Director, Communications Design

UMW Universal McCann Worldwide LLC; United States; Hybrid; USD 130,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

UMW Universal McCann Worldwide LLC is seeking a Director, Communications Design to architect integrated communications plans across owned, earned, and paid channels. You will translate strategy into actionable ideas, partnering with Strategy, creative partners, and analytics to drive behavioral change and growth for client brands.

You will lead design delivery across SBUs, manage senior client relationships, and guide partnerships while ensuring plans move beyond paid media and align with a

Qualifications

• Experience in an integrated planning role in media, publisher / vendor, or communications discipline (digital, content).
• Ability to delegate and oversee direct reports.
• Proven ability to develop and maintain strong professional relationships with senior clients, colleagues, and vendors.
• Strong time management and organizational skills.
• Experience/involvement in new business planning and strong presentations skills.
• PC proficiency and solid working knowledge of Microsoft Office (MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
• Initiative does not require candidates to have a college degree.

Responsibilities

• Oversee client education program around communications design relevant marketplace trends.
• Present the communications design idea and recommendation to the client in collaboration with Client Leadership, Strategy and Partnerships
• Oversee the day-to-day requirements and workflow of the client as it relates to Communications Design outputs, in consultation with Client Leads
• In charge of the communications design brief deployment and relevant stakeholder engagement (Specialty Business Units, partnerships, partner agencies, media)
• Lead ideation sessions and curate outcomes
• Develop the communications idea all connections will help unlock
• Effectively design communications architecture and ecosystem delivery across Owned, Earned, Shared, Paid (OESP) for your clients.
• Within the team, must ensure communications plans move far beyond paid, and are unified by a clear idea and communications behavior
• Integrate Specialty Business Units activities within every relevant brief, in line with business goals
• Implement communications design deliverables as part of client business development & growth strategy

Skills

Integrated planning

Staff delegation

Relationship management

Time management

New business planning

MS Office proficiency

No degree required

Tools

MS Word

MS Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

Job Function: Media Job Subfunction: Media Planning and Buying

Job Description: Position Overview As Director, Communications Design you are designing the blueprint for cultural ideas to spread through communications planning excellence, integration and growth performance on your clients and brands. In your role you are translating the communications strategy into the actionable idea platform (in junction with creative partners) that will deliver behavioral change at all connection points. Creating innovative connections that grow brands is a passion for you. You will partner with the Strategy team on the Connections Architecture and utilize your experience & skills to manage the design of fully integrated communications plans across owned, earned, and paid connections. You work closely with the analytics leads to identify appropriate audience and data strategies to unlock growth. You lead the relationship with SBUs and client agencies roster throughout the design stages and work with the Partnerships team in evaluating & selecting the right partners, and appropriate spends across the Communications Design blueprint.

Responsibilities

• Oversee client education program around communications design relevant marketplace trends.
• Present the communications design idea and recommendation to the client in collaboration with Client Leadership, Strategy and Partnerships
• Oversee the day-to-day requirements and workflow of the client as it relates to Communications Design outputs, in consultation with Client Leads
• In charge of the communications design brief deployment and relevant stakeholder engagement (Specialty Business Units, partnerships, partner agencies, media)
• Lead ideation sessions and curate outcomes
• Develop the communications idea all connections will help unlock
• Effectively design communications architecture and ecosystem delivery across Owned, Earned, Shared, Paid (OESP) for your clients.
• Within the team, must ensure communications plans move far beyond paid, and are unified by a clear idea and communications behavior
• Integrate Specialty Business Units activities within every relevant brief, in line with business goals
• Implement communications design deliverables as part of client business development & growth strategy

Required Skills and Experience

• Experience in an integrated planning role in media, publisher / vendor, or communications discipline (digital, content)
• Ability to delegate and oversee direct reports
• Proven ability to develop and maintain strong professional relationships with senior clients, colleagues, and vendors
• Strong time management and organizational skills
• Experience/involvement in new business planning and strong presentations skills
• Required PC proficiency and solid working knowledge of Microsoft Office (MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint etc.)
• Initiative does not require candidates to have a college degree

Desired Skills and Experience

• 8+ years relevant experience with 4+ years of experience managing or developing staff
• Category or audience experience as relevant per assignment
• Proven problem-solving ability
• Ability to work successfully within a team, handling multiple projects and meeting tight deadlines under pressure
• Prior experience working on a pharmaceutical client
• $130,000 - $150,000

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