Amazon

Program Activation Manager, Brand Partnership Studio

Amazon$90K — $130K *
Media
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 3+ years in digital advertising and client-facing roles
  • 5+ years in creative or production project management
  • 2+ years directly working with creators
  • Strong multitasking and prioritization skills
  • Experience with conflict resolution focusing on win-win outcomes
  • Proficiency in Salesforce, M365, and project management tools like Airtable
  • Detail-oriented with a strong appreciation for operational rigor

Responsibilities

  • Oversee project management from post-sale execution to quality control
  • Develop and manage project schedules and budgets for multiple campaigns
  • Provide production recommendations in client meetings
  • Collaborate with various teams for seamless execution
  • Lead livestream production and branded content creation
  • Identify efficiency opportunities and manage project risk
  • Monitor project profitability and financial reporting

Benefits

  • Opportunity to work in a dynamic and fast-paced environment
  • Collaboration with cross-functional teams
  • Exposure to creative project execution
  • Potential travel for live events and productions
  • Engagement with the Twitch creator ecosystem
Full Job Description
Reporting to the Program Activation Lead, US, the Program Activation Manager will be a key player contributing to the Brand Partnership Studio mission within the Santa Monica office. In this role, you'll oversee multiple creative projects simultaneously, build deep expertise in the Twitch creator ecosystem, and serve as a key point of contact for clients, creators, and vendors. You're a strategic problem solver who thrives in fast-paced environments and knows how to bring ideas to life across digital platforms.

Key job responsibilities

- Own end-to-end execution, project management, and quality control of custom solutions throughout post-sale lifecycle and ensure timelines, deliverables, budgets, and client expectations are met.

- Develop and manage detailed project schedules and budgets across multiple campaigns. Additionally, secure approvals, track action items, and coordinate closely with vendors, talent, sales, and production teams to ensure seamless live execution.

- Represent the Brand Partnership Studio in client meetings, providing production recommendations and proactively identifying risks, challenges, and solutions.

- Collaborate closely with other teams within the Brand Partnership Studio, including Creative Strategists, Producers, Influencer Relation Managers, and cross-functional teams such as Sales, Account Management, Operations, Finance, Legal, and Marketing.

- Lead remote and on set livestream production, live event brand integrations, and branded video content production, to ensure quality control and exceed client expectations (travel up to 10%).

- Identifies opportunities for efficiency, managing risk, and mitigation planning.

- Monitor project profitability, resource allocation, financial reporting, and billing.

A day in the life

As a Program Activation Manager, your primary focus day to day will be to cost/scope concepts in pre-sale and manage the execution of creative programs in post-sale. You will be responsible for tracking timelines, budgets, and approvals across internal teams and external vendors. Keeping teams informed on project health via internal meetings, Slack threads, and project documents. You'll also be responsible for processing POs and maintaining data hygiene across project systems.

Occasionally, you'll support the ideation and packaging of original programming, and build/revise SOPs.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

- 3+ years of digital advertising and client facing roles experience

- Experience analyzing data and best practices to assess performance drivers

- 5+ years in creative project management or production management, delivering work for external clients

- Highly self-motivated with strong multitasking and prioritization skills

- Proven ability to remain calm and effective in high pressure environments

- 2+ years of working directly with creators in a talent management, agency or platform role experience

- Exceptionally organized, detail-oriented, and able to self-manage in a fast-paced setting

- Strong conflict resolution skills with a focus on win-win outcomes

- Fluency in Salesforce, M365 or similar productivity tools, and Airtable or similar project management tools

- Strong appreciation for project timelines and operational rigor

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

- Experience in e-commerce or online advertising

- Broad knowledge of the Twitch community, gaming, and/or live streaming culture

- Experience in video production and/or live events

- A genuine passion for producing innovative branded content

- Knowledge of the Twitch platform and Twitch advertising experience

About Amazon

Audible is a provider of spoken audio information and entertainment , on the Internet. They provide premium spoken audio content, such as audio versions of books and newspapers and radio programs, that is delivered over the Internet and played back on personal computers and hand-held electronic devices. The Audible service allows consumers to purchase and download their content from their Website, store it in digital files and play it back on personal computers and electronic devices. More than 15,000 hours of audio content are available on their Web site, including audio versions of books, periodicals and radio programs. Several manufacturers have agreed to support and promote the playback of their content on their hand-held audio-enabled electronic devices.

Amazon Careers

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