Summary of Position
The STARZ Marketing & Creative Operations team offers long term campaign and creative planning, end to end project management, and cross-functional support to ensure cohesive, integrated workflows, communication, and strategies throughout the business.
As a Sr. Campaign Manager, you would manage the campaign workflow from green light through post finale awards planning for worldwide distributed original series titles. You would be responsible for project management of all promotional assets needed by our cross-functional teams. This means that you are a nimble, solutions-oriented, production & creative operations expert, who thrives in a fast-paced environment. You will routinely need to bridge competing priorities amongst global, cross-functional teams, while providing marketing and creative teams the room needed to focus on strategy and creative media asset development.
Responsibilities
- Managing all aspects of multiple International Acquisitions and Originals Series marketing campaign workflows and ensuring all milestones are met from green light to post finale
- Managing logistics and tracking deliverables through creative brief, strategy and launch decks, creative reviews and approvals, localization and finishing
- Facilitating and managing communication and deliverables across internal teams and external agency partners, while ensuring all assets are delivered on time and budget
- Ensuring creative teams have all information and resources needed prior to project kick off, following up with stakeholders as needed, in a timely manner
- Maintaining project management tools with accurate timelines, updates and project status, while adjusting schedules as needed and notifying affected teams if delays occur
- Facilitating the proper agreements (NDAs, MSAs, SOWs, etc.) between external agencies prior to kicking off projects or sharing marketing materials
- Managing campaign budgets, invoice tracking and final processing
Qualifications & Skills
- 8+ years creative project management and creative production experience, preferably at an entertainment studio, network or agency
- Experience working with various internal teams and agency partners to shepherd a project from kick off through delivery
- Experience with production and post production workflows (Print, Digital, Video)
- Eager to participate in creating reliable processes for marketing and creative teams to execute successful global campaigns
- Understanding that a strong operational foundation is at the core of great creative
- Multitasking and being able to manage multiple campaigns with varying timelines at once
- Excellent problem solving and decision making skills
- Working collaboratively and proactively as a problem solver, but also knowing when to ask questions
- Being able to communicate clearly both verbally and in writing
- Experience with project management tools (ie. Adobe Workfront, Asana, Monday.com, Airtable)
- Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite and Google Docs
About the Company
STARZ (www.starz.com), a Lionsgate company, is a leading global media streaming platform committed to delivering premium content that amplifies narratives by, about and for women and underrepresented audiences. STARZ is home to the highly rated and first-of-its-kind STARZ app that offers the ability to stream or download STARZ premium content, as well as the flagship domestic STARZ® service, including STARZ ENCORE, 17 premium pay TV channels, and the associated on-demand and online services. In 2018, STARZ launched its international premium streaming platform STARZPLAY, now LIONSGATE+, to provide subscribers access to bold, curated storytelling. LIONSGATE+, coupled with the STARZPLAY ARABIA joint venture in MENA and Lionsgate Play in South and Southeast Asia, has a footprint that extends across the globe. STARZ and LIONSGATE+ are available across digital OTT platforms and multichannel video distributors, including cable operators, satellite television providers, and telecommunications companies around the world. In February 2021, STARZ launched #TakeTheLead, a multi-faceted and innovative inclusion initiative expanding its existing efforts to improve representation on screen, behind the camera and throughout the company.
Business Unit Overview
STARZ
With the Company aligning its studio operations behind the growth of its streaming business, STARZ has become one of the pre-eminent modern premium global streaming platforms. Offering subscribers more than 7.500 television episodes, including STARZ original series and provocative documentaries, along with a broad catalogue of first-run movies, STARZ is taking the lead in delivering relatable premium content that makes it the platform of choice among a wide spectrum of female, African-American and other historically underrepresented audiences. Its focused brand, premium content and freedom from legacy relationships position STARZ at the forefront of the new bundles emerging throughout the media ecosystem, a compelling value proposition to complement virtually every kind of subscription platform.
Distinguished by its successful and focused content strategy, top programming, exceptional curation and speed to market, STARZ has quickly scaled its platform to become one of the most widely distributed and fastest-growing OTT services in the world, with OTT subscribers making up more than half of its global subscriber base. The company’s international premium subscription service, LIONSGATE+, offers subscribers access to bold, curated storytelling around the world. LIONGATE+ has a footprint that extends across the globe and continues to expand its network of distribution partners. In addition to its LIONSGATE+ markets, it reaches audiences in the Middle East and North African region through STARZPLAY ARABIA and in South and Southeast Asia with Lionsgate Play. The proprietary and highly-rated STARZ app, a proven hit with U.S. audiences, continues to roll out internationally.
Our Benefits
- Full Coverage – Medical, Vision, and Dental
- Work/Life Balance – generous sick days, vacation days, 11 holidays, and Impact Day
- 401(k) company matching
- Reimbursement – Rideshare Program and Tuition (up to graduate degree)
Compensation
$100,000 – $115,000
EEO Statement
Lionsgate is an equal employment opportunity employer. All employees and applicants are evaluated on the basis of their qualifications, consistent with applicable state and federal laws. In addition, Lionsgate will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities. Lionsgate will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and federal law.