Sr. Director, Media Planning
Provides media leadership by directing large client accounts, driving media strategy, and exploring innovative channel solutions for agency growth
Serves as a senior contact for fast-paced accounts and forges vendor relationships for cutting-edge media solutions
Leads media planners, enhances workflows, and contributes to new business pitches through budgeting and deck creation
About the Company
Bully Pulpit International (BPI) is an outcomes agency made up of strategists, data scientists, and artists. We come from politics, brands, and government and we communicate without barriers and measure what matters. BPI specializes in public affairs, corporate reputation, and social impact. A growing firm, we sit on both coasts and connect Silicon Valley technology, Madison Avenue creative, Washington policy and real people.
About the Job
As a Sr. Director, you will play a pivotal role in our agency's success by leading some of the agency’s largest paid media clients as well as managing a team of media planners across career levels. Your expertise in media planning, especially in the public affairs, leadership, and strategic thinking will be essential in achieving our client's objectives and driving growth for our agency.
Responsibilities
Help drive BPI’s overall media offering and lead cross-team projects like convergent TV, new channel exploration and reach + frequency solutions
Serve as senior point person on fast-paced, cross-channel accounts
Support the agency’s media investment strategy by brokering relationships with vendors to bring outside the box and innovative solutions to our team and our clients
Work with Marketing Analytics, Buying and Insights to identify and test new offerings
Identify opportunities for workflow and process enhancements within the team, working closely with the media leadership team to implement improvements that streamline operations and enhance efficiency
Contribute to agency new business through budgeting exercises, completing pitch decks, and participating in pitches, as necessary
Qualifications
At least 10 years working in media/advertising
Experience working across some of our client verticals, ideally public affairs or corporate reputation
A direct response test & learn mindset that can be applied to our persuasion focused clients
Ability to stretch up and down—both managing up as needed and being a team player when more junior folks need a hand
Partnership experience preferred, specifically in either the paid influencer or sponsored content space
Strong leadership, direct team management, and training skills
Exceptional communication and problem-solving abilities
Excellent analytical and strategic thinking capabilities
Demonstrated ability to meet and exceed client performance targets
A passion for mentoring and developing team members
AD, Speechwriting & Comms
Provides extensive writing & editing for diverse formats, including speeches and reports, alongside editing junior staff's work
Defines executive platforms by analyzing client goals and research, crafting compelling, consistent messaging for media impact
Supports accounts, cultivates client relationships, and drives new business through proposals and thought leadership contributions
About the Company
Bully Pulpit International (BPI) is an outcomes agency made up of strategists, data scientists, and artists. We come from politics, brands, and government and we communicate without barriers and measure what matters. BPI specializes in public affairs, corporate reputation, and social impact. A growing firm, we sit on both coasts and connect Silicon Valley technology, Madison Avenue creative, Washington policy and real people.
About the Job
We’re looking for a talented writer to help craft communications for some of the most iconic leaders and companies in the world. If you have a passion for translating research into memorable messages, moving audiences while making audiences feel moved, and occasionally bantering in puns, you might be just who we’re looking for.
BPI’s clients are navigating a confluence of cultural, political, and economic challenges, while simultaneously striving to meet elevated stakeholder expectations. These converging pressures have increased the onus on executives across all types of organizations to use their positions of influence to share news and shape beliefs. We work closely with clients to raise awareness of issues, enhance organizational reputation, strengthen stakeholder relationships, and advance policy agendas. In this role, you will be responsible for working with a mix of non-profit, corporate and political clients to shape their executive messaging and visibility strategies, and develop and deliver complex written communications.
As a Speechwriting & Executive Communication Consultant, you will play a key part in our Strategic Communications practice, helping to manage client engagements.
Writing, Writing, and More Writing—The deliverables vary, but this is a writing-heavy job. Projects include keynote speeches, employee presentations, op-eds, annual report letters, and social media content, among others. As an associate director, you will be responsible for both drafting important written communications and editing junior team members’ contributions
Executive Platform Development—You will coordinate closely with both clients and internal BPI partners to identify executives’ priority messaging areas. This will include conducting intake sessions to understand clients’ core issues, opportunities and goals; synthesizing first-party and third-party research to sharpen a point of view; and developing consistent, compelling, repeatable language to help executives’ messages breakthrough in a noisy media environment. In this role, you will also work with BPI partners to identify, vet, and create earned media opportunities for clients to deliver their message
Client & Account Management—You will be responsible for supporting BPI’s Partners and Executive Leadership team on a variety of accounts
New Business Efforts—You will work with agency partners and other senior leaders to develop and pitch new business opportunities. In supporting new business opportunities, you are comfortable drafting proposals and producing materials for client pitches with minimal direction and oversight from agency Partners. You’ll be part of the new business team and responsible for developing industry relationships and building an external profile in the industry. As part of driving new business efforts, your top responsibility will be maintaining and growing your core existing client relationships. You’ll also help drive new business efforts by contributing to the agency’s thought leadership and intellectual capital, including producing case studies, writing blog posts and becoming an externally known expert in the industry
Qualifications
6+ years of research, writing, and communications experience, preferably in a communications agency, nonprofit, political or corporate communications setting
Excellent written and oral communications skills
The ability to work with clients of different backgrounds and styles, who request deliverables ranging from a tweet to a toast, an oped to a journal article, a commencement address to an industry conference keynote
Exceptional proven ability to deliver both creative and strategic writing under tight timelines
Sharp analytical skills and the ability to synthesize quantitiatve and qualitative research into clear and compelling messaging
Proven project management experience
Experience providing clear feedback to team members
Strong interpersonal skills that build trust and rapport with clients over long time periods
Expertise with Microsoft Suite and Google Suite
Design Director
Leads a growing design team, driving impactful ad campaigns for global brands and social change organizations, ensuring high-quality, on-time delivery
Strategically elevates creative output, fostering growth for junior designers and pushing boundaries in brand identity and collateral design
Champions a design-focused approach, contributing to the agency's rapid expansion and global competitiveness through innovative work
About the Company
Bully Pulpit International is an outcomes agency made up of strategists, data scientists, and artists. We come from politics, brands, and government and we communicate without barriers and measure what matters. BPI specializes in public affairs, corporate reputation, and social impact. A growing firm, we sit on both coasts and connect Silicon Valley technology, Madison Avenue creative, Washington policy and real people.
About the Job
We are an ambitious, quickly expanding team looking for a Design Director that can help us compete on a global scale. You are a smart, strategic, focused and ambitious senior design leader looking for the chance to make an impact on the advertising campaigns for both the biggest brands in the world and the most important mission-driven organizations fighting for meaningful social change in the country. This is an opportunity to push a design and creative team forward, lead impactful and meaningful work, and help to grow a talented, hungry team.
Overview. Capable of leading and developing top-notch ad campaigns across brand and social impact marketing. You will manage the design team and process to ensure campaigns are delivered on time, on budget and to the highest design and quality standards
Leadership. Lead a growing team of graphic designers; you have a background in designing brand identities and collateral & a desire to help young designers and creatives grow
Qualifications
15+ years design experience in an agency environment, including at least 5 as a Senior Designer leading a range of advertising campaigns (brand reputation & social impact experience preferred)
A laser focus on design quality control. You want every design to be pixel-perfect and know how to maintain high design standards across a large graphic design team. You excel at reviewing graphic design work across multiple clients and providing the clear, actionable feedback necessary to make the work better and ensure it meets our standards
A background in resource management and the ability to help allocate and manage design resources, including designers, freelancers, and agencies
An active role in hiring, training, and managing the creative team’s development while providing direction and insights on performance and needs to the creative leadership
Exceptional communication skills, capable of communicating creative and design decisions - and why they work - to clients at the highest level (Fortune 1 C-Suite)
A desire to lead, mentor and manage a growing team of designers and art directors using persuasive leadership skills, clear communication, and comprehensive knowledge of branding / design strategies and best practices
Fluency in graphic design across both digital and traditional channels, including all social media platforms, print, OOH, DOOH and video advertising
Strong organizational skills that enable you to juggle multiple tasks, prioritize work streams, delegate effectively, and meet deadlines with ease
Applications without a portfolio will not be considered