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This is an ideal career for creative thinkers. A media director has the ultimate responsibility for an advertising agency’s or media buying agency media buying, including the negotiation of overall buying rates with print and electronic suppliers, management of agency clients media buying and planning needs and ensuring a profitable outcome for the agency. The position sits at the top of the media tree and has reports from media strategists, media planners, media analysts, media buyers and business development staff.

Salary p/a
30k - 150k+

Qualifications
Degree

Intensity
Sitting

Demand
Growing

Travel
Low

Conditions
Indoor

Weekly Hours
40-50

Pros

Respected occupation, can work & travel overseas
Endless marketing opportunities, working with senior people
Satisfaction of producing cost effective advertising

Cons

Difficult position to achieve
High pressure, stress to meet deadlines
Changing competitive strategies

The Bottom Line

This is a senior position, one with great influence and requires stature and commercial nous. The salary package is big but the risks are also. Only the best survive.

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