Associate Director, Media Creative

Responsibilities

• Drive cross-team alignment by interfacing with accounts, creative, and media teams to refine creative strategy
• Serve as a liaison to internal discipline teams to develop and refine paid media practices
• Lead client relationships to ensure alignment of goals, creative execution, and timelines
• Communicate clearly through internal process documentation and agency-wide presentations
• Train and equip teammates on best practices for managing paid media accounts
• Manage projects with rigor by creating clear plans that integrate creative and media goals
• Translate creative briefs into actionable steps, budgets, and timelines
• Estimate work accurately across disciplines and support business development efforts

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience leading paid media campaigns and creative production processes
• Expert understanding of paid media strategy, planning, and execution
• Strong fluency in creative development and production workflows
• Proven ability to oversee paid media programs from proposal through performance reporting
• Excellent project management skills and ability to manage scope
• Mastered client relationship building with a diplomatic, solution-oriented approach
• Experience training and leveling up colleagues on industry best practices
• Exemplary attention to detail and ability to balance multiple priorities

About the Company

Blue State is a purpose-driven agency that partners with leading causes, brands, and campaigns to create real change. They work with organizations like AARP, Doctors Without Borders, and Amnesty International to transform how brands and causes influence policy and grow communities.