Spark Foundry is a global media agency that exists to bring HEAT – Higher Engagement, Affinity, and Transactions – to brands. By combining flawless media fundamentals with aggressive innovation, Spark inspires consumers to pay more attention; to care more about our clients’ brands; and to buy more products and services from them.

Balancing the nimble spirit of a startup with the powerhouse soul of Publicis Media, Spark Foundry delivers the best of both worlds to a client roster that spans some of the world’s best and most beloved brands and companies. We combine boutique-caliber insights and service with the buying clout and first-look access of a global leader, bringing the heat to challenger brands that want to act like giants, and to giant brands that want to act like challengers.

With a bottom-up culture that celebrates diversity and aims for all voices to be heard, Spark has become a magnet for the industry’s best talent, with one of the best retention rates in the industry. And by applying a whole-person approach to professional and personal development, Spark develops a workforce that is well prepared for today’s challenges, and also poised to create meaningful careers in the years to come.

Because we know that heat arises the intersection of complementary forces, our professionals come from myriad disciplines and backgrounds: data, analytics, and insights; content and creative production; communications and strategy; finance and marketing; and sociology, psychology, and other liberal arts disciplines.

The Associate Director, Digital Media Investment is the day-to-day steward on media issues for assigned brands, including accurate budget control and flow of online media activity.  They will be required to develop and maintain a strong knowledge of their clients’ business and apply their media understanding accordingly to help deliver against the clients’ needs/objectives.  They will work closely with the Managers in the development and communication of all media recommendations.  

Role Objectives:

• Think strategically, consider the bigger picture, analyze everything, and think critically when solving problems to come up with unconventional solutions
• Successfully build strong, collaborative client relationships, instilling trust and authority on behalf of the agency
• Manage timelines, projects, and personnel within direct report team and across cross-functional teams
• Flexible and able to keep up with a fast-paced, constantly-evolving environment
• Ensure team has the digital expertise to design the link between fluid contact choices and platforms to create experiences 
• Educate, push, and drive innovation among teams in key vertical areas 
• Successfully manage multiple work streams at one time
• Utilize strong foundations in strategic and critical thinking, finding ways to innovate and collaborate with teams to improve outputs
• Experience with productive and positive vendor relationship management 
• Individual should possess confidence, composure, and polished presentation skills to effectively attend and lead in-person meetings with key clients on a regular basis
• Understand addressability and targeting application in all digital platforms 
• Self-motivation and organization are key due to coordination with multiple internal and external clients
• Build partnerships and relationships in the digital, mobile, and social media space with publishers and service / technology providers 

• Preferably with a concentration in advertising, marketing, business administration, or communications preferred.
• Strong digital cross-channel planning and buying skills
• 5 years of experience working in digital media planning, buying and management with progressive levels of responsibility
• Have led a team before and know what it takes to manage a group, even when a lot of moving parts are involved
• Able to take care of the day-to-day part of overseeing others and good at helping them grow and realize their own potential
• Detail oriented and able to produce accurate work 
• Strong, demonstrated leadership skills 
• Have a history negotiating to get the job done right and track record of success in media; understand business; have a knack for sharing complicated ideas in a simple, understandable way
• Already active in the kinds of digital gadgets and communities that are changing our business; have a passion for tablets, smartphones, social networks, instant messaging, widgets, apps, blogs and whatever is new and life-changing; want to find ways to make them work for brands

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

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