Associate Manager

Job Title: Associate Manager Reports To: Account Supervisor
FLSA Status: Full Time - Salaried, Exempt
Location: Cincinnati, OH

Who is pep:

pep started with 7 employees, a borrowed conference room, and an idea to fill a void in the marketing services space. Today we've grown to over 200 people and we are an industry leader in consumer activation, serving some of the top Fortune 500 companies. We've managed over $5 billion in marketing spend for over 750 brands and pride ourselves on a client retention rate of 98%.

Our company has evolved since we started 18 years ago, but there is one thing that has remained a constant. at pep, we put people first. Our core values of accountability, excellence, ingenuity, people, and tenacity guide our interactions, decisions, and drive our culture. We are committed to maintaining an inclusive environment where every member of our team feels seen, cared for, and has the support they need to thrive. And our tremendous growth provides our people with many new career and development opportunities along with the flexibility to pursue their professional goals.

We're looking for teammates who are driven, eager to learn, agile, positive, and client focused to join and contribute to our team. We enjoy a hybrid work model and competitive salary based on experience. If this sounds like you and you want to be a part of something special, then click below to apply.

At pep we value our team and offer:

• Generous Time Off
• Robust Health and Wellness Plan
• Family Support
• Mentorship Program

• 401K Match
• Role Autonomy
• Certification Reimbursement and Ongoing Training
• Enrichment Events and Employee Resource Groups

Summary of Position:

The Associate Manager position is responsible for managing assets for marketing campaigns and keeping the project work on time and on budget.

The essential duties and responsibilities include but are not limited to:

Key Responsibilities and Attributes:

• Manage marketing assets from prep, delivery, and storage for your assigned business unit

• Create and manage various asset trackers
• Upload, Deliver, & govern naming conventions across multiple channels

• Communicate with relevant stakeholders to ensure that asset management is executed to completion
• Collaborate with team to assemble all necessary asset specifications
• Assist in the establishment and development of processes, procedures, and governance
• Quality Control checks of assets to validate proper specs have been followed
• Manage asset scope changes as needed while ensuring an on-time execution
• Provide cross-functional teams with recommendations for time efficiencies
• Build partner and internal relationships
• Attend regular status meetings with cross-functional teams to ensure flawless execution for each campaign
• Proactively build your knowledge and expertise through additional training in your promotion area as needed
• Stay up to date on industry news and trends
• Other duties assigned as needed

Knowledge/Skills Required:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to execute each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements below represent the required knowledge, skill, and/or ability. Reasonable accommodations may enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions. A successful candidate will have the following skills:

• Exceptional communication skills while working in a fast-paced environment
• Experience in Microsoft Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, and Excel
• Typing skills should be a minimum of 55 wpm
• Wireless internet speed up to at least 500 Mbps
• If Cincinnati-based, the ability to come into the office twice a week
• Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus

Knowledge/Skills Preferred:

• Ability to write routine reports and correspondence
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as campaign trackers, presentations, and data
• Readiness to operate internal and external online systems
• Client facing ability
• Problem-solving skills
• Effectively utilize staff, including delegating as appropriate
• Capacity to manage healthy business processes
• Desire to mentor, grow and work harmoniously as part of a larger team
• Ability to apply common-sense understanding to carry out instructions in written, oral or diagram form
• Preferred, but not required: Bachelor's in Business or Communication with a 2.8+ GPA from a four-year college or university (emphasis in marketing or management); or Minimum of 18 months of applicable business or promotion management experience

*pep provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, pep complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location where the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.

pep expressly prohibits workplace harassment based on race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, or veteran status. Improper interference with the ability of pep's employees to perform their job duties may result in discipline up to and including discharge .

Managing gathering and asset naming convention (we have a document that will concatenate meta, the Asset Manager will need to make sure the form has all data which will then populate the asset name). And governance

Although the role will not be responsible for legal reviews, their function will start at the point of final asset list confirmation and campaign asset approval/client

sign-off. However, we will need to have all assets be QA/QC'd to ensure they are meeting vendor specifications, that they work (ex. Video's play), files open, etc.