Associate Director, Retail

Meredith Operations Corporation • New York, NY

290d • $105,000 - $115,000 • Remote

About The Position

Dotdash Meredith is seeking an Associate Director, Marketing to join our Lifestyle team, contributing to the brand and category strategy for our Retail vertical. As a key player in our Lifestyle Marketing vertical, you will collaborate closely with the Vertical Sales Team to develop and execute category strategies, manage the pre-sale process, and drive revenue growth with top-tier Retail advertising partners. This position reports to the Exec. Director, Marketing of Retail. This hybrid role, based in NYC, requires three days in the office each week and reports directly to the Exec. Director, Marketing. Hybrid 3x A Week In-office Expectations: This position offers remote work flexibility; however, if you reside within a commutable distance to our office in New York, the expectation is to work from the office three times per week.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree.
• 5 - 7 years relevant experience at a digital publisher, with a focus in pre-sales marketing; background in Retail Category a plus.
• Excellent creative writing and storytelling skills with an ability to execute visually impactful presentations (fluent in Keynote and Powerpoint).
• Excellent communicator, who remains poised under pressure and can tailor messages for different audiences.
• Understanding of the advertising landscape, products, and trends; understanding of digital, print and/or programmatic marketplace is required.
• Self-starter - provide proactive ideas, understand organizational goals, and move initiatives forward.
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Manage proactive and RFP responses, creating smart, strategic ideas for advertising partners in the category vertical.
• Assist sales as they meet with key clients by creating compelling materials that effectively showcase DDM, our brands, and relevant offerings that are applicable in the Retail marketplace.
• Develop strong relationships with the Sales Teams to become experts on their business; provide support on client calls, as needed.
• Bring ideas to life through well-written and visually-appealing proposals that represent our brands, capabilities, and ideas flawlessly.
• Partner closely with Sales, Editorial, Content Strategy, Research, Account Strategy, and Design to ensure proposals and presentation effectively communicate our unique value proposition.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, prescription drug coverage.
• Unlimited paid time off (PTO).
• Adoption or surrogate assistance.
• Donation matching.
• Tuition reimbursement.
• Basic life insurance.
• Basic accidental death & dismemberment.
• Supplemental life insurance.
• Supplemental accident insurance.
• Commuter benefits.
• Short term and long term disability.
• Health savings and flexible spending accounts.
• Family care benefits.
• Generous 401K savings plan with a company match program.
• 10-12 paid holidays annually.
• Generous paid parental leave (birthing and non-birthing parents).
• Voluntary benefits such as pet insurance, accident, critical and hospital indemnity health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree