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SalaryCurrent Global is an award-winning global communications agency that puts humanity at the heart of everything we do, from our internal culture to the way we help clients understand that people want to connect with companies and brands as real and human as they are.
A member of the Interpublic Group of Companies (NYSE: IPG) and The Weber Shandwick Collective, our footprint spans Asia, Europe, MENAT, North and South America with strength and depth across corporate, consumer, health, and technology communications. Our dynamic team of public relations, marketing, and integrated media experts works with some of the world’s most iconic companies and brands to develop highly strategic and creative campaigns, collaborating across four talent communities: Client Experience, Insights, Creative, and Integrated Media.
The best ideas come from a diverse mix of minds, backgrounds, and experiences, which is why we believe that diversity, equity, and inclusion are mission critical to building strong teams, cultivating great leaders, and creating an agency where everyone can do their best work. At Current Global, difference is valued, equality is a mandate, and inclusiveness is a reflex, not an initiative. A Fast Company World Changing Idea, Accessible by Design is our commitment that all communication we create will meet the highest accessibility standards to reach people with sight, hearing, and cognitive disabilities.
POSITION PROFILE.
- Be a trusted counselor and thought leader for clients.
- Own responsibilities for leadership of multiple clients and client programs, budgets, and teams.
- Build, cultivate and maintain impactful and trusting relationships with clients, internal stakeholders, brands, and potential partners, growing organic revenue as a result.
- Lead the development of brand communications programs for key accounts, facilitating cross-functional integration and collaboration with strategy, creative, and integrated media teams to ensure ideas are earned at the core, data-driven, break-through, and culturally relevant.
- Create and execute sports activation and partnerships strategies and translate such strategies into tactical plans; ensure deliverables align with strategies and measurable goals.
- Proactively assess and determine the strategic value of client participation in high-impact sports events, partnerships, and key cultural moments.
- Proactively support and suggest improvements and new ideas to exceed client expectations by leveraging industry knowledge and experience.
- Be an early adopter of new media trends, platforms, and practices, democratizing learnings and helping to raise the acumen of our organization and clients.
- Understand what’s happening in culture (sports and pop culture) and what’s top of mind among varied audiences, including Gen-Z and millennials, to identify and shape client opportunities.
- Actively participate in agency business development and lead select new business
- Demonstrate financial acumen in the areas of budgeting, billing, and staffing.
- Manage ongoing team resourcing/staffing to ensure successful delivery of work product.
- Contribute to the career growth of junior team members, serving as manager, mentor, and role model.
QUALIFICATIONS.
- 12+ years of relevant sports and brand marketing experience, ideally within the consumer-packaged goods, food and beverage, consumer health and wellness, and over-the-counter healthcare categories.
- Have an extensive network of professional contacts and relationships in the sports industry.
- Experience leveraging industry relationships to foster strategic partnerships and collaborations with key brands and stakeholders.
- Proven track record in ideating, activating, and executing successful sports partnerships and events.
- Experienced integrated marketer working across teams and disciplines – strategy, planning, analytics, creative, content development, earned media, influencer marketing, organic social, and paid media – in a communications agency environment.
- Understands how to blend earned, influencer, owned, and paid strategies to accelerate ideas across our connected media world.
- Depth in stakeholder mapping and building programs to reach them in engaging ways.
- Significant experience providing thought leadership and counsel to senior management.
- Experience building and leading high-performing teams; mentoring team members.
- Strong project management skills and attention to detail; ability to multi-task in a deadline-oriented environment.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
Current Global recognizes that your health and wellbeing are a priority. We offer a full suite of benefits including medical; dental; vision; 401k (with employer match); tuition reimbursement; $60 monthly reimbursement to be used towards nourishing your health; flexible time off policy; flexible holiday schedules; short-term disability; paid employee family leave; family building benefit; and more.
NYC Salary Range: $160,000-$225,000
Where an employee or prospective employee is paid within this range will depend on, among other factors, actual ranges for current/former employees in the subject position; market considerations; budgetary considerations; tenure and standing with the company (applicable to current employees); as well as the employee’s/applicant’s background, pertinent experience, and qualifications.
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Current Global is proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. We recruit qualified applications without regard to age, race, color, religion, ethnic or national origin, protected veteran status, physical or mental disability, gender or gender identity, sexual orientation, marital status, or citizenship status.
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