Brand Communications Manager

dentsu•New York, NY

4d•$72,000 - $86,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Dentsu is seeking a highly organized, proactive, and creatively driven Brand Communications Manager to help bring the stories of its brands to life. The role supports communications strategy, campaign execution, social content, and media visibility for creative work across earned, owned, and social channels. It offers an opportunity to build stakeholder relationships, develop compelling content, and help take communications strategies from concept through execution. The position supports creative campaign launches and announcements, develops messaging and campaign narratives, and contributes to social media strategy and content for Dentsu Creative US and 360i on LinkedIn and Instagram. It also supports newsletters, nurture campaigns, lead-generation efforts, media monitoring and reporting, executive visibility, awards, speaking opportunities, and events. This is a hybrid position based in New York. Employees who live within commuting distance of a headquarters or hub office may be required to work onsite two to three days per week, including one Team Day. Employees designated as remote may still need to attend an office from time to time. The annual salary range is $72,000–$86,000, with placement determined by relevant experience, knowledge, skills, and other factors permitted by law.

Requirements

At least 3 years of experience in communications, public relations, marketing, social media, or a related field.
Exceptional organizational skills and comfort managing multiple projects and timelines.
Ability to balance proactive work with reactive demands and move quickly when needed.
Ambition and self-motivation, with a desire to grow, learn, and help shape a brand voice.
Strong writing and content development skills, including adapting messaging across earned, owned, and social channels.
Experience in public relations, including PR writing and analytics tools.
Experience developing LinkedIn and Instagram content, including social copy and creative assets.
PR writing experience, including press releases, pitch notes, blogs, and other external content.

Responsibilities

Support planning, coordination, and execution of creative campaign launches, including integrated communications plans.
Write clear, compelling campaign messaging for internal and external use.
Help develop campaign narratives and contribute to creative asset curation, documentation, and tracking.
Maintain announcement calendars, press trackers, and speaking trackers.
Support organic social strategy and execution across LinkedIn and Instagram for Dentsu Creative US and 360i.
Develop social content from idea through execution, including copy, asset creation, and coordination with creative and marketing teams.
Manage an organic social content calendar covering ongoing storytelling, agency news, creative work, announcements, and thought leadership.
Coordinate with internal teams and stakeholders to maintain visual and verbal consistency across platforms.
Monitor social platform and industry trends and recommend ways to improve organic engagement and reach.
Support external newsletters through content planning, copy development, stakeholder coordination, and deployment.
Collaborate with DC Growth stakeholders on nurture campaigns, lead-generation content, and some paid social campaigns.
Identify opportunities to extend agency news, thought leadership, creative work, and other communications content across owned and growth channels.
Monitor media coverage and contribute to daily news reporting for stakeholders.
Flag key media mentions, track trends, and maintain organized internal press trackers.
Support quarterly and campaign-specific communications reporting.
Update media contact lists and proactively track reporter moves.
Research speaking opportunities and assist with submissions for conferences, awards, and panels.
Support development of a speakers’ bureau featuring agency executives and creative leaders.
Help compile People Awards submissions for key executives.
Assist with internal and external events to help drive the agency’s industry presence.