Associate Director, Media Investment

Company description

Present in over 100 countries and employing nearly 80,000 professionals, Publicis Groupe is the third largest communications group in the world. Publicis Groupe is listed on the Euronext Paris [FR0000130577] and is part of the CAC 40 index. Active across the entire value chain, Publicis Groupe offers its major clients a transversal, unified and fluid model allowing them access to all the Groupe's tools and expertise around the world through the mantra "The Power of One."

Overview

Associate Director, Video Investments

We're looking for an outstanding Associate Director - someone who can win the hearts of clients, inspire their teammates, and skillfully juggle multiple brands for a new, exciting client. Sound like you? Read on.

Responsibilities

What you'll do :

As Associate Director, Video Investments , you will provide investment stewardship across Video channels, including Linear TV, CTV and Addressable TV for a brand new client. In this role, you will manage the Video investment team to ensure a consistent go-to-market approach and create synergies with our media strategy, across multiple brands.

We are seeking a leader who will bring an innovative approach to buying, endless curiosity to identify new opportunities and an ability to achieve value through strong partner negotiation. You will be able to speak fluently to video buying tactics; often acting as a representative of the full media investment team to clients and the marketplace.

Day to day your role includes :

• Manage, optimize, and expand programs for all video channels to maximize profitability
• Oversee the work of multiple video specialists, managing workflow and providing strategic guidance and oversight.
• Serve as a central point of contact for clients and internal teams for the broader portfolio
• Speak fluently to multiple Video channels, calling on deep expertise from activating linear TV in particular
• Leverage historic analytics / performance to validate investment strategies, inform tactical decisions and exhibit ongoing willingness to optimization performance for campaign success.
• Build and foster strong partnerships with relevant media partners in the Video ecosystem (i.e. TV networks, CTV partners)
• Bring innovative solutions and out of the box thinking to partners and clients.
• Work within teams to troubleshoot and quickly problem solve campaign management issues as they arise, as well as effectively partner with Account Management teams to appropriately communicate issues with clients.
• Manage and maintain relationships with internal practice leads and full investment team
• Be a leader through strength and stability functioning as a point of escalation for clients and team members as needed.

This position reports to the VP, Video Investments.

Qualifications

We're looking for strong, impactful work experience, which typically includes :

Got what it takes? We'd love to hear from you.

Additional information

Our Publicis Groupe motto "Viva La Différence" means we're better together, and we believe that our differences make us stronger. It means we honor and celebrate all identities, across all facets of intersectionality, and it underpins all that we do as an organization. We are focused on fostering belonging and creating equitable & inclusive experiences for all talent.

Publicis Groupe provides robust and inclusive benefit programs and policies to support the evolving and diverse needs of our talent and enable every person to grow and thrive. Our benefits package includes medical coverage, dental, vision, disability, 401K, as well as parental and family care leave, family forming assistance, tuition reimbursement, and flexible time off.

If you require accommodation or assistance with the application or onboarding process specifically, please contact USMSTACompliance@publicis.com.

Compensation Range : $95,950 - $144,430 annually. This is the pay range the Company believes it will pay for this position at the time of this posting. Consistent with applicable law, compensation will be determined based on the skills, qualifications, and experience of the applicant along with the requirements of the position, and the Company reserves the right to modify this pay range at any time. Temporary roles may be eligible to participate in our freelancer / temporary employee medical plan through a third-party benefits administration system once certain criteria have been met. Temporary roles may also qualify for participation in our 401(k) plan after eligibility criteria have been met. For regular roles, the Company will offer medical coverage, dental, vision, disability, 401k, and paid time off. The Company anticipates the application deadline for this job posting will be 1 / 1 / 2026.

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