VP, Media

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This VP, Media serves as a key contact for a large financial services account with $500M in annual spend. This person oversees a team of professionals in the conception and delivery of innovative, well-targeted, business-building marketing solutions across all media. This involves the creation, execution and maintenance of marketing plans, unearthing insights to inform the development of plans, and flawless execution on all fronts.

Innovation and Growth

• Work on a large, enterprise financial services account with $500M of annual spend
• Measurably expands utilization of digital, analytics and communication strategy creation capabilities in assigned key account or suite of accounts year-over-year
• Continuously surveys pulse of client and client-industry needs to prompt and feed innovative ideas/solutions to internal digital, analytics and human experience creation leads
• Builds and hones deep and trusting relationships with decision-makers/influencers at assigned clients to foster new business opportunities
• Provides constructive and executable feedback regarding company product to SMEs to drive overall improvements in product quality and identify/influence new product/capability development
• Proactively ideates with team and colleagues to produce novel (award-worthy) solutions for a large, enterprise Financial Services client

Global Orientation and Change Management

• Champions cultural attributes and continuously strives for diversity and inclusivity of talent to foster healthy culture and broad perspectives in our human experience deliverables for clients
• Continuously assesses and challenges company positioning and strategy in global marketplace and relevance to clients to maintain competitive edge
• Effectively manages cross-functional initiatives and relationships and champions SME integration into team

Business Acumen and Fiscal Responsibility

• Forecasts, monitors, and maintains health of financial portfolio of assigned clients; attains established revenue growth and ROI
• Builds/develops financial acumen of team
• Models and coaches team how to effectively manage and influence clients to solutions that best meet client’s business need and are aligned with our capabilities to effectively and efficiently deliver

• Agency experience working with financial services clients with at least $500M of annual spend
• 10 years of Digital Media experience with progressive levels of responsibility and business acumen in marketing and communications, team management and P&L management
• Must have Online and Offline media experience, including TV, Display, Search, Social, and Mobile
• Demonstrated ability to establish high levels of trust and credibility internally and externally, able to influence others to action
• Excellent written, verbal and presentation skills – effectively presents formal POVs internally and externally
• Strong leadership skills and general management orientation
• Critical assessor of talent – builds and motivates high-performing teams
• Demonstrated critical thinking skill and strong problem-solving skills – navigates effectively through difficult issues, builds required consensus to drive business needs and results
• High results-orientation, able to effectively juggle and prioritize many competing demands – high tolerance to effectively manage change
• Able to establish and manage to P&L statement
• Team oriented – approachable and viewed as coach and mentor to others
• Bachelor’s degree (BA/BS) from a four-year, accredited college or university. 

At Publicis Groupe, we offer medical and voluntary benefits to our freelancers and temporary employees. Voluntary benefit options include supplemental medical insurance, transportation, and parking benefits, legal benefits, pet insurance, and auto and home insurance.  You must be actively employed for 90 consecutive calendar days in order to be eligible for Publicis medical and voluntary benefits. You will also be eligible to participate in the Publicis 401(k) Plan after you complete 1,000 work hours in a consecutive 12-month period.

Razorfish is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Our employment decisions are made without regard to actual or perceived race, color, ethnicity, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, age, disability, medical condition as defined by applicable state law, genetic information, marital status, military service and veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local laws and ordinances.

If you require accommodation or assistance with the application or onboarding process specifically, please contact USMSTACompliance@publicis.com.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Compensation Range: $89 - $141 per hour. 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 06/03/2025.

Salary : $500