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Senior Manager, Creative Partnerships

f5, Seattle, Washington, us, 98127


Check out the role overview below If you are confident you have got the right skills and experience, apply today.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 each individual can thrive.

We are currently searching for a

Senior Manager, Creative Partnerships

to join the Worldwide 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 SummaryAs Senior Manager, Creative Partnerships on the Worldwide Marketing team, you will be a deeply aligned partner of F5’s brand management and Marketing leadership teams, ensuring priorities are met and communicated, work is done on brief, time and budget. You are an innovator and continual improver of process. You will balance the needs of stakeholders with those of the internal creative team and external creative agencies, orchestrating and overseeing creative projects that align with F5 brand identity and business objectives. 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. 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

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 client, the communication, and the process for creative projects

Contextualize business results as the filter for projects and creative work

Understand F5’s corporate and Worldwide 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

Architect and oversee the completion of ongoing projects, ensuring deadlines are met and quality standards are maintained

Develop and implement strategic plans to enhance service delivery, optimize agency collaboration, and achieve business objectives

Drive the project intake process and a standard cadence of communications with stakeholders, agencies, and the internal creative team.

Monitor and analyze agency performance using key metrics to ensure quality and efficiency, cost-effectiveness, spending, and value

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

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

Hire, train, and grow the right talent in the F5 environment

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

Strong 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

Deep familiarity with creative process and project management methodologies

Excellent project management and organizational skills

Strong 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

8+ years of relevant experience

Bachelor’s Degree

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 U.S. base pay range for this position is: $136,000.00 - $204,000.00

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 @myworkday.com).

Equal Employment OpportunityIt 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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