Advertising Strategy Manager

Job Description

DAZN Media is the media division of live sports OTT service DAZN. As our new Advertising Strategy Manager, you serve as a trusted consultant with partners consistently bringing them creative, solution-oriented ideas and products to meet their business challenges as well as goals and objectives. You will be using your organisation and communication skills effectively but most of all - you will be passionate about sport and delivering the very best service to all stakeholders. As Advertising and Strategy Manager in Italy, you will work closely with all departments within the DAZN universe as well as with external partners to maximize advertising revenue. Your responsibilities will include the Go-to-Market Strategy and the implementation and execution of innovative new products & hero projects. You will lead DAZN's relationships with blue chip brands to create client-focused concepts and solutions. This role is based in Milan. Please note, our Talent Acquisition team and some Hiring teams are based in the UK so parts of the recruitment process will be in English. Please also upload your resume in English, thanks!

As our new Advertising Strategy Manager, you’ll have the opportunity to:

• Work very closely with the sales team and support to deliver sales and revenue targets.
• Create proactively concepts and ideas to engage brands and agencies around non-traditional projects.
• Lead the client services team in the delivery and reporting of DAZN campaigns.
• Work with all relevant DAZN functions (including content team, rights team, marketing team and operations team) to ensure successful delivery of DAZN campaign and non-traditional projects plan, and execute.
• Serve as a trusted consultant to the DAZN VP of advertising sales, helping him to define GTM strategy, annual business planning, agency relationship and commercial policy.
• Research and develop industry and market insights.
• Represent the Italian team within DAZN international community, building a strong knowledge of advertising products and solutions, including future innovation.

You’ll have:

• Experience within the media industry, ideally TV/OTT and a real passion for sport.
• Existing relationships with marketing stakeholders of the biggest advertisers.
• Track record to create and execute creative hero projects and branded content concepts.
• Project management and account management skills, always revenue & KPI driven.
• Excellent Power Point and Excel skills.
• Proficiency to work under tight deadlines to develop and execute deal elements.
• Proactive attitude and knows how to drive duties across the finish line.
• Capability to thrive in a team-oriented environment with a goal-oriented culture.
• Ability to communicate clearly and effectively, both in Italian and in English.

At DAZN, we bring ambition to life. We are innovators, game-changers and pioneers. So, if you want to push boundaries and make an impact, DAZN is the place to be. As part of our team,you'll have the opportunity to make your mark and the power to make change happen. We're doing things no-one has done before, giving fans and customers access to sport anytime, anywhere. We're using world-class technology to transform sports and revolutionise the industry and we're not going to stop. DAZN VALUES – THE ‘HOW’ IN WHAT WE DO: AMBITIOUS – people who want to make a big impact and drive DAZN forward. INVENTIVE – people with bright ideas who deliver great new experiences for our customers – and improvements for our business. People who come up with better, simpler ways of doing things. PASSIONATE – people who are proud of our product, our content and our business – and love to shout about it. People who love what they do and show commitment every day. BRAVE – people who take difficult decisions to help us focus on improving DAZN, our performance and our results. SUPPORTIVE – people who know that we achieve more as a team than as individuals. People value inclusion and look out for each other, helping their colleagues enjoy their work and develop their careers. People who consider others before making decisions. At DAZN, we are committed to fostering an inclusive environment that values equality and diversity, where everyone can contribute and have their voices heard. This means hiring and developing talent across all races, ethnicities, religions, age groups, sexual orientations, gender identities and abilities. Everyone has the opportunity to make change and impact our DEI journey by joining our ERGs: Proud@DAZN, Women@DAZN, Disability@DAZN and ParentZone. If you’d like to include a cover letter with your application, please feel free to. Please do not feel you need to apply with a photo or disclose any other information that is not related to your professional experience. Our aim is to make our hiring processes as accessible for everyone as possible, including providing adjustments for interviews where we can. We look forward to hearing from you. Apply for this job