Senior Manager of Creative Strategy

When you join Verizon

You want more out of a career. A place to share your ideas freely — even if they’re daring or different. Where the true you can learn, grow, and thrive. At Verizon, we power and empower how people live, work and play by connecting them to what brings them joy. We do what we love — driving innovation, creativity, and impact in the world. Our V Team is a community of people who anticipate, lead, and believe that listening is where learning begins. In crisis and in celebration, we come together — lifting our communities and building trust in how we show up, everywhere & always. Want in? Join the #VTeamLife.

What you’ll be doing…

We are looking for a Creative Strategy, Sr Manager to join our Creative Strategy team within Verizon's CMO organization. In this role, you will be responsible for the development and execution of our home internet creative campaigns and leading all creative development for our home internet line of business. Your work will involve collaborating with internal cross-functional teams to understand business and strategic objectives to develop a clear creative POV and effectively manage the creative process and output. You will also be working very closely with, and managing, external agency partners.

Responsibilities include:

• Owning the creative development and execution for creative for the consumer home internet  line of business and other marketing priorities.

• Managing the day-to-day with our external creative advertising agency and ensuring all work is delivered on time and on budget.

• Delivering clear direction and guidance to creative implementation teams.

• Reviewing all creative assets and providing feedback and/or strategic recommendations to make the creative work harder, all while ensuring consistency with brand standards and best practices.

• Working closely with media teams, both internal and external, including digital asset trafficking.

• Researching category, competitors, target audience and cultural trends to support creative strategy and inform execution.

• Tracking timelines and budgets, and being able to pivot and adjust as needed.

• Preparing and presenting materials to share with key stakeholders to provide insight into our activities.

What we’re looking for...

You’ll need to have:

• Bachelor’s degree or four or more years of work experience.

• Six or more years of relevant experience required, demonstrated through one or a combination of work and/or military experience, or specialized training.

• Experience either agency or client-side (ideally Account Management, Strategy or Project Management).

• Experience working in creative environments and managing multiple stakeholders and projects.

• The agility and wherewithal to balance multiple priorities to meet deadlines in a dynamic environment.

Even better if you have one or more of the following:

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to help drive great creative work that moves the market and the industry forward.

• Are a self-motivated, creative problem solver with attention to detail and experienced in campaign orchestration.

• Experience with the coordination and communication among cross-functional internal teams, and agency partners. 

• An eye for good creative work and the ability to clearly articulate your POV and guidance to make the work stronger.

• Excellent project management skills in a fast-paced environment, with the ability to manage multiple priorities.

• An understanding of the creative development across channels - TV, online video, radio, digital.

If Verizon and this role sound like a fit for you, we encourage you to apply even if you don’t meet every “even better” qualification listed above.

In this hybrid role, you'll have a defined work location that includes working from home and a minimum of three days per week in the office, which will be set by your manager. Employees are responsible for maintaining compliance with hybrid work policies.

Scheduled Weekly Hours40

Equal Employment Opportunity 

Verizon is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to veteran status, disability or other legally protected characteristics.

Benefits and Compensation

Our benefits are designed to help you move forward in your career, and in areas of your life outside of Verizon. From health and wellness benefit options including: medical, dental, vision, short and long term disability, basic life insurance, supplemental life insurance, AD&D insurance, identity theft protection, pet insurance and group home & auto insurance. We also offer a matched 401(k) savings plan, up to 8 company paid holidays per year and up to 6 personal days per year, paid parental leave, adoption assistance and tuition assistance, plus other incentives, we’ve got you covered with our award-winning total rewards package. Depending on the role, employees have the opportunity to receive compensation in the form of premium pay such as overtime, shift differential, holiday pay, allowances, etc. Newly hired employees receive up to 15 days of vacation per year, which grows with additional service. For part-timers, your coverage will vary as you may be eligible for some of these benefits depending on your individual circumstances.

The salary will vary depending on your location and confirmed job-related skills and experience. This is an incentive based position with the potential to earn more. For part-time roles, your compensation will be adjusted to reflect your hours.

The annual salary range for the New York location(s) listed on this job requisition based on a full-time schedule is: $115,500.00 - $201,000.00.