Director Integrated Media & Content

Job Description

Company:
Wells Enterprises (a Ferrero Company)

Functional Area:

Marketing

The Director, Integrated Media & Content leads integrated brand, social and commerce media plus content strategy and execution across the entire Wells - Ferrero portfolio of brands. This role partners cross-functionally with Brand, Customer, and Insights teams to orchestrate A&P investment to seamlessly drive consumers across the purchase journey while delivering commercial results. This role will also oversee strategic agency relationships, establish frameworks and playbooks, and develop performance and reporting standards.

The position also advances modern marketing capabilities by integrating Retailer Media Networks, scaling in-house content and influencer strategies, and developing audience‑first approaches through CRM, personalization and optimized marketing technology.

• Lead annual integrated media planning and strategy across the Wells portfolio of brands.
  • Develop paid media principles and playbook to inform annual IMC planning process.
  • Collaborate with Brand team leaders to align on marketing budget scenarios and requirements to deliver business objectives and commercial plan.
  • Develop media upfront strategy and requirements for Media Agency to effectively represent Wells Ferrero during upfront negotiations.
  • Translate brand “big idea” into full-funnel media strategies and plans in partnership with Media Agency, including role of retail media.
  • Lead IMC “stage gate” process to translate brand strategy brief and “big idea” into full-funnel strategy across purchase journey.
  • Own brand media target development in partnership with Media Agency.
  • Own Media Agency briefing process and deliverables within Integrated Agency Team (IAT) annual brand planning.
  • Lead development of campaign learning agenda and measurement plan.
  • Align leadership to cadence of performance reports and present performance updates to leadership stakeholders.
• Accelerate Modern Content Capabilities across digital touchpoints.
  • Support acceleration of Wells Ferrero “Modern Content Engine” that includes in-house organic social, paid influencer, and creative versioning & optimizing capabilities.
  • Bring Modern Content planning “upstream” in annual IMC planning process and create frameworks for role of “traditional brand creative assets” and “socially native” creative assets within full funnel media planning.
  • Define principles and learning agenda across content types (i.e. traditional brand content vs. social native content) to understand role within purchase journey.
• Accelerate Retail and Commerce media capabilities.
  • Develop organization POV and planning principles for retail media investment to support mutual delivery of brand campaign and customer plan objectives.
  • Partner with direct team members and cross-functional partners to support eCommerce growth and Digital Shelf excellence.
  • Develop shoppable media strategy and required capabilities (i.e. add-to-cart functionality) for national brand campaigns.
• Lead collaboration with Global Ferrero Group and Ferrero USA stakeholders.
  • Collaborate with Ferrero USA stakeholders to support “power-brand” and portfolio activation.
  • Lead relationship with Ferrero Group Global media team to socialize plans, partner on Wells Ferrero planning and buying parameters.
  • Partner with Global Ferrero Group to establish Wells Ferrero media strategy and support requirements, including media agency team structure and dedicated support.
• Advance media and campaign planning and execution capabilities.
  • Drive development of data strategy including 1P (CRM) and 3P (retail media network, publishers, etc.) to inform advanced targeting strategy and personalization at scale efforts.
  • Build measurement strategy and KPI…