Associate Director, Client Media Solutions

About Real Chemistry

At Real Chemistry, making the world a healthier place isn’t just an aspiration—it’s our everyday reality. Our drive to transform healthcare is informed by our blend of deep scientific expertise, human-centred creativity, and AI-driven insights, fostering a unique environment where innovation thrives and our people are impact-obsessed. As a global agency, we provide a full suite of services across healthcare communications and marketing to our clients, including top players in the pharmaceutical and biotech industries.

The Role

Real Chemistry is looking for an Associate Director, Media Activation join our growing team!

The Associate Director, Media Activation is responsible for campaign strategy, planning, execution and management while also overseeing and coaching Managers and Associates on the same accounts. The AD must be wholly comfortable being independent and capable of managing their own workload, projects & day-to-day tasks as well as delegating and managing the team below them. The AD serves as the primary point of contact for internal teams he/she supports for all items regarding campaign activation. While providing thought leadership, the AD builds strong relationships and establishes clear lines of communication with internal teams and external partners. ADs will have a direct line of communication to senior members of the team which is designed to facilitate knowledge sharing in both directions. The AD is responsible for overseeing onboarding and training of junior team members on account specifics, media buying platforms/tools and campaign management best practices.

What You'll Do

• Campaign strategy, planning, execution and management
• Oversee and coach Managers and Associates on accounts
• Manage workload, projects, and day-to-day tasks independently and delegate to team
• Serve as primary point of contact for internal teams for campaign activation
• Build strong relationships and clear communication with internal teams and external partners
• Facilitate knowledge sharing with senior team members
• Oversee onboarding and training of junior team members

Qualifications

The ideal candidate will have prior digital media and campaign management experience (in DSPs, Search Engines and/or Paid Social ad managers), strong analytical and communication skills, and hands-on experience with various media buying platforms. Collaboration across all agency teams (Integrated Media, Analytics, Strategy, Ad Operations, Creative, etc.) is required. A premium will be put on individuals who have experience managing campaigns across multiple buying channels/disciplines (i.e. Programmatic, Paid Search, Paid Social).