Director, Integrated Media Planning

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Director leading converged TV, CTV, and digital media planning for Rainstorm Direct, an agency delivering clients’ brand and sales objectives together. Advising clients through data-driven strategy and optimization.

Responsibilities:

  • Develop converged TV media strategies for major agency clients with $10–30M+ accounts
  • Oversee integrated planning across linear TV, CTV, and OLV/YouTube, considering audio, print, OOH, social, and search as needed
  • Plan and manage primarily national campaigns, with local campaigns as needed
  • Focus on brand and performance KPIs including reach, frequency, efficiency, response, orders, and revenue
  • Use proprietary and first-party/third-party data to target audiences and minimize duplicated reach across linear and streaming platforms
  • Analyze response data, audience insights, and attribution outputs to optimize active campaigns and inform recommendations
  • Build client relationships through business understanding and strategic media guidance
  • Present integrated media plans, campaign results, insights, and actionable recommendations to clients
  • Develop and pitch innovative media ideas to expand client relationships and media footprints
  • Communicate objectives, strategies, points of view, and data-driven narratives clearly and persuasively
  • Coach, mentor, and support planning team members and cross-department partners
  • Use and contribute to proprietary agency tools, technology platforms, and attribution models
  • Apply knowledge of DSPs, ACR data, and data clean rooms
  • Navigate upfront and scatter market dynamics across linear and CTV, including PG and PMP deals
  • Prepare and deliver media strategy pitches for new business
  • Ramp up on new business categories and competitive landscapes
  • Leverage data-driven storytelling for business development

Requirements:

  • 10+ years of agency media planning experience with national accounts
  • Expertise in linear TV, CTV, and performance-driven media
  • Expertise in Converged TV planning
  • Cross-channel planning is a plus
  • Familiarity with the accelerated growth goals of entrepreneurial agencies and clients
  • Experience building teams and departments
  • Highly analytical and data-driven, with strong attention to detail
  • Mastery of planning, measurement, and reporting tools such as Nielsen, Comscore, R/F planning platforms, Commspoint, iSpot, Innovid, competitive tracking tools, MRI, or similar platforms
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • Experience using data, attribution models, and proprietary or third-party tools to improve campaign performance
  • Experience preparing and pitching media strategies for new business and existing client growth
  • Current trend awareness and willingness to take calculated risks
  • Strong leadership, coaching, and mentoring abilities
  • Proactive, self-directed, and well organized
  • Must accommodate meetings in different time zones
  • Ability to plan primarily national campaigns and local campaigns as needed

Benefits:

  • Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance
  • Quarterly profit-sharing program
  • 401(K) plan with employer match (and immediate eligibility)
  • 4-6 weeks PTO
  • 12 paid holidays
  • 12-18 weeks fully-paid Family and Medical Leave
  • Monthly Work-From-Home allowance
  • Flexible First environment with the ability to work from where you’d like and connect virtually and in person when possible
  • Investment in employees, technology, and tools
  • Open communication and transparency about company performance and direction