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Working with the Director, Communications Design, you oversee the translation of the idea approach into the detailed communications architecture and connected plan, the brand will take to market, tied to culture.Your role is to curate every detail to create powerful experiences for your client’s brands in market, aligned to the strategy and idealeaning into yourknowledgeofhow communications work in today’s dynamic landscape.\nAs the Associate Director, Communications Design, you will help to manage the delivery of next generation plans. You will work with the Specialty Business Units, and creative partners to design the right tactics for the idea. You will work with strategic audience experts on the right high value audiences to meet the brief. You will work with growth analytics to guide the appropriate high-levelcommunications goals required to deliver the business outcomes. You will work with partnerships to identify and vet the short-list of the right channels and partners for the task, you help to make the strategic direction and idea a reality.\nResponsibilities\nOverseesthe development of the detailed communications plan to power the idea\n\nIn conjunction with Director, Communications Design present the Connections Design holistic approach to the relevant stakeholders\n\nManage the outputs of day-to-dayrequirements and workflow of the client as it relates to Communications Design\n\nPresent client education program around Communications Design relevant marketplace trends.\n\nOverseethe management and training of design team in communications planning fundamentals\n\nSpearheadthe best practice application of planning approach including key tools and techniques to surface media and marketing intelligence and insights to produce an impactful, culturally rich communications plan across owned, earned, shared, paid (OESP)\n\nWrite and manage outputs from RFP submissions from the Design discipline, in collaboration with Partnerships leads\n\nContributeto client Key Performance Indicator (KPI) deliveryand to Specialty Business Units (SBU) growth and client profitability\n\nContributeto new business as required\n\nRequired Skills and Experience\nExperience in an integrated planning role in media, publisher / vendor, or communications discipline (digital, content)\n\nAbility to delegate and oversee direct reports\n\nProven ability to develop and maintain strong professional relationships with clients, colleagues,and vendors\n\nExcellent written, verbal communication and presentation skills\n\nStrong time-management and organizational skills\n\nRequired PC proficiency and solid working knowledge of Microsoft Office (MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.)\n\nInitiative does not require candidates to have a college degree\n\nDesired Skills and Experience\n6+ years relevant experience with 3+ years managing or developing staff\n\nCategory or audience experience as relevant per assignment\n\nProven problem-solvingability\n\nAbility to work successfully within a team, handling multiple projects and meeting tight deadlines under pressure\n\nPrior experience working on a pharmaceutical client\n\n$110,000 - $120,000\nOmnicom’s policy requires employees to work in the office for a minimum of three days a week, unless additional in-office days are directed by their agency or manager. Our objective is to increase this requirement over time, and many of our agencies as well as Omnicom’s corporate group already require five days of in-office attendance.\nOmnicom is committed to hiring and developing exceptional talent. We agree that talent is uniquely distributed, and we’re focused on developing inclusive teams that can bring the best solutions to everything we do. We strongly believe that celebrating what makes us different makes us better together. Join us-we look forward to getting to know you. We will process your personal data in accordance with our Recruitment Privacy Notice.\nLink to Recruitment Privacy Notice: https://www.omc.com/privacy-notice\nFor US Job Seekers:\nIt is the policy of Omnicom and any of its affiliates to provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, religion, color, ethnic origin, gender, gender identity, age, marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation, disability, or any other basis prohibited by applicable federal, state, or local law. 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