Manager, Strategy (Content & Emerging Media)

Omnicom Media US•New York, NY

11d•$50,000 - $95,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Omnicom Media (OM), the media services division of Omnicom Group Inc. (NYSE: OMC) – delivers transformational experiences for consumers, clients, and talent. Powered by the Omni marketing orchestration system, OM connects best-in-class capabilities that enable our full-service media agencies OMD, PHD, and Hearts & Science to deliver more relevant and actionable consumer experiences, more productive and proactive client experiences, and more collaborative and rewarding talent experiences for the more than 24,000 people serving the world’s leading brands in OM agencies around the globe. Comfluence, LLC is a subsidiary of Omnicom Group and has been inspired by confident marketers seeking business advantage in a world of personalized digital marketing, where CRM and addressable channels converge, and decisions must be made in real time to aggregate effective reach and deliver the right message at the right time. Designed to inform brand strategies with real-time insights, Comfluence is a data-driven marketing agency with expert media planning and buying capabilities, among other services that include shopper marketing, marketing innovation and content activation. In this role, you will be a critical part of day-to-day support across all team functions: administrative, strategic, creative, executional, production. The Manager, Strategy is responsible for working with the content team in the development and execution of brand stories, campaigns, and partnerships. In this position, you will collaborate across disciplines to translate business goals and brand ethos into bespoke brand stories. Encompassing partner proposal evaluations, concept development, project management, negotiation, creative, production, activation, and optimization across campaigns. With the support from the Senior Director, Content & Emerging Media, the Manager will act as the point-of-contact for program execution with partners (internally and externally); manage executional elements like development and adherence to timelines, project management, asset reviews, client feedback, approvals, and management, support stewarding of legal documents both internally and externally.

Requirements

Proactive, has acute attention to detail and is immersed in content and storytelling (audio, film, publications, TV, social, literature, live entertainment).
Takes pride in ownership of work. Works collaboratively with key stakeholders and keeps key parties proactively informed throughout the project.
Excellent project management skills and the spirit of a true team player.
Ability to effectively prioritize tasks and be resourceful, flexible, and quick to adapt in a fast-paced environment.
Actively engaged listener and presenter. Demonstrates attention during discussions. Comfortable asking clarifying questions when needed and is aware of non-verbal behavior/cues (i.e. body language) when listening and communicating.
Passion for and understanding of the colliding worlds of entertainment, culture, and innovation. A strong sense of curiosity for surfacing what’s next.

Responsibilities

Support brief and concept development, negotiation, legal, creative.
Assist with build-out and formatting of materials, overview decks, evaluations, campaign kick-off materials, et al.
Contribute to brainstorms and ideation sessions; support team in idea development and build-out of program opportunities. Proactively seek out creative partners and collaborations.
Critical Administrative Support: notetaking, scheduling and leading meetings, ability to distill conversations into clear next steps, maintain timelines, manage and update client-facing and internal status documents, and review contracts.
Industry/Landscape Education: Inform the team: Stay on top of current content, storytelling, and technology trends and how those may impact the client business or our team; share informal information/links with the team as well as deeper POVs.
Cross-Functional Collaboration: Relationship Development: Internal and across partners.