Director, Media Planning (Temporary)

About the role

We are hiring a Director to join our Planning and Business Leadership team in a full time temporary role through August (benefits eligible).

This role is hybrid, and requires working onsite at our New York office, with flexibility to work from home.

Responsibilities

• Deliver a level of innovation and excellence in work.
• Have an in-depth understanding of communications and media strategy, cross-channel planning, and the intricacies of online and offline media activation and campaign performance analysis.
• Provide strategic leadership based on an in-depth knowledge of each client's business.
• Advance media products delivered to clients, fueled by a holistic understanding of advertising and media.
• Liaison between partner agencies, media partners, in-house client strategy/creative team.
• Understand the media landscape and how it's evolving.
• Manage and mentor team members.
• Reviews, performance issues, timely reviews/feedback, active work distribution and fair rotations.
• Strong listening skills: believes good thinking can come from anyone and any place.
• Participation in new business.
• A team player willing to compromise their point of view in support of others.

Requirements

• 6 + years of experience in media planning.
• Vertical experience in financial, banking, wealth management or related is highly desirable.
• Advise and guide clients on media strategies.
• Manage and mentor team members.
• Understand the media landscape and how it's evolving.
• Strong listening skills: believes good thinking can come from anyone and any place.
• Participation in new business.
• A team player willing to compromise their point of view in support of others.

Benefits

Crossmedia benefits include:

• Flexibility to work in hybrid manner with in-office and work from home options (depending on role).
• Open/Flexible PTO with US & UK specific policies.
• Sponsored healthcare options and agency-wide physical & mental health support.
• 401k with company match (USA), and generous Pension (UK).
• Paid sabbatical at significant milestone anniversaries.
• Generous paid parental leave policy.
• Life milestone recognition & support.
• The Pursuit of Happiness Fund devoted to helping Crossmedians find their happy (be it travel, enrichment class, fitness membership or professional development).
• Cell phone/tech reimbursement.
• Student Loan payment plan (US).
• Tuition reimbursement.
• Learning & Development and training programs.
• And burgers – lots and lots of burgers.

Crossmedia Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

Diversity is in our DNA. As a minority-owned company, our commitment to an inclusive environment has long been embedded into agency practices and at every level.

Almost one third of senior leadership identifies as a person of color and over half of our executive leadership are women.

We have active mentoring & internship programs that create opportunities for underrepresented groups.

Internal agency programming is anchored by XMEquity365, a permanent, year-round initiative fostering acknowledgement and support of marginalized communities within five pillars – Excellence, Voices, Education, Giving & Representation.

Crossmedia is committed to providing equal employment opportunities and creating a diverse and inclusive company culture and that does not discriminate against candidates and employees because of their disability, sex, race, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, national origin, age, veteran status, or any other basis prohibited by applicable federal, state, or local law.