Svp, Media

Mars United Commerce Powered by Marilyn is a global commerce company that delivers all the solutions clients need to grow their business today and tomorrow. Founded by the late Marilyn Barnett, we've become global leaders in four key commerce disciplines - Strategy & Analytics, Digital Commerce, Content & Experiences, and Retail Consultancy - that together form a United Commerce Ecosystem that provides all the expertise clients need to navigate the commerce marketing landscape. Our 800+ Martians across North America, Europe, Australia, New Zealand and Asia exist to drive growth for our people, our clients, and our communities all across the globe.

We're looking for a Senior Vice President (SVP), Media to serve as the dedicated media lead for one of our largest and most strategic clients, reporting directly to the media department lead. This role is ideal for a dynamic leader with deep expertise in Commerce Media strategy, operations, and innovation. As an extension of the client's team, the SVP, Media will play a critical role in shaping the future of their media investments-ensuring strategic alignment with broader digital commerce goals, driving successful execution of media initiatives, and fostering seamless cross-functional collaboration across teams and partners.

Candidates must reside in a commutable distance to the Atlanta Publicis Office.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Team Leadership & Operations: Oversee a team of media strategists, planners, and buyers across media disciplines to drive integrated omnichannel plans. Build frameworks and best practices to evaluate the effectiveness and incrementality of media spend across RMNs and commerce partners.

• Strategic Vision & Evolution: Lead and help to evolve the holistic media vision and strategy for a multi-billion dollar CPG portfolio, with a core focus on retail media networks (RMNs) and commerce platforms.

• Functional Leadership: Act as the primary executive media lead for the client, accountable for delivering strategic value, operational excellence, and alignment with the client's growth and performance goals.

• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner closely with client stakeholders, brand marketing teams, and interagency partners to ensure Commerce Media is fully integrated into go-to-market strategies and broader brand initiatives.

• Thought Leadership & Executional Excellence: Champion the use of data and advanced analytics to inform targeting strategies, test-and-learn roadmaps, and measurement frameworks.

SKILLSETS REQUIRED:

• Proven experience in a senior media leadership role, ideally within a large-scale, fast-paced organization.

• Deep understanding of media strategy, planning, and execution across various channels, including digital, social, and traditional media.

• Strong track record of driving innovation and leading cross-functional teams to achieve strategic goals.

• Entrepreneurial self-starter with a deep sense of accountability, creativity, resourcefulness and passion for business and dissatisfaction with the status quo (always thinking of ways to improve and grow).

• Dynamic and inspiring leader who can get a team to deliver top performance every day against assigned business and effectively engage and influence a variety of audiences.

Mars United Commerce is an Equal Opportunity Employer and will recruit, hire, train and promote persons in all job classifications without regard to race, ancestry, creed, color, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability or handicap, HIV, veteran, marital or family status, or any other status or condition protected by applicable state and/or federal laws, except where a bonafide occupational qualification applies.

Mars United Commerce has developed a wide variety of inclusive benefit plans and policies that address and promote the needs of all employees and their family members, including comprehensive group health plans, a parental leave program that includes paid maternity and paternity benefits for pregnancy, adoption and surrogacy, flexible paid time off, a broad and confidential employee assistance program, ongoing wellness support initiatives, trusted financial health advice and guidance, promotion of education through tuition support and assistance, and a flexible and supportive work environment and culture.

Compensation Range: $176,700 - $251,100 annually. 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 July 30, 2025.

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