Director, Paid Social/Programmatic

About the position

PHD is a global communications planning and media buying agency network delivering smart strategic thinking and creative innovation for the world's leading brands. Brilliant media thinking is in our DNA. A culture of thought-leadership, creativity and innovation has seen us grow from a challenger agency in the UK, to a global leader with over 6,000 employees in over 100 offices worldwide. We combine the latest industry insight with the best creative minds to produce planning innovation and create award-winning work for some of the world's largest advertisers. Finding a better way is our ethos and sums up how we approach everything - from a new client brief to the way we work.

Responsibilities

• Brings creative ideas that meet needs, solves problems, and drives the business strategy.
• Manages the creative process and facilitates brainstorming.
• Identifies opportunities to increase individual and organizational performance.
• Remains solution-oriented even in the face of disappointment and adversity.
• Considers a broad business context for the development of challenging and realistic goals.
• Creates a direction for the organization and devises plans for short-term and long-term vitality, growth, and success.
• Understands industry trends and their potential impact on the organization.
• Maintains a stable of sources for real-time information that can affect the industry and the company.
• Demonstrates a realistic knowledge of self - strengths and weaknesses.
• Is self-confident and true to their convictions, yet open to alternative perspectives and constructive feedback.
• Creates a plan that organizes and aligns resources to accomplish objectives within an established timeline.
• Handles unanticipated events and situations effectively by having an alternative plan of action.
• Intelligently manages the reward/risk ratio and takes responsibility for making timely and well-analyzed decisions.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree.
• 5-10 years in a management role; must be comfortable managing a team of 20+ employees.
• Must love managing and leading a team of passionate and dedicated media professionals across digital areas.
• Understanding of client/agency finance process; client billing and employee hours/pacing against business scope.
• 7+ years digital buying experience.
• Strong understanding of the digital marketplace with regard to rates, digital buying models, negotiation, programmatic, content development, content syndication, and contract execution.
• Knowledge in Comscore, DFA, Adviews, eMarketer is non-negotiable.
• Proficient in media terminology, media math, and reach and frequency calculations.

Nice-to-haves

• Committed to and delivers client service.
• Professional presence.
• Resourceful and analytical thinker.
• Excellent presentation skills: conveys thoughts, ideas, feelings and decisions in a clear, concise and appropriate manner.

Benefits

• Health insurance
• Vision insurance
• Dental insurance
• 401(k)
• Healthcare Flexible Spending Account
• Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account
• Vacation days
• Sick days
• Personal days
• Paid parental leave
• Paid medical leave
• STD/LTD insurance benefits