At Zenith, we are dedicated to creating a sustainable advantage for our clients, providing them with a quantifiable return from their communications investment that outstrips their competitors.  Our focus on ROI ensures that clients' budgets are invested, not simply spent. We believe the most important consideration for any campaign is a demonstrably effective outcome.  We are committed to developing close partnerships with all our clients and to delivering a service that always exceeds expectations.  Above all, we know that ideas and imaginative solutions are vital to make our clients' brands stand out from the crowd; connecting with consumers in a striking and persuasive manner.

Overview:

This position requires a highly motivated, entrepreneurial person to lead day-to-day strategic management across the Oracle global account, overseeing digital biddable platforms such as programmatic (DSPs), paid search, and paid social. This individual will coordinate with client leads and Zenith leadership to define and execute industry-leading efforts taking into account an audience-first approach driving strong results.

Oracle is the truest representation of business-to-business (B2B) marketing with campaigns focusing on demand generation of quality leads into the sales pipeline while also working to drive traffic to Oracle.com and national awareness campaigns.

About Oracle and the Team:

Oracle is a leading global technology brand that specializes in hardware and software solutions. In the age of instant information, Oracle has shifted its focus to be the leading cloud provider for midsize and enterprise organizations.

Oracle is a constantly growing business through acquisition, having bought brands like Moat, BlueKai, AddThis, DataLogix, and NetSuite – which allows the team to work on a range of different strategies and campaigns, targeting different audiences across the nation and the world.

Zenith has a 13-year partnership with Oracle, and leads the global business out of Chicago with a team of over 35 people. We coordinate with regional Zenith offices in Singapore and London and partner agencies in São Paulo. We also provide Oracle with a “Power of One” Publicis Solution, working closely with our sister creative agency Leo Burnett, on all Oracle production and creative.

Responsibilities:

• Maintain day-to-day relationship with Oracle’s global lead of programmatic and paid search to understand the on-going business needs of the client including the communication of any changes to Zenith leadership
• Support Zenith team and Oracle teams on social media campaigns including consulting on best practices, campaign configurations, vendor options, and creative learning
• Coordinate with Zenith partners agencies across disciplines to ensure governance of established protocols including stepping in to troubleshoot issues if necessary
• Work with Zenith’s Data and Platform Solutions team to advance our audience-first approach using first-party and third-party data
• Develop regional and global best practices, training, and points of view to be shared internally and externally
• Help foster story-telling results through data
• Manage direct team to support biddable disciplines across multiple lines of business
• Assist Zenith pillar teams (nee Lines of Business) to create, implement, and report upon programmatic/biddable campaigns
• Provide global coordination for EMEA (London) and APAC (Singapore) Zenith teams
• Command a comprehensive understanding of the programmatic/biddable landscape which can be effectively translated into developing media goals, objectives, and strategies
• Support SVP/VP in managing account profitability; identify, assess, and implement strategic organizational capabilities and partner initiatives in a profitable manner
• Understand Agency business objectives above and beyond client role by actively participating in cross agency projects
  • i.e. Taskforces that strengthen media discipline

Requirements:

• 5+ years Digital Strategy & Activation experience, preferably from a media agency environment or programmatic technology company
• Strong, hands-on background with technology platforms as such DSPs (The Trade Desk, Sizmek, DBM), DMPs (BlueKai), Search (DoubleClick for Search, Marin), and Social (4C, Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter)
• Experience with 3rd party ad servers like DoubleClick and Innovid
• Track record of building successful relationships – internally and externally
• Strong presentation skills a must
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Demonstrated ability to think strategically and act proactively
• Must be a self-starter who works well in a fast-paced, team-oriented environment
• Proven ability to interact with people at all levels of an organization, fostering strong cross-functional teamwork and result
• Significant experience in a service, delivery and/or customer focused organization is required
• Must have demonstrated ability to gets things done through 'un-owned’ resources
• Must have outstanding motivational and interpersonal skills
• Commitment to delivering creative solutions, and the ability to align team members behind creative solutions
• Applicable management and training skills
• A curious mind that looks for innovative solutions

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.