SVP, Group Media Director

Business Overview

Mediahub is one of the three major global media agencies within IPG Mediabrands with overemployees worldwide. We are an award‑winning agency built for brands who are challenging and disrupting the status quo. Our organization is focused on challenging all facets of media in an environment of rapid change in order to maximize our clients' investments. We are challenging key fundamentals in the areas of audience creation, purpose, creativity, and digital platforms.

Named Media Agency of the Year by Adweek, Ad Age, and Campaign, Mediahub is powered by the buying and intelligence power of Magna Global and the data backbone of Acxiom.

Position Overview

The Planning team builds and maintains strong client relationships. Their focus is to think strategically about the business, develop business by building opportunities and actively contribute to the planning process. This team effectively problem solves, generates innovative solutions and displays energy and passion for the work presented. Mediahub strives to challenge the status quo by consistently looking beyond the quantitative. To be most successful at Mediahub, you must be organized, creative, and confident to support media issues relative to your account(s).

The successful candidate must also maintain a positive attitude in the face of a constantly changing environment. Must be a problem solver and professional in all communications both inside the agency and with clients. We are looking for a high energy individual who thrives on creating disruptive efforts in media, yet at the same time understands how data/tech drive business.

Responsibilities

• Provides high level leadership with the implementation of the processes for the management of the strategic and tactical execution of all media products across all teams.

• Oversees the execution of policies and plans of the media planning discipline and of the agency across all teams.

• High level leadership over creation of platforms for communications across teams and across disciplines.

• High level leadership to Planning Team with Client perspectives, insights, goals and strategies.

• Provides Planning Team with senior management perspectives, insights and goals.

• Leads the evolution of recommendations of long‑term strategies.

• Oversees the review of all media products and makes adjustments as necessary to raise the benchmark of excellence for the agency's media products.

• High level understanding demonstrates a complete understanding of all Clients' businesses.

• Responsible for developing the skill and knowledge base of those more junior as well as supervise, advise and counsel all members of the Planning Team.

• Provides senior level mentorship and motivates Planners and encourages innovation and creativity throughout all projects by serving as a role model across all groups/teams. Identifies and develops promising personnel with Human Resources; evaluates and communicates planning staff development needs in terms of rotation and promotion to ensure high quality personnel.

• Leads teams in setting strategies for developing media plans.

• Leads where needed, to present and sell plans to agency management and Clients.

• Ensures the achievement of annual goal initiatives.

• Leads all agency Media Planning budgets and compensation plans.

• Sets future budgets to include growth in research and external education.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of agency experience required.

• Must be performance‑driven, client‑centric, street smart, and nothing short of amazing in front of clients and prospects.

• The ideal candidate must have marquee, national agency experience, excellent verbal, written, and presentation skills.

• Must have marketing & brand strategy expertise, be a proven ad agency leader & performer, possess excellent client service and team‑building skills, and have a proven track record with securing new business.

• Manages solid Client relationships in order to more effectively sell ideas and contribute to positive agency evaluations.

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