Managing Director, Media & Marketing

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Stand Together Music

Location

Los Angeles, California

Job Description

Stand Together is a dynamic and mission-driven organization committed to driving positive social change and empowering individuals to overcome barriers. Join our team and be part of a collaborative community that values innovation, personal responsibility, and the power of bottom-up solutions. Together, we will create a society that fosters opportunity, dignity, and well-being for all. 

The preferred candidate location for this position will be LA or NYC, with regular travel to Stand Together HQ in Arlington, VA as well as to partner sites as needed. 

Stand Together is a dynamic and mission-driven organization committed to driving positive social change and empowering individuals to overcome barriers. Join our team and be part of a collaborative community that values innovation, personal responsibility, and the power of bottom-up solutions. Together, we will create a society that fosters opportunity, dignity, and well-being for all. 

Stand Together Music is building a new vertical to expand our joint impact with media and marketing, partners that share our vision for empowering individuals and removing barriers.  We are looking for a Managing Director to build this vertical that is capable of crafting a bold strategy and executing campaigns and activations that deliver clear and measurable results toward our goals.
 
In this role, you will lead the day-to-day operations of the Media and Marketing vertical, grow and cultivate our network of industry partners, and launch campaigns and activations that make a direct impact on the issues on which we focus, including Addiction Recovery, Criminal Justice Reform, Free Speech, and Education.  You will collaborate across multiple Stand Together teams to build a deep understanding of our strategies, and you will work closely with Stand Together leaders and our Media and Marketing partners, such as SPIN and iHeart Media, to align goals and resources. Each day, your role will focus on the full management of this partnership strategy, including the design and execution of activations and content, oversight of all contractual agreements, direct and indirect leadership of matrixed teams and projects, and relationship management with myriad internal and external partners.
 
To be successful, you will have clear examples in your career of launching activations that have helped your organization make measurable progress on key opportunities.  You will have experience working in a multi-brand environment and a working knowledge of integrated communication solutions and brand storytelling.  Ideally you will have a background in experiential marketing.  Finally, you will have experience as a people-leader, both directly supervising and providing influence-based leadership.

Your Responsibilities Include

  • Acting as the leader and key stakeholder in Stand Together’s Media and Marketing partnerships and engagements
  • Building and executing a strategy to launch multiple activations that advance Stand Together's most leveraged opportunities with clear, measurable objectives
  • Full program management of our Media and Marketing partnerships ranging from building a vision down to the day-to-day execution of the program strategy
  • Leading a team that could include Content Strategists, and Directors of Activations and Events
  • Working with internal teams across Stand Together, impact partners, and external vendors to identify and create partnership assets for media distribution
  • Creating a vision and plan to cultivate new Media and Marketing partnerships building upon our current engagements
  • Develop, design, and implement strategies and marketing campaigns that are woven into the cultural fabric through media and entertainment
  • Developing recommendations for experiments and innovative approaches for Stand Together to increase its impact.  Setting KPI’s and success measures and holding yourself and your team accountable to delivering on value
  • Internalizing relevant market developments in the entertainment/sporting industry that will inform our strategy, and providing a consistent cadence of updates and knowledge sharing for a matrixed team
  • Building relationships with potential clients and partners through networking and attending promotional events
  • Owning an operating plan with clear budgets and timelines, and reporting on progress and outcomes

Knowledge and Skills You Bring to the Organization

  • 8+ years of professional partnership and marketing experience in a high-performance environment; Entertainment experience preferred
  • Experience developing and executing dynamic and effective marketing, communication, and activation platforms that drive results on a national scale
  • Strong understanding of programs that integrate social or digital media
  • Demonstrated ability to lead and mentor matrixed teams through both direct supervising and influence-based leadership
  • Exceptional B2B and B2C partnership building track record
  • Self-motivated with the ability to multi-task in a fast-paced environment
  • Must be dynamic, forward-thinking, extremely analytical and well organized
  • Must have strong strategic thinking and planning skills and a proven track record of operationalizing a strategy
  • Must possess problem solving capabilities and navigate ambiguity to address and resolve issues that face a scaling enterprise. When necessary, be comfortable as an effective negotiator in complex business situations
  • Must be comfortable engaging in a variety of different communicative modes (verbal, non-verbal, and written) and being attuned to others through strong active listening skills
  • Familiarity with the standard demographic research & analytics tools and ability to derive insights from the data

What We Offer

  • A meaningful career where your work will improve the lives of millions of Americans – especially the least fortunate.
  • A vision-driven organization of over 1,000 employees across the country who are dedicated to improving the lives of others.
  • Competitive salaries and bonuses. Our salary and bonus strategies are aligned to the value you create, not a standardized bell curve.
  • Generous 401K match - 6% match with immediate vesting.
  • Competitive health and wellness benefits.
  • Our flexible time-off policy allows all employees to take leave as needed.
  • Commuter assistance plans to offset the cost of commuting into our headquarters (on-site parking or metro).
  • Opportunities for professional development and mentorship that can strengthen your effectiveness through Principle Based Management and other industry specific programs.

Stand Together helps social entrepreneurs supercharge their efforts to help people improve their lives. We connect them with passionate partners and the resources necessary to make a greater difference.  Through our philanthropic community, we tackle some of the nation's biggest challenges so that every person has the opportunity to realize their extraordinary potential. Stand Together partners with people from diverse perspectives and backgrounds—including people in education, business, community non-profits, and public policy—to accomplish more together than any of us could on our own.   
  
Our Values Working at Stand Together is different from many other organizations. We have a relentless commitment to a culture based on a business philosophy called Principle Based Management® (PBM®). Informed by the principles that allow a free and open society to flourish, PBM® prepares individuals to innovate, improve, and transform while fostering a healthy, growing organization that creates long-term value for its clients and supporters and fulfillment for its employees.    
  
We believe that diversity in experiences, perspectives, knowledge and ideas fuels creativity, broadens knowledge, and helps drive success. That’s why we’re proud to be an equal opportunity employer and strive to treat all employees and applicants with honesty, dignity, respect and sensitivity. We welcome all qualified applicants regardless of color, race, religion, religious creed, sex, gender or gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, national origin, citizenship, ethnicity, ancestry, age, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy (including medical needs which may arise from pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), military and veteran status, genetic information, marital or familial status, political affiliation, or any other legally recognized protected basis under federal, state or local laws, regulations or ordinances. 

Stand Together helps social entrepreneurs supercharge their efforts to help people improve their lives. We connect them with passionate partners and the resources necessary to make a greater difference.  Through our philanthropic community, we tackle some of the nation's biggest challenges so that every person has the opportunity to realize their extraordinary potential. Stand Together partners with people from diverse perspectives and backgrounds—including people in education, business, community non-profits, and public policy—to accomplish more together than any of us could on our own.   
  
Our Values Working at Stand Together is different from many other organizations. We have a relentless commitment to a culture based on a business philosophy called Principle Based Management® (PBM®). Informed by the principles that allow a free and open society to flourish, PBM® prepares individuals to innovate, improve, and transform while fostering a healthy, growing organization that creates long-term value for its clients and supporters and fulfillment for its employees.    
  
We believe that diversity in experiences, perspectives, knowledge and ideas fuels creativity, broadens knowledge, and helps drive success. That’s why we’re proud to be an equal opportunity employer and strive to treat all employees and applicants with honesty, dignity, respect and sensitivity. We welcome all qualified applicants regardless of color, race, religion, religious creed, sex, gender or gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, national origin, citizenship, ethnicity, ancestry, age, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy (including medical needs which may arise from pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), military and veteran status, genetic information, marital or familial status, political affiliation, or any other legally recognized protected basis under federal, state or local laws, regulations or ordinances.