Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end development of integrated marketing proposals in response to RFPs and proactive commercial opportunities.
• Own strategic positioning, creative storytelling, and proposal development in partnership with sales, creative, and editorial teams, acting as a key cross-functional connector to move work from ideation through completion.
• Translate partner KPIs and brand objectives into customized B2B and B2C marketing solutions.
• Present ideas internally and externally, serving as a strategic client-facing lead throughout the pitch and execution process.
• Facilitate internal brainstorms, contributing creative thought starters, cultural insights, and category trend analysis.
• Develop compelling, insight-driven concepts rooted in The Guardian's values, editorial authority, and voice.
• Create innovative brand integrations across Technology, B2B, Lifestyle, Sustainability/Environment, and Sports, leveraging the full Guardian ecosystem across custom content, editorial sponsorships, podcasts, newsletters, events, and emerging products.
• Partner with account management to support campaign execution from kickoff through completion.
• Serve as lead project manager for select activations and event-based executions.
• Identify upsell and optimization opportunities throughout the campaign lifecycle to drive incremental revenue.

Requirements

• 7+ years of experience in integrated marketing, creative strategy, branded content, or presale/post-sale roles at a media company, agency, publisher, or related organization.
• Proven success developing RFP responses and integrated sponsorship proposals that drive revenue growth.
• Exceptional storytelling and presentation skills across written, verbal, and visual formats.
• Strong cross-functional collaboration skills with the ability to influence across sales, creative, editorial, and product teams.
• A proactive, curious, entrepreneurial mindset with a willingness to wear multiple hats, solve problems creatively, and contribute beyond defined responsibilities.
• Excitement for working with the agility and innovation of a startup while helping evolve a 200-year-old global media brand.

Preferred

• Experience with social strategy and marketing automation tools (e.g., Salesforce, Pardot) is a plus.
• Hands-on experience with event execution and experiential marketing is a plus.

Benefits

• 20 days of vacation leave in addition to 12 company holidays and 2 personal days
• Unlimited sick time
• Employee Assistance Programs
• 401(k) Match
• Subsidized healthcare coverage including medical, vision, and dental
• Medical and Dependent Flexible Spending Accounts
• Generous parental leave with 100% pay
• Long Term and Short Term Disability insurance
• Life insurance
• Commuter benefits