Promotions Manager

Socket.dev; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 65,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health care coordination

Medical, dental, vision coverage

Paid time off

Job summary

Audacy is seeking a Promotions Manager to support the Marketing and Promotions team in Chicago, focusing on event management, promotions, and integrated marketing.

The role requires leadership in coordinating station promotions across entertainment, sports, and lifestyle formats, with on-site duties in the Central Region.

Qualifications

• Five years' experience executing marketing/promotions campaigns, event management, and activation.
• Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Business, or Communications preferred and/or equivalent experience and training.

Responsibilities

• Act as lead Marketing and Promotions Contacts for Chicago Stations.
• Execution of contesting for stations in Chicago on air, online, via text and on site.
• Manage prizing and winner fulfillment process
• Write and post online material terms for station contests, and manage station promotions
• Coordinate with Sales, Programming, and third-party partners on prize and promotion details
• Listener relations, such as answering emails, phone calls, and following up with winners for prize fulfillment

Skills

Organizational skills

Communication skills

Self-starter

Microsoft Word

PowerPoint

Excel

Event management experience

Promotion software knowledge

Evening/weekend availability

Education

Bachelor's degree in Marketing/Business/Communications

Tools

Vibes

Audience

SPARC

Job description

Overview

Job Title: Promotions Manager

Department: Promotions

Reporting To: Regional Promotions Manager

Employment Type: Full-Time

Pay Transparency: $65,000.00/Yr. - $70,000.00/Yr.

Location(s): Chicago, I.L.

Work Arrangement: On-Site

The anticipated starting salary range for Chicago, I.L. based individuals expressing interest in this position is $65,000.00/Yr. - $70,000.00/Yr.

Salary to be determined by the education, experience, knowledge, skills, abilities and location of the applicant, as well as internal and external equity.

Audacy offers employees who are eligible for benefits with a comprehensive benefits package which includes: a health care coordinator, medical, dental, vision, mental health, telemedicine, flexible spending accounts, health savings account, disability, life insurance, critical illness, hospital indemnity, accident insurance, paid time off (sick, flex-time away/vacation days, personal, parental, volunteer), 401(k) retirement plan, student loan payment assistance program, legal assistance, life assistance program, identity theft protection, discounted home and auto insurance, and pet insurance.

Promotions Manager

Audacy is seeking an organized, detail oriented and outgoing professional to support our Marketing and Promotions team in event management, promotions, and integrated marketing in the Central Region, with a focus on Chicago. Events include entertainment, music, sports, lifestyle and spoken word formats.

Responsibilities

What You'll Do:

Marketing and Promotions:

• Act as lead Marketing and Promotions Contacts for Chicago Stations.
• Execution of contesting for stations in Chicago on air, online, via text and on site.
• Manage prizing and winner fulfillment process
• Write and post online material terms for station contests, and manage station promotions
• Work with Regional Marketing Directors and corporate legal department to ensure contest and department compliance including but not limited to posting contest rules, material terms, maintaining contest files, and promotional agreements within company policy
• Coordinate with Sales, Programming, and third-party partners on prize and promotion details
• Listener relations, such as answering emails, phone calls, following up with winners for prize fulfillment, and collecting/processing necessary paperwork
• Work closely with Regional Marketing Directors and Brand Managers to ensure stations positioning/branding is reflected in all marketing, imaging, promotions & digital media
• Manage social media copy, & graphic design for Promotional Opportunities on all stations in Chicago as needed
• Assist with recaps for corporate promotional initiatives for Chicago
• Attend major station events
• Act as liaison and lead between promotional partners and vendors
• Other marketing/promotional dept. duties as assigned

Sales Marketing Support:

• Attend sales and/or promotion meetings as well as other station meetings as needed

More About You:

Skills/Attributes

• First-rate organizational skills are a must to succeed in this position
• Demonstrated oral and written communication skills
• Self-starter with the ability to work independently and multi-task
• Experience using Microsoft® Word, PowerPoint, and Excel
• Experience in Event Management in sports, entertainment, lifestyle or news formats
• Knowledge of promotion software, including but not limited to Vibes (mobile contesting),Audience (web contesting and user-generated content engine) and SPARC (promotion management software)
• Occasional night or weekend work

Qualifications

More About You:

Required & Preferred:

• Five years' experience executing marketing/promotions campaigns, event management, and activation
• Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Business, or Communications preferred and/or equivalent experience and training

About Us

Audacy is a leading audio content and entertainment company. As champions of audio, we connect with people in the moments that matter — delivering trusted local news, passionate sports and your favorite music across 220+ radio stations, premium podcasts, live events and digital experiences that reach more than 200 million listeners every month.We create compelling content, foster deeply engaged audiences and deliver outcomes that matter for advertisers. Learn more at www.audacyinc.com and join the conversation on LinkedIn, X, Facebook and Instagram.

EEO

Audacy is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Audacy affords equal employment opportunity to qualified individuals regardless of their race, color, religion or religious creed, sex/gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, ancestry, age (over 40), physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, military or veteran status, or other classification protected by applicable federal, state, or local law, and to comply with all applicable laws and regulations. Consistent with our commitment to equal employment opportunity, we provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities who need assistance in applying electronically for a position with Audacy, unless doing so would impose an undue hardship. To request a reasonable accommodation for this purpose, please call 1-610-660-5614. Please note that this phone number is to be used solely to request an accommodation with respect to the online application process. Calls for any other reason will not be returned. Reasonable accommodation requests are considered on a case-by-case basis.