Kinesso - Associate Director, Performance - Toronto, Canada - IPG Mediabrands

IPG Mediabrands

Verified Company

Toronto, Canada

3 weeks ago

Posted by:

Sophia Lee

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Description

Location:
Canada

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Office:
Toronto

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Agency:
Reprise - Canada

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Ref#: 6427

Position Summary

Key Responsibilities

Client lead on the team overseeing an account portfolio with crossdiscipline team members.
Understands client goals and business needs and acts as a strategic partner to exceed the through insightful, innovative, and datadriven paid digital recommendations.
Oversees all elements of campaigns to ensure executional excellence, implementation of best practices, and channel innovation.
Evolves team process and aligns and ensures the Paid Digital strategy and team is working crossdisciplines in support of the assigned clients.
Plays an active role in conflict resolution. Identifies, manages, and resolves problems before they escalate.
Provide strategic thought leadership and recommendations to drive the business forward and stay ahead in the digital space.
Budget and Financial: Ultimately responsible to ensure billing and budget accuracy troubleshooting issues and escalating if needed.
Provides strategic recommendation for media budget allocation and managing partner endeavors, negotiation deals or ensuring agency rates are applied.

Supervisory Responsibilities

Directly manages Supervisors and potentially Sr. Strategists, pending team structure.
Ensures Supervisors new to managing employees are providing actionable feedback and help set goals and identify growth opportunities for the team.
Provides mentorship, client management guidance and ensures a positive working environment across the team.
Shares best practices and shortcuts learned through industry experience.
Delegate and manage workload to ensure fairness and growth opportunities. Helps other members of the team and lets junior members shine.
Share input for promotions, oversee performance improvement plans, keep department leads updated with wins and watchouts.

Desired Skills & Experience

Experience managing 2+ direct reports
Previous experience executing multiple campaigns in Social (Meta, TikTok, Snapchat, Pinterest, Reddit and LinkedIn), Search (Google & Bing), and Programmatic (either Managed Service or Self-Serve, with hands on keyboard experience)
Mastery of paid digital capabilities across campaign type.
Soft Skills: Strong organizational skills, ability to multitask in a fastpaced environment,
Ability to prepare presentations and maintain a level of professionalism suitable for senior client leadership, including executive and C-Suite
Strong analytics skills, thorough understanding of paid social measurement and experience utilizing multiple native measurement tools.
Ability to oversee a team in a fastpaced environment and manage multiple deadlines.
Team player, willing to jump in where needed to get the job done and manages paid digital as part of the broader media strategy and avoids channel siloes.
Stay informed of the latest developments in paid social and changes to the broader media landscape. Understand implications of data and privacy regulations and when to consult with experts across the organization.

Desired Skills & Experience

6+ years of experience required
Passion for paid media and advertising
Proven ability to collaborate and work well with others in a highpressure environment.

What's in it for you?

Generous paid time off with a minimum of 37 paid days off including vacation and monthly wellness days. We also have fourday long weekends, halfday summer Fridays, and meetingfree Friday afternoons yearround.
A flexible hybrid work model that works for you.
A focus on personal development with formal training opportunities, including mental health training and inclusion education for everyone.
A chance to be part of and grow within a global network of agencies.
The opportunity to contribute to our company culture by joining one of our many communitybased employee groups, such as Black Employee Network, Girls on Fire, Hispanic or Latinx Alliance, Neuro Network, Pan-Asian Network, and Rainbow Lounge.

KINESSO is an equal opportunity employer, committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants without regard to race, colour, ethnicity, gender, age, religion, creed, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, citizenship, genetic information, disability, or any other basis prohibited by applicable federal, provincial, or municipal law.