Associate Media Director

The role

You will lead media strategy across a portfolio of clients and coach a media team. You will oversee media planning, buying, activation, optimization, and measurement to drive business outcomes.

What you will do

• Develop and oversee integrated media strategies across a portfolio of clients
• Build trusted relationships and provide proactive recommendations to clients
• Oversee media planning, buying, activation, optimization, and measurement
• Connect performance data, audience insights, and market trends to decisions
• Lead, coach, and develop media team members
• Partner with the VP of Media to strengthen processes, tools, and capabilities
• Identify opportunities to expand client relationships and assist in new business
• Explore emerging platforms, technologies, data, and measurement solutions
• Work closely with Strategy, Creative, Account, and Analytics teams

Required qualifications

• 7–10+ years of experience in media strategy, planning, buying, optimization, and measurement across digital and traditional channels
• At least 3 years leading and developing media professionals
• Hands-on, in-platform experience
• Knowledge of Paid Search, Paid Social, Programmatic, traditional media, emerging platforms, and measurement solutions
• Ability to manage media budgets, forecasting, and pacing
• Bachelor's degree

Nice to have

• Bachelor's degree in Advertising, Marketing, Business, Communications, or a related field

About the company

SixSpeed is an employee-owned, audience-first, full-service advertising agency. They aim to deliver big ideas at speed for adventurous brands.