Associate Manager Brand Strategy

New York City, NY (Hybrid)

$74K/yr – $101K/yrMid Level2+ years expFull time

Posted 1 day ago

Job Summary

Own and drive multi-phase brand initiatives from planning through optimization, coordinating cross-functional teams and tracking KPIs to boost fan engagement.

  • Campaign planning and content integration
  • KPI tracking and insights to inform future work
  • Cross-functional collaboration across marketing, content, and digital teams

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Support the development and execution of multi-phase brand initiatives, including campaign planning, content integration, and cross-platform activations.
  • Assist in maintaining and tracking detailed plans, timelines, and deliverables with key stakeholders, ensuring alignment to brand objectives and fan engagement goals.
  • Help monitor audience behavior, industry trends, and competitive activity to inform ESPN brand strategies and identify opportunities for innovation.
  • Contribute to the development of presentations, reports, and updates for leadership, clearly explaining complex information and insights to a variety of stakeholders.
  • Collaborate with internal partners across marketing, content, and digital teams to ensure brand initiatives are integrated consistently and effectively across ESPN platforms.
  • Support tracking and analysis of key performance indicators for brand campaigns and content, incorporating learnings into future planning and optimization.
  • Maintain key documents and repositories (e.g., presentations, trackers, reports) to ensure information is current, organized, and accessible to the broader team.
  • Provide informal guidance to new team members on processes and tools, modeling a proactive, solution-oriented, and collaborative approach to work.

Requirements

  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to interpret data and translate insights into actionable brand recommendations.
  • Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, dynamic environment with a proactive and positive attitude and a desire to get things done.
  • Demonstrated capability to work both collaboratively within a team and independently with moderate guidance, as an early career, independent worker and problem-solver.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to explain complex information clearly to stakeholders at different levels.
  • Good organizational skills with experience maintaining trackers, presentations, and shared documents to support project execution.
  • Comfort with quantitative analysis and using metrics to evaluate performance of campaigns or content.
  • Basic proficiency with productivity tools such as Microsoft Office Suite (e.g., PowerPoint, Excel) or similar software.
  • Minimum 2 years of experience in marketing, brand strategy, communications, or business management, or equivalent professional experience.
  • Bachelor’s Degree or higher in Marketing, Business, Communications, or a related field

Preferred

  • Experience and familiarity with digital content platforms (e.g., YouTube, streaming, social media), including formats, policies, and key performance indicators.
  • Strong quantitative and analytical skills applied to content or campaign performance measurement.
  • Familiarity with presentation and spreadsheet tools such as Keynote and Excel.
  • Prior experience in the entertainment or sports media industry.
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The Walt Disney Company

The Walt Disney Company, together with its subsidiaries and affiliates, is a leading diversified international family entertainment and media enterprise that includes three core business segments: Disney Entertainment, ESPN, and Disney Experiences. Our mission is to entertain, inform and inspire people around the globe through the power of unparalleled storytelling, reflecting the iconic brands, creative minds and innovative technologies that make us the world’s premier entertainment company.

Founded in 1923
Burbank, CA, US
176K employees (45,010 in marketing)

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$74K/yr – $101K/yr

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Funding

Total Funding
$15B
Last Raise
$4B
Post IPO Debt, 1 months ago

Funding History

  • Feb 2026
    Post IPO Debt • $4B
  • Apr 2020
    Post IPO Debt • $5B
  • Mar 2020
    Post IPO Debt • $6B

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45.7%
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13.6%
Social
8.2%
Paid
0.8%

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