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Amazon MGM Studios is hiring for a dedicated and dynamic 360° Sr Creative Advertising Manager to contribute to innovative and impactful creative advertising and marketing campaigns that increase the viewership of our original series and films. The ideal candidate should have a knack for crafting engaging and high-quality entertainment campaigns that resonate with audiences across various channels. This role is well-suited for someone with prior experience in the entertainment or agency sector, possessing skills in AV, print, social, and experiential marketing.
Key job responsibilities
Creative Thinking - Independently ideate and develop innovative long-lead creative advertising campaigns that tell stories, connect with customers, and drive viewership of our highest priority original series and movies. - Have a strong POV and creative vision along with a clear, concise ability to provide direction to internal and external partners. - Craft high-level creative briefs and presentation decks. - Prepare photo shoot brief, sketches and comps that communicate concepts and campaign direction. - Solve for cross-functional business, customer, and stakeholder requirements while building creative that is breakthrough. - Think globally and across platforms, mastering the idiosyncrasies of each and create tailored content across channels that help drive marketing objectives. - Strive to create first-to-market ideas that raise the bar. Creative Execution - Lead the execution of key campaign creative assets within budget and on-time. - Elevate the creative output of internal resources as well agency partners to ensure that all marketing assets meet high standards of creativity, innovation and brand association. - Manage highly visible and complex projects that have wide impact across the business and that span multiple territories, teams, and platforms. - Effectively direct and manage the development of all creative assets for creative campaigns including but not limited to: trailers, TV spots, key art, OOH, digital, social, merchandising and experiential. - Forecast resourcing needs and work with key stakeholders to drive a schedule for projects while prioritizing and using resources effectively. - Manage blockers or obstacles in the creative process with confidence and clear communication. - Facilitate meetings with all levels of management both internal and external. - Collaborate with team to allocate, manage and track budgets for creative asset development.
A day in the life
Your days will be filled with brainstorms, status meetings, feedback sessions, email comms and lots of creative development. You will be working with cross-departmental partners and be collaborating with agencies and the in-house teams to create 360 marketing campaigns. Every day is Day One so you'll never be bored or not busy. You'll be working on 8-10 projects simultaneously in all stages of production and campaign lifecycle.
About the team
You will be part of an award-winning creative team who works on marketing materials for Prime Original films and series as well as the Prime Video brand. You will report into a senior creative professional and liaise with cross-departmental partners in strategy, social, PR, production and synergy.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor's degree
- 8+ years of driving compelling creative strategy and execution at an agency or in-house creative team experience
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Experience developing cross-functional relationships with product, consumer research and marketing teams to develop strategy and consumer insights that drive compelling creative executions
- Experience leading creative development of innovative creative from concept to delivery
- Experience managing creative (internal team of designers, copywriters, external agencies and freelancers)
- Experience presenting creative concepts effectively to senior executives
- Experience managing multiple projects and meeting aggressive deadlines
Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.
Los Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees, supervisors, and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees, supervisors, and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal, state, and local laws and Company policies. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above, as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies, exercise sound judgment, effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others, exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism, and safeguard business operations and the Company's reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
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USA, CA, Culver City - 141,000.00 - 190,700.00 USD annually