Manager, Brand Strategy

Posted:
10/4/2024, 11:40:01 AM

Location(s):
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States ⋅ Pennsylvania, United States

Experience Level(s):
Mid Level ⋅ Senior

Field(s):
Business & Strategy

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Job Summary

What we’re looking for:
The Xfinity Brand Strategy team’s mission is to build strategy that positions Xfinity as the brand that connects people to more of what they love through consistent actions, identity and messaging across all channels, functions and touchpoints. Through brand strategy, identity, positioning, messaging, and planning, we ensure clear and consistent understanding of the role of the Xfinity brand in peoples’ lives among employees, partners and consumers. We are a key partner and input to all areas of the organization, uniquely positioned at the intersection of our product experience, business imperatives, and marketing communications.

We are seeking a Manager, Brand Strategy reporting to the Director, Brand Strategy to be responsible for end-to-end ownership of competitive positioning, superiority messaging and claims for Xfinity products and features. This role will work closely with the business, engineers, competitive marketing and insights to translate product superiority into simple, clear and compelling benefit-led messaging. The ideal candidate will be a creative thinker with technical acumen and an interest in technology, A self-starter, an excellent communicator, driven by a genuine curiosity and passion for building brands people care about.

Job Description

Key Responsibilities:

  • Develop, test and maintain competitive claims across all lines of business
  • Manage relationships with 3rd party partners to create, validate and deploy new claims
  • Research and surface competitor news and insights relevant to claim creation or defense
  • Be a subject matter expert for all products including insight, technical understanding and RTBs
  • Use product & consumer insights to develop competitive positioning and superiority messaging for Xfinity brands and go-to-market initiatives
  • Understand competitive messaging needs of various stakeholders and influence / drive alignment across the business
  • Develop and manage research briefs to support marketing organization, delivering insights to inform competitive messaging and strategy
  • Partner with engineers and product management to understand the technical specifications of our products and the related customer benefits
  • Highly collaborative role that requires a unique blend of soft and hard skills, including analytics and research synthesis, technical knowledge, excellent writing and communication skills, and understanding of marketing planning and strategy

What you’ll need:

  • Strong partnership and collaboration skills
  • Passion for marketing and communications
  • Proactive thinker and action taker – Join the dots; spot the gaps, bring new ideas and opportunities to the table; identify new challenges to be solved
  • Ability to synthesize and translate insights and data into consumer messaging
  • Comfortable presenting at C-suite level
  • Obsessive attention to detail
  • Impeccable written and verbal communication, must be a master of presentation applications (PowerPoint)
  • Self-starter with agility and flexibility to adapt to changing requests in a fast-paced environment
  • Follows through to ensure that deadlines are met and deliverables meet specifications.
  • Coordinates multiple priorities while meeting simultaneous deadlines.
  • Consistent exercise of independent judgment and discretion in matters of significance.
  • Regular, consistent and punctual attendance. Must be able to work nights and weekends, variable schedule(s) and overtime as necessary.
  • Other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

Employees at all levels are expected to:

  • Understand our Operating Principles; make them the guidelines for how you do your job.
  • Own the customer experience - think and act in ways that put our customers first, give them seamless digital options at every touchpoint, and make them promoters of our products and services.
  • Know your stuff - be enthusiastic learners, users and advocates of our game-changing technology, products and services, especially our digital tools and experiences.
  • Win as a team - make big things happen by working together and being open to new ideas.
  • Be an active part of the Net Promoter System - a way of working that brings more employee and customer feedback into the company - by joining huddles, making call backs and helping us elevate opportunities to do better for our customers.
  • Drive results and growth.
  • Respect and promote inclusion & diversity.
  • Do what's right for each other, our customers, investors and our communities.

Disclaimer:

  • This information has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees in this role. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications.

Comcast is an EOE/Veterans/Disabled/LGBT employer.

Skills

Brand Strategy, Business, Presenting to Groups

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Education

Bachelor's Degree

While possessing the stated degree is preferred, Comcast also may consider applicants who hold some combination of coursework and experience, or who have extensive related professional experience.

Certifications (if applicable)

Relative Work Experience

5-7 Years

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