Marketing Specialist - Audio Brands

Are you ready to take your career to new heights and be a part of a dynamic team at Rogers Sports & Media? We believe in creativity, innovation, and collaboration in everything we do, and we are looking for people who share this mindset to join us. With a monthly reach of 30 million Canadians, you can help shape the future of sports, news, e-commerce, and entertainment. At Rogers, we value diversity and inclusivity and believe that every voice matters. Join us today and be a part of a team that is redefining the future of media.

Marketing Specialist – Audio Brands

Who we're looking for:

Rogers Sports & Media is looking for strong executor and strategic planner to help elevate our brands and marketing presence across our vast audio portfolio. The successful candidate will contribute to and support the marketing and media strategy across the Radio & Podcast brand portfolio. This role requires someone with strong creative sensibilities, brand management skills, a detailed focus, and experience in briefing multi-facet campaigns with media agency, creative and internal media planning partners. You will play a key role in the development of industry-leading marketing campaigns for our audiences across all platforms. In addition, the ideal candidate will understand, analyze, and react to the rapidly evolving media landscape, marketplace and content consumption habits of audiences across Canada.

What you'll do:

• Contribute to the brand strategy across the entire Audio portfolio, developing the insight-driven roadmap for marketing-led growth
• Ensure the individual brand identity is consistent across all consumer touchpoints
• Assist with strategic planning and the full-year campaign planning process across the entire Audio portfolio (existing & new), with audience reach, acquisition and engagement in mind
• Leverage insights, analytics and trends to inform marketing and campaign strategies, in order to determine key tactics to grow audiences in both traditional and digital media environments
• Work collaboratively with programming, sales, digital and content/editorial teams to provide insights, ideate and produce best-in-class communications that drives ratings and revenue goals
• Support the Snr. Manager in agency planning and budget management process, taking the lead on key projects, and ensuring campaigns are delivered on time and on budget
• Be the knowledge base for all marketing touchpoints clearly articulating campaign goals and objectives to agency and creative partners to deliver effective marketing solutions
• Identify opportunities to grow brand visibility amongst core audience targets
• Ensure campaign delivery processes are clearly articulated to all stakeholders to manage the end-to-end process with internal and external partners, never missing a deadline
• Work closely with internal content and media teams optimize campaign effectiveness and achieve tactical objectives on owned and operated channels
• Contribute to a strong team culture of passionate marketing professionals, sharing insights and plans to ensure full team understanding and support
• Contribute to budget planning and executional excellence

What you bring:

• A solid understanding of the Canadian media environment and strong knowledge of the Radio and Podcast industry and core players
• Experience in brand management, advertising development and/or campaign planning
• 3+ years marketing experience, with proven ability to work collaboratively with cross-functional teams to achieve campaign goals
• An analytical lens to maximise campaign performance and drive business growth via all advertising channels
• Demonstratable knowledge of broadcast, streaming and digital media
• Strong attention to detail with proven experience in development and delivery of high-profile, multi-channel campaigns
• Demonstratable experience across a broad range of media and an understanding of the purpose of media in the marketing funnel
• A proven ability to build strong and successful relationships with key stakeholders, taking initiative to help deliver results
• An ability to move at pace and act decisively to support business needs,
• Strong work-ethic and a desire to contribute to a team that is focussed on success

What’s in it for you?

We believe in investing in our people and helping them reach their potential as valuable members of our team. As part of our team, you’ll have access to a wide range of incredible resources, growth opportunities, discounts, and perks, including:

• Competitive salary & annual bonus.
• Competitive & flexible health and dental benefits, pension plan, RRSP, TFSA, and Stock matching programs.
• Discounts: Enjoy up to 50% off Rogers Services and Blue Jays Tickets, 25% off TSC items, and a 20% discount on all wireless accessories sold in Rogers stores.
• Paid time off for volunteering.
• Company matching contributions to charities you support.

Growth & Development Opportunities:

• My Path: self-driven career development program.
• Rogers First: priority in applying to internal roles of interest.

Wellness Programs:

• Homewood employee & family assistance program.
• Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) & Virtual therapy sessions.
• Low or no-cost fitness membership with access to virtual classes.

Our commitment to the environment and diversity:

• Work for an organization committed to environmental protection.
• Strong commitment to diversity and inclusion with employee resource groups supporting equity-deserving groups including groups representing People of Colour, 2SLGBTQIA+, Indigenous Peoples, Persons with Disabilities and Women. We all bring something different, and we know what makes us different makes us great.

This is a hybrid work position and will require you to be in office three days per week. You can choose which days in office work best for you!

​To protect our people, brand and assets, a pre-employment background check will be conducted. As part of our selection process, all candidates must clear a criminal background check. Additionally, a credit check and drivers abstract may be required depending on the role.

Schedule: Full time
Shift: Day
Length of Contract: Not Applicable (Regular Position)
Work Location: 1 Mount Pleasant WFH(084), Toronto, ON
Travel Requirements: Up to 10%
Posting Category/Function: Marketing & Marketing Communication
Requisition ID: 312128

At Rogers, we believe the key to a strong business, is a diverse workforce where equity and inclusion are core to making everyone feel like they belong. We do this by embracing our diversity, celebrating our different perspectives, and working towards creating environments that empower our people to bring their whole selves to work. Everyone who applies for a job will be considered. We recognize the business value in creating a workplace where each team member has the tools to reach their full potential by removing any barriers for equal participation. We work with our candidates who are experiencing a disability throughout the recruitment process to ensure that they have what they need to be at their best. Please reach out to our recruiters and hiring managers to begin a conversation about how we can ensure that you deliver your best work. You matter to us! For any questions, please visit the Recruitment Process FAQ.

Posting Notes: Rogers Sports & Media