Media Director & Leadership Jobs
8 open leadership roles · Typical salary $175K–$500K
Media directors and senior leadership roles are the apex of the agency media career. The titles vary — Media Director, Group Media Director, VP Media, Head of Media, Chief Media Officer — but the work is consistent: own client P&L, lead 5-50 person teams, set discipline strategy, and act as the most senior media voice on the account.
These roles are rarely posted publicly with full transparency. Most are filled through executive search, network, or internal promotion. The listings that do appear publicly tend to be at fast-growing independent agencies, in-house brand teams scaling their media function, or holdcos backfilling departures. Compensation ranges widely: $180K-$300K base for Director-level, $250K-$450K all-in at VP level, $400K-$800K+ at Chief Media Officer / agency head of media at major holdcos.
Active hirers include independents scaling their senior bench (Tinuiti, Wpromote, Mediahub, Camelot, RPA, Mekanism), in-house brand teams at growth-mode companies, and holdcos building out specialty practices (retail media, CTV, programmatic). Below: every open media leadership role we've verified this week.
Open Leadership Roles
Media Director
Morrison · Atlanta, Fulton County
Director, Client Strategy (Media Director)
Wpromote · US
Social Media Director, Health Communications with Security Clearance
ICF Consulting Group, Inc. · Washington, D.C., US
ASSOCIATE MEDIA DIRECTOR
Crowley Webb & Associates · Buffalo, Erie County
Associate Media Director, New Business
True Media · Kansas City, Jackson County · hybrid
Associate Media Director, Integrated Media Planning
True Media · Kansas City, Jackson County · hybrid
Media Director - Digital focus
Serino Coyne · New York City, New York
Social Media Director
FM · South Boston, Suffolk County
Top employers hiring leadership
- Tinuiti
- Wpromote
- Mediahub
- Horizon Media
- GroupM
- Publicis Media
- Disney
- NBCU
FAQs
How do I become a media director?
Most paths: 8-12 years progressing through planner/buyer → senior planner/buyer → supervisor → manager → associate director → director. Strong client relationships and a P&L track record matter more than tenure at this level.
What's the difference between Media Director and VP Media?
Media Director typically owns one large account or several mid-size accounts, leading a team of 5-15. VP Media owns a practice or major client portfolio, leading 20-50+ across multiple directors. Comp roughly: Director $200K-$280K, VP $280K-$450K all-in.
Are these roles ever remote?
Senior leadership roles are increasingly hybrid (3 days in office) but rarely fully remote. The exception: in-house brand roles at companies with distributed cultures (some tech, some DTC) and holdco specialty practice roles at firms that have committed to remote-first.