Marketing Strategist

Job Description

About Complex Networks

Complex Networks champions the people, brands, and new trends you need to know now, will obsess over next, and we build consumer universes around them. From pop culture and style (Complex), food entertainment (First We Feast), music discovery (Pigeons & Planes), sneaker news (Sole Collector) to our festival of cultural convergence (ComplexCon) - we're what a modern entertainment company looks like and what others have followed since 2002.

The Role

Complex Networks Brand Partnerships Studio team is hiring a Pre-Sale Marketing Strategist in its NYC office. The candidate will be primarily responsible for conceptualizing, writing, and managing integrated marketing proposals to create compelling partnership programs for a variety of advertising partners. Responsibilities also include working alongside the Strategy Management team to merchandise internal editorial opportunities and produce innovative brand storytelling tools.

You Will:
• Collaborate with Account Directors and Branded Content, Video, Social and Design Teams to develop integrated programs for blue-chip brands across a variety of categories
• Lead creative brainstorms
• Creation of 8x -12x proposals/sales tools per week
• Proactively produce new ideas and opportunities based on innovations in the marketplace
• Deliver client-facing presentations alongside Account Directors
• Interface regularly with senior management and liaise with a series of internal stakeholders
• Develop comprehensive branded content strategies across editorial, video, social and experiential
• Work alongside Promotions Team to identify and curate talent for creative programs
• Provide concise art direction to Design Team members

You Have:
• 3-5 years of strategy, digital marketing or comparable creative experience
• Strong writing, grammar, and communication skills
• Strong Microsoft PowerPoint skills
• Program development experience
• Versed in digital and social media programs/extensions
• Extreme attention to detail
• The candidate should be able to work in a very fast-paced environment and handle multiple projects at a time

Desired Attributes:
• Organized
• Critical Thinking
• Entrepreneurial
• Nimble
• Dedicated
• Creative/ Out of the Box Thinking

Area of Interest:
• Music
• Style/ Sneakers
• Pop Culture
• Sports/ Action Sports
• Tech/ Gaming
• Resourceful

Complex Networks is a subsidiary of BuzzFeed Inc.,

At BuzzFeed, we want all employees to feel safe and comfortable when they engage in any in-person meetings, when visiting the office, or when working from an offsite production or meeting location. As part of this commitment to health and safety, BuzzFeed requires COVID-19 vaccines for current US employees, including all newly hired employees. Requests for accommodation per applicable law for health and/or religious reasons will be considered. Union employees are subject to what is outlined in their applicable collective bargaining agreement.

This position may require you to be in the office or be in close proximity to other employees once our offices fully reopen in 2022.

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-g69k78-3-137-171-121-42 in your application.