Retail Media Network Associate Director

About this role

About the role We’re looking for a retail media leader to build and grow WITHIN’s work on retailer networks beyond Amazon, including Target Roundel, Walmart Connect, Chewy, Ulta Beauty, and Sephora. You understand that retail media sits between marketing and trade, and you can work with both. You own retail media as a WITHIN service, from how we audit, price, and sell it to how clients invest across networks, and you act as a senior advisor to clients. You’ll own results across the portfolio and help make retail media a bigger growth channel for WITHIN. We want someone who sets the direction for where retail media goes next at WITHIN, testing what’s new, deciding what’s worth scaling, and turning it into an innovative strategy for clients.

What you’ll do Client leadership and growth

Serve as a senior partner to client stakeholders, including their sales and trade teams, leading quarterly business reviews and annual planning

Identify growth opportunities within existing accounts, including new networks and WITHIN’s other channels

Lead audits, scoping, pricing, and pitches for new retail media business with the sales team

Build relationships with partner teams at each network

Strategy and execution

Own how clients invest across retailers, and between onsite and offsite media

Set the standards for how WITHIN plans, buys, optimizes, and reports across networks, and apply them hands-on across your own accounts

Connect retail media plans to clients’ joint business plans and trade spend

Build the playbooks, QA processes, and AI workflows WITHIN runs on

Measurement

Set measurement standards so results from different networks can be compared, including incrementality testing where networks support it

Make sure client reporting shows what moved, why, and what to do next

Stay ahead of changes across retail media networks, and shape WITHIN’s point of view through case studies and thought leadershi

What you bring

6+ years of retail media, shopper marketing, or marketplace experience

Deep knowledge of at least three of: Walmart Connect, Target Roundel, Chewy, Ulta Beauty, or Sephora media networks

Experience working with brand sales or trade teams on joint business plans

A strong grasp of how retail media measurement differs by network and how to compare results fairly

Experience pitching new business, running audits, and scoping and pricing work

Practical experience using AI tools in planning, execution, or reporting, and interest in building them into how a team works

Strong written and verbal communication, including with senior client stakeholders and leadership

Experience as the senior strategist or channel lead across multiple clients in an agency setting, or a proven track record of managing retail media networks hands-on

A track record of pushing a channel forward, from testing new products and tactics early to turning what works into innovative strategy for clients

Nice to have

Amazon Ads, Amazon DSP, or Amazon Marketing Cloud experience

Experience with Instacart, Kroger, Costco, or other retail media networks

Experience with clean rooms

Experience building a new practice or service line at an agency

Paid media experience

TikTok Shop experience

Retail media experience

Our interview process includes, but is not limited to the following:

Excel and Typing Test

We offer a competitive salary and benefits based on education, experience, and skills level, including:

Base salary DOE

Unlimited vacation policy

Monthly Phone Stipend

Comprehensive Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance options

401(K) plan with matching

Dog friendly office

Hybrid work opportunity

Professional Development Program

Bonus Perk - $50/week Seamless allowance

About WITHIN

WITHIN is the world's first Performance Branding company, partnering with some of the biggest brands in the world to drive business growth through innovative marketing strategies. Our integrated operating model collapses the traditional marketing silos between creative and media, performance and brand, and across media channels. With a full suite of offerings including media, creative, SEO, Lifecycle, Retail Media, Affiliate and Influencer, we’re able to work with our brand partners in an integrated fashion, allowing us to align marketing strategies back to core business objectives. Client teams at WITHIN are trained on how to always act as a trusted business partner, acting as a fiduciary to client needs above our own.

Teams at WITHIN have the ability to work with iconic brands such as The North Face, Timberland, Ben and Jerry's and Jose Cuervo. Everyone at WITHIN wants to grow and be challenged. It’s a collaborative place made up of small, closely knit and versatile teams that are fast and adaptive to solve problems and build systems.

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