Manager, Communications Design

Business Overview

We are IPG Mediabrands, a client-first, consulting-led, community-driven group of media and marketing specialists around the world on a mission to ensure our clients win in the marketplace. Through our portfolio of brands, and culture of collaboration, we offer the media and marketing capabilities it takes to invest smarter and grow our client's businesses now and in the future. Through our diverse community of people and leaders, we offer teams of experts who thrive in a culture of excellence and equity. Through our commitment to brand values and media responsibility, we offer leadership to help our clients always act in the best interests of the communities they serve.

Position Overview

As Manager, Communications Design, you'll be an integral part of creating smart, data-backed media plans that connect the dots between brand strategy, audience insights and patient activation. Reporting into the Director, Communications Design, you'll take strategic brand blueprints and turn them into action-using audience research, performance data, brand insights and agency leading planning tools, to identify the right channels and tactics that bring our communications ideas to life.

This is a highly collaborative role. You will partner closely with internal craft, strategy and analytics teams on the planning, execution and measurement of media plans, while acting as a main day-to-day client liaison with the Comms Design Director and CAM lead. As a people leader, you'll mentor junior team members-helping grow their skills and confidence in media planning fundamentals, building content and presenting to clients.

Responsibilities

• Strategic Planning & Execution
  
  
  
  • Translate brand objectives and audience strategies into integrated, cross-channel media plans
  • Partner closely with craft leads (investment, strategy, analytics, etc.) to ensure alignment and continuity across workstreams
  • Work in partnership with the Director (and craft leads as applicable) on the development of client-facing recommendations, and presentations
  • Oversee creation and maintenance of media plan flowcharts
  
  
  
  
• Team & Project Leadership
  
  
  
  • Manage and mentor junior team members (Comms Designer & Associate Comms Designer), ensuring accurate and timely delivery of day-to-day and routine requests
  • Partner with strategy leads to brief internal craft teams / SBUs for ad-hoc client requests and presentations or annual planning cycle
  • Lead internal meetings and weekly client status; speak to tactical plan elements and updates, capture key takeaways, and ensure actionable next steps
  • Build a strong, teamwork-oriented working relationship with counterparts across craft teams
  
  
  
  
• Client Partnership & Communication
  
  
  
  • Serve as a day-to-day client contact, clearly articulating plan updates, rationale for optimizations, and progress toward KPIs
  • Lead monthly budget issuance (ATBs) and billing; partner with the team to review billing, reconcile discrepancies, communicate plan changes, and update flowcharts for client review and approval.
  
  
  
  
• Analysis & Reporting
  
  
  
  • Support Analytics and Craft teams in reviewing monthly/quarterly/ad-hoc reporting, and providing feedback before external presentations
  • Lead monthly competitive reporting with junior team members inclusive of pulling reports from competitive tools, data manipulation and visualization and analysis
  
  
  
  

Required Skills and Experience

• Experience in an integrated planning role in media, publisher / vendor, or communications discipline
• Proven experience owning cross-channel media planning across traditional and digital mediums (TV, CTV, Video, Digital, Audio, Social, Search and POC)
• Strong communication skills-both verbal and written, with the ability to manage both up to leadership, and down to junior team members
• Highly organized with excellent attention to detail and follow through
• Ability to delegate, develop and oversee direct reports
• Required PC proficiency and solid working knowledge of Microsoft Office (MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.)

Desired Skills and Experience

• 3-4+ years relevant experience with 1+ years of experience in managing or developing staff and providing both written and verbal feedback
• Comfortable working in a matrixed organization with multiple stakeholders
• Experience in healthcare or pharmaceutical media planning is a plus
• Familiarity with media tools such as Mediatools/Guideline, Interact/OESP, Pathmatics/SensorTower, MediaRadar/Vivvix, and Improv.
• Strong time-management and organizational skills
• "Figure-it-out" self-starter with proven problem-solving ability

At IPG Mediabrands, we are unified behind a commitment to fostering a culture of inclusion and belonging. Together, we shine through a set of shared values and behaviors. We take pride in our responsibility to our clients, communities, and to each other. We embrace differences and recognize the unique value that each of us brings to our community.

We encourage you to apply, as unique backgrounds, perspectives, and lived experiences are welcomed.

We See You at IPG Mediabrands.

We offer a Total Rewards package that includes medical and dental coverage, 401(k) plans, flex spending, life insurance, disability, employee discount program, employee stock purchase program and paid family benefits to support you and your family. To give you the ability to better meet your personal needs, and in support of your physical and emotional well-being, you will receive discretionary time off days and company-wide Appreciation Weeks and Wellness Days.

We also offer a competitive Total Compensation package, including a competitive salary and eligibility for an annual discretionary incentive award or a relevant incentive award.

The salary range for this position is posted below. Where an employee or prospective employee is paid within this range will depend on, among other factors, actual ranges for current/former employees in the subject position, market considerations, budgetary considerations, tenure and standing with the Company (applicable to current employees), as well as the employee's/applicant's skill set, level of experience, and qualifications.

It is the policy of Mediabrands, division of the Interpublic group, to provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, ethnicity, gender, age, religion, creed, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, citizenship, genetic information, veteran status, disability, or any other basis prohibited by applicable federal, state, or local law.

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

The employer will make reasonable accommodations in compliance with the American with Disabilities Act of 1990. The job description will be reviewed periodically as duties and responsibilities change with business necessity. Essential and other job functions are subject to modification. Reasonable accommodations may be provided to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

For applicants to jobs in the United States: In compliance with the current Americans with Disabilities Act and state and local laws, if you have a disability and would like to request an accommodation to apply for a position with Mediabrands, please email accommodation@mbww.com.

About IPG Mediabrands

IPG Mediabrands is the media and marketing solutions division of Interpublic Group (NYSE: IPG). IPG Mediabrands manages over $47 billion in marketing investment globally on behalf of its clients across its full-service agency networks UM, Initiative and Mediahub and through its award-winning specialty business units Healix, Kinesso, MAGNA, Mediabrands Content Studio, Orion Holdings, Rapport, and the IPG Media Lab. IPG Mediabrands clients include many of the world's most recognizable and iconic brands from a broad portfolio of industry sectors including automotive, personal finance, consumer product goods (CPG), pharma, health and wellness, entertainment, financial services, energy, toys and gaming, direct to consumer and e-commerce, retail, hospitality, food and beverage, fashion and beauty. The company employs more than 18,000 diverse marketing communication professionals in more than 130 countries. Learn more at www.ipgmediabrands.com.