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dentsu

Media Director

1w

dentsu

Mexico City, MX · Full-time · MXN 1,200,000 – MXN 2,000,000

About this role

The purpose of this role is to manage a team of media planners and assist the Account Director on a day-to-day basis. This ensures teams deliver plans that meet client objectives while balancing agency trading objectives. The position supports overall account success in a dynamic media environment.

Day-to-day responsibilities include overseeing team output and providing quality control on all documents produced. Media Directors understand trading implications of planning decisions to align agency and client goals effectively. They filter priorities from leadership to ensure timely execution.

In the team environment at Carat, focus on managing members to achieve personal growth targets. Ensure each team member fully understands and delivers against client key performance indicators. Collaboration with the Account Director drives consistent performance across projects.

This role offers opportunities to manage upwards, resolving challenges quickly and timely. It emphasizes leadership in media planning within dentsu's creative agency structure. Permanent full-time position in Mexico City fosters professional development in advertising media.

Requirements

  • Experience leading media planning teams in advertising agencies
  • Knowledge of media trading and its impact on planning decisions
  • Proficiency in overseeing media plan quality control and documentation
  • Ability to align team performance with client KPIs and targets
  • Skills in supporting account leadership on client priorities
  • Expertise in resolving media planning challenges efficiently
  • Understanding of balancing client objectives with agency trading goals

Responsibilities

  • Manage team members to deliver their individual personal growth targets
  • Oversee output from the team, providing quality control on documents produced
  • Understand trading implications of planning decisions to ensure agency and client objectives are delivered
  • Ensure each team member understands and delivers against client key performance indicators and targets
  • Support the Account Director to filter client and business priorities through to the team
  • Manage upwards to resolve any challenges quickly and timely