Media Director (Ecommerce/e-Retail)
ABOUT VAYNERX
VaynerX (https://vaynerx.com) is the most contemporary family of companies, working together to build and grow brands. Subsidiaries include VaynerMedia, Eva Nosidam Productions, The Sasha Group, Gallery Media Group, Tingley Lane Trading, VaynerSpeakers, and VaynerCommerce.
ABOUT VAYNERMEDIA
VaynerMedia is a contemporary global creative and media agency with an expertise in driving relevance for clients and delivering impactful business results. The independently-owned company was founded in 2009 by Gary Vaynerchuk, and has offices in New York, Los Angeles, Toronto, Mexico City, London, Amsterdam, Singapore, Delhi, Kuala Lumpur, Bangkok, Tokyo, and Sydney. VaynerMedia has been recognized for its work at Cannes Lions, the Clio Awards and The Webby Awards. It is part of the VaynerX family of companies.
In A Nutshell:
The Media Director, e-Retail will be tasked with high level operations management, fostering client relationships, and overseeing buying strategy and executional excellence. The Director reports to a S/VP, Media, and will work on a cohesive team consisting of buying, planning, and analytics professionals working across one or more clients. Our Directors work closely with our clients, platform representatives, and vendors to ensure VaynerMedia is on the cutting edge of e-retail buying trends. We look for Directors who embody a true leadership mentality. We love seeing leaders who devote their days to making their teams successful, working for them, not above them, providing thought leadership, guidance, and fostering their growth within VaynerMedia. This position would be required to come into our NYC office upwards of three days a week.
What You’d Do:
- Craft and execute marketing strategies to create effective traffic and sales across clients portfolios impacting Digital Commerce growth.
- Responsible for creating and executing a digital commerce strategy that enables our consumers to seamlessly purchase clients products across any digital channel
- Act as the key contact for client and platform partners, operating as a go-to voice and leader.
- Work cross-functionally with finance, legal, and creative teams to ensure business goals are met and executed for best in class performance
- Continue to establish internal policies and POVs on agency partnerships, the general digital media landscape, and current client business cases.
- Manage up to senior leadership corresponding to the most crucial aspects of a client's business, keeping them abreast of any pertinent developments and urgent client needs.
- Forge new relationships with clients, and ultimately maintain account/s for the well-being of the immediate team and the larger agency.
- Oversee a team providing leadership, mentorship, vision and engage, and grow direct reports and provide a positive work environment.
What You’ve Got:
- A minimum 6+ years of industry experience working in platform with a proven track record of executing sophisticated, large scale digital media programs that drove tangible business outcomes.
- Proficiency in social platforms, with a focus on those with retail integrations like Meta, Pinterest, TikTok, and more.
- Experience with data analytics platforms for reporting and dashboarding (Tableau, Amazon Marketing Cloud, Snowflake)
- Proficiency across large-scale media buying expected, but not limited to:
- Amazon Ads: AAC, Amazon DSP, Managed Service
- Retail Media Platforms: Walmart Connect, Instacart Ads, Roundel, Kroger Precision Marketing, Criteo Commerce Max, CitrusAd, PromoteIQ
- Knowledge of the core features of leading SaaS platforms such as: Skai, Pacvue, CommerceIQ, etc
- Fluency with analytics, attribution and measurement systems such as: Google Analytics, Amazon Marketing Cloud, Tableau, Stratum Luminate
- Experience successfully navigating a portfolio of brands maintaining strong relationships with stakeholders