An exciting opportunity has become available to be part of our fast-growing team and to be a key part of the Client Services function. This role provides an outstanding opportunity to join a growing global integrated marketing advisory and will provide an ambitious individual with valuable experience for progression and development. The Company mediasense is a global, independent advisor that brings the clarity, connection and confidence modern marketers need to fuel growth. We help marketers eliminate waste and maximize the impact of their most significant investments at scale. Our ambition is to define and own an entirely new category – recognized as the world’s most trusted, independent and impactful marketing advisor. We do this by elevating how clients operate, how agencies deliver, how platforms perform, and how all parts of the ecosystem connect. Because progress doesn’t happen in isolation, it takes alignment, intelligence, and trust. That’s what we enable. That’s what we stand for. That’s Unified Marketing Intelligence. mediasense is designed around how we help marketers optimize and transform through best-in-class structure and governance (Organization), partners and platforms (Ecosystem), governance and controls (Assurance), and measurement and effectiveness (Science). We have the proven ability to effectively support large, complex organizations and deliver multiple projects simultaneously. As evidenced through our strong track record with clients, we pride ourselves on the consistent high quality of service delivery and the ability to accelerate transformation and growth. mediasense has over 200 employees across London, New York, Singapore and New Delhi. For more information, visit www.media-sense.com The Role This role is for a Client Director (Media), based in New York. This role will report into our US VP, Client Solutions (Media). This role will play a key leadership role for our clients, and will lead and generate new business across these areas: - Organisation: e.g. media operating model and organisation design - Ecosystem: e.g. helping marketers select their agency partners and other vendors - Accountability: e.g. analysing agency and campaign data to track and improve performance The role itself will involve a range of activities including: - Advise clients on their internal and external media operating model (capabilities, partners, processes, tools). - Lead day-to-day client relationships, ensuring client contacts are engaged with regularly, on both live projects and broader industry topics - Analyse and challenge client problems, turning ambiguous issues into actionable solutions, both within and outside of defined scopes - Create and shape core client deliverables, demonstrating originality and critical thinking in e.g. writing workshop materials, industry POVs, pitch briefs, diagnostic assessments, client-ready recommendations—with a bias for originality and critical thinking - Work hands-on with cross functional team to design and deliver high quality outputs (lead and drive the team, not just coordinate them) that have intellectual, analytical, and professional rigor and real-world application - Ensure project plans are in place, status calls (internal / external) are scheduled, team members are properly briefed, and meetings are documented and actioned - Anticipate, raise and resolve issues with key client/agency contacts on our work (e.g. timeline/deliverables) or client/agency relationships, documenting and actioning conclusions - Lead operational aspects of client relationships (e.g. proposals, fees, contracts, NDAs, invoicing schedules) - Support and train junior team members across our business, helping them gain understanding of our processes and build confidence interacting with agencies and clients - Promote other services to clients/targets, and participate in new business pitches, playing a key role in preparation and presentation of proposals that are specific to the client’s needs - Actively contribute to the continuous updating of our library of services and credentials, and general knowledge sharing across the business The Candidate The ideal candidate will have 10+ years working in client-side, agency, or consulting roles with strong knowledge of the marketing, and advertising agency industries, and 5+ years experience in the Life Sciences vertical. The ideal candidate will have the following: - 10-12+ years of experience in marketer, agency, consulting, or adtech roles with strong knowledge across the marketing and advertising world. - Deep understanding of the role and influence of media in driving value & impact for the modern marketing organization. - Self-starter: motivated to join a growing company and prepared to actively participate in driving that growth; thrives under pressure - Relationship management: able to build and lead client relationships with senior stakeholders across multiple functions; adept at dealing with ambiguity and finding a way to navigate through - Stakeholder management: able to manage people (up and down, internal and external), comfortable working with senior leaders and strong personalities - Communication (oral and written): able to simplify the complex and inspire action; confident presenter in both group and 1:1 sessions - Negotiation skills: thoughtful and measured approach to negotiation, able to balance multiple variables in arriving at desired outcomes - Leadership: can motivate and lead internal teams to collaborate on shared client challenges - Intellectual curiosity: inquisitive by nature, approaching all tasks with curiosity and enthusiasm What We Offer - Hybrid working - 20 days holiday per year, up to a maximum of 24 days (with length of service) in addition to federal holidays - Work from any location in the world up to 4 weeks per year - 10 days Annual Leave Purchase per year - Charity day - Day off for your birthday - Frequent social events - Summer hours (amended working pattern) - Company bonus scheme - 401K - Private Medical, Dental and Vision - Employee Assistance Program - Employee Referral Bonus - New Business Bonus - Competitive salary of upto $220,000 per year

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