Senior Manager - Alexandria, United States - Blue Arrow Strategies

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Blue Arrow Strategies

Position Description

Blue Arrow Strategies has an immediate opening for a Senior Manager (Marketing / Public Relations) hybrid position located in Alexandria, VA. Our clients, culture, and work environment combine to offer some of the most exciting opportunities in the industry. Our business is built on a foundation of creativity, quality, and commitment to our employees development and our customers success.

The Senior Manager (Marketing / Public Relations) will spearhead strategic communications and public relations campaigns in the realm of issue advocacy. The successful candidate will be tasked with planning and executing international marketing campaigns with a strong emphasis on grassroots initiatives and stakeholder impact.

This role requires not only exceptional leadership in guiding a multifaceted team but the ability to cultivate and maintain relationships with key contacts, influencers, and relevant stakeholders to advance the objectives of issue advocacy.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop and implement holistic strategic communications and public relations strategies.
• Demonstrate success in achieving KPP/KPI metrics via insights and analysis.
• Work as part of an integrated PR and digital team, driving the strategic inclusion of social media across client
• programs, including but not limited to content development, community management, publishing best practices, channel strategy, test plan development, insights, and analytic reports.
• Oversee account teams to ensure seamless delivery of client work products including quality reviews and team accountability.
• Manage multiple projects/accounts with the ability to maintain cost, schedule & performance with a focus on quality.
• Build trusting relationships with team members and clients daily.
• Provide thoughtful ongoing strategic counsel and media relations advice to senior executives at client organizations.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree in business, marketing, or public relations with 10-15 years of client facing digital experience (social media specialty preferred), with at least 8 years in an agency setting.
• Expertise to monitor and accurately project campaign performance. Comfort with data and using past results to drive future strategy.
• Deep knowledge and understanding of digital media platforms primarily Google Suite, Meta (Facebook & Instagram), X (Twitter), TikTok, YouTube including both organic and paid strategies and capabilities.
• Ability to take initiative and quickly adapt strategies/approach based on client direction, with a focus on attention to detail.

Desired Qualifications:

• Possess a passion for teaching and mentoring team members, working in close collaboration with digital team leadership and account teams focusing on process/process optimization.
• Extensive knowledge of earned media and marketing tactics (i.e., search, influencer, editorial), and where social media and digital activations can be integrated and measured.
• Experience with social media management, influencer management, analytics tools, social listening (e.g., Hootsuite, Sprout Social, Buffer, Meltwater).
• Proficiency in CRM tools to build and maintain contacts for newsletters and subscriptions
• Familiarity with all aspects of communications campaigns including public opinion research, media planning (traditional and digital), creative development, digital engagement strategy and financial management.
• Adept at ideation across multiple team disciplines.
• Working knowledge of AI tools/platforms relevant to social media campaign development.

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• Maintain a pulse on emerging social media and digital trends.

Job Location: Alexandria, VA