Associate Director, Precision

Digitas is the Networked Experience Agency, built on the vision that we create magnetic experiences that earn the right for brands to exist in human networks. Today, and tomorrow. We deliver Networked Experiences by leveraging comprehensive data, technology, creative, media and strategy capabilities. Digitas delivers ambitious outcomes via unique solutions that include Creative Experiences, Integrated Media, Addressable Relationships, Social Marketing and Total Commerce.

Celebrated by AdAge as Data and Insights Agency of the Year, U.S Campaign’s Brand Experience Agency of the Year, Media Network of the Year and celebrated by Forrester and Gartner, Digitas serves the world’s leading brands through a global network comprised of more than 5,500 employees across over 65 offices in 43 countries.

The Digitas culture is made up of fearless, inventive and generous Unicorns of all kinds.

We’re looking for an outstanding
Associate Director
—someone who can win the hearts of clients, inspire their teammates, and skillfully juggle multiple pieces of business. This is a unique opportunity for an experienced digital media star to actively drive performance for some of the largest brands on the planet. In this role, you can make a real difference in our clients’ business and our own.

• Demonstrate expertise with platforms and publishers commonly used in pharmaceutical advertising—such as PulsePoint, Deep Intent, Swoop, Healthline, WebMD, and endemic healthcare publisher networks.
• Directing and managing the daily workflow of all Digitas client campaigns, including proposal development, campaign activation and maintenance, and post-buy recaps
• Interfacing with media strategy teams to build strategic campaign plans, communicate recommendations, and identify and deliver new solutions in a collaborative fashion
• Reviewing client deliverables for quality, ensuring that recommendations and work products are sound and viable
• Owning development and review of strategic proposals, coordinating across teams to account for all relevant inputs and providing pressure testing through a client lens when needed
• Assuming accountability and ownership of campaign execution for assigned client accounts
• Developing and maintaining quality control procedures for campaign implementations
• Understanding and effectively communicating our value proposition, technology, and processes as related to the growth of current and prospective agency accounts
• Monitoring and reporting on campaign performance
• Participating in forecasting exercises for senior management
• Adopting established account management standards and program management best practices
• Supporting training, mentoring, and development of team members
• Participating in regular sessions to share and learn new strategies for optimizing and enhancing campaign performance
• Embracing and encouraging a culture based on teamwork, collaboration, and intellectual curiosity
• Assisting in the development and documentation of best practices for improving communication and collaboration within the team and the group

• Six to nine years of deep experience in display and video media buying
• In depth understanding of media planning and programmatic buying, and practical experience with Google Marketing Platform, The Trade Desk , or similar buying platforms
• Proven experience with at least three or more years of people management experience, overseeing three or more reports in an account management/client services team
• Strong fluency with the digital media ecosystem– you know this world by heart and you keep pulse with the rapid changes happening within it – and a clear, solid understanding of the media planning and buying process
• Extensive experience in a client…