Associate Director, Programmatic

Canvas Worldwide

Associate Director managing programmatic media strategies at an award-winning media agency. Collaborating with clients and internal teams to leverage media potential and mentor staff in this hybrid role.

Posted 4/20/2026full-timeEl Segundo • California • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $125,000 - $135,000 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Work with Clients and Business leads to co-develop strategies that fully leverage programmatic media’s potential.
Maintain strong knowledge in the sourcing, cultivation and evaluation the unique talent skillsets required to excel in the programmatic media management.
Collaborate with Clients, the marketplace and Canvas internal teams on data-driven targeting and measurement strategies. Participate in partner evaluation and procurement processes in conjunction with Canvas data leads.
Work with platform partners to develop strategic framework promoting innovation, intelligent utilization, efficient operation and constantly improving Canvas team member proficiency.
Contribute to business development efforts crafting integrated strategies and leveraging expertise and capabilities of data-driven media.
Serve as mentor to programmatic team, delivering guidance on business challenges and helping to remove barriers to team excellence.
Educate internal and external teams on the programmatic landscape.
Support the programmatic team in their collaboration with Clients and other Canvas teams, ensuring the team’s perspective and needs are reflecting in planning commitments.
Continuously educate programmatic team members on the holistic media landscape and maintain currency with relevant marketplace developments.
Work with direct investment teams to direct integrated approaches with programmatic to achieve client reach and frequency objectives.
Work with platform partners and programmatic team members to ensure optimal campaign management operations.
Leverage the empowerment of the leadership role to propose new ways of working that improve efficiency and team performance.

Requirements

What you’ll need

5+ years of experience in programmatic media
3+ years mentoring and developing staff
Strong presentation skills, ability to communicate to internal managers and clients
2+ years working in TTD & DV360
Possess a strong and proven ability to prioritize and handle multiple tasks with flexibility and communicate priorities to direct reports
High level proficiency and knowledge of Microsoft Office products as well as planning tools
Strong organizational and analytical skills
Proven ability to maintain strong internal, external, and client relationships
Bachelor’s degree preferred

Benefits

Comp & perks

generous medical, dental, vision, pet insurance
commuter benefits
disability and life insurance coverage
401(k) matching
up to 14 holidays per year
a “Do Good Day”
unlimited PTO
employee social and wellness events
a DEI Council
auto purchase rebate program
monthly wellness allowance
in-office amenities such as fresh kombucha and an in-house barista

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Hard Skills & Tools

programmatic mediadata-driven targetingcampaign managementpresentation skillsanalytical skillsplanning toolsTTDDV360Microsoft Office

Soft Skills

mentoringcommunicationorganizational skillsrelationship managementflexibilityteam collaborationleadershipproblem-solving

Certifications

Bachelor’s degree