Senior Brand Manager (client Services)

ABOUT THE SPRINGHILL COMPANY: Founded by LeBron James and Maverick Carter in 2015, the mission of The SpringHill Company is to empower greatness in every individual – from creators to consumers. We aim to inspire and ignite cultural movements and social progress by amplifying the voices of the unheard through the creation of original brands, co-branded partnerships, multimedia entertainment properties, and products. We create every form of content- scripted and unscripted film and television, social media, experiential and audio. We are developing original consumer products and we partner with large brands on their consumer strategies.

ABOUT THE ROBOT COMPANY:  Robot is a brand consultancy within The SpringHill Company that helps brands find their place and voice in culture. At its core, Robot is programmed to support our partners through advertising and marketing that spans campaigns, strategy, content, social, and physical and virtual experiences. The Robot Company is based in New York City. 

ROLE OVERVIEW: The SpringHill Company is seeking a highly motivated and multi-faceted Senior Brand Manager to join our client team.  As a Senior Brand Manager, you have demonstrated experience building and fostering strong brand partner relationships, across a variety of stakeholders, while successfully leading and guiding internal teams and partners towards success. You use your business savvy and connection to sports and culture (gaming, music, fashion, art, entertainment, etc,) to marry brand, business, and community insights to influence the development of cultural marketing strategies, big ideas, and 360 creative solutions that generate profound impact.

While client services are core to your responsibilities, you are the gatekeeper of our client’s business which enables you to drive existing, new, and emerging opportunities, alongside the full Robot team, while ensuring Robot is always over-delivering for our partners. 

REPORTS TO: Brand Director

Responsibilities

• DRIVE the executional vision and roadmap for all projects you lead to ensure internal teams work seamlessly and efficiently towards all milestones and deliverables.
• BUILD rapport and trusted relationships with Brand Partners including day-to-day brand leaders and internal senior management.
• DISCOVER opportunities stemming from cultural, social, and digital trends that can inspire richer opportunities and moments that Robot’s Brand Partners can own.
• CHAMPION cultural insights and tap into the larger Robot team to apply those insights to drive storytelling around key strategies and activations to the best creative output solutions.
• PARTNER with Strategy, Creative, and Talent leads to develop cultural strategies and creative outputs grounded in Brand Partner goals and objectives, while marrying Robot’s expertise in sports, entertainment, and cultural marketing.
• DELIVER key milestones and benchmarks for team members to make sure brand partner expectations are managed.
• SUPPORT junior staff to ensure deliverable timelines and outstanding work quality are being met.
• MAINTAIN consultancy accountability by delivering program recaps, reporting, and insights that help improve upon and expand future opportunities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Advertising, Communications, or Business
• 7+ years’ marketing experience, which includes advertising or marketing agency experience
• Experience in developing brand strategy and creative ideas connected to the overall strategy
• Ability to strategically structure a project to get to the highest level of work
• Proven ability to manage multiple projects from inception through to execution while adhering to strict deadlines
• Innate curiosity for the world around you with an ear to the ground on all things sports, culture, social and digital media
• Experience managing a wide range of productions, activations and budgets
• Excellent writing, rigorous attention to detail, and solid presentation skills
• Self-starter that knows how to thrive in a fast-paced environment
• Proficient in Word, Google Suite, and Keynote