Manager, Communications Design

Los Angeles, CA (Hybrid)

$80K/yr – $90K/yrManager4+ years expFull time

Posted 1 day ago

Job Summary

Own the creation and delivery of strategic media playbooks, maintain internal project tracking, and support data-driven POVs while coordinating client and team requests.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Create accurate substantiated and strategic media playbooks and launch summaries.
  • In charge of timely, accurate delivery of day-to-day requests from the team along with disciplined and organized follow-throughs
  • Manage the team output and development of timeline tracking documents, overseeing Airtable to stay on top of internal/client project management and business goals
  • Support the best practice production of audience and communications data and intelligence for the development of client POVs, utilizing relevant tools and techniques
  • Contribute to the ideation team sessions in conjunction with the Strategy team to generate creative & compelling connections ideas.
  • Responsible for timely, accurate delivery of day to day requests from the client and internal team
  • Responsible for maintaining impactful media thought leadership; oversight of launch summaries, global territory communication, ad hoc POVs, and reporting oversight 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

Requirements

  • Experience in an integrated planning role in media, publisher / vendor, or communications discipline
  • Media planning skills must be sufficient and able to be communicated internally and with clients
  • Experience developing presentation-based deck storytelling
  • Excellent written and verbal communication / presentation skills
  • Initiative does not require candidates to have a college degree

Preferred

  • 4+ years relevant experience
  • Category or audience experience as relevant per assignment
  • Preferred Mac proficiency as well as proficiency in Keynote, Slack, Box, and AirTable
  • Strong time-management and organizational skills
  • Proven problem-solving ability
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Initiative

Initiative unlocks business growth for the world’s most ambitious brands. We believe in the power of media to reshape our industry and orchestrate a brand’s entire consumer experience, by balancing both what unites people and what makes them different. When brands unite people in culture, they build Fame, and when brands connect individuals to their unique journeys, they build customer Flow. Initiative builds Fame & Flow for brands like Nike, Volvo, Amazon, Constellation Brands, Merck, Anthropic, Paramount, and T-Mobile.Media responsibility is at the forefront of everything we do, whether it’s creating media plans that reflect the diversity of our communities, promote brand safety, and foster sustainability. Our agency celebrates diversity in an inclusive environment where all of our 10,000+ strong talent across 90+ markets feel seen, heard, and valued. Our vision is to create not only a better media company, but also a better media industry, and maybe even a better world.

Founded in 1975
New York, New York, USA
3.2K employees (1,113 in marketing)

Salaries

Posted range

$80K/yr – $90K/yr

Taken straight from the job posting.

Design median pay in the United States

$84K/yr

Most pay falls between $69K and $110K. Based on 745 salaries.

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Manager, Communications Design

Initiative · Los Angeles, CA · Hybrid