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Associate Director, Media Creative

United States, NY Employment contract 65.00 - 85.00 USD / Hour · Job Posted May 14, 2026
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Job Description

The Associate Director of Media Creative sits at the intersection of the paid media, accounts, and creative teams to ensure cross-team alignment. The person in this role will serve as a liaison between teams, developing best practices to ensure that our paid media campaigns are fully integrated across paid media strategy, creative development, and client relationship management.

Job Responsibility

  • Drive cross-team alignment by interfacing with accounts, creative, and media teams
  • Serve as a liaison to internal discipline teams to develop, document, and refine cross-team paid media practice
  • Lead client relationships in service of creative collaboration and development
  • Communicate clearly and consistently across internal process documentation and dissemination
  • Train and equip teammates by facilitating onboarding and ongoing training
  • Manage projects with rigor by creating clear project plans
  • Translate creative briefs into actionable steps, plans, budgets, and timelines
  • Estimate work accurately for the paid media team
  • Support team and business growth by contributing to team development and business development efforts
  • Balance priorities across multiple projects

Requirements

  • 8+ years of experience leading paid media campaigns and creative production processes of varying sizes and budgets, ideally including political or advocacy work
  • Expert understanding of paid media strategy, planning, and execution, paired with strong fluency in creative development and production workflows
  • Ability to oversee a paid media program throughout its lifespan
  • Excellent project management chops: create clear project plans that integrate creative and paid media goals
  • Mastered client relationship building and management
  • Communicate clearly and consistently
  • Track record of training and leveling up colleagues on paid media best practices and processes
  • Ability to quickly and accurately estimate projects, hours, and lift required from other disciplines
  • Exemplary attention to detail and organization
  • Thoughtful, organized teammate who isn’t afraid to adapt to new situations

Nice to have

Political or advocacy work

What we offer

  • Personal development fund
  • Hybrid work model

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