Associate Director, Media Display - New Stream Media

As an Associate Director, you will oversee strategy and delivery of media planning, activation, and campaign management for Display Media channels in top-tier Retail Media Networks. You will develop and maintain a comprehensive understanding of client businesses, ensure all media requirements are executed on time and accurately, align resources to meet client needs, and coach your direct reports and team. You will collaborate across functions to support and deliver against media, client, and company objectives. Responsibilities Lead forecasting, media planning, and execution strategy for the retailer’s display and video channels. Oversee Display Media Team workload, including distribution of work, staffing across pods, capacity planning, and communicating staffing needs to senior management. Lead interviewing, hiring, training, and coaching of new team members. Provide ongoing support to your team through regular feedback and weekly one-on-ones. Maintain deep understanding of client business goals and marketing objectives and translate them into digital objectives and strategies. Remain abreast of the overall media marketplace and relevant opportunities for clients. Build internal and external client and stakeholder relationships. Drive alignment across internal and client teams for establishing processes, ways of working, and cross‑functional roles and responsibilities. Identify challenges and process‑related roadblocks and proactively solve problems internally and with the client. Ensure that process documents are accurate and kept current. Act as an escalation point on planning and activation best practices, processes, and campaign troubleshooting. Work on special projects as assigned. Qualifications 5+ years in digital media planning, activation, and/or campaign management. 2+ years of hands‑on experience in programmatic DSPs (DV360, TTD, YouTube) and SSPs (Google Ad Manager, CitrusAd). 2+ years of hands‑on experience in paid social platforms (Meta, Pinterest, TikTok) and familiarity with ad servers (CM360). Experience working within OMS platforms (Salesforce Media Cloud, Placements.IO, Advendio) and workflow management systems (JIRA, Workfront, Monday). Independent self‑starter, comfortable working in a start‑up environment with changing workflows and priorities. Detail‑oriented, organized and articulate; able to work well under pressure. Shopper, CPG or Retail Media Network experience is a plus. Thirst for knowledge and innovation, keen to make a difference in a growing business with existing clients. Possess outstanding written and verbal communication skills, especially strong presentation skills. Experience managing a team, preferably in a Retail Media Environment. Proficiency in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. Location: New York. Time Type: Full time. Contract Type: Permanent. Salary The annual salary range for this position is $96,000 - $125,000. Benefits Medical, vision, and dental insurance. Life insurance. Short‑term and long‑term disability insurance. 401(k). Flexible paid time off. At least 15 paid holidays per year. Paid sick and safe leave. Paid parental leave. Compliance with state and local laws regarding employee leave benefits, including the Colorado Healthy Families and Workplaces Act. Equal Employment Opportunity Statement Dentsu is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees. We do this without regard to race, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, ancestry, physical or mental disability, marital status, political affiliation, religious practices and observances, citizenship status, genetic information, veteran status, or any other basis protected under applicable federal, state, or local law. Dentsu is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to eligible individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans. If you require an accommodation, please contact View email address on click.appcast.io. #J-18808-Ljbffr