SVP of Media

A top notch Marketing & Advertising agency is looking to add a SVP of Media to play a key role on their media activation team with ever growing clientele.

Excellent benefits package
Amazing company culture and environment!!
Lot of growth potential

***This is an onsite/hybrid role in Nashville, TN***


Lead a growing media activation team, negotiating, activating and optimizing brand performance across
all channels:

• Traditional: Local TV/Radio, National TV/DRTV/Programmatic/Addressable, National Radio,

OOH, Print, Direct Mail

• Digital: programmatic and site-direct digital (CTV, OTT, OLV, display, native, digital audio), paid

search, paid social

• Recruit, mentor and train channel activation associate directors, managers and specialists who

negotiate/activate performance-oriented campaigns efficiently and flawlessly.

• Collaborate with Performance Analytics director (or third party resources) to ensure accurate and

consistent monitoring, optimization and reporting of campaign performance at varying cadences (daily,
weekly, monthly, post-campaign, etc.)

• Collaborate with Channel Strategy and Performance Analytics teams to devise tracking and

measurement strategies aligned to channel and marketing objectives.

• Serve as an agency subject matter expert and thought leader on best practices for channel activation

and performance optimization.

• Responsible for overseeing finances associated with channel activation – including vendor contract and

insertion order management; negotiation, execution and confirmation of buy; reconciliation of vendor
invoices; and Channel Activation team’s role in the preparation of client billing.

• Able to operationalize improved processes and procedures, new technologies, models, data tools, and

capabilities as necessary to maintain a modern and forward-looking activation team.

Experience Required:

• 10+ years progressive experience in media buying and activation in an agency environment, inclusive of

traditional and digital media channels.

• Solid leadership ability, with strong emotional intelligence; ability to lead and grow results-oriented

teams. A passion for mentoring and developing employees.

• A background in activating brand and performance-oriented campaigns across both traditional and

digital channels.

• Experience overseeing investment budgets exceeding $100M.
• Experience negotiating and activating omni-channel campaigns with media and/or sports/entertainment

properties (i.e., media, content integrations, sponsorships, partnerships).

• Familiarity and experience with major traditional and digital activation data and technology:

o Nielsen Video/Audio
o Comscore Digital
o Media Ocean OX/Prisma Digital
o Social buying platforms (Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, LinkedIn, etc.)
o Search buying platforms (Google, Bing) and bid management tools (we use SA360)
o Competitive reporting platforms (we use Nielsen AdIntel and SEM Rush)
o Google Tag Manager
o Google Analytics and/or Adobe Analytics

• PREFERRED: Experience with marketing platforms (Salesforce, Adobe, Oracle, etc.)