Data Director – Media Agency

Do you have experience with media agency systems and good technical and communications skills?

Senior new position where you’ll work with a proprietary agency product used both internally and externally by clients

The role is with a marketing science and platform solutions division of a major media agency group.

The Data Director is non-technical role that is responsible for the overall success of all client deployments using the agencies key products. You will act as the agency’s primary contact and lead a team of specialists to ensure the final deliverables meet the approved requirements.

Salary to £90,000 + benefits.

Key Responsibilities

• The overall success of all client deployments within their geography and agency
• Coordinating with agency stakeholders to ensure client prioritization is met
• Build relationships with key stakeholders
• Leading kick off sessions and determining timelines
• Gathering business requirements for new and existing clients
• Recommending new feature enhancements to product team
• Assisting and supporting new business requests
• Presenting system demos for clients/client leads
• Providing conceptional designing for custom/advanced solutioning
• Addressing client specific challenges that require more advanced skill sets

Required Skills

• 8-10 years of media agency/media systems experience
• 2+ years of digital planning/investment experience
• Detailed knowledge of the UK media planning/buying/trafficking process and media planning terminology
• Solid knowledge of Microsoft Office especially MS Excel and working with pivot tables
• A technical mindset and general understanding of development, databases, business intelligence, data visualization and web applications is also ideal
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to communicate technical aspects to a non-technical audience
• Strong relationship management skills between development and sponsor groups
• Strong problem-solving skills to analyze complex problems, interpret account needs, and develop integrated, creative solutions

This would be a great role if…

• You are excited about working for a young, high-growth company where things are changing every day.
• You are always curious and always eager to better understand, to expand your knowledge and encouraging that knowledge with others.
• You write and speak eloquently
• You enjoy digging into the work, you follow through on every responsibility and are willing to seek out the unspoken expectations

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