Activation Marketing Manager

Are you passionate about marketing and driving profitable growth for our B2B audience(s) via a strategic events/experience platform Do you want an opportunity to make a solid and immediate impact linked to our business results and better customer outcomes If so the Activation Marketing Manager role may be the right fit for you!

The US life insurances goal of driving continued profitable growth requires building once-in-a-lifetime experiences that lay the foundation for longstanding business relationships with our highest-priority intermediaries (national account executives firm leadership and producers).

These concierge level experiences enable our Sales and Distribution teams to engage their most important clients building strong relationships and brand preference for John Hancock in the U.S. Reporting to the Director Head of Activation and Vitality Marketing this role will develop and lead a distribution activation strategy including management of the U.S. sports ticket program and on site activations to drive strong sales and pipelines for U.S. Insurance by focusing on building strong internal/external partnerships and making decisions that drive sales strengthen the brand and deliver clear results.

Position Responsibilities:

• Develop strategic and creative approaches to maximize impact of client-facing activations.

• Manage the US ticket program and associated on-site activations (Red Sox Patriots Bruins Celtics concerts) including contract evaluation and renewals performance tracking and adhering to FINRA requirements.

• Manage event budgets including reporting internal approvals and coordination with procurement legal and compliance.

• Partner with event professionals to manage planning logistics on-site execution attendee management and presentation or talking-point preparation as needed.

• Identify creative and branding needs and build an efficient working model with internal teams to deliver high-quality on-brand materials.

• In partnership with Distribution build a tracking and measurement platform to report on ROI.

• Manage activation materials including invites email communications legal and compliance reviews creative needs and more.

• Responsible for day-to-day program management including on-the-ground execution.

Required Qualifications:

• 3-5 years marketing experience with a strong background in activations and events ideally in the life insurance space with the passion to create memorable high-impact experiences to clients.

• Bachelors degree in marketing communications events or a related field is required.

• Deep experience assessing executing and optimizing complex highly visible in-person events.

• Experience using marketing automation and communications platforms (e.g. Marketo) to execute and optimize email campaigns.

• Understanding the roles of activating partnerships and events to drive growth and meet goals.

• Demonstrated success engaging and motivating teams and stakeholders including leadership distribution brand creative communications media analytics and events.

• Ability to manage budgets across markets.

• Understanding and appreciation for collaboration with procurement legal compliance finance distribution events and security.

• Leveraging analytics team to evaluate and optimize partnerships and investments with a strong focus on connecting strategy to ROI.

• Naturally curious and creative with an eagerness to test learn and optimize.

• Quick thinker and decisive problem solver who remains composed when unexpected challenges arise.

• Strong sense of ownership and accountability.

When you join our team:

• Well empower you to learn and grow the career you want.

• Well recognize and support you in a flexible environment where well-being and inclusion are more than just words.

• As part of our global team well support you in shaping the future you want to see.

If you are applying to this role in Massachusetts please note the salary range is $92475 - $160290 USD.

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The role being advertised is an existing vacancy.

About Manulife and John Hancock

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