Communications Manager / Carrier Sales
Top 3 Skill Sets – Marketing Communications, Go-to-Market Planning, Sales Enablement
Team Schedule: 4 days onsite/1 day work from home
The Communications Manager of Carrier Marketing reports to the Director of Marketing and is responsible for the management and administration of developing, coordinating and implementing marketing strategies for the Verizon account team. We’re looking for a best in class Manager, one with strong communications skills, a can-do attitude and a passion to learn and be a part of a high performance account marketing team. To be successful, you will have experience managing and developing marketing communication programs, preferably in the mobile telecommunication field. You will possess leadership skills to own and drive your responsibilities to successful completion with optimal results. You will be adaptive, a good listener, able to work in a fast paced environment collaborating with your cross functional colleagues.
As a Samsung Communications Manager you will champion our mobile products and work closely with your fellow marketing colleagues to help build and manage marketing programs that support product launches in our customer’s retail channels and sell out of those products. You will bring your passion and creative thinking to improve our go-to-market processes and better our digital, CRM, loyalty, retail and local marketing programs. You will be entrusted with customer communication.
Our ideal candidate will have an education in marketing and an understanding of product-marketing as it relates to a Retail based business. You will possess knowledge about the mobile industry, mobile products and the carriers and their networks. You will have working knowledge of principals that drive business such as budget management, supply and demand, price and promotion and performance and analysis.
As a Communications Manager, you will be a valued member of the marketing and account team. You will have an invaluable experience, developing your marketing skills in the fast paced mobile industry working for one of the most innovative brands in the world while serving the most dynamic carrier in the world. You will also work alongside some the smartest people you will ever meet in your life.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
• Be a positive, cooperative and proactive contributing member of the Samsung Verizon account marketing team.
• Manage and lead weekly Go-to-Market readiness meetings for all new product launches.
• Manage and lead launch day reporting in partnership with category managers for all product launches.
• Manage and lead account led paid media strategy and execution with channel marketing team.
• Manage demand gen marketing programs in partnership with Verizon customer to drive awareness of new products and drive revenue growth.
• Partner with your sales team to build and manage local marketing programs in opportunity markets to drive revenue growth.
• Work with Sales, Product Management and Carriers to ensure Samsung revenue and profit goals are achieved
• Work with business planning and finance partners to secure funding for new marketing programs including new program setup within Samsung business systems.
• Help coordinate return on investment analysis on marketing programs with business planning and finance partners.
• Contribute to PowerPoint slide preparation for marketing and product launch storytelling.
Background/Experience
• Bachelor’s Degree, preferably in Marketing from an accredited college or university.
• 5-7 years’ experience working in advertising, product marketing or channel marketing function serving a sales organization.
• Experience in the mobile telecom industry a plus.
• Highly organized/detail oriented.
• Polished and effective verbal and written skills.
• Proven experience building and managing marketing programs that drive sales growth.
• Proven experience leading meetings, organizing people and processes.
• Ability to ideate new concepts and creative problem solve a must.
• Above average MSFT office skills with focus on PowerPoint slide building.
• Experience with Adobe Acrobat preferred.
• Budget management and Excel proficiency.
• Must be able to write, read, analyze, interpret, present, and explain mobile device technical product specifications when needed.
Necessary Skills / Attributes
• Develop and maintain excellent working relationships with all appropriate levels within and outside the company.
• Plan, organize, and prioritize multiple assignments and projects.
• Read and interpret marketing documents, media materials, and contracts (or related documents) based on corporate legal and marketing standards and philosophy.
• Demonstrated competency in both oral and written communication modes for internal and external personnel at all levels, especially in the sales and marketing, logistical, or financial areas of clients, prospects, and company.
• Superior level of collateral development and project management skills, including the ability to prepare written plans and schedules, identify objectives, create promotional materials, coordinate and direct project teams, manage creative developers, select and control printing and production resources, and manage budgets.
• Work independently and in a team environment in order to achieve personal and team goals and complete assignments within established time frames.
Why Work for Us?
Established in 2006, continues to grow dramatically within the IT, telecommunications, Automotive and SCM industry. We encourage our employees in personal development with a passion to succeed and we offer an excellent benefit package. Every employee has access to Medical, Vision, Dental, Life and 401K plus many more.