Brand Marketing and Campaign Manager

Our financial services client is looking for a Brand Marketing & Campaign Manager to work a 6-month assignment. Candidates must be able to work onsite in Chicago or Wilmington, DE on a hybrid basis (3 days/week onsite, 2 days WFH) (40 hrs/week).

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Brand Management

Maintain a deep understanding of brand purpose, strategy, and guidelines to facilitate effective brand stewardship and cohesion across all go-to-market efforts
Understand the business and marketing objectives, championing brand solutions to deliver on business goals
Partner closely with business teams to provide strategic and tactical brand, advertising and marketing communications support

Creative Development

Manage and support production and implementation of advertising and content tactics across integrated Paid and Owned channels spanning channels such as linear and online video, digital, mobile, social, print, audio, out of home, website, email and direct mail
Work closely with agency partners and cross-functional marketing teams including media, social, digital, PR, project management, creative and analytics to drive cohesive creative campaigns
Partner with market research team to uncover key consumer insights and test creative ideas
Manage paid media trafficking processes
Compliance/Control
Ensure legal/compliance/risk and control requirements are met for all campaigns with appropriate approvals obtained

QUALIFICATIONS:

5+ years of relevant marketing experience with demonstrated experience in brand strategy, marketing communications and/or advertising execution; preferably working in or directly with advertising agencies
Strong business and marketing acumen with an ability to link strategies to marketing campaigns from concept to execution and deliver results
Creative agency management experience; ability to work with and manage agency partners through quick turnarounds and timelines; clearly synthesize and deliver actionable feedback
Expertise in video, digital, social creative and stills production and channel best practices
Project management and creative/media trafficking experience; ability to juggle multiple workstreams, manage across teams to keep deliverables on track, and keep key stakeholders informed
Solutions-oriented self-starter with an eye to the future; drive to solve problems independently, ability to anticipate roadblocks, think beyond immediate next steps to understand evolving project dynamics
Trusted collaborator with demonstrated talent in influencing a diverse group of stakeholders; strong team interpersonal skills
Strong written and oral communications skills, comfortable presenting to key mid/senior-level stakeholders
Highly organized, able to execute and prioritize brilliantly in a fast paced, deadline driven environment
Small business and/or financial services industry experience is a plus