Manager, Partnerships – Social Media

<h3>Company Description</h3><p>NBCUniversal is one of the world's leading media and entertainment companies. We create world-class content, which we distribute across our portfolio of film, television, and streaming, and bring to life through our global theme park destinations, consumer products, and experiences. We own and operate leading entertainment and news brands, including NBC, NBC News, NBC Sports, Telemundo, NBC Local Stations, Bravo, and Peacock, our premium ad-supported streaming service. We produce and distribute premier filmed entertainment and programming through our powerhouse film and television studios, including Universal Pictures, DreamWorks Animation, and Focus Features, and the four global television studios under the Universal Studio Group banner, and operate industry-leading theme parks and experiences around the world through Universal Destinations &amp; Experiences, including Universal Orlando Resort, home to Universal Epic Universe, and Universal Studios Hollywood. NBCUniversal is a subsidiary of Comcast Corporation. V</p><p>Our impact is rooted in improving the communities where our employees, customers, and audiences live and work. We have a rich tradition of giving back and ensuring our employees have the opportunity to serve their communities. We champion an inclusive culture and strive to attract and develop a talented workforce to create and deliver a wide range of content reflecting our world.</p><h3>Job Description</h3><p>The high-growth Digital Partnerships team in NBCUniversal's Advertising &amp; Partnerships division is seeking an exceptional, results-oriented individual to implement the strategy and operations for our revenue generating social media product line to join as the <em><strong>Manager, Partnerships – Social Media</strong></em>. You will provide subject matter expertise across the NBCU portfolio when pitching and operating social campaigns.  To be successful, you must demonstrate strong analytical skills, be highly organized, and thrive when problem solving.</p><p>You'll need to possess a deep understanding of how major social media ad platforms work, is analytical, and is results-oriented.  You will be responsible for implementing the execution of all Ad Sales revenue generating, paid social campaigns – effectively optimizing and ensuring campaigns meet and exceed performance goals across the NBCUniversal portfolio. You'll collaborate with cross-functional internal and partner teams to manage the front-end social strategies that meet and exceed client objectives and KPIs, distribute product &amp; platform updates, streamline operational processes, and oversee the execution &amp; optimizations of campaigns.</p><p>The Social Partnerships Team builds and operates a portfolio of ad sales partnerships with leading and emerging digital platforms, including TikTok, Meta, YouTube, and more. That includes identifying profitable revenue opportunities, developing the structure, capabilities, go-to-market strategies, and execution plans necessary to capture growth opportunities and driving those plans to implementation and through ongoing operations. </p><p><strong>Responsibilities:</strong></p><ul><li>Lead a team to implement strategy and execution of end-to-end revenue generating, paid social media campaigns that meet &amp; exceed client KPIs (or success metrics).</li><li>Provide subject matter expertise and tactical strategic recommendations including audience and content development across all paid social platforms to internal Sales, Marketing, and Planning teams.</li><li>Lead all aspects of paid social operations including communicating product updates, assisting with strategy development, revenue growth, and troubleshooting platform issues.</li><li>Driving go-forward plans and getting upstream with social-first content recommendations – leading the education with cross-functional stakeholdersLead the development of go-forward strategies by driving social-first content recommendations, collaborating with cross-functional stakeholders to educate and align on best practices.</li><li>Own the day-to-day operations with hands-on paid social media management, including optimization strategies and techniques, bidding models/cost management, audience development, and ad unit specifications across a variety of social platforms (Facebook/Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, LinkedIn, Snapchat, X, etc).</li><li>Oversee the monitoring of daily campaign pacing with a team of social experts; pull, analyze and leverage insights to identify optimization opportunities and implement enhancements.</li><li>Build relationships with core internal and external partners, stay up-to-date with platform changes, and act as a trend-spotter to bring first-to-market paid social opportunities.</li></ul><h3>Qualifications</h3><ul><li>5+ years of relevant experience preferably in digital/social media buying.</li><li>3+ years of hands-on paid social media buying with Facebook/Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, Lin