Brand Strategy Manager

THE POSITION
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The role of the Sportsbook Brand manager will play a pivotal role in helping to execute our brand across all available touch points. Responsible for delivering creative briefs across integrated campaigns to bring to life messages that will be compelling to our target audience. This role will work alongside all marketing teams to ensure high quality execution upholding our brand proposition. The ideal candidate has experience working on high quality brands in competitive markets, can contribute to the building of communications platforms, and relishes working with a range of stakeholders.

Reporting into the Brand Marketing function, this is an impactful role that will help deliver the long-term strategic direction of our marketing in our drive to become America’s next iconic sports & gaming brand. In addition to the specific responsibilities outlined above, employees may be required to perform other such duties as assigned by the Company. This ensures operational flexibility and allows the Company to meet evolving business needs.

THE GAME PLAN
Everyone on our team has a part to play

· Serve as the captain of our Sportsbook marketing execution, coordinating deliverables cross-functionally so everyone knows their role and when actions are deliverable by.

· Understand our main marketing objectives and helps shape approach alongside other teams to go after key moments that matter in our marketing plans specifically focused on our Sportsbook led                customer.

· Produce high quality creative briefs & signs off on creative execution across integrated campaigns.

· Manage our creative agency day-to-day, ensuring alignment between our Sportsbook brand and creative concepts

· Understand our Sportsbook target audience and looks for opportunities to leverage priority brand RTBs (reason-to-believe) especially within key tentpole sporting moments

· Understand media planning and can effectively work with our media teams to bring our Sportsbook messaging to life within key placements.

· Ensure effective communication of plans – especially when leading integrated planning and across key areas of responsibility.

· Ensure effective briefing processes are in place for delivery with excellence and co-ordinates optimization of our creative delivery process with our creative operations teams.

· Review competitor advertising communication, looking for opportunities to optimize the delivery of our proposition in market.

· Build the internal brand of Sportsbook – creates a drum beat of company-wide internal comms opportunities.

· Be a customer advocate in all marketing campaigns, ensuring that the brand and our consumers are at the heart of our created communications.

THE STATS
What we're looking for in our next teammate

· 5+ years of experience in brand, communications or marketing – ideally with category experience in sports, gaming, and technology.

· Experience working on both new and existing brands in competitive markets.

· Experience applying traditional brand building skills in a growth & performance-oriented digital business.

· Ability to critically evaluate creative execution to ensure it delivers on our objectives

· Ability to deliver creative feedback effectively and synthesize collective feedback coming from various stakeholders.

· Ability to steer creative feedback process involving cross-functional partners.

· Ability to work with a wider variety of stakeholders to understand problems and help solve them with action

· Understands data – whether that’s business or brand health data to give the context on why we need to prioritize activity.

· Enjoys the pace of a growing business, can work fast when required but is also able to step back and work strategically.

· High quality interpersonal and presentation skills – people enjoy working with you, and you inspire with your passion for the brand.

· Knowledge of sports and/or experience working within a heavily regulated industry is a plus

· Don’t check all the boxes? That’s okay! We encourage you to still apply if you feel like you possess an adjacent skill set and are interested in learning more about this position.

ABOUT FANDUEL

FanDuel Group is the premier mobile gaming company in the United States and Canada. FanDuel Group consists of a portfolio of leading brands across mobile wagering including: America’s #1 Sportsbook, FanDuel Sportsbook; its leading iGaming platform, FanDuel Casino; the industry’s unquestioned leader in horse racing and advance-deposit wagering, FanDuel Racing; and its daily fantasy sports product.  

In addition, FanDuel Group operates FanDuel TV, its broadly distributed linear cable television network and FanDuel TV+, its leading direct-to-consumer OTT platform. FanDuel Group has a presence across all 50 states, Canada, and Puerto Rico.

The company is based in New York with US offices in Los Angeles, Atlanta, and Jersey City, as well as global offices in Canada and Scotland. The company’s affiliates have offices worldwide, including in Ireland, Portugal, Romania, and Australia.

FanDuel Group is a subsidiary of Flutter Entertainment, the world's largest sports betting and gaming operator with a portfolio of globally recognized brands and traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: FLUT).

PLAYER BENEFITS
We treat our team right

This role may offer the following benefits: extended medical, vision, and dental coverage; life insurance; disability insurance; a retirement program with employer contributions; among other employee benefits. This role may also be eligible for short-term or long-term incentive compensation, including, but not limited to, cash bonuses and stock program participation. This role includes 12 holidays and two (2) floating holidays.  FanDuel offers paid sick time in accordance with applicable Canadian law. Check out all our benefits here: FanDuel Total Rewards . *Benefits differ across country and job type.

FanDuel is an equal opportunities employer and we believe, as one of our principles states, “We are One Team!”. As such, we are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ethnicity, ancestry, religion, creed, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship status, marital status, disability, gender identity, gender expression, or any other characteristic protected by provincial, local or federal law. We believe FanDuel is strongest and best able to compete if all employees feel valued, respected, and included.

FanDuel is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please email   View email address on fanduel.careers .

The Company intends to use artificial intelligence in the process of screening, assessing, and/or selecting applicants for this role.

The applicable salary range for this position is $97,000 - $121,000CAD, which is dependent on a variety of factors including relevant experience, location, business needs and market demand. This role may offer the following benefits: extended medical, vision, and dental coverage; life insurance; disability insurance; a retirement program with employer contributions; among other employee benefits. This role may also be eligible for short-term or long-term incentive compensation, including, but not limited to, cash bonuses and stock program participation. This role includes 12 holidays and two (2) floating holidays.  FanDuel offers paid sick time in accordance with applicable Canadian law.

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