Creative Partnerships Manager Job at F5 Networks in Seattle

At F5, we strive to bring a better digital world to life. Our teams empower organizations across the globe to create, secure, and run applications that enhance how we experience our evolving digital world. We are passionate about cybersecurity, from protecting consumers from fraud to enabling companies to focus on innovation. Everything we do centers around people. That means we obsess over how to make the lives of our customers, and their customers, better. And it means we prioritize a diverse F5 community where everyone can thrive.

We are currently searching for a Creative Partnerships Manager to join the Corporate Marketing team in our Seattle headquarters, who will orchestrate and oversee creative projects that align with F5 brand identity and business objectives, acting as a bridge between stakeholders, the internal creative team, and external creative agencies.

Position Summary

As Creative Partnerships Manager on the Corporate Marketing team, you will ensure projects can be communicated, created and delivered, balancing the needs of stakeholders with those of the internal creative team and external creative agencies. You will translate complex business requirements into clear, actionable creative briefs, and ensure that all parties have a shared understanding of project goals, timelines, and deliverables. You will be a detective, asking the right questions to help stakeholders better plan for incoming projects. You will embrace a support and leadership mindset, knowing how and when to balance each at the highest level. Your success in this role will be measured by delivering high-quality creative projects that drive business results, fostering strong internal and external partnerships, and contributing to the company's overall growth.

You Will

Have a leadership mindset, exhibiting BeF5 and LeadF5 principles

Embrace both support and leadership mindsets, knowing how and when to balance each at the highest level

Think and act strategically, looking around corners and taking a broad perspective to identify and recommend solutions

Embrace challenges as opportunities to learn, adapt, grow, and elevate our individual and team capabilities

Communicate openly, listening with focus and intent and seeking first to understand

Have an owner mindset, work with agility and focus on positive customer outcomes, and create an inclusive and collaborative environment in which all people can thrive

Own the stakeholder relationships, the communication, and the process for creative projects

Understand F5’s corporate and marketing priorities and ensure measurement mechanisms reflect performance against benchmarks

Act as the primary point of contact for key stakeholders, managing communication, expectations, and deliverables

Support strategy, communication, and deliverables to, for, and with agencies with a focus on efficiency, value, and clarity

Manage the day-to-day interactions with agencies, ensuring smooth workflows and timely delivery of services

Identify and mitigate potential risks, including stakeholder satisfaction, off-target work, or project delays

Identify opportunities for process improvements and work with the internal team and agencies to implement changes

Uphold F5’s Business Code of Ethics and promptly report violations of the Code or other company policies

Perform other related duties as assigned

Your knowledge, skills, and abilities

Ability to build relationships, credibility, and trust, balancing multiple stakeholder needs effectively

Understanding of brand identity and marketing principles

Ability to analyze and interpret business objectives to inform creative strategies

Ability to translate complex business requirements into clear, actionable creative briefs, discovering project requirements and potential challenges

Familiarity with creative project management methodologies

Excellent project management and organizational skills

Effective communication and interpersonal skills

Problem-solving and critical thinking skills

Negotiation and conflict resolution abilities

Ability to adapt communication style for different audiences (e.g., creatives, executives, clients)

Ability to manage timelines and resources efficiently

You have

A track record of success leading internal and external creative partnerships for a brand or product with meaningful results in the market

5+ years of relevant experience

Bachelor’s Degree

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The Job Description is intended to be a general representation of the responsibilities and requirements of the job. However, the description may not be all-inclusive, and responsibilities and requirements are subject to change.

The annual base pay for this position is : $97,300.00 - $145,900.00

F5 maintains broad salary ranges for its roles in order to account for variations in knowledge, skills, experience, geographic locations, and market conditions, as well as to reflect F5’s differing products, industries, and lines of business. The pay range referenced is as of the time of the job posting and is subject to change.

You may also be offered incentive compensation, bonus, restricted stock units, and benefits. More details about F5’s benefits can be found at the following link : https : / / www.f5.com / company / careers / benefits. F5 reserves the right to change or terminate any benefit plan without notice.

Please note that F5 only contacts candidates through F5 email address (ending with @f5.com) or auto email notification from Workday (ending with f5.com or f5myworkday.com).

Equal Employment Opportunity

It is the policy of F5 to provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and employment applicants without regard to unlawful considerations of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, sensory, physical, or mental disability, marital status, veteran or military status, genetic information, or any other classification protected by applicable local, state, or federal laws. This policy applies to all aspects of employment, including, but not limited to, hiring, job assignment, compensation, promotion, benefits, training, discipline, and termination. F5 offers a variety of reasonable accommodations for candidates. Requesting an accommodation is completely voluntary. F5 will assess the need for accommodations in the application process separately from those that may be needed to perform the job. Request by contacting accommodations@f5.com.

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