Yahoo serves as a trusted guide for hundreds of millions of people globally, helping them achieve their goals online through our portfolio of iconic products. For advertisers, Yahoo Advertising offers omnichannel solutions and powerful data to engage with our brands and deliver results.

About us:

The Yahoo Marketing team is a band of talented brand marketers, media strategists, designers, writers, developers, photographers, and producers obsessed with dreaming up unexpected ways to bring brand goals to life with big ideas, bold creative, and a good laugh along the way. The pace is fast and pivots happen often, but we always emerge with websites, videos, event experiences, social campaigns, stunts, swag, and more that make an impact and win space in our portfolios.

Our day-to-day spans the gamut from B2B branding initiatives for our advertising and technology business to consumer campaigns for our brands like Yahoo Sports, Yahoo Finance, Yahoo Mail, and more. We also support events from Take Your Kids to Work Day to product launch events that livestream across the globe.

Creative Lab responsibilities (exclusive to role):

• The Creative Lab is a horizontal team that supports all of Yahoo's marketing campaigns with their fingers on the pulse of culture. They oversee Yahoo's social media presence, influencer partnerships, Yahoo merch, and big, buzzy ideas that drive brand relevance. They know what culture is saying and how Yahoo can add to the conversation.


• In partnership with the team leads, you'll oversee multiple active workflows incoming and outgoing for Creative Lab projects within different verticals from a resource and project health POV.


• You see what's coming and plan for it:
  
  
  
  • Assist with planning and communication of Creative Lab's quarterly forecasting in partnership with brand marketing and Media/CRM teams and drive communication across all Creative Lab & Marketing Studio team members
  
  
  • Help manage quarterly resourcing plans in relation to project forecasts. Make assignment recommendations in partnership with Creative Directors on your team to maximize level of creative work, workflow efficiencies and team growth.
  
  
  • Be poised to move in real-time to adjust planning that matches the speed of social and culture.
  
  
  
  


• Partner with agency account leads and brand marketers to understand the business aspects of vertical brands.


• Oversee and nurture team goals, team culture, and career growth - ensuring they ladder up to Marketing Ops and Culture Lab OKRs (Objectives & Key Results)

Core production responsibilities:

• The producer is a key member of the Marketing Strategy & Operations team. You are the central source for all marketing, creative, and cross-functional team members. You drive the process through planning, kick-off, production, delivery, and wrap.


• Project management: Schedule & lead creative reviews, organize client feedback, and set and manage expectations for future iterations. You are the project timeline creator and owner.


• Creative management: You are the creative team's guide and gut-checker, helping to brainstorm ideas and develop concepts that are on strategy. You are inspired by the world around you and love bringing inspiration to the team.

• Stakeholder management: You are the point of contact for stakeholders and cross functional teams. Communication in every form is second nature, whether it be a Slack chat or executive update.


• You work to strengthen cross-functional partnerships and working relationships throughout the company on behalf of your vertical team and all of Yahoo Marketing.

• You love the process, and will ensure projects follow all team and company protocols. You ensure projects are wrapped and archived correctly (file organization, wrap decks, post mortems, social sharing links, etc.)


• You are well versed in design fundamentals and can spot issues. You review work for brand standards, consistency, and overall quality assurance.

Requirements:

• 3-5 years of creative production/project management experience working directly with agency and internal creative teams with a focus on video, social and influencer content production.


• Well-versed in creative agency fundamentals like design, writing, typography, photography, and digital asset management.


• An eagle eye for details, an obsession with organization, and the ability to manage multiple work streams, creative campaigns, and cross-functional teams under tight deadlines.

• You have strong experience in social media best practices & mobile app marketing


• Experience with post-production workflows is a plus


• Must be resourceful, proactive, and adaptable to changing circumstances; not rigid


• Excellent project scheduling, budgeting and resource management skills.


• Software Skills
  
  
  
  • Required: Experienced with Google Workspace apps (Drive, Slides, Sheets, Docs, etc), MS Office apps. Comfortable with project management software (bonus if you know Wrike & love Gantt charts)
  
  
  • Bonus: Adobe Creative Suite skills
  
  
  
  


• Passions outside of work and a love of creativity are a must.


• We are a tight-knit group that genuinely likes hanging out with each other. We live our team values of empathy, honesty, and integrity. We are looking for someone with a sense of humor who can check their ego when needed and give feedback constructively; someone who values & fosters a fun, collaborative working environment.

Yahoo is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to, and will not be discriminated against based on age, race, gender, color, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, disability or any other protected category. Yahoo is dedicated to providing an accessible environment for all candidates during the application process and for employees during their employment. If you need accessibility assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability, please submit a request via the Accommodation Request Form ( www.yahooinc.com/careers/contact-us.html ) or call 408-336-1409. Requests and calls received for non-disability related issues, such as following up on an application, will not receive a response.

At Yahoo, we know that diversity makes us stronger. We are committed to a collaborative, inclusive environment that encourages authenticity and fosters a sense of belonging. We strive for everyone to feel valued, connected, and empowered to reach their potential and contribute their best. Check out our diversity and inclusion ( www.yahooinc.com/diversity/ ) page to learn more.

The compensation for this position ranges from $72,750.00 - $151,250.00/yr and will vary depending on factors such as your location, skills and experience. The compensation package may also include incentive compensation opportunities in the form of discretionary annual bonus or commissions, in addition to equity incentives. Yahoo provides industry-leading benefits including healthcare, 401K savings plan, company holidays, vacation, sick time, parental leave and an employee assistance program. Eligibility requirements apply.

Yahoo has a high degree of flexibility around employee location and hybrid working. In fact, our flexible-hybrid approach to work is one of the things our employees rave about. Most roles don't require specific regular patterns of in-person office attendance. If you join Yahoo, you may be asked to attend (or travel to attend) on-site work sessions, team-building, or other in-person events. When these occur, you'll be given notice to make arrangements.

If you're curious about how this factors into this role, please discuss with the recruiter.

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