Associate Director, Media Strategy

Monks

21h•Hybrid

About The Position

Monks is a full-funnel marketing, advertising, and design company focused on creating breakthrough campaigns with exceptional performance. The company brings together top talent from strategy, creative, media, design, and the DTC world to innovate the way brands connect with consumers through storytelling, data-driven optimization, and commerce. A culture of curiosity, creativity, and data-informed decision-making defines Monks. The Associate Director will manage key media client relationships and support the Media Strategy team, which excels in client and platform relationships, account management and growth, data-driven storytelling and insights, high-impact client presentations, and understanding of the digital landscape (Social, Search, Display/OLV, Site-Direct).

Requirements

4+ years experience managing large clients and relationships within complex organizational structures.
Self-starter with the ability to manage multiple projects at a time with very high standards for your work.
Willingness to challenge the status quo for client and company success.
Desire to make a large impact at a rapidly growing media agency.
Excellent problem-solving and critical thinking abilities.
Desire to grow as a leader and mentor to colleagues.
BA or equivalent with emphasis on marketing, advertising, or business.
Experience working with syndicated media planning tools like MediaOcean Prisma, Comscore, GWI, etc. to build audience driven plans.

Responsibilities

Lead end-to-end campaign orchestration across cross-functional teams to ensure flawless execution, operational alignment, and delivery against client objectives.
Lead cross channel campaign planning efforts, and partner closely with key stakeholders to deliver holistic recommendations.
Own daily and weekly client interaction; facilitating client calls and in-person meetings to handle one off requests/questions and to share campaign performance details.
Own cross-functional coordination across Investment, Analytics, Business Operations, and Media Technology teams to ensure seamless campaign execution and delivery.
Analyze data, craft insights, and make recommendations internally and externally.
Brainstorming and implementing new ways to optimize client and business workflows.
Lead integrated workback schedules, timelines, and operational processes across campaigns, ensuring teams are aligned on deliverables, dependencies, and deadlines.
Partner closely with investment teams to oversee pacing, budget management, forecasting, and delivery across active campaigns.
Manage ad hoc client requests, evolving priorities, and business challenges in fast-moving environments while maintaining operational excellence.
Lead the development and communication of integrated campaign insights, performance narratives, and strategic recommendations for clients and internal stakeholders.
Understand the full spectrum of services that Monks offers and be able to grow our new and existing client engagements in a thoughtful and consultative way.
Work with internal and external cross functional teams to package learnings into case studies, best practices, and client-facing POVs.
Mentor and support junior team members across strategic thinking, client communication, and campaign management best practices.
Contribute to the culture of both the Enterprise Media Department, and overall agency by being curious, thoughtful and fearless.