About the Role
As Director, Communications Design, you will design the blueprint for cultural ideas to spread through communications planning excellence, integration, and growth performance. You will translate communication strategy into actionable idea platforms that drive behavioral change across all connection points, creating innovative connections that grow brands.
Responsibilities
- Oversee client education program around communications design relevant marketplace trends.
- Present the communications design idea and recommendation to the client in collaboration with Client Leadership, Strategy and Partnerships.
- Oversee the day-to-day requirements and workflow of the client as it relates to Communications Design outputs, in consultation with Client Leads.
- In charge of the communications design brief deployment and relevant stakeholder engagement (Specialty Business Units, partnerships, partner agencies, media).
- Lead ideation sessions and curate outcomes.
- Develop the communications idea all connections will help unlock.
- Effectively design communications architecture and ecosystem delivery across Owned, Earned, Shared, Paid (OESP) for your clients.
- Ensure communications plans move far beyond paid, and are unified by a clear idea and communications behavior.
- Integrate Specialty Business Units activities within every relevant brief, in line with business goals.
- Implement communications design deliverables as part of client business development & growth strategy.
Requirements
- Experience in an integrated planning role in media, publisher/vendor, or communications discipline (digital, content).
- Ability to delegate and oversee direct reports.
- Proven ability to develop and maintain strong professional relationships with senior clients, colleagues, and vendors.
- Strong time management and organizational skills.
- Experience/involvement in new business planning and strong presentation skills.
- Required PC proficiency and solid working knowledge of Microsoft Office (MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint etc.).
- 8+ years relevant experience with 4+ years of experience managing or developing staff.
- Proven problem-solving ability.
- Ability to work successfully within a team, handling multiple projects and meeting tight deadlines under pressure.
- Prior experience working on a pharmaceutical account.
Skills
- Communications planning
- Integration
- Growth performance
- Media planning
- Digital
- Content
- Microsoft Office (MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
Location
- Remote
- Hybrid
- Onsite
Work Type
- Full-time
- Hybrid
Experience Level
- Director
- 8+ years relevant experience
- 4+ years of experience managing or developing staff
Salary/Compensations
- 130,000.00 - 150,000.00
About the Company
- We believe in the power of media to reshape our industry and orchestrate a brand’s entire consumer experience, by balancing both what unites people and what makes them different.
- Initiative builds Fame & Flow for brands like Nike, Amazon, Merck, and T-Mobile.
- Media responsibility is at the forefront of everything we do, whether it’s creating media plans that reflect the diversity of our communities, promote brand safety, and foster sustainability.
- Our agency celebrates diversity in an inclusive environment where all of our 6,000+ strong talent across 90+ markets feel seen, heard, and valued.
- Our vision is to create not only a better media company, but also a better media industry, and maybe even a better world.
- We make a promise to our people that we double down on seeing, celebrating & elevating all the things that make you, uniquely you.
- And just as we do for our brands and clients, we connect our people to the journeys that matter in building a meaningful career.
- There are four I’s in Initiative and these represent our core values and behaviors: INDIVIDUALITY, INSTINCT, IMPACT!, IMAGINATION.
Equal Opportunity
- It is the policy of Omnicom and any of its affiliates to provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, religion, color, ethnic origin, gender, gender identity, age, marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation, disability, or any other basis prohibited by applicable federal, state, or local law. EOE/AA/M/D/V/F.
