Associate Media Director, Brand

Position Summary As Associate Media Director, Brand, you will lead brand media strategy and planning across a portfolio of client accounts, including a core group of healthcare and health system clients. You will own local, national and global plans from brief through measurement, serve as the day-to-day media lead for clients, and partner with the Performance Media team to build every plan as one connected system. You will plan across brand media channels including but not limited to premium video (linear/CTV/streaming), programmatic video and display (DSP), audio, OOH, brand partnerships, and custom activations. You will directly manage and develop Media Planners on your accounts and contribute to new business alongside the Director of Brand Media. What You'll Do Lead brand media strategy and planning across multiple client accounts, connecting channel choices directly to client business objectives Serve as the primary media lead in client meetings, presenting plans, recommendations, and results to senior client stakeholders Partner with the Performance Media team to build every plan as one integrated system, aligned to a single business outcome Contribute media landscape and channel insight to strategy briefs, working with Account, Strategy, and Creative from the earliest stages of planning Oversee end-to-end campaign delivery, from planning and negotiation through trafficking, pacing, billing, and reporting Lead vendor negotiations for rates, positioning, added value, and