Director of Creative Strategy and Agency Management

Job Description

The Brand Marketing, Creative and Media group is part of the Brand, Customer and Sales Experience team at Intel that drives the development of compelling campaigns and content across the globe in support of our corporate brand and portfolio of technology products.

We are seeking a Director of Creative Strategy and Agency Management to lead a dynamic team that drives Creative Excellence, Agency Management, Program Management, Transcreation and Production for Intel's tier-one marketing campaigns. Overarching responsibilities include setting team vision, growth and career management for a team of six direct reports, driving four tier-one agency relationships, managing cross-functional stakeholder relationships with Intel's product marketing teams, and driving budget and operational excellence in coordination with global procurement and finance.

A deep understanding of the process to create full-funnel campaigns is critical for this role including brief development, conceptual development, production and transcreation. If you have the passion to make great work, dig in and help create something wonderful, we'd like to speak with you.

Responsibilities Include

• Set the overall vision for agency partners to deliver world-class creative, strategy, and solutions that are integrated with the overall business strategy and brand positioning across all channels
• Cultivate and maintain strong relationships with senior internal stakeholders across product marketing, partner marketing and local field marketing teams
• Own senior-level agency relationships across four key agency partners
• Drive yearly budget planning process as creative and production lead - ensuring budgets are aligned to and agencies are properly scoped at the outset of the calendar year
• Set a strong team vision across four critical segments of the Client Computing Group (CCG), Data Center and Artificial Intelligence (DCAI), and Network and Edge (NEX) business groups
• Drive team and personal career growth for team members inclusive of scoping and resourcing
• Manage large budgets across fee, production and transcreation
• Ensure team delivers complex creative activations on strategy, on time and within budget
• Partner with marketing teams to align on objectives, programs, KPIs, and the agency team to craft creative briefs and deliver breakthrough creative ideas/activations
• Define and manage agency processes spanning overall project workflows, project resourcing and budget tracking
• Drive integration best practices. Identify and implement operational and process efficiencies that lead to continuous improvement and efficiency
• Work closely with Intel's global sourcing and procurement teams on agency contracts, MSAs, rate cards and annual scope negotiations

Qualifications

A successful candidate will demonstrate:

• Leadership/executive presentation skills
• Deep understanding of creative process, including creative strategy, conceptual development, production, and transcreation/delivery
• Experience in a global model planning or executing campaigns across multiple marketing groups and countries
• Experience managing and driving external agency relationships
• Experience leading and working with cross functional teams
• Strong organizational skills. Understands the strategic value that operations, process and tools can bring
• Ability to identify resource and process efficiencies across strategic and creative workstreams
• Strong financial acumen
• High levels of energy, creativity, and enthusiasm with a strong sense of accountability
• Technology category experience is not required but is desirable
• Team culture creator who leads with inclusivity and humility

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree
• 12+ years of experience in corporate marketing and agency management, or senior-level account management experience at a global advertising agency

Inside this Business Group

Intel's Sales and Marketing (SMG) organization works with global customers and partners to solve critical business problems with Intel based technology solutions. SMG works across business units to amplify the customer voice and deliver solutions that accelerate their business. We work across numerous industries, including retail, enterprise and government, cloud services and healthcare as examples. The operations team focuses on forecasting, driving alignment with factory production and delivering efficiency tools and our marketing capability drives demand and localized marketing in locations around the globe. Our sales force navigates a complex partner and customer ecosystem while shaping product roadmaps, driving value for our customers, and collaborating to harness emerging technology trends to deliver comprehensive solutions.

Other Locations

US,OR,Hillsboro;US,AZ,Phoenix;US,CA,Folsom

Covid Statement

Intel strongly encourages employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19. Intel aligns to federal, state, and local laws and as a contractor to the U.S. Government is subject to government mandates that may be issued. Intel policies for COVID-19 including guidance about testing and vaccination are subject to change over time.

Posting Statement

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, religious creed, sex, national origin, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, military and veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, gender, gender expression, gender identity, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by local law, regulation, or ordinance.

Benefits

We offer a total compensation package that ranks among the best in the industry. It consists of competitive pay, stock, bonuses, as well as, benefit programs which include health, retirement, and vacation. Find more information about all of our Amazing Benefits here: https://www.intel.com/content/... Salary Range for jobs which could be performed in US, California: $156,950.00-$274,730.00

• Salary range dependent on a number of factors including location and experience

Working Model

This role will be eligible for our hybrid work model which allows employees to split their time between working on-site at their assigned Intel site and off-site.

In certain circumstances the work model may change to accommodate business needs.

Position of Trust

This role is a Position of Trust. Should you accept this position, you must consent to and pass an extended Background Investigation, which includes (subject to country law), extended education, SEC sanctions, and additional criminal and civil checks. For internals, this investigation may or may not be completed prior to starting the position. For additional questions, please contact your Recruiter.