Digital Media Director

Aquent is proud to partner with a trailblazing agency that is redefining the digital media landscape. Renowned for its entrepreneurial spirit and unwavering dedication to delivering impactful results, this agency drives significant growth and innovation within the B2C sector. Join a team where your expertise will directly shape the future of digital advertising and client success, making a profound impact from day one.

This is an unparalleled opportunity for an exceptional leader to pioneer and establish a brand-new internal media capability. You will build from the ground up, defining the strategy, infrastructure, and team that will drive unparalleled performance for a diverse portfolio of clients. Your vision and hands-on expertise will be instrumental in establishing this new vertical, making a tangible and immediate impact on the agency's growth and market presence.

What You'll Do

• Architect and implement the digital paid media tools, infrastructure, and platform frameworks necessary to establish a new digital media department.
• Take immediate ownership of existing accounts, managing day-to-day operations and serving as the primary strategic voice for paid media in client engagements.
• Oversee and expand experimentation across multi-channel campaigns, including Paid Social, Paid Digital, and Streaming Media.
• Drive performance-focused programming, optimizing for conversions and budget efficiency, and resolving complex backend attribution tracking challenges.
• Actively pursue new paid media client business, participate in pitches, and scale revenue to support the growth of your future team.

Required Qualifications

• Proven experience in digital paid media planning, buying, and strategy, coupled with a hands-on, startup mentality.
• Strong understanding of the sales process, with a track record of building new industry relationships and participating in pitches.
• Exceptional emotional intelligence (EQ), demonstrating strong soft skills and situational awareness to integrate seamlessly into a collaborative team culture.
• A highly analytical problem solver, capable of demonstrating true ownership of campaign performance and articulating how past challenges were transformed into successes.
• Comfortable managing budgets for small to medium-sized business clients.

About Skill:

Skill connects the best professional, IT, engineering, financial and administrative talent with the world's biggest brands. Our eligible talent get access to benefits such as health benefit contributions, retirement plans with match and flexible spending accounts.

Skill is an equal-opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to age, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other legally protected characteristics. We're about creating an inclusive environment-one where different backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives are valued, and everyone can contribute, grow their careers, and thrive.

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