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Form of workWhat matters to you? Do you want a job that lets you fight for those things?
Good jobs let you apply your skills. Great jobs feed your sense of purpose.
If you want to feed your sense of purpose, come join the sharp, passionate communicators at GMMB who spend every day using their skills to try to make a difference in the world. We get great candidates elected. We fight to keep kids from getting addicted to tobacco. We improve access to education and health care. We protect reproductive rights and promote efforts to combat climate change.
We’re a unique collection of political wonks, communication strategists, media experts, creative thinkers and multimedia producers who’ve made it our mission to fight for what matters. And we could use somebody like you to help us craft powerful messages and plot out smart tactics to reach the right audiences at the right time to make a difference.
What do you say? Ready to join the team at our DC homebase or in our Seattle or San Francisco offices?
GMMB has a hybrid work schedule with at least two days in office presence.
This position is based in Washington DC.
Salary range $95,000 - $110,000
You are… a Managing Supervisor who knows how to:
- Collaborate with an integrated communications team to understand client goals and develop relevant and effective advertising and communication strategies for communities of color, particularly for Black/African American and Hispanic/Latino/a/x audiences.
- Work with account teams and our internal paid media department to develop effective and targeted advertising plans for traditional, digital, and social media with an in-depth knowledge of the Black/African American and Hispanic/Latino/a/x markets.
- Write, develop, and review creative briefs, communications plans, messaging, press materials, advertising copy, blog posts, etc.
- Work with account teams and our internal creative department to develop creative content and advertising for issue and advocacy clients.
- Serve as client contact on accounts and lead client calls and discussions, building rapport and credibility with client(s) based on trust and expert counsel.
- Identify potential project challenges and quickly resolve problems for issue and advocacy clients, using project management expertise and communications/advertising knowledge.
- Develop and manage project budgets and timelines.
- Stay informed on client industries and issues.
- Mentor junior staff.
- Actively participate in new business efforts for the firm including developing new business opportunities, writing proposals, and delivering presentations.
- Channel your passion—we do good in the world and we’re looking for people who share that drive.
You have:
- Bachelor’s degree from four-year college or university required
- Proficient in Spanish and English written communications required
- 7-9 years of experience in client engagement/account management in a communications, advertising, or public relations agency
- Experience with paid media advertising campaigns
- Willingness to be a team player and desire to roll up your sleeves to problem solve in the issue advocacy space
- Exceptional writing skills; ability to synthesize complicated information and translate it into compelling and easy-to-understand messages
- Solid project management skills with the ability to work in a fast-paced environment on multiple projects
GMMB is an Equal Opportunity Employer and Prohibits Discrimination and Harassment of Any Kind: GMMB is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions at GMMB are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to race, age, sex, national origin, ethnicity, mental or physical disability, religion, color, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression or military status or other categories defined by applicable local, state and federal statutes in the locations where we operate. GMMB encourages applicants of all ages. GMMB will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics.
GMMB is committed to building a diverse, equitable and inclusive environment where we represent employees of all backgrounds. While providing this information is strictly voluntary, we encourage all applicants to provide demographic information to support our diversity goal. This information, as stated in our EEO statement, will not be used to make employment related decisions. This information will only be shared with qualified and limited personnel who build policies and programs that help make GMMB an inclusive firm.
If you have any questions about the information collected, how it is used and/or have suggestions please reach out to Talent and Culture (info@gmmb.com).
Commitment to Diversity in our Workforce
Diversity of talent, experience, and perspective is fundamental to our culture and critical to the success of GMMB and the work we do for our clients. We seek to continually attract and retain talent of diverse backgrounds to better inform our thinking, ideas and strategies so that we can achieve our mission—creating real and lasting change in the world. We ask that you contribute to our diversity efforts by:
- Seeking and embracing differing viewpoints
- We must actively build diverse teams, encourage others to share their perspectives, seek out diversity of input when making decisions, question traditional thinking, and promote continuous learning and development. - Consciously respecting one another
- Listen carefully to others, seek consensus, engage in constructive debate, challenge one another, and provide each other with feedback. - Displaying passion and commitment to achieving our mission
- Infuse our commitment to social responsibility into everything we do—from internal processes and decision making to external community outreach and engagement.
