
United States , San Diego; Chicago
Salary
Salary:
95000.00 - 110000.00 USD / Year
basicagency.com Logo
BASIC/DEPT®
Expiration Date
Until further notice
Flip Icon
Requirements
Requirements
  • 5-7 years of experience in digital project or program management, with ownership over large engagements or multi-track workstreams
  • Experience managing single projects with budgets of $1M+ from end to end
  • Deep understanding of performance marketing - Digital marketing strategy and media planning, SEA, Social advertising, Programmatic advertising, SEO, content & analytics
  • Familiarity with agile, waterfall, and hybrid approaches (e.g., Scrumfall)
  • Proficient in Jira, Trello, and G Suite - and comfortable adopting new tools as needed
  • Strong financial awareness and experience managing estimates, tracking budgets, and reporting on profitability
  • Excellent time management and communication skills in cross-functional environments
  • Execution-Driven
  • Process-Minded
  • Collaborative
Job Responsibility
Job Responsibility
  • Manage mid-sized to large-scale digital campaigns with agency budgets typically ranging from $500K to $1M+
  • Define project scope, deliverables, timelines, and resourcing plans in collaboration with cross-functional teams
  • Drive end-to-end execution, from kick-off to delivery, ensuring work is delivered on time, on brief, and within budget
  • Identify risks, resolve blockers, and escalate challenges early with solution-oriented thinking
  • Monitor and manage project financials including estimates, actuals, ETC (Estimate to Complete), and EAC (Estimate at Completion)
  • Anticipate risks and blockers
  • proactively resolve issues or escalate as needed
  • Identify opportunities to streamline project workflows and reduce operational friction
  • Collaborate with internal teams to evolve delivery processes, templates, and ways of working
  • Support the integration of new tools or practices that improve efficiency and cross-discipline collaboration
What we offer
What we offer
  • Healthcare, Dental, and Vision coverage
  • 401k plan, plus matching
  • PTO
  • Paid Company Holidays
  • Parental Leave
  • Fulltime
Read More
Arrow Right

Associate Creative Director - Visual & Motion Design

As an Associate Creative Director, you will bridge creative vision and execution...
Location
Location
India , Gurgaon
Salary
Salary:
Not provided
akqa.com Logo
AKQA
Expiration Date
Until further notice
Flip Icon
Requirements
Requirements
  • 10+ years of experience with a strong, diverse portfolio showcasing visual design, motion graphics, storytelling, animation, brand work, interactive pieces, and campaign-level thinking
  • Expert proficiency in Adobe Creative Cloud (After Effects, Premiere Pro, Illustrator, Photoshop)
  • Skilled in animation, compositing, visual effects, motion typography
  • Ability to work with Lottie / vector motion / web-embedded assets is a plus
  • Ability to lead a team, guide, critique, mentor junior & mid-level designers, and uphold quality and consistency across teams
  • Comfortable working with creative directors, strategists, copywriters, producers, developers, and clients
  • Ability to articulate design rationale and present work convincingly
  • Ensuring final deliverables meet aesthetic, technical, and brand standards
  • Stay updated on motion, design trends, tools, and evolving formats, bring fresh ideas and push visual boundaries
  • Be comfortable to work in agency and on site client location as needed
Job Responsibility
Job Responsibility
  • Bridge creative vision and execution across static and motion media
  • Lead and mentor a team of UI/UX, visual & motion designers
  • Define high-quality visual standards
  • Drive storytelling through creative ideation
  • Ensure cohesive brand expression across campaigns, digital platforms, film/animation, and interactive media
  • Partner closely with creative leadership, strategy, clients (internal or external), and production to deliver compelling, on-brand visual experiences
  • Elevate the visual voice of the agency
  • Champion innovation in design
  • Translate big ideas into polished, emotionally engaging visual and animated work
  • Fulltime
Read More
Arrow Right

Associate Creative Director

AKQA is a creative agency that transforms strategic insights into beautiful conc...
Location
Location
Japan , Tokyo
Salary
Salary:
Not provided
akqa.com Logo
AKQA
Expiration Date
Until further notice
Flip Icon
Requirements
Requirements
  • Deliver and inspire award-winning work from both yourself and others who work with you, influencing where appropriate a dramatic change through ideas, creativity and the use of interactive media
  • Lead, direct and manage a cross-disciplinary and culturally diverse set of talents, both internal and external to AKQA to deliver successful solutions and high-quality works to clients on time
  • Create ground-breaking work that positively impacts our clients, our teams and the world
  • Foster and line-manage creatives that are eager to grow their craft in art direction, copywriting or design
  • Learn new skills and stay abreast of technical and digital design developments, and successfully apply them to work practices to help improve processes and procedures
  • Work with other AKQA network creatives collaboratively on joint initiatives
  • Work closely with the strategy teams to shape briefs that empower our teams to deliver work that pushes our client's brand to the forefront of their global audience's minds
  • Extensive hands-on experience in client work within Japan, with the ability to communicate effectively with both team members and clients in both Japanese and English
Job Responsibility
Job Responsibility
  • Contributes to strategic development of a well-defined creative brief and any additional briefing documents, speaking with the client directly when necessary
  • Listens to and responds to a brief, understanding where/if there are gaps
  • Knows what questions to ask during the briefing session in order to act upon it
  • Understands how to respond to a brief
  • Leads by example to consistently inspire creative colleagues to originate world- class, pioneering ideas that conceptualize world-class solutions
  • Generates useful, usable ideas across all existing and emerging digital platforms
  • Continually develops practices and processes to inspire, innovate and harness new ways of thinking
  • Creatively leads new business pitches
  • Responsible for crisp ideas and creative workflow
  • effective and dynamic storyteller for oral pitch presentation
Read More
Arrow Right