Group Director, Client Media Solutions
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Real Chemistry is looking for a Group Director, Client Media Solutions join our growing team! The Group Director is a portfolio-level leader and trusted partner to both clients and internal teams. You’ll guide the strategic vision, operational excellence, and talent development across a group of accounts, ensuring the work we deliver is innovative, data-driven, and flawlessly executed.
This role sits at the intersection of strategy, execution, and leadership — empowering teams to deliver outstanding results while championing integration across Client Service, Strategy, Ad Operations, and Business Intelligence. You’re not just managing media — you’re shaping how we think, work, and grow.
This is a hybrid role, based in any of our US offices, including Boston, Chicago, Carmel, or Lambertville.
What You’ll Do
Client + Business Leadership
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Lead portfolio-level media strategy and oversee execution across multiple brands.
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Serve as the senior client partner — driving collaboration, anticipating needs, and shaping recommendations that ladder up to measurable business outcomes.
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Champion innovation in media, exploring emerging opportunities and piloting first-to-market activations.
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Oversee annual planning, SOW creation, budget management, and forecasting for assigned portfolio.
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Ensure financial health of accounts through proactive scope, budget, and reconciliation management.
Strategic + Cross-Functional Integration
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Bridge strategy, creative, analytics, and activation — ensuring alignment from campaign planning through measurement and optimization.
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Drive integration across internal teams and partner agencies to deliver seamless, cross-channel work.
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Translate data and insights into meaningful, client-ready stories that inspire confidence and action.
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Partner with Strategy and BI to evolve measurement frameworks, establish KPIs, and drive learning agendas.
Team + Talent Leadership
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Lead, coach, and grow a team of Media Directors and Supervisors — fostering curiosity, accountability, and continuous development.
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Build scalable processes, tools, and workflows to improve clarity, quality, and efficiency across the team.
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Create a cul