Associate Director, Media Strategy
for sections like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections that have real specific content. We need to parse the posting. First, remove boilerplate: "Please note that we will never request payment..." etc. Also "As we continue to grow..." etc. Also "While Monks may contact..." etc. Also "About Monks" appears multiple times; we need to keep substantive info about Monks? The instruction: "Do NOT repeat the job title as a heading (the page already shows it) and do NOT put Job ID / requisition numbers as headings — fold minor metadata into a short
or drop it." Also "Remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions." Thus we need to keep core content: About Monks (maybe one paragraph), About Media Strategy, About The Role, Responsibilities, About You (which includes essentials), Benefits, Salary Range (Pay), Return to Office policy (Schedule?), maybe not schedule specifics but mention RTO policy. Also maybe "About Monks" repeated later with more details; we can combine. We must not create sections with filler like "commensurate with experience". Not present. We need to decide which sections to include: - About the role: we have "About The Role" paragraph. Could be heading About the role. - Responsibilities: we have a list after "Responsibilities:" with bullet-like sentences. We'll make
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- About You / Requirements: we have "About You The essentials:" list of requirements. Could be Requirements or Qualifications. We'll use Requirements heading.
- Benefits: we have "Benefits What We Offer" list. We'll make Benefits heading.
- Pay: we have Salary Range: $105,000—$120,000 USD. Also note about compensation range. We'll make Pay heading.
- Schedule: we have Return to Office policy details. Could be Schedule heading. We'll include.
- Possibly Skills: not explicitly separate; but we could embed skills in Requirements. Not needed.
- About Monks: maybe we could include as a brief intro but not required heading? The instruction: "Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones." Could include About Monks as a section? Not listed as allowed headings but we could use About Monks as a heading? The allowed headings list includes About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Not About Monks. So we should not create a heading for About Monks; we could fold that info into a short
maybe under About the role? But the instruction says "fold minor metadata into a short
or drop it." About Monks is not minor metadata; it's company description. Could be included as a paragraph before sections without heading? The output only HTML fragment; we can include a
about Monks without heading. That's acceptable. Similarly About Media Strategy could be a paragraph. Thus structure:
About Monks: ...
About Media Strategy: ...
About the role
... (the paragraph about Associate Director, Media Strategy)
Responsibilities
- ... ...
Requirements
- ... ...
Benefits
- ... ...
Pay
Salary Range: $105,000—$120,000 USD
Schedule
Return to Office (RTO) policy: If you reside within a commutable distance of one of our office locations, you will be expected to work from the office a set number of days per week. The specific details, including the number of required office days, will be in accordance with the company’s then-current RTO policy, which is subject to change from time to time.
We must ensure we preserve all substantive information. Let's extract details. First, About Monks paragraph: "Monks is a new kind of agency, built from the ground up by award-winning creatives, top data scientists and cutting-edge media people willing to defect from the old agency model to create smarter work. Challenging convention, we bridge the gap between meaningful storytelling, data-led optimization and commerce. A spirit of curiosity, relentless creativity and data-informed decision making define our culture and people." Second About Media Strategy: "The Media Strategy department is the strategic heart of Monks' media offering: a unified team bringing together deep expertise in media strategy, media planning, and account management. We build integrated, full-funnel media strategies that connect brand storytelling to measurable business outcomes, powered by AI-enabled workflows and analytical rigor." About The Role paragraph: "The Associate Director, Media Strategy leads key strategy and planning workstreams on one of Monks' most important client relationships: owning deliverables end to end and serving as a trusted day-to-day client contact. This requires: Strong ability to build client and platform relationshipsA track record of managing and growing account workstreamsAbility to tell data-driven stories and extract key insights for senior-level clientsFull-funnel understanding of the media landscape across Social, Search, Programmatic/Digital Investment, Holistic Video, OOH, and Direct Partnerships.Experience managing and stewarding career growth for direct reports" Note there are missing spaces; we need to preserve as is? Probably we should keep the text but maybe add spaces for readability? The instruction: preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail. We should keep the exact text, but we can format with spaces? The original had no spaces after colons? Actually original: "This requires: Strong ability to build client and platform relationshipsA track record of managing and growing account workstreamsAbility to tell data-driven stories and extract key insights for senior-level clientsFull-funnel understanding of the media landscape across Social, Search, Programmatic/Digital Investment, Holistic Video, OOH, and Direct Partnerships.Experience managing and stewarding career growth for direct reports". It seems missing spaces; we should keep as is? Might be okay to add spaces for readability but that could be considered altering. Safer to keep exactly as given, but we could insert spaces where missing? Might be considered inventing. I'd keep the exact string. Responsibilities list: after "Responsibilities:" we have sentences separated by periods. Let's extract each: - Serve as a lead day-to-day point of contact with media client stakeholders. - Develop go-to-market strategies and integrated, full-funnel media plans informed by rich consumer and industry insights with a laser focus on outcomes. - Lead briefings, brainstorms, presentations and reporting calls to represent and support the team. - Prepare executive-level deliverables on performance, strategic POVs and competitive analysis. - Analyze data, craft insights and make recommendations internally and externally in deck form. - Use AI-enabled tools to accelerate research, insight generation, plan development and reporting. - Maintain executional and performance excellence through ongoing collaboration with Activation, Investment and Data & Measurement teams. - Establish relationships with platform partners to stay current on offerings and maximize media value. - Track and manage the client scorecard to ensure the team is set up to hit performance goals. - Lead and manage 1–3 direct reports; regularly meet to establish priorities and offer guidance and feedback. We'll put each as - . Requirements (About You): after "About You The essentials:" we have: - 7+ years of industry experience focused on media strategy, planning and client service. - Eager to forge long-term client partnerships built on mutual trust and fueled by ongoing performance. - Proficient in media strategy with experience across digital direct, programmatic, social and search plus fluency in brand and offline channels. - Ability to craft compelling, data-driven narratives for client deliverables. - Experienced with syndicated planning and competitive insight tools (e.g., Comscore, GWI, Pathmatics, Nielsen). - Comfortable adopting AI-enabled tools and helping the team work smarter. - Excellent written and verbal communication skills; desire to grow as a leader and mentor. - BA or equivalent with emphasis on marketing, advertising, or business. - Experience in healthcare or other regulated industries is a plus We'll put each as
- . Benefits: after "Benefits What We Offer" we have: - Excellent, full coverage medical, dental, and vision insurance - more about our coverage here! - Generous PTO and 15 company-wide holidays - 401k with company contribution - Paid parental leave - Work-life balance with an emphasis on personal well-being - Career growth in a disruptor space & entrepreneurial opportunities within the Monks network - A globally diverse & inclusive culture with employee resource groups such as S4 Melanin, Pride.Monks, Cultura.Monks, and more! - Authentic commitment to DEI efforts and sustainable growth. (Why Sir Martin Sorrell signed The Climate Pledge here!) We'll put each as
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Pay: Salary Range: $105,000—$120,000 USD. Also note: "Monks has provided a compensation range that represents its good faith estimate of what Monks may pay for the position at the time of posting. Monks may ultimately pay more or less than the posted compensation range. The salary offered to the selected candidate will be determined based on job-related factors, but not based on a candidate’s sex or any other protected status." This is substantive; we should include that as well. So Pay section could have a paragraph with that info plus the range.
Schedule: Return to Office policy paragraph as above.
We must not include duplicated lines, boilerplate, EEO, etc. The later "About Monks" repeated with more details (global, digital-first, etc.) and EEO statements should be removed. Also the "We are an equal-opportunity employer..." etc. Remove.
Thus final HTML fragment:
About Monks: Monks is a new kind of agency, built from the ground up by award-winning creatives, top data scientists and cutting-edge media people willing to defect from the old agency model to create smarter work. Challenging convention, we bridge the gap between meaningful storytelling, data-led optimization and commerce. A spirit of curiosity, relentless creativity and data-informed decision making define our culture and people.
About Media Strategy: The Media Strategy department is the strategic heart of Monks' media offering: a unified team bringing together deep expertise in media strategy, media planning, and account management. We build integrated, full-funnel media strategies that connect brand storytelling to measurable business outcomes, powered by AI-enabled workflows and analytical rigor.
About the role
The Associate Director, Media Strategy leads key strategy and planning workstreams on one of Monks' most important client relationships: owning deliverables end to end and serving as a trusted day-to-day client contact. This requires: Strong ability to build client and platform relationshipsA track record of managing and growing account workstreamsAbility to tell data-driven stories and extract key insights for senior-level clientsFull-funnel understanding of the media landscape across Social, Search, Programmatic/Digital Investment, Holistic Video, OOH, and Direct Partnerships.Experience managing and stewarding career growth for direct reports
Responsibilities
- Serve as a lead day-to-day point of contact with media client stakeholders.
- Develop go-to-market strategies and integrated, full-funnel media plans informed by rich consumer and industry insights with a laser focus on outcomes.
- Lead briefings, brainstorms, presentations and reporting calls to represent and support the team.
- Prepare executive-level deliverables on performance, strategic POVs and competitive analysis.
- Analyze data, craft insights and make recommendations internally and externally in deck form.
- Use AI-enabled tools to accelerate research, insight generation, plan development and reporting