Director, Media

Move Your Career Forward with DAC as a Director, Media Who We Are We are DAC—a global full-funnel performance media agency dedicated to delivering transformative results. With expertise spanning SEO, paid media, creative production, analytics, and local optimization, we combine the brightest minds with innovative technology to deliver seamless, forward-thinking strategies. Powered by AI, data, and creative ingenuity, we deliver integrated campaigns that engage customers at every touchpoint—from global audiences to individual store locations.

Position Summary Do you have the enthusiasm to rise to each challenge, the execution to drive outrageous performance, the curiosity to continually expand your knowledge, and the courage to propose original solutions to perplexing problems? Then you may have just found the perfect opportunity at a performance marketing agency like no other.

This person is responsible for strategic decisions ensuring implementation of digital and traditional paid media and SEM best practices, trends and analysis, integrated digital planning, and oversight of program execution.

What You’ll DoWork with subject matters experts cross-trained in SEMm Programmatic, and Paid Social to create, execute, and report on cross-channel media engagements. May also include offline media execution as well.

Represent integrated media approach to internal and external audiences

Oversee the development of junior (coordinator, specialist and manager) level media team members

Track and conduct periodic check-ins with employees to ensure consistency in training and development across the broader media team Communicate on an on-going basis with media and account team members and conduct weekly status sessions to provide support where required

Work collaboratively with media team members to oversee and improve internal processes in order to provide high-quality service for clients

Facilitate effective resource management across assigned media team Track, measure, and report on media program health across the media and account team

Work with PMO to regularly report to leadership on project health, resourcing issues, and broader staffing plans

Communicate progress to plan and regular execution focused program updates to leadership

Attend and actively participate in client and new business meetings, acting as the Media subject matter expert to contribute the integrated perspective

Develop and present deliverables and presentations in a client-friendly format.

Communicate project status and campaign performance to agency executives, and account  extremely skilled at communicating with the client base Present research, insights, campaign performance and recommendations to key internal and external stakeholders

Handle escalations of client issues and communicate accordingly with office stakeholders

Provide strategic leadership in development of programs to meet campaign objectives, including SEM, Display (direct buys and programmatic), Paid Social and other channels as required

Lead team activities (and assist, where necessary) for campaign planning, keyword research, media vendor selection and budget management for enterprise campaigns

Understand, vet and recommend new digital methodologies with a view to improving service offering

What You Bring Minimum University degree in Business or college equivalent

Minimum 8 years advanced Digital Media campaign planning/management experience (traditional media experience a plus)
Google Ads certified Familiarity with enterprise integrated media campaigns, strategies and tactics.
5+ years team leadership experience, ideally in an agency environmentA growth mindset for expanding campaigns and opportunities within the client base Eager to understand, test and implement new…