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Associate Director, Client Lead

Referral Publicisgroupe

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Feb 20, 2026

Salary
$97k – $156k
Location
New York, NY, US
Type
Full-time
Seniority
Director
Experience
7+ years
Education
Master
Closing date
Today
Source
iCIMS

Description

Company Description

 

Publicis Media Exchange (PMX) is the investment arm of Publicis Media, supercharging our agencies and clients to drive smart application of investment by leveraging scale, marketplace innovation, deeper partnerships, and intelligence. PMX is at the forefront of the converging marketplace, solving industry challenges and executing data-informed, tech-enabled media to help marketers connect with consumers in a measurable way.

Job Description

Ignite your career as a Local Media Client Lead Associate Director in the Publicis Media Exchange! As an experienced Media Investment Professional, you already know that Local Media is dynamic and more important than ever, providing clients with market specific strategies that maximize results while reducing waste. Publicis Media Exchange has re-imagined Local Media bringing together our Collective, Spark, Starcom, and Zenith agency brands. Discover the difference that PMX has to offer. Join our team and you could be doing your best work on behalf of our envied client roster. The Publicis Media Exchange activates across all local media channels too, including Television, Radio, Streaming Audio, and Digital Video (OTT/CTV/VOD). ​

 

Our Client leads bring it all together, the direct link between our clients, our teams and the continuously evolving marketplace. In this role your ability to problem solve, communicate clearly, and engage across all stakeholders will be pivotal to our success.​

Responsibilities

As a Client Lead, Associate Director you will:​

  • Bring strong thought leadership to client and team engagements.​
  • Prepare and present Local Landscape and marketplace to internal teams and external clients.​
  • Prepare and Present Buy Summary, Added Value, Posts, Audit reports and POVs on market opportunities to strategy counterparts and clients.​
  • Oversee Supervisor Client Lead (s) and Negotiators for skill development, time and expense reporting, goal and performance reporting.​
  • Assist Director with projects, VBS integrations and reporting, deliverable progress/timeline management.​
  • Build relationships with senior Management in the vendor community.​
  • Manage team training program participation across multiple topics; lead sub committees for team challenges / innovation; mentor Managers/Supervisors to further growth.​
  • Collaborate with Planning/Strategy & Client Leads brainstorm for increased innovation in client communication and / or productivity.​
  • Drive process automation improvement to decrease team level of effort.​
  • Analyze market level costs and collaborate with PMX on pricing benchmarks.​
  • Participate in New Business – Prepare and Present all areas of Local Media.​

Qualifications

This is a perfect opportunity for you if you have 7+ years experience in Local Media and are a confident communicator with great people skills, proven leader, approachable, collaborative, responsible and accountable. It would be preferred that you have advanced knowledge of Microsoft Suite (specific attention to Excel and PPT), as well as experience with OX, Prisma, SQAD, and Tapscan. If you enjoy delivering polished presentations and know how to package, merchandise and sell-in concepts and new opportunities, we want to talk to you!

Please reach out with any questions.

Additional Information

Our Publicis Groupe motto “Viva La Différence” means we’re better together, and we believe that our differences make us stronger. It means we honor and celebrate all identities, across all facets of intersectionality, and it underpins all that we do as an organization. We are focused on fostering belonging and creating equitable & inclusive experiences for all talent. 

 

Publicis Groupe provides robust and inclusive benefit programs and policies to support the evolving and diverse needs of our talent and enable every person to grow and thrive.  Our benefits package includes medical coverage, dental, vision, disability, 401K,  as well as parental and family care leave, family forming assistance, tuition reimbursement, and flexible time off.

 

If you require accommodation or assistance with the application or onboarding process specifically, please contact [email protected]. All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines. 

 

Compensation Range: $97,375 - $155,961 annually. This is the pay range the Company believes it will pay for this position at the time of this posting. Consistent with applicable law, compensation will be determined based on the skills, qualifications, and experience of the applicant along with the requirements of the position, and the Company reserves the right to modify this pay range at any time. Temporary roles may be eligible to participate in our freelancer/temporary employee medical plan through a third-party benefits administration system once certain criteria have been met. Temporary roles may also qualify for participation in our 401(k) plan after eligibility criteria have been met. For regular roles, the Company will offer medical coverage, dental, vision, disability, 401k, and paid time off. The Company anticipates the application deadline for this job posting will be 04/03/2026.

 

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Skills

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