Director, Content and Creativity

Adelphi Group•Chicago, IL

1d•$90,000 - $215,000•Hybrid

About The Position

This role requires an understanding of how to establish brand connections through creative media, leveraging culture, new media real estate, and big thinking. The successful candidate will take a holistic view to drive smarter thinking that generates more interesting and richer territories for a brand to explore. This position involves creative collaboration with various teams, including Content, Client business leadership, Experience Strategy, and Investment, to inspire and inform culturally led content and experiences.

Requirements

Minimum 8 years’ experience in branded content, integrated partnerships, or strategic partnership development.
Ability to think differently: creative and adaptive, entrepreneurial, independently minded; deeply immersed in cultural understanding and driven by a desire to know more of the world / to better understand people’s motivations and behaviors in the shifting landscape.
Relentless pursuit of cultural zeitgeist and passion for all forms of entertainment.
Experience in concept development, production oversight, talent contracting/management, and foundational understanding of working with and managing media partners.
Exceptional project management skills, with ability to manage multiple work streams and multiple teams with strong quality control.
Ability to address challenges, work under pressure, follow-through and solve problems quickly in the face of challenges.
Ability to effectively and confidently communicate information in both verbal and written formats (Development of ideas, pitches, research and recaps, client presentations, etc.).
Experience implementing effective measurement models, synthesizing data to prove value and program success.
Can manage peer level clients with a successful track record in account management and client service.

Responsibilities

Define the vision for content experiences & entertainment initiatives on behalf of our clients; work with cross-functional teams to bring this vision to life.
Work hand-in-hand with the Experience Planning and Strategy teams to mine insights that will help establish deeper connections with consumers and that inform and inspire your big media thinking.
Actively build out opportunities that deliver on our clients’ marketing and media objectives with networks, digital publishers, and more.
Develop sound recommendations to clients, with provocative insights, big ideas, cultural proof points and compelling tactics.
Understand and implement approved measurement models to justify investment and quantify results from programs.
Develop close relationships with media strategy and investment teams to align our team’s content programs to broader strategic priorities.
Stay atop of content, storytelling and technology trends and how those impact the client business.
Support the Senior Director and Managing Executive Director with presentation materials, status updates, and ad hoc meetings to ensure successful communication with advertising and media clients and agency partners on a consistent basis.
Offer support to PHD Leadership on new business pitches and marketing collateral on an as-needed basis.
Serve as the day-to-day point of contact and content expert for clients, integrated agency teams, and partners to execute multiple programs across a calendar year, from strategy to ideation to creative development to execution.
Lead development and activation of multi-platform distribution plans for programs across digital, linear and social.
Develop and execute timelines, manage production schedules, adhere to deadlines, set up/organize internal/client meetings, and enforce ongoing team communication throughout program.
Ensure pre, during and post program measurement and optimization plans align to KPIs and are in place for each program.
Manage internal and external work streams and production process for assigned projects during the creative development phase; development phase will require help with producing written and visual materials such as brand briefs to share with partners, client recommendations, program overviews, and more.