Mile Marker

Continuous learning is key to building momentum! 🧠💡 Huge thanks to the Talon team for dropping by our office for an incredible, tech-focused Lunch & Learn! 🍕 They shared game-changing insights on how to bring exceptional, data-driven outdoor storytelling to life and encourage our teams to "think outside." In a fast-paced industry, vendor education is essential. Regular partner training keeps our media planning, analytics, and creative specialists completely aligned on the latest tools. Investing time in these sessions is exactly how we ensure we're delivering the most innovative, technology-led solutions to our clients. We are incredibly grateful to partners like Talon who collaborate with us to keep our skills at the cutting edge! 🤝 Shoutout to The Miler Committee for organizing another stellar learning event. Want to get to know more about our agency culture? Read here: https://lnkd.in/ecxAeMum #MileMarkerAgency #LunchAndLearn #VendorEducation #TalonOOH

New York Cares— and so does Mile Marker! 🎒✨ Recently, a group of Milers partnered with New York Cares to pack hundreds of backpacks with essential school supplies for NYC students preparing for the new school year. Driving real community impact is core to who we are. Through our Volunteer hours program, we empower our team to step away from their desks and dedicate work hours to the local causes they care about most. We’re so proud of our team for helping these students start the school year strong, and we’re excited to see what community initiatives our Milers take on next! #MileMarkerAgency #NYCares #CommunityImpact #VolunteerHours #BackToSchool

Join an agency that prioritizes growth and putting people first. We are looking for a Senior Director, Controller to own the integrity of Mile Marker's financial reporting, accounting operations, and control environment. We need a strategic, hands-on leader to join our Finance & Operations team who can live our core values each day (Agile, Inquisitive, Courage, and Trust). Are you ready to drive day-to-day accounting excellence, strengthen internal controls, and build scalable processes to support Mile Marker's continued growth and M&A activity in a fast-paced agency environment? This could be the role for you. Who You Are: Experienced Accounting & GAAP Authority: You are a CPA with 10+ years of progressive accounting experience, including several years in a Controller or Assistant Controller capacity. You bring deep technical GAAP knowledge, specifically around ASC 606 revenue recognition in a project- or services-based environment. Tech-Enabled Systems & Controls Driver: You possess strong systems acumen (advanced Excel is a must; experience with tools like WorkBook and Ramp is a big plus). You can easily drive ERP integrations, manage month-end close optimization, and design and maintain robust internal financial controls. Strategic Capital & Board Communicator: You have strong treasury and cash management skills, including 13-week cash forecasting and working capital optimization. You seamlessly translate complex financial data, KPI trends, and covenant metrics into clear narratives and compliance packages for our CFO, lenders, board, and private equity sponsors. Empathetic & Collaborative Leader: You have high EQ and exceptional communication skills. You are a proven leader of accounting teams with a track record of mentoring staff, delegating effectively, and cross-training closely with our FP&A team to support the overall business. 📍 Location: Hybrid offices in New York, NY or San Francisco, CA Apply here: https://lnkd.in/eMXwhGnq #Hiring #Finance #Accounting #Controller #MileMarkerAgency

Winning households in a zero-sum telecom market means outmaneuvering rivals at every single stage of the customer journey. In highly contested acquisition landscapes, running siloed campaigns simply isn't enough. To scale, every channel must work harder and work together—from the first impression to successful onboarding. For Charter Spectrum, we engineered a fully integrated acquisition engine designed to do exactly that. By applying our proven 8 Rules for Response framework across every touchpoint, we kept value propositions sharp, consistent, and built to convert—whether a prospect encountered a digital ad, a direct mail piece, or the website. The results of this decade-long partnership built on trust: 🚀 150% online conversion rate lift through an award-winning conversion flow. ✉️ 2x lift in email performance powered by proprietary Email Response Levers. 📬 10+ new Direct Mail controls optimized to break through competitive clutter. 👉 Read the full case study here: https://lnkd.in/e7Zgwvg8 #MileMarkerAgency #GrowthMarketing #PerformanceMarketing #CaseStudy

We all scream for ice cream—and some serious team synergy! 🍦✨ Balancing IQ with EQ, the Mile Marker team recently gathered in our NYC office for our July All Hands meeting! While we gathered to celebrate our business momentum, we made sure to save plenty of room for some sweet summer fun. On the business and technology front (our "IQ"): 🚀 Sharing exciting new AI updates and expanded capabilities. 👋 Welcoming our newest team members to the fold. 🌟 Celebrating and showing appreciation for our incredible summer interns and their hard work. On the culture and community front (our "EQ"): Celebrating National Ice Cream Day with an office-wide social featuring our team's self-voted "Fan Favorites" 🍨 🥄 A huge shoutout to our dedicated Milers Committee members, who generously stepped up to scoop ice cream for their fellow team members! We are totally savoring these last few weeks of summer together—one scoop at a time! 🛣️❤️ #MileMarkerAgency #CompanyCulture #TeamSynergy #AllHands

Meet our Q2 2026 Trailblazers! Each quarter, we celebrate the Milers who carve new paths, live our core values, and keep our clients moving forward. This quarter, we’re spotlighting three incredible team members: Angela (Casarella) Bompastore: For her inquisitive drive, turning complex requests into practical, highly reliable solutions. Will Chun: For managing complex initiatives with clarity and constantly championing more efficient ways of working. Tom Lannon: For bringing sharp strategic thinking, building deep trust, and driving campaign growth. They embody what it means to stay agile, ask better questions, and make bold moves every single day. 👉 Swipe to meet the team and see what makes the Mile Marker culture so special! Explore what it's like to work at Mile Marker, our people, and values: https://lnkd.in/ecxAeMum #MileMarkerAgency #TeamSpotlights #Trailblazers #CompanyCulture 

Happy National Intern Day! We’re so proud to celebrate our incredible inaugural cohort of interns: Hajra Bibi, Jordan Wells, Katey Tidwell, Kyle Duverger, Maria Araujo, and Nora Nestico who are bringing huge energy to our media planning, analytics, and creative teams this summer🌟! Thank you for shaping the future of media with us at Mile Marker! Explore opportunities with us: https://lnkd.in/gB2bPkRf #NationalInternDay #MileMarkerAgency 

Are we automating away our future senior leaders in the name of efficiency? 🤖📉 In his latest opinion piece published on AdvertisingWeek Anthony Vincent Russo, VP of AI Innovation & Strategy at Mile Marker, explores a hidden risk of the AI era: The Agentic AI Judgment Cliff. It’s tempting to let agentic AI handle all the tedious "grunt work" like pulling reports and building decks. But as Tony points out, those boring repetitions are actually the training program that builds judgement. By handing the bottom rung of the career ladder over to machines, we're automating away the apprenticeship that builds that crucial judgment. Tony warns of silent "bench erosion," highlighting three critical skills we risk losing when we rely too heavily on AI: Problem diagnosis: The ability to spot a misleading brief. Standard-setting: Knowing the difference between "good enough" and "great". Edge-case detection: Catching the 1% of the time an AI agent is fluently and confidently wrong. If we don't adjust our strategy now, in 5-7 years we'll have a workforce that can operate AI agents but lacks the instinct to know when those agents make mistakes. As Tony puts it: "Output is the commodity now. Judgment takes a decade to grow and one budget cycle to stop growing". Check out the full opinion piece on Advertising Week below to see how we can protect the future of our industry's senior bench. 👇 https://lnkd.in/eSp9kaNr Read for Free on Mile Marker: https://lnkd.in/eaSRDtdm #AdvertisingWeek #ArtificialIntelligence #MileMarkerAgency #Leadership 

ChatGPT ads are rapidly cementing themselves as a core part of brands' modern media plans, and OpenAI's recent API deals with platforms like Skai and Criteo are the key reason why. In a recent Digiday feature, our Chief Analytics Officer, Anthony Costanzo, discussed how OpenAI is actively working with these platforms to bring retail and commerce advertisers directly into ChatGPT. Rather than building a closed "walled garden" where data stays strictly in-house, OpenAI is leveraging integrated marketing technologies to open its ecosystem. As Anthony explains, platforms like Criteo and Skai make this high-intent inventory accessible to more types of ad buyers—especially search marketers who may never buy programmatic display or video. These integrations are a game-changer because they allow brands to: - Capture high-intent moments: Reach users who are already deep in the purchase funnel, like comparing specific products. - Leverage existing workflows: Search marketers can run campaigns seamlessly through Skai and Criteo without being forced to adopt entirely new, pure-play programmatic platforms. To read more about how these partnerships are breaking down walled gardens and what it means for the future of your omnichannel strategy, read the full breakdown on the Mile Marker blog: https://lnkd.in/e-TZhZUV #AIAdvertising #MarketingTechnology #MileMarkerAgency #Skai #Criteo

Your next mile could start here! We are looking for a Director, Financial Planning & Analysis to help us plan for the road ahead and deliver momentum for our agency. We need a strategic and analytical leader to join our Finance & Operations team who can live our core values each day (Agile, Inquisitive, Courage, and Trust). Are you ready to drive meaningful progress with sharp thinking, bold moves, and earn trust daily? This could be the role for you. Who You Are: - Experienced Financial Advisor: You have 8-10 years of experience building strong partnerships with business leaders and can own revenue forecasting, P&L modeling, and business unit profitability analysis. - Tech-Enabled Modeler: You possess strong proficiency in Microsoft Excel and financial modeling, with a mandatory capability to leverage AI tools to merge data sets, analyze information, and build advanced presentations. - Strategic Communicator: You seamlessly translate financial performance and KPI reporting into clear narratives and presentations to proactively set expectations with the executive leadership team. - Empathetic Leader: You have high EQ and empathy, demonstrated leadership qualities, and the ability to present complex information effectively to teammates of varying financial maturity. Apply here: https://lnkd.in/e2GKbmpd #Hiring #Finance #FPandA #MileMarkerAgency