Hybrid Director, Media Strategy

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About the role

  • Director of Media Strategy at Jellyfish leading day-to-day strategic planning for major global clients. Drive campaign insights and collaborate with cross-functional teams for effective media execution.

Responsibilities

  • Lead the response to client campaign briefs, audience strategies, and channel frameworks for ongoing campaigns and seasonal initiatives.
  • Partner closely with the client’s media team as their day-to-day strategic lead—translating objectives and insights into cohesive plans.
  • Use historical performance data, learning agendas, creative results, MMM learnings, and platform insights to refine strategies and craft recommendations.
  • Collaborate with Investment teams to ensure media plans and activation choices ladder up to strategic intent.
  • Monitor campaign performance and partner with Investment teams for ongoing optimization recommendations and mid-flight revisions.
  • Participate in insights and preparation for weekly reporting for client status meetings.
  • Identify patterns in performance data and develop actionable insights that shape future planning cycles.
  • Support the development of post-campaign reviews and quarterly performance readouts, bringing forward learnings and opportunities.
  • Stay informed on category trends, competitive activity, audience shifts, and platform updates—translating them into strategic POVs for the client.
  • Support the VP, Strategy in preparing strategic inputs for IAT planning—ensuring the media strategy connects to the broader creative and communications idea.
  • Lead the media channel planning for all IAT initiatives.
  • Help integrate media strategy into cross-functional planning moments for launches, hero products, category initiatives, and tentpole events.
  • Coordinate with creative, PR, influencer, analytics, and commerce partners as needed to ensure alignment on strategic direction.

Requirements

  • 5-8+ years in media strategy, communications planning, or integrated strategy (agency experience preferred).
  • Strong planning expertise with deep familiarity in audience strategy, channel roles, budget allocation, and full-funnel planning.
  • Ability to synthesize data (performance metrics, MMM insights, research) into structured strategic recommendations.
  • Strong communication and writing skills, especially in crafting briefs and structured planning documents.
  • Experience handling day-to-day media client relationships and managing planning cycles independently.
  • Ability to work cross-functionally but also thrive in ownership of media-specific planning responsibilities.
  • Comfort with planning tools, research platforms, and GenAI technologies to enhance insight generation and workflow efficiency.
  • A proactive, detail-oriented mindset and ability to manage multiple planning cycles simultaneously.

Benefits

  • Health insurance
  • Retirement plans
  • Paid time off
  • Flexible work arrangements
  • Professional development

Job title

Director, Media Strategy

Job type

Experience level

Lead

Salary

$120,000 - $150,000 per year

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

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