Job Description

Description & Requirements

Position Summary

As Group Director, Communications Design you are at the forefront of bringing the next generation of planning to life. As the Design leader of your client group, you are responsible for ensuring the adoption and adherence of communications design principles across your client base, ensuring your team consistently delivers best in class idea led, culturally empowered communications ecosystems that drive effectiveness.

Job Responsibilities

Client

Act as lead design counsel for clients at key periods (eg. annual planning) or across key projects (eg. New launches)
Responsible for communications design product excellence across major planning initiatives across designated client base

Internal

Responsible for team’s adoption of best in class communications design approaches and innovation, and adherence to planning process
Oversee collaboration with external partners (creative agency), and internal strategy and partnerships teams through the planning process to ensure creative excellence, strategic fit and commercial feasibility of the Connections Design approach
Oversight of connections architecture development, analytics strategy and ecosystem delivery across owned, earned, shared & paid (OESP)
Responsible for best in class quality and consistency of every output from the communications design client team they oversee, in line with the communications design discipline vision
Responsible for ensuring team is effectively resourced, and talent has the right training and support to operate at the required level

Commercial

Responsible for ensuring profitable integration of Specialty Business Unit (SBU) leadership within design team
Oversee opportunities to grow scope to appropriate communications design staffing levels and up-leveled talent on client assignments

New Business

Manage the product outcomes for new business efforts across pitches for Communications Design resource, including casting talent, running brainstorms, integrating with partnerships & SBU’s

Desired Skills & Experience

10+ years in integrated planning role in media, publisher / vendor, or communications discipline (digital, content)
5+ Experience leading, managing and motivating a team
Category or audience experience as relevant per assignment
Ability to lead strategic thinking for integrated marketing communication plans encompassing traditional and non-traditional media strategies
Ability to ensure consistency and best practices across all projects; strong project management skills
Strong organizational, analytical and leadership skills
Proven ability to develop and maintain high level professional relationships with senior clients, colleagues and vendors
Ability to assess client needs for utilization and development of planning and research tools and resources
Excellent communication skills both written and verbal
Strong experience/involvement in new business planning and presentations skills

Valid through: 4/14/2021