Brand and Content Marketing Manager

Job Description

The Job
The Manager, Brand and Content Marketing is a dynamic thought-leader energized by ambitious, creative ideas and storytelling. In this role, you’ll drive the development and execution of high-profile innovative and culturally relevant brand and content marketing campaigns that align with both show-specific and brand-level objectives to drive awareness, consideration, and business goals. This Manager role will oversee Brand and Content Marketing, elaborating market-specific strategies. We are seeking an experienced professional, inspiring, and creative leader who can bring sharp, sophisticated thinking to the team while elevating executional excellence both internally (strategies, presentations, cross-functional collaboration) and externally (campaigns, creative assets).
The Daily

• Lead cross-platform, cohesive brand and content marketing campaigns across original and acquired programming that tie into the overarching European strategy.
• Build show and brand awareness and drive subscriptions and consumption, overseeing budget allocation and media buying activities that drive the awareness KPI.
• Develop the creative and go to market strategy for original productions, working closely with production teams, show creators and internal stakeholders.
• Ideate and lead impactful Brand and Content activations and stunts in collaboration with PR, Social Trade marketing teams to generate show and brand awareness and effectively impact business goals.
• Proactively manage timelines to ensure on-time deliverables, identify potential roadblocks and adjust to mitigate risks and ensure campaigns run smoothly.
• Oversee deliverables and communicate effectively with internal and external partners
• Cross-functional collaboration with other key teams: Creative Services, Acquisition Marketing, Trade Marketing, Social Media, CRM, PR, Original Productions, Legal, Editorial & Programming to ensure creative and messaging is cohesive and consistent, as well as communicating relevant information each department must know
• Cross-functional collaboration with other European regional leads and Creative Services to launch and localize pan-European brand and show-specific campaigns.
• Proactively manage and track marketing budgets to ensure the most effective spend across campaigns.
• Manage up to ensure Executives are kept informed.

The Essentials

• Solid experience in brand and content marketing in the entertainment industry; with management experience leading teams in developing and executing marketing campaigns.
• A creative and strategic thinker: strong experience leading memorable marketing campaigns: from strategy to implementation.
• Must have a working knowledge of media planning, research, and OTT services.
• Strong strategic and creative skills, organization and communication skills are crucial.
• Must have an ability to multitask and manage multiple priorities.
• Must be a team player with a collaborative approach to the business by influencing and communicating brilliantly across cross-functional and matrixed organizations at all levels.
• A genuine, enthusiastic, and passionate fan of HBO with excitement for our content and product.
• Fluency in written and spoken English.

The Nice to Haves

• Experience within an entertainment company with an emphasis on premium/streaming or a movie studio.
• Specific experience launching entertainment series either from the programmer side or the agency side.
• Experience supporting a direct-to-consumer service desired.

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