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Associate Director, Activation

New YorkFull-time$117k–$130k2026-10-30 → 2026-11-12

Core

Lead a team of digital media professionals to plan, execute, and optimize performance-driven media campaigns across multiple channels.

Role type

Senior IC/Manager digital media activation lead

Builds

Performance media campaigns across paid search, social, programmatic, CTV, and DOOH

Domain

Digital marketing and media buying

Required skills

Team leadership and coaching, performance media strategy, cross-channel campaign execution, data analysis and insights, client partnership, platform expertise

Preferred skills

Innovation and process improvement, emerging media trends, operational excellence

Technologies

Paid search, paid social, programmatic display, connected TV, digital out-of-home, campaign management tools, analytics solutions

Responsibilities

Manage and mentor a team of 3-8 direct reports, oversee campaign development and optimization, translate data into actionable insights, build client and partner relationships, drive innovation in media workflows

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with people leadership