Digital Media Manager
Postuler maintenant Postuler ultérieurement Job ID 10138906 Emplacement New York, New York, États-Unis Entreprise ESPN Date de publication 15/01/2026Résumé du poste:
As a Digital Media Manager at ESPN, you will play a crucial role in managing and optimizing our digital media operations. This position is designed to provide dedicated leadership for our owned digital operations, ensuring seamless execution of ESPN's media strategy across various platforms including display, app, and online video campaigns. You will be instrumental in establishing stronger integration with the DAS Ad Operations & ESPN Ad Operations teams and supporting the growing team of Digital Associates. This role reports to the Sr Director Media Operations. This role is located in New York, NY.
In this role, you will lead and manage ESPN’s digital media operations, ensuring seamless execution of media strategy across display, app, and online video campaigns. You will serve as a strategic leader and mentor, guiding a growing team of Digital Associates and supporting colleagues with less experience. Your work will involve solving complex problems with innovative solutions, driving operational excellence, and leading small-scale projects with minimal oversight. Key responsibilities include:
- Leadership
- Provide dedicated leadership for owned digital operations and steward enhancements to the digital ecosystem to unlock the impact of owned media.
- Lead ESPN’s partnership across The Walt Disney Company (TWDC) to maximize digital inventory and marketing value.
- Support digital prioritization and ensure through-line coordination across TWDC in partnership with Media Operations
- Team & Collaboration
- Overseeing and directing the day-to-day operations of the activation team
- Working with Planning & Buying team to understand goals, address campaign needs, and communicate results and insights
- Working side-by-side with broader Media & activation team to ensure tight coordination of campaign setup, adjustments and optimization performance is efficient and effective
- Act as a resource and mentor for colleagues.
- Guide managed employees toward team success and broader organizational impact.
- Operational Excellence
- Establish stronger integration with the DAS Ad Ops team.
- Manage relationships with cross-functional leads to improve campaign management and operational processes.
- Identify optimizations in current practices and drive executive alignment for adoption.
- Execution & Communication
- Work independently with minimal guidance, leading projects with manageable risks and resource requirements.
- Demonstrate agility in a fast-paced, dynamic environment, supporting new products and businesses backed by a large-scale media property.
- Communicate complex or sensitive concepts effectively, maintaining executive awareness while parallel-pathing individual workstreams.
Required Qualifications:
- Minimum 5 years of experience in digital media operations or related field.
- Skilled in digital media operations and management.
- Proficient in strategic partnership coordination.
- Independent worker with effective problem-solving skills.
- Innovative and tech-savvy with a creative mindset.
- Strong collaboration and communication skills.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience in ad sales account management or ad operations; previous sports or entertainment experience is a plus
- Experience with Operative 1, Campaign Manager, Google Product Suite, Adobe
- Experience working with across several media channels is preferred and a curiosity in emerging media platforms
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, ability to distill key ideas for non-digitally-centric teams
- Passionate, resilient, and adaptable team player.
- Creative thinker with a bold and enthusiastic approach.
Required Education:
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in analytics, business, marketing, or a related field
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The hiring range for this position in New York, NY is $83,200.00 to $111,500.00 per year. The base pay actually offered will take into account internal equity and also may vary depending on the candidate’s geographic region, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience among other factors. A bonus and/or long-term incentive units may be provided as part of the compensation package, in addition to the full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the level and position offered.
Sur ESPN:
Travailler à ESPN est une expérience incomparable. En effet, nous trouvons toujours de nouvelles façons d’interagir avec les fans, quelle que soit la manière et le lieu où ils se connectent avec le sport. Chaque jour, nous faisons ce que personne n’a fait auparavant, et ce dans une culture dynamique où nous prenons des risques et nous surpassons continuellement. Lorsque vous disposez des toutes dernières technologies, d’idées révolutionnaires et de talents de classe mondiale dans votre équipe, chaque jour est extraordinaire.
Sur The Walt Disney Company:
The Walt Disney Company, ainsi que ses filiales et sociétés affiliées, forme l’une des principales entreprises internationales diversifiées de divertissement familial et de médias. Elle comprend trois secteurs d'activités essentiels : Disney Entertainment, ESPN et Disney Experiences. Depuis ses modestes débuts en tant que studio de dessins animés dans les années 1920 jusqu’à son statut de référence actuel dans le secteur du divertissement, Disney poursuit fièrement sa tradition de création d’histoires et d’expériences exceptionnelles pour tous les membres de la famille. Les histoires, les personnages et les expériences de Disney touchent les consommateurs et les visiteurs du monde entier. À travers nos activités présentes dans plus de 40 pays, nos employés et cast members collaborent pour créer des expériences de divertissement appréciées à la fois au niveau universel et local.
Le poste est rattaché à ESPN Sales & Marketing, Inc. , qui fait partie d’une entreprise que nous appelons ESPN.
ESPN Sales & Marketing, Inc. est un employeur qui souscrit au principe d’égalité des chances à l’emploi. Les candidat(e)s seront pris(es) en considération pour un emploi sans distinction de race, de religion, de couleur, de sexe, d’orientation sexuelle, de genre, d’identité de genre, d’expression de genre, d’origine nationale, d’ascendance, d’âge, d’état matrimonial, de statut militaire ou d’ancien combattant, d’état de santé, d’informations génétiques ou de handicap, ou de tout autre motif interdit par la loi fédérale, étatique ou locale. Disney défend un environnement commercial où les idées et décisions de tous et toutes nous aident à grandir, innover, créer les meilleures histoires et être pertinents dans un monde en évolution constante.