Creative Strategist

iHeartMedia • Nashville, TN

16d • Onsite

About The Position

iHeartMedia is seeking a Creative Strategist to join our team! The Creative Strategy, Markets Group team is the primary client contact and subject matter expert for all pre-and-post sale digital creative and social programs. The work of this small but important team assists our salesforce by educating clients and guiding them toward more effective creative. They help the Design Hub work more efficiently by ensuring they receive correct briefs.

Requirements

• Must know social best practices and general interface/navigation knowledge for key platforms: Meta, Snapchat, TikTok, YouTube, Pinterest, Reddit, and LinkedIn
• Strong project management skills
• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills
• Comfortable concepting and pitching creative (internally and externally)
• Research, develop, and communicate strategic marketing plans for clients
• Able to think strategically and visualize creatively
• Natural leader; desire to mentor junior creatives
• Knowledge in Microsoft, Google, and Adobe products (Wrike is a bonus!)
• Strong video production and editing background preferred
• Respect for others and a strong belief that others should do this in return
• Ability to work within prescribed guidelines without needing close supervision
• Problem solving skills within established procedures
• Understanding of when to seek guidance for unforeseen problems
• Close attention to detail
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to act in a professional manner and collaborate with colleagues of different levels

Responsibilities

• Service 155 local markets and 1,200 sellers by delivering custom creative concepts across video, paid social, display, and audio
• Provide a strategic lens and POV to bring campaigns to life through industry-leading digital creative and social trends
• Lead/contribute to driving incremental revenue and client renewals with internal departments Client Success, Unified Markets, and Design Hub
• Maintains strong client relationships and retention
• Monitor and provide digital creative analysis, learnings, and strategy recommendations
• Gather necessary info from AEs to submit 10K+ custom creative requests (design and video) to Design Hub across iHDS/Markets Group
• Attend internal and external creative [or social strategy] calls to ideate strategy surrounding creative requests and platform-specific products
• Submit concept decks/briefs for client approval to expedite creative requests (including social platform mockups)
• Navigate social questions across all platforms; collaborate with end-to-end DSEs on social campaign plans and deployments (e.g. pre-sales cases)
• Create social calendars for signature accounts with multiple ads running (approved scenarios only)
• Ideate or trim copy for any digital asset requested through their markets

Benefits

• Employer sponsored medical, dental and vision with a variety of coverage options
• Company provided and supplemental life insurance
• Paid vacation and sick time
• Paid company holidays, including a floating holiday that enable our employees to celebrate the holiday of their choosing
• A Spirit day to encourage and allow our employees to more easily volunteer in their community
• A 401K plan
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) at no cost – services include telephonic counseling sessions, consultation on legal and financial matters, emotional well-being, family and caregiving
• A range of additional voluntary programs, such as spending accounts, student loan refinancing, accident insurance and more!

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees