Manager, Brand Strategy | Toronto ON | Neyius Media

Neyius Media is looking for a dynamic Strategist to join its Brand Marketing team. Reporting to the Senior Director, Brand Strategy, this person will support the Brand Strategy team in the development of communications strategies that foster ideas, inspire creative thinking and lead to audience awareness, tune-in and fandom. The Brand Strategy team works cross-functionally across multiple disciplines and plays a critical role in establishing the foundation of all marketing campaigns across both networks, while also assisting with other high visibility brand priorities.

The ideal candidate will be passionate and knowledgeable about the entertainment landscape, be comfortable with analyzing consumer research, will be extremely detail-oriented and have great data visualization skills, have strong executive presence and will understand how to translate quantitative and qualitative data into insightful POVs, compelling brand stories and unique selling propositions.

Pay Rate:  $121,228

Responsibilities

• Leverage data, insights and analysis to help the team define and articulate the unique selling proposition, cultural context and marketing platform for scripted/non-scripted original programming.
• Work with the Brand Strategy team to understand the media, entertainment, cultural and competitive landscape, including macro & emerging trends, best practices and new technologies impacting our industry.
• Develop/maintain relationships with internal teams and third-party sources to assist in the development of marketing strategies.
• Take lead in authoring strategy at-a-glances and summaries of new series across both networks.
• Manage logistics for internal meetings and strategy presentations.

Qualifications/Requirements

Basic Qualifications

• 5+ years of brand marketing and/or communications experience working on leading-edge consumer and/or entertainment brands.
• Flawless visual storytelling and data visualization skills that leverage the latest tools (PowerPoint, Keynote, etc.) to powerfully bring ideas and insights to life.
• Ability to translate data from secondary data sources into actionable insights for a campaign
• A working knowledge of basic quantitative/qualitative research methodologies.
• Excellent structured thinking acumen, business writing, executive-level presentation and interpersonal skills.
• Extraordinary attention to detail.
• Strong work ethic, with a dedication to excellence.
• Confident, driven, self-starter, who is comfortable working autonomously.

Eligibility Requirements

• Interested candidate must submit a resume/CV through www.nbcunicareers.com to be considered

Desired Characteristics

• Strong communication skills, both oral and written
• Must be creative and analytical at the same time
• A collaborator, able to bring together cross-functional groups for a single purpose
• A strong team player, willing to jump in and out of multiple assignments as needed
• Fantastic project manager who stays organized, maintains a strong sense of ownership and accountability, and executes numerous projects simultaneously
• A culture vulture with boundless passion for consumer trends, behavioral economics, demographics, psychographics, television, music, movies, art, technology, new media, the current zeitgeist and all things pop culture

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