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The Opportunity We are seeking a visionary and high-impact
SVP, Media to spearhead the media strategy and execution for one of the world's most iconic and innovative tech brands. This high-visibility leadership role sits at the critical intersection of brand storytelling, performance marketing, creative excellence, and data-driven innovation.
As the Global Lead, you will
orchestrate a unified media vision across all regions, ensuring our client remains at the vanguard of the digital landscape . You are not merely managing campaigns; you are
architecting the global blueprint for integrated media investment. Your mandate is to harmonize high-level strategic vision with the operational rigor necessary to scale complex media programs across a diverse, multi-market global ecosystem.
Core Responsibilities Strategic Leadership & Global Innovation - Global Vision & Strategy: Drive the overarching integrated media roadmap-spanning Paid Search, Social, Programmatic, CTV, and Emerging Channels-to maintain the client's position as a global market leader.
- Innovation Pipeline: Identify and capitalize on "first-to-market" opportunities, particularly in AI-driven media, privacy-first measurement, and next-generation digital ecosystems.
- Cross-Channel Synergy: Dissolve traditional silos to ensure brand and performance initiatives function as a closed-loop system, maximizing long-term brand equity alongside short-term growth.
- Strategic Advisory: Serve as a consultant on global resource infrastructure, advising on the talent and technology required to support the client's continued expansion.
Operational Rigor & Global Scaling - Program Architecture: Design and implement robust operational frameworks that facilitate seamless multi-week campaign execution and rapid scaling into new product areas.
- Process Engineering: Establish high-velocity workflows that ensure end-to-end campaign development is consistent, repeatable, and agile.
- Global Portfolio Management: Direct resource allocation and investment across a comprehensive global portfolio, ensuring all deliverables meet exacting specifications while remaining on time and on budget.
- Market Enablement: Develop universal toolkits and playbooks that empower regional teams to launch and manage programs with local relevance and global consistency.
Data Storytelling & Impact Analysis - Impact Frameworks: Partner with Growth and Data teams to build standardized measurement frameworks, ensuring the business impact of media is clearly quantified and socialized.
- The Narrative: Act as a premier data storyteller, translating complex performance metrics into compelling, executive-level business cases that influence client decision-making.
- Operational Optimization: Conduct quarterly deep-dives into operational efficiency, providing actionable recommendations on process refinement and strategic hiring.
Team Leadership & Relationship Stewardship - Embedded Team Leadership: Oversee and mentor a high-performing, agency-embedded team, fostering a culture of excellence, intellectual curiosity, and radical collaboration.
- Executive Partnership: Build and sustain high-trust relationships with client leadership and internal discipline leads across Strategy, Creative, and Analytics.
- Cross-Functional Orchestration: Lead integrated teams to deliver complex programs across web, email, and digital advertising, ensuring total alignment across global hubs.
The Ideal Profile - Experience: 15+ years of leadership in media and digital marketing, with a proven track record of managing large-scale, global accounts.
- Operational Mastery: Demonstrated success in building and scaling complex global operations from the ground up.
- Media Expertise: Deep fluency in the global search and digital advertising ecosystem, with a "media-first" lens on driving customer acquisition and engagement.
- Communication: An exceptional communicator who manages with transparency and possesses the executive presence to navigate complex stakeholder environments.
Leadership Style: A "leader of leaders" capable of inspiring cross-functional teams to produce world-class work under rigorous timelines.You prioritize the professional trajectory of the team. You identify individual potential and provide necessary mentorship for team members to thrive. You're an exceptional communicator who balances high-performance expectations with deep personal care, managing with transparency to ensure total alignment across global hubs.
At Monks, we believe in fostering an environment where a diversity of perspectives can thrive. We proactively work to design hiring processes that promote equity and inclusion while mitigating bias. We celebrate diversity and are committed to building a team that reflects the communities we serve. We welcome and encourage qualified applicants, from all backgrounds, who are excited to contribute to our mission.
This role is subject to our Return to Office (RTO) policy. If you reside within a commutable distance of one of our office locations, you will be expected to work from the office a set number of days per week. The specific details, including the number of required office days, will be in accordance with the company's then-current RTO policy, which is subject to change from time to time.
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What We Offer Benefits - Excellent, full coverage medical, dental, and vision insurance - more about our coverage here!
- Generous PTO and 15 company-wide holidays
- 401k with company contribution
- Paid parental leave
- Work-life balance with an emphasis on personal well-being
- Career growth in a disruptor space & entrepreneurial opportunities within the Monks network
- A globally diverse & inclusive culture with employee resource groups such as S4 Melanin, Pride.Monks, Cultura.Monks, and more!
- Authentic commitment to DEI efforts and sustainable growth. (Why Sir Martin Sorrell signed The Climate Pledge here!)
This role is subject to our Return to Office (RTO) policy. If you reside within a commutable distance of one of our office locations, you will be expected to work from the office a set number of days per week. The specific details, including the number of required office days, will be in accordance with the company's then-current RTO policy, which is subject to change from time to time.
Monks has provided a compensation range that represents its good faith estimate of what Monks may pay for the position at the time of posting. Monks may ultimately pay more or less than the posted compensation range. The salary offered to the selected candidate will be determined based on job-related factors, but not based on a candidate's sex or any other protected status.
Salary Range:
$220,000-$250,000 USD
About Monks Monks is the global, purely digital, unitary operating brand of S4Capital plc. With a legacy of innovation and specialized expertise, Monks combines an extraordinary range of global marketing and technology services to accelerate business possibilities and redefine how brands and businesses interact with the world. Its integration of systems and workflows delivers unfettered content production, scaled experiences, enterprise-grade technology and data science fueled by AI-managed by the industry's best and most diverse digital talent-to help the world's trailblazing companies outmaneuver and outpace their competition.
Monks was named a Contender in The Forrester Wave : Global Marketing Services. It has remained a constant presence on Adweek's Fastest Growing lists (2019-23), ranks among Cannes Lions' Top 10 Creative Companies (2022-23) and is the only partner to have been placed in AdExchanger's Programmatic Power Players list every year (2020-24). In addition to being named Adweek's first AI Agency of the Year (2023), Monks has been recognized by Business Intelligence in its 2024 Excellence in Artificial Intelligence Awards program in three categories: the Individual category, Organizational Winner in AI Strategic Planning and AI Product for its service Monks.Flow. Monks has also garnered the title of Webby Production Company of the Year (2021-24), won a record number of FWAs and has earned a spot on Newsweek's Top 100 Global Most Loved Workplaces 2023.
We are an equal-opportunity employer committed to building a respectful and empowering work environment for all people to freely express themselves amongst colleagues who embrace diversity in all respects. Including fresh voices and unique points of view in all aspects of our business not only creates an environment where we can all grow and thrive but also increases our potential to produce work that better represents-and resonates with-the world around us.
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