World-class ad agency with the powerful combination of intellectual rigor and creative excellence seeks an Associate Media Director to join their playful and demanding atmosphere. This person is capable of exceptionally ascertaining a client’s real needs, which may be different from their perceptions. Equally poised in tough strategic debates with Creative, Strategy and key clients, you’re the point-person to develop clear and inspiring communications strategies that define what is said as the brand and how the brand acts.  You should be brand-loving and relationship-building with a track record of gaining trust and respect by consistently demonstrating sound critical thinking and maintaining composure in stressful situations.  You understand the marriage of Media and Strategy, and are guided by genuine insight not just data dumps.  An effective and inspiring manager, delegator and leader, you help make junior staff better, while challenging and educating senior teammates on trends in Media. Client list includes some of the most recognized and well-respected brands in the world.  For this position, you’ll be partnering with a sports brand and a luxury e-comm retailer. Please have an integrated background as you’ll be split 50/50 between digital and traditional initiatives. 7+ years experience; creative agency experience preferred.

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Fun-minded, leading media shop housed within an advertising agency in NYC is seeking to add savvy Search Media folks to their team.  Please have a passion for all things media, as well as a positive attitude.  Candidates must be fluent in the digital space and have a working knowledge of traditional media; prior SEM/paid experience required.  Responsibilities include day-to-day media activities such as strategy, SEM/SEO, trend-watching, optimization, reporting and analysis on major cutting-edge brands.  Candidates should be well-versed with Excel and comfortable with analytics.  Working directly with the Senior Strategist and Media Director, you’ll provide well thought out and professionally presented recommendations.  Previous agency experience preferred.

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Fun-minded, leading media shop housed within an advertising agency in NYC is seeking to add a savvy Group Search Director to their team.  Please have a passion for all things media, as well as a positive attitude.  Candidates must be fluent in the digital space and have a working knowledge of traditional media; depth of prior SEM/paid experience required (7-10 years).  Responsibilities include day-to-day media activities such as strategy, client presentations, SEM/SEO, trend-watching, optimization, reporting and analysis on a variety of major brands.  You’ll report to the agency Big Wigs and will be responsible for managing your own team of whipper-snappers.  Previous agency experience preferred.

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Associate Media Director, Digital, $80-100K, NYC

Award-winning boutique digital media agency is seeking to add a bright, driven and analytically competent Associate Media Director.  With some of the most forward thinking and leading edge clients in the digital space, this is an excellent opportunity to align with a respected and fast-growing, global digital agency.  You’ll utilize the full digital media mix (display, search, measurement, video, mobile, etc) to innovate, drive results and to inspire a team. Developed by client-side individuals who fully understand their partner’s business needs, agency focus is on results – ROI and branding; please be comfortable in the quantitative space.  They take their work very seriously – but they don’t take themselves too seriously; they believe the work environment should be fun and are looking for like-minded individuals who thrive in a casual culture of responsibility and personal ownership.  Get ready to work on some of the most exciting briefs out there and help win new ones.

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Analysts, $60-75, NYC

Award-winning ad agency with in-house Media is seeking to add top-notch candidates to their Strategy and Analytics team.   Analysts are exposed to a range of clients, projects and responsibilities.  You will be working with a team of highly talented individuals in Account, Media, Creative and Technology to help clients achieve the optimal ROI for their marketing programs using media reporting tools, web analytics, predictive modeling technology and other data analytics. The ideal candidate will have a passion for discovering unexpected insights and delivering added value to clients. Candidates should have an understanding of marketing and advertising, a robust ability to tell a story through data, and a strong desire to learn more about marketing in a digital world.   Preferred skills include: Excel; VBA/Excel Macros, SQL, SAS, or other data manipulation tools; DoubleClick, Dart, Atlas, rich media, video; Google Analytics, Omniture Site Catalyst, Webtrends; social media monitoring tools.  Please have a positive attitude!

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