Klick

Life Sciences

AssociateDirector,MediaPlanning

CA$95–120k Toronto, Ontario, Canada FULL TIME
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

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The Brief

“Associate Director, Media Planning at Klick. Skills: Media planning, Client-facing, Digital media. Develop integrated digital media plans. Lead client-facing media planning discussions”

Industry & Context.

Life Sciences
Problems you'll solve

Identify insights; Translate reporting into optimizations

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

7+ years media planning experience, 3+ years client-facing experience, Experience managing media budgets, Experience planning media for US healthcare clients

Nice to Have

Comfort using AI, Experience influencing content, Experience working across US and Canadian healthcare audiences, Experience translating media performance data, Familiarity with healthcare media compliance

What You'll Do.

Develop integrated digital media plans

Lead client-facing media planning discussions

Present recommendations to stakeholders

Report performance to stakeholders

Present optimization opportunities

Manage vendor relationships

Manage media spend approvals

Manage campaign expenses

Review campaign performance

Translate reporting into optimizations

Align media plans with objectives

Align media plans with outcomes

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Media Operations; Analytics; Strategy teams; Creative teams; Content teams; Client Services teams

Communication Scope

Client-facing; Presenting recommendations; Reporting

Full Job Description

The Klick Group —comprising Klick Health (including Klick Katalyst and btwelve), Klick Media Group, Klick Applied Sciences (including Klick Labs), Klick Consulting, and Klick Ventures—is an ecosystem dedicated to realizing the full potential of our people and clients in life sciences. Founded in 1997, we have offices in New York, Philadelphia, Saratoga Springs, Toronto, London, São Paulo, and Singapore. Consistently named a Best Managed Company, Most Admired Corporate Culture, and Great Place to Work, Klick is committed to fostering a high-performance, people-first culture with creativity, collaboration, innovation, and impact across everything we do. About Klick Media Our Media Craft ensures that Klick’s work reaches the right audiences at the right moments. This craft combines audience insight, data, and technology to drive measurable impact. Media teams continuously test, learn, and optimize to improve performance. Their work connects strategy and creativity to real-world results. The Associate Director, Media Planning leads digital media planning for healthcare and life sciences clients across channels such as search, display, video, email, mobile, and programmatic media. This role develops research-backed media recommendations, partners with Media Operations and Analytics to activate and optimize campaigns, and serves as a daily client-facing lead. The role also manages media budgets, vendor relationships, performance reporting, and cross-functional collaboration with Strategy, Creative, Content, and Client Services. What You’ll Do * Develop integrated digital media plans for healthcare clients using audience insights, channel strategy, budget allocation, and performance goals. * Lead client-facing media planning discussions, presenting recommendations, reporting, and optimization opportunities to senior stakeholders. * Manage media budgets, vendor relationships, media spend approvals, and campaign expenses in partnership with Media Operations. * Collaborate wi

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