Associate Program Director

<p>Material is a leading integrated marketing services company that leverages deep human understanding to help brands deliver material outcomes and experiences for their customers and the communities they serve. We build B2C and B2B brands from the insight out by providing a seamless journey that combines data and analytics, insights-led consulting, and experience activation into one integrated offering.</p>

Los Angeles; New York; Chicago; Philadelphia; San

Material

<strong>Material is a collaborative built from legendary practices across research, strategy, design, and brand building. Eleven pioneering companies united as one to solve wider, deeper, and more innovative challenges together.</strong><br /><br /><strong>We uncover what&rsquo;s important to people and create experiences that pull them in and open our worlds. We seek curious, experienced, and deeply empathetic humans to enrich our diverse teams of leaders and do-ers. Want in?</strong><br /> <h5>LRW | Kelton | T3 | Karma | Greenberg | Tonic | MotiveQuest | Salt Branding | Killer Visual Strategies | Strativity | Aruliden</h5> https://materialplus.io/

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Full-Time

Overview: <p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;">About Us:</span></strong></p> <p>The Karma Agency is a strategic communications firm headquartered in Philadelphia, PA. Now a Material company, we are partnering with our sister agency T3, a digital marketing firm based in Austin, TX, to serve both regional and national clients across the public relations and marketing communications spectrum. With this partnership, we will bring clients insightful strategies, disruptive ideas, and well-orchestrated campaigns that turn brand into business value and reputation into a working asset.</p> <p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;">Associate Program Director Overview:</span></strong></p> <p>We are looking for an experienced Associate Program Director to join our growing team. This person will be responsible for overseeing day-to-day program directing and communication between clients and internal teams on brand strategy, visual identity, and marketing campaign(s) consisting of digital, media, and social initiatives for high-profile Karma clients. This position requires an extremely detail-oriented, solutions-focused leader who is empathetic, proactive, and flexible.</p>
Responsibilities: <p><strong>Associate Program Director Responsibilities:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Oversee day-to-day execution of client projects and delivery as a whole, from scoping and kick-off to final delivery</li> <li>Develop trusted relationships with day-to-day clients and internal teams</li> <li>Seek out a deep understanding of the client's business</li> <li>Manage internal and client teams' expectations</li> <li>Go-to person for internal team questions</li> <li>Form trusted relationships with internal cross-functional teams</li> <li>Manage programs and deliver quality work on time and budget, according to an agreed-upon statement of work</li> <li>Adapt quickly to solve problems for both clients and internal teams</li> <li>Successfully manage multiple projects, including resourcing, scheduling, vendor/contract management, and hard cost budgets</li> <li>Proactively identify and implement process/resource efficiencies</li> <li>Know when and how to escalate operational, resource, budget, or timeline issues, in-detail and offer possible solutions</li> <li>Develop project plans and drive scope development, including drafting statements of work documents and estimating staff level of effort</li> <li>Listen for and identify potential new business opportunities and ways to further engage existing client relationships</li> </ul> <p><strong>Leadership Responsibilities:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Excellent active listening and problem-solving skills</li> <li>Inspire positivity and confidence among interdepartmental teams and clients</li> <li>Contribute to departmental staffing and problem-solving</li> <li>Act as a leader in the department, proactively sharing lessons learned and best practices across teams</li> </ul>
Requirements: <p><strong>Communication Expectations:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Possess excellent written and verbal communication skills, high attention to detail</li> <li>Understand nuances of client communication</li> <li>Maintain fluid communications channels depending on the project type, team makeup, and/or client preferences</li> </ul> <p><strong>Culture:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Demonstrate accountability and eagerness to learn</li> <li>Positive team player with a can-do attitude</li> <li>Possess a positive presence within the agency</li> <li>Drive the work forward and have a predisposition to action</li> <li>Possess a passion for great ideas and technology</li> </ul> <p><strong>Experience:</strong></p> <ul> <li>5-7 years' experience required.</li> <li>Experience with a digital agency or consultancy is required.</li> <li>Digital experience should include exposure to brand and campaign design/strategy, website design and development, product launches, and media.</li> </ul>