Director, Creative Strategy - Advertising & Partnerships

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NBCUniversal is seeking a Director, Creative Strategy for its Portfolio Creative Team – a part of NBCUniversal’s Creative Partnerships Group. The team is NBCU Advertising Sales’ creative hub, overseeing the development and execution of multi-network, multi-platform creative marketing, media and content solutions for advertisers.

We work from a central premise of “what can we do that others can’t?”, combining world-class creative with the power of our vast portfolio to be a premium one-stop shop for advertisers. We offer direct access to our content and our talent, along the innovative means of distribution across all our properties. We’re in search of someone who thrives as a leader and participant in a collaborative creative environment, has a unique voice that can surprise and subvert traditional expectations while fulfilling clients’ visions. Loves variety in projects – from streaming show-specific ad products to a streaming live-shoppable show to a major coordinated campaign to a Super Bowl commercial, every day is different. Enjoys entertainment, culture, and technology as much as our audiences do. See something that’s trending? Find how can we use it and our IP to offer big impact to our clients. Fosters a team environment that sees value in everyone and elevates the talents of writers, designers, strategists, and managers.

Responsibilities:

• Develop strategy and creative for multi-network, multi-platform partnership programs
• Oversee pitch materials to bring ideas to life both for internal stakeholders and external clients
• Proactively seek new and innovative solutions for creative partnership programs
• Lead creative brainstorm sessions
• Serve as managerial point on creative partnership programs, including client management, multi-network partnership management and production management
• Manage junior level executives to support creative development and management
• Must be able to work outside of normal business hours as job duties or assignments require, sometime with little or no advance notification
• Ability to travel as required

Desired Characteristics:

• An outside-the-box thinker who can connect the dots in non-traditional ways
• A deep understanding of television, digital and social platforms and strategies
• Highly organized with a strong attention to detail
• The ability to work in a fast-paced environment and oversee multiple large-scale projects simultaneously
• A team player with a collaborative and supportive mindset
• A passion for entertainment, culture and technology
• Creative design experience a plus

Qualifications:

• 7+ years experience at a media company, marketing agency, or similar with an emphasis on custom creative solutions development
• Experienced in account/project management and client management
• Strong writing, communications and presentation skills
• Able to effectively translate creative concepts into executable strategies and presentations
• A strong understanding of creative and production processes

Hybrid: This position has been designated as hybrid, generally contributing from the office a minimum of three days per week.

Salary range: $115,000 - $145,000 (SIC and long-term incentive eligible)

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