Partner Communications Manager, Digital Specialist

Apple; Mumbai; On-site; INR 1,500,000 - 2,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Apple is seeking a Partner Communications Manager, Digital and CRM Specialist for its Mumbai office. The role emphasizes innovative marketing and collaboration with partners to enhance customer engagement. The ideal candidate will have 8+ years of experience in marketing communications and a deep understanding of digital platforms like e-CRM and social media. Responsibilities include driving partner strategies and managing customer relationships through CRM systems. This position may require international travel 3-4 times a year.

Qualifications

• Minimum 8 years experience in marketing communications.
• Experience with global brands in advertising or in-house marketing.
• Deep understanding of e-CRM and digital marketing tools.

Responsibilities

• Drive marketing innovation and creative strategy with partners.
• Help manage customer relationships using CRM tools.
• Inspire and share learnings with global Partner Communications Managers.

Skills

Marketing communications

Digital platforms understanding

International account management

Analytical skills

Relationship building

Strategic narrative creation

Education

Bachelor’s degree, MBA or advanced business degree

Job description

Summary

Marketing Communications (Marcom) is the creatively-led global team that oversees Apple’s consumer facing marketing. We ensure the flawless development and execution of world-class communications across all medias and platforms. Every day, hundreds of millions of Apple customers around the world interact with our products. We drive the strategy and creative work that provide both new and existing customers with simple, engaging and inspiring marketing experiences.

The Partner Communications Manager, Digital and CRM Specialist plays a vital role in shaping how Apple shows up within our Partners’ (indirect channel) digital environments globally. Partners' digital platforms are critical to their commercial success and this role requires a deep understanding of the different digital customer journey drivers and destinations such as display ads, media, social, e-commerce platforms, content strategy, performance marketing, digital in-store, and specific expertise in e-CRM. This role will drive how all the partners’ digital touch points maximise the impact of Apple product presentation and deliver the most compelling product stories.

Description

The Partner Communications Manager, Digital and CRM Specialist is responsible for driving marketing innovation and raising the creative bar with indirect Channel Partners whilst upholding the integrity of the Apple brand. Key responsibilities include:

• Drive innovative partner strategies and impactful creative work for Apple products and services through a deep understanding of the Apple brand, our partner’s brands, commercial priorities, market trends and challenges.
• Work across the global organisation to understand both macro and comms trends for Apple product and services. Synthesise learnings into insights to drive optimisation of future advertising, digital and in-store efforts, internally and externally with partners.
• Help Partners manage and optimise customer relationships using CRM systems and tools to improve customer engagement, satisfaction, and retention, by implementing CRM strategies, defining KPIs and measurement frameworks, analysing data, and generating insights.
• Collaborate extensively across many teams, internationally and locally, both internally at Apple and externally with partners such as Carriers, Retailers, Banks, SMB’s and Enterprise Resellers, Media Content Providers and more.
• Inspire and contribute to the large global network of Geo (global) Partner Communications Managers, sharing best practices, learnings and case studies.
• International travel may be required 3-4 times per year.

Minimum Qualifications

• 8+ years experience in marketing communications.
• Experience in international account management and/or strategy at an advertising agency or in-house marketing communications for a global brand.
• Deep understanding of digital platforms (social, eCRM, e-commerce platforms, content, performance marketing, digital in-store) and how they can be leveraged to deliver the most compelling product experience throughout the customer journey.
• Experience in brand communications - from strategy to execution.

Preferred Qualifications

• Passion for great work, seeing potential and nourishing it, with a tremendous ability to influence both internal and external stakeholders to drive the work forward.
• Ability to delve deeply into a partner’s business, marketing strategy and consumer insights, to understand challenges and find opportunities.
• Strong analytical skills and ability to knit together disparate sources of information into succinct insights, a strong strategic narrative and clear action plans.
• Ability to develop positive relationships with partners and inspire them about what's possible within their digital and CRM frameworks.
• Thrive as part of a cross-functional team, flexible and adaptable in a dynamic environment as a member of a high-performing team, yet also have the ability to lead.
• Can confidently build rapport, credibility and influence across multiple stakeholders in a highly matrix’d organisation.
• Experience in understanding business and product strategy and consumer insights, to build a global communications strategy for partners.
• Bachelor’s degree, MBA or advanced business degree.