Senior Marketing Manager

With a career at The Home Depot you can be yourself and also be part of something bigger.

The Senior Manager Media Strategies oversees all planning and budgeting aspects of traditional and digital media and is a key part of driving our corporate media strategy. This role is the public face for the broader Integrated Media/Online Marketing Team and is thus responsible for working with the category brand marketing and merchandising teams to create media plans that achieve specific business goals by utilizing industry/customer trends and past media results. This Sr. Manager role requires someone who is detailed a very strong communicator and someone who can manage large amounts of data.
Why work here Our entrepreneurial roots and maverick mentality coupled with the resources and backing of the #1 home improvement retailer in the world The Home Depot is a unique opportunity for you to be a transformative retail disrupter. Plus GCC is the worlds largest online window covering company and weve got a demonstrably awesome 20-year track record. From our open-floor office to our open-door ethos our culture is rooted in improving evolving and having fun (were pretty serious about cake cook-offs ping pong meaningful work and exciting projects). Most importantly our team members are always inspired engaged and ready for growth.
That means youll have the resources and the runway to create truly magical out-of-the-box work. Moreover you will play an important role in leveraging our culture people systems processes and technology - ultimately to provide incredible customer and associate experiences while growing business for GCC and The Home Depot. This is your chance to be part of something big in a small start-up environment.
Were ranked as one of The Top 5 Workplaces in Texas and have consistently won the following awards: The Best Place to Work in Houston (Houston Business Journal) Houstons Top Workplaces (Houston Chronicle) and Houstons Best and Brightest.

• 30% Partner with marketing category/brand teams to develop media recommendations that support key business goals and objectives.
• 20% Develop and maintain strong relationships with other critical partners such as broader marketing merchants
• and other cross-functional teams (creative social finance Consumer Insights CRM PR etc.)
• 20% Evaluate media performance and incorporate learnings into current and future planning
• 15% Invest in learning about new and emerging media trends/opportunities that will help drive our business and create competitive advantage
• 15% Macro-level Budget management

• This position reports to GC Director of Marketing
• This position has up to 4 Direct Reports

• Typically requires overnight travel less than 10% of the time.

• Most of the time is spent sitting in a comfortable position and there is frequent opportunity to move about. On rare occasions there may be a need to move or lift light articles.

• Located in a comfortable indoor area. Any unpleasant conditions would be infrequent and not objectionable.

• Must be eighteen years of age or older.
• Must be legally permitted to work in the United States.

• Advertising media agency planning/buying experience
• Previous client-side media planning experience
• Previous management experience
• Ecommerce advertising experience
• Masters degree

• The knowledge skills and abilities typically acquired through the completion of a bachelors degree program or equivalent degree in a field of study related to the job.

• No additional education

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• Possesses strong leadership abilities and experience managing teams and cross functional work relationships both internally and with external agency and media partners.
• A high degree of comfort in public speaking and a high level of influencing skills are pre-requisites for success due to the high amount of interaction with teams outside of the core Media team.