Brand Strategy & Marketing Senior Manager

New York City, NY (Hybrid)

$100K/yr – $120K/yrSenior LevelFull time

Posted 1 month ago

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Job Summary

Own BBC Select brand repositioning with end-to-end partner selection, messaging, and go-to-market alignment across editorial, growth, and creative teams.

  • Brand ownership: define positioning, naming, and brand ecosystem that fits with BritBox and drives cross-channel cohesion.
  • Partnership governance: own RFPs, partner selection, briefs, and ongoing strategic guidance with design, creative, and production partners.
  • Go-to-market and messaging: develop a messaging framework and education assets, then refine in-market with insights and cross-functional feedback.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Lead the development of the BBC Select repositioning effort.
  • Oversee the review and selection of strategic partner/agency, including RFP creation, review management, award, briefing, and ongoing strategic development.
  • Own the relationship with the strategic partner, including strategic feedback and timeline management. Guide the positioning work, concepts, and development overall.
  • Partner with Insights to develop a testing plan, execute research, and glean insights from the data to inform the strategic decisionmaking.
  • Be the internal champion of the new BBC Select positioning. Help cement brand positioning language and explanation, roadshow and gain buy-in, and be the go-to on all implications from the new positioning, including naming, branding, marketing assets, and how it coheres with BritBox positioning.
  • Author BBC Select Brand 101 onboarding deck and drive education.
  • Spearhead RFP to bring on new partners in areas of Design, Creative, Creative Production or others.
  • Partner with agency/creative team to land Brand Guidelines, including brand strategy, tone, character, and basic design parameters
  • Author messaging framework for new BBC Select positioning through-funnel and over time so it’s clear how the brand communicates across channels and audiences. Collaborate extensively with Growth and Lifecycle Marketing teams. Post-launch, refine messaging framework across consumer journey as we learn in-market and optimize.
  • Partner with the Editorial team, Growth Marketing and Creative teams to turn the positioning work into a go-to-market plan to re-launch BBC Select
  • Work with BBC Select owners to define the brand ecosystem (owned platform or distributed on others) and support growth plans.
  • Collaborate with BritBox Premier owners to integrate new BBC Select into BritBox Premier ecosystem
  • Plot today/tomorrow applications to demonstrate brand stretch over time.
  • Write ongoing creative briefs, run briefings, and ensure creative response is on-brief and on-time
  • Help develop easy-to-use ‘design target’ profile with Insights team.
  • Partner with the Creative team on concepting, shaping on-brief campaigns, and finding areas for differentiating creative executions.
  • Support campaign planning with audience insight, map go-to-market plan, and lead coordination of cross-functional asset creation for total campaign.
  • Continue to refine creative briefing templates and associated processes. Update corresponding playbook and socialize.
  • Help lead development on new-to-world brand extensions, including but not limited to IRL Brand Activations, Brand partnerships, and other Brand applications.
  • Clearly articulate and pressure test brand direction and help gain buy-in from cross-functional stakeholders