Director, Local & Audio

dentsu•New York, NY

5d•$94,000 - $152,375

About The Position

The Director, Local & Audio is a leadership role as well as managerial one. The Director has a key role in developing and driving departmental initiatives for the Clients/teams they oversee. The Director cultivates client and media relationships specifically at senior levels. The Director will create a collaborative structure that allows the Client to go to market in a forward way of thinking.

Requirements

Bachelor's Degree
8+ years of local broadcast experience (TV and radio)
Client management a must
Working knowledge of Media Ocean and Hudson MX

Responsibilities

Initiate's projects/presentations dealing with broad scaled matters both internally and externally
Conceive of partnerships with media properties to the strategic benefit of clients
Collaborate with SVP, Group Director to ensure negotiation, pricing strategy and operational efficiency is consistent across all Clients
Ensure all cost guarantees, quality metrics and post buyer performance is delivered and reported accurately to the client.
Seek out innovative solutions to client media objectives
Build trusting, collaborative relationships with clients at all levels
Manage expectations of senior clients and agency deliverables
Establishes and maintains business relationships with rep and station management (cable, TV, radio)
Accurately represent the client's point of view when reviewing work, leverage this perspective when providing feedback to team and presenting to client
Work together with other Agency departments to create a unified approach, with vendors, whom cross disciplines (broadcast, print, digital, OOH)
Represent Local spot buying expertise internally and externally
Grow business opportunities with current clients
Ensure appropriate staff utilization
Collaborate with Research to identify local broadcast needs, etc.
Adopt data-driven decisions when appropriate, to make well-informed media choices
Ensure key information is provided to team regarding client issues, internal agency issues, changes in account status, etc.
Actively keep current with industry trends, media tools – buying systems, research, resources and associations
Provide guidance to team members and nurture/promote team environment
Train, motivate and develop assigned staff
Persuasive delivery of information
Communicate key information about our company
Collaborative and able to successfully bring people from different disciplines, internal and external to dentsu Media, together to achieve desired outcomes
Leadership, management, and team building strengths
Encourage open, on-going internal communication
Establish and maintain communications process with clients and agency service teams for each piece of business within the team
Lead client presentations on priority subject matters