About the position
Apple's worldwide communications team informs the world about our innovative products and services, and the values that drive everything we do. The team includes professionals with backgrounds in public relations, journalism, social media, writing and buzz marketing. We’re looking for trailblazing, collaborative professionals from a variety of creative fields. If that’s you, then your next home may be here. Come and do the best and most exciting work of your career at Apple! Apple’s Product Integration Manager is responsible for strategically growing Apple’s product placement presence within the entertainment industry. This position reports to the Head of Worldwide Product Placement and will work closely with the Apple Product Integration team, studio partners, and productions.
Responsibilities
- Proactively identify and oversee impactful product placement of Apple devices, services, and software with off platform studio partners, and productions.
- Create and manage regular reporting of placement activity and results.
- Utilize existing network and cultivate new contacts to ensure Apple remains the #1 product placed brand.
- Secure placement opportunities in high-visibility projects.
- Educate studio/production contacts on Apple’s new products, services, and capabilities, demonstrating how they can be integrated organically into content.
- Participate, support and/or manage multiple projects simultaneously and ensure they are produced on strategy, on time, in line with Apple standards.
- Support team across WW Product Placement efforts as needed.
- Keep a pulse on emerging entertainment insights and share trends to bring inspiration and new perspectives into the wider organization.
Requirements
- 6+ years of experience working in a similar capacity, or in roles that deal directly with product placement of brands and film/television production.
Nice-to-haves
- Established network in product placement and entertainment industry.
- Excellent organizational skills, attention to detail, ability to multitask in a fast-paced, and time-critical environment.
- Confidence to engage at the highest level of influence and speaking to creatives and internal executives.
- Strong knowledge base and personal use of Apple products and software.
- Collaborative — externally and internally — with proven ability to build and maintain successful relationships.
- You are a self-starter who is dedicated and demonstrates creative and critical thinking abilities.
- Comfortable with high volumes of information and quickly breaking into actions needed.
- Experience dealing with sensitive and confidential information with integrity.
- Excellent communication and written skills.
- Consistent track record of meeting deadlines and taking initiative to make confident decisions quickly and under pressure.
- Demonstrates a proactive ability to anticipate needs and changes, then react efficiently and independently.
- Critical thinking needed, able to understand the business and see the 'big picture'.
