About this Job
Heifer International is currently hiring for a fulltime Advertising Strategist position. You can learn more about this employer here as well as clicking the link below to learn more about this listing.
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Responsibilities
- The Advertising Strategist uses their knowledge and expertise in marketing, advertising and social media in addition to project management skills to develop and implement advertising campaign strategies and tactics to achieve the marketing goals of the organization
- As an integral part of the Marketing team, this person works collaboratively to increase brand awareness and acquire new and potential donors through digital advertising channels
- Strategic Paid Media Planning for Marketing Campaigns (35%)
- Coordinate and implement paid advertising plans to ensure media placements align with approved strategy and target audiences
- Research and implement new brand advertising strategies and tactic to find new areas of growth of new and potential donors
- Continuously evaluate and report on the performance of brand advertising campaigns in digital and traditional media (PSAs, TV, Radio, OTT, print, etc)
- Project Management of traditional and digital advertising campaigns (35%)
- Collaborate with cross-functional creative teams to implement paid advertising campaign strategies
- Manage internal and external agency resources to complete creative brand assets by the assigned deadline, including but not limited to assets for PSAs, TV, Radio, OTT (digital streaming services), print, etc
- Directly manage relationships with advertising media representatives to ensure contracts are completed, creative is delivered by assigned deadlines and media is live on scheduled delivery date
- Review advertisement copy and creative assets for accuracy and brand consistency
- Follow up on meetings with internal and external stakeholders to confirm alignment in campaign execution
- Develop presentations to communicate campaign strategies, tactics and results to the larger marketing team
- Research and recommend paid media opportunities for internal departments such as Community Marketing, Content Marketing, Public Relations, Events and others as needed
- Manage coordination, creative development and reporting for internal departments for paid media buys
- Reporting and tracking (20%)
- Monitor & audit budgets across advertising campaigns in traditional and digital advertising media, on a monthly basis
- Collaborate with the marketing campaign team(s) to help establish key performance indicators (KPIs) across paid media campaigns
- Manage data collection from internal teams and vendors to analyze and report performance for advertising initiatives
- Compile campaign data and actively update reports on each campaign status and performance by the assigned deadline
- Monitor the advertising accounting process of procurement order numbers, invoice numbers and work order numbers to accurately account for spend
- Maintain an archive and catalog of advertising campaigns and experiments with related data to provide stakeholders with examples of lessons learned for future campaigns
- Field calls from media sales representatives and respond in a timely manner
- Schedule team meetings and conference calls when needed to discuss strategy, objectives and results
- Participate in weekly team marketing meetings to assist with strategy building
- Process invoices from multiple media outlets and external agencies in a timely manner
- May perform other job duties as assigned
- Working at the computer for long periods of time
- Constant face-to-face, telephone and electronic communication with colleagues and vendors; occasional interactions with the general public
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Marketing or related field
- 3~5 years of relevant work experience
- Demonstrated ability to manage complex projects from start to finish and on time
- Excellent organization and communication skills with the ability to converse diplomatically and tactfully with a wide variety of people
- Excellent writing, editing and research skills
- Experience collaborating with external vendors and consultants
- Self-starter with the ability to multitask
- Passion for making an impact in the world through brand marketing/advertising
- Ability to balance work on several projects at a time
- Minimum: Entry level, meets minimum qualifications
- Needs guidance and training to perform key responsibilities of the job
- Maximum: Highly experienced and can perform at a higher level than expected