Partner Comms Manager (Hybrid-On-site)

Apple Contingent Workforce • Contract • Sunnyvale, California, United States • $69 - $107 / hour • 1m ago

Channel and Partner Media Planner

About the Role

We're looking for an experienced, highly collaborative individual contributor to join our Worldwide Paid Media team. This role sits at the intersection of media strategy, channel execution, and cross-functional communications, owning the review and approval of media plans before they go live. You'll work closely with channel teams and partner communications to ensure every plan aligns with brand guidelines, budget parameters, legal/compliance requirements, and campaign objectives — operating with a high degree of autonomy and sound independent judgment.

What You'll Do

Own end-to-end review and approval of media plans submitted by regional and channel teams, ensuring accuracy, completeness, and alignment with global strategy
Act as the primary point of contact between the worldwide paid media team, channel leads, and external partners/agencies on plan approvals and revisions
Partner closely with channel comms to ensure media plans reflect current messaging, creative, and brand standards
Independently identify inconsistencies, risks, or gaps in proposed plans (budget allocation, targeting, flighting, compliance) and drive resolution with stakeholders, escalating only where judgment calls require leadership input
Design, maintain, and evolve the approval workflow/process, ensuring plans move efficiently from submission to sign-off
Track approval status across markets/channels and proactively surface pipeline risks and bottlenecks to leadership
Build and maintain strong working relationships with partners to streamline plan submissions and feedback loops
Lead continuous improvement of media planning templates, guidelines, and approval criteria across the team

What You Bring

8+ years of experience in media planning with a track record of increasing scope and autonomy, in agency or in-house paid media teams
Deep understanding of paid media channels and how media plans are structured
Excellent communication and influencing skills, with experience working cross-functionally across global/regional teams and external partners without formal authority
High attention to detail and strong judgment when operating within brand, legal, and budget guardrails
Ability to independently manage multiple stakeholders and competing priorities in a fast-paced, global environment
Comfortable working with data/reporting tools to track plan status and performance (e.g., Excel/Sheets, project management tools)
Diplomatic but firm — able to push back on plans that don't meet standards while preserving strong partner relationships

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