Manager, Communications Design

Adelphi Group; New York (NY); On-site; USD 85,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Total Rewards package

Medical and dental coverage

401(k) plans

Job summary

Initiative, a leading media agency, seeks a Manager, Communications Design to lead the production and application of consumer, cultural, media and market intelligence to strengthen our communications plan.

You will guide the development of the media plan flowchart, supervise the team, and partner with the Associate Director and Partnerships team to build RFP briefs, ensuring accurate inputs and timely delivery. The salary range is 85,000–90,000 USD annually, commensurate with experience.

Qualifications

• Experience in an integrated planning role in media, publisher or communications.
• Media planning skills that can be taught to junior team members.
• Ability to delegate and oversee direct reports.
• Excellent written, verbal communication and presentation skills.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
• Initiative does not require a college degree.

Responsibilities

• Create accurate, detailed media plans and scenarios.
• Deliver day-to-day requests on time with organized reports.
• Develop client-facing tracking documents for category, culture and competition.
• Collaborate to develop RFP briefs for internal and external partners.
• Oversee flowchart development and ensure plan accuracy across Ripple/MediaTools/Lumina.
• Lead production of audience and data insights to inform the communications plan.

Skills

Media planning

Team leadership

Client collaboration

Communication skills

MS Office

Degree not required

Job description

Agency:

Initiative

Job Function:

Media

Job Subfunction:

Media Planning and Buying

Job Description:

Position Overview

As Manager, Communications Design, you are managing the production and application of accurate and insightful consumer, cultural relevant, media and market intelligence to contribute to an impactful communications/media plan. With direction from your Associate Director or Director, you take the strategic design imperatives (Strategy On A Page: SOAP) and communications idea and deploy a variety of data and intelligence to identify and prioritize the best communications channels.

In this role, you are leading the preparation of the communications/mediaplan flowchart via MediaTools or Lumina and ensuring the communications plan is built on solid, data rich fundamentals. Working with partnerships, media publishers/ distributors/ suppliers, and your communications design team, you ensure the accuracy of the inputs required for the development of the media plan flowchart. The manager will develop junior talent and teach media planning fundamentals to internal teams and clients alike.

Responsibilities

• Createaccurate substantiated and detailed media plans and media planning scenarios
• In charge oftimely, accurate delivery ofday-to-dayrequests from the team along with disciplined and organized call-reports and timely follow-throughs
• Organizeand developclient-facing category, culture and competitive tracking documents
• Work with the Associate Director and Partnerships team to develop the RFP to brief internal partnership’s/ SBU team and external partners
• Manage the team output and development of the flowchart including oversight of the plan being accurately produced within Ripple/ MediaTools/Lumina to address the reach/frequency and business goals
• Lead the best practice production of audience and communications data and intelligence for the development of the communications plan, utilizing relevant tools and techniques
• Contribute to the ideation team sessions in conjunction with the Strategy team and relevant SBU to generate creative & compelling connections idea.
• Responsible for timely, accurate delivery of day to day requests from the client and internal team
• Responsible for maintaining impactful media plans; oversight of brand media plans, financials, ATBs and billing documentation internally and for the client
• Leads internal, client and partner agency status calls and updates; organizes and coordinates call-reports and ensures that follow-ups are documented and carried out in a timely manner
• Digests the client’s goals/target and leads compiling planning inputs – competitive reporting, syndicated audience research, landscape trends, campaign learnings

Required Skills and Experience

Experience in an integrated planning role in media, publisher / vendor, or communications discipline

Media planning skills must be sufficient and able to be taught to junior team members

Ability to delegate, develop and oversee direct reports

Excellent written, verbal communication and presentation 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

4+ yearsrelevant experiencewith 1+ years of experience in managing or developing staff

Category or audience experience as relevant per assignment

Strong time-management and organizational skills

Provenproblem-solvingability

Wage and Benefits

We offer a Total Rewards package that includes medical and dental coverage, 401(k) plans, flex spending, life insurance, disability, employee discount program, employee stock purchase program and paid family benefits to support you and your family.

The salary range for this position is posted below. Where an employee or prospective employee is paid within this range will depend on, among other factors, actual ranges for current/former employees in the subject position, market considerations, budgetary considerations, tenure and standing with the Company (applicable to current employees), as well as the employee’s/applicant’s skill set, level of experience, and qualifications.

85,000.00 - 90,000.00

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