- Job type
- Not listed
- Work mode
- Hybrid
- Level
- Senior
- Department
- Marketing
- Experience
- 3+ years experience
- Posted
- Sep 3, 2026
About the role
About Monks
Monks is a new kind of agency, built from the ground up by award-winning creatives, top data scientists and cutting-edge media people willing to defect from the old agency model to create smarter work. Challenging convention, we bridge the gap between meaningful storytelling, data-led optimization and commerce. A spirit of curiosity, relentless creativity and data-informed decision making define our culture and people.
About Media Strategy
The Media Strategy department is the strategic heart of Monks' media offering: a unified team bringing together deep expertise in media strategy, media planning, and account management. We build integrated, full-funnel media strategies that connect brand storytelling to measurable business outcomes, powered by AI-enabled workflows and analytical rigor.
About the Role
The Sr Manager, Media Strategy works on some of Monks' most important and valuable client relationships, driving day-to-day planning, insights and client service. The team you'll support demonstrates expertise in:
- World-class ability to build client and platform relationships
- An exceptional track record of managing and growing accounts
- Fearless ability to tell data-driven stories and extract key insights
- Building and presenting high-impact presentations to senior-level clients
- Full-funnel understanding of the media landscape across Social, Search, Programmatic/Digital Investment, Holistic Video, OOH, and Direct Partnerships.
Responsibilities:
- Manage cross-channel campaign planning efforts and partner closely with key stakeholders to deliver holistic, full-funnel recommendations.
- Manage campaign logistics to ensure flawless execution.
- Own daily and weekly client interaction: facilitate client calls and meetings, handle one-off requests and share campaign performance details.
- Be the internal champion for your client's goals, coordinating closely with Activation, Investment and Data & Measurement teams on optimizations and performance.
- Analyze data, craft insights and make recommendations internally and externally.
- Use AI-enabled tools to accelerate research, audience insights, plan building and reporting.
- Brainstorm and implement new ways to optimize client and business workflows.
- Understand the full spectrum of services Monks offers and help grow new and existing engagements in a thoughtful, consultative way.
- Package learnings into case studies, best practices and client-facing POVs with cross-functional teams.
- Contribute to the culture of the Media Strategy department and the agency by being curious, thoughtful and fearless.
About You
The essentials:
- 3+ years of experience in media planning, digital media or client service, ideally within complex organizational structures.
- A self-starter who manages multiple projects at once with very high standards for your work.
- Experienced with syndicated media planning tools (e.g., MediaOcean Prisma, Comscore, GWI, Nielsen) to build audience-driven plans.
- Comfortable with data analysis and eager to adopt AI-enabled ways of working.
- Excellent problem-solving and critical thinking abilities.
- Desire to grow as a leader and mentor to colleagues.
- Not afraid to defect from the status quo in order to make our clients and company more successful.
- BA or equivalent with emphasis on marketing, advertising, or business.
- Experience in healthcare/medical or other regulated industries is a nice to have