Campaign Manager, Audience Development and Insights

The Audience Manager is an exciting role within T Brand Studio, the award-winning content studio of The New York Times Advertising department. Inspired by the journalism, creativity and innovation of The New York Times newsroom, the team partners with brands to tell meaningful stories that resonate with our global audience and create lasting impact.

Based in London, this role leads the end-to-end management of branded content distribution campaigns across The New York Times' on-site and off-site channels, developing audience strategies and driving campaign optimisation and measurement. Working closely with creative, strategy, sales and media planning teams across London, Paris, Singapore and New York, the Audience Manager helps deliver exceptional campaign performance while contributing to the ongoing evolution of our distribution and measurement capabilities.

This is a key client-facing role, partnering directly with agencies and brands to communicate campaign performance, audience insights and business impact. The successful candidate will confidently translate data into compelling stories while building trusted client relationships.

The role requires a strong understanding of the evolving media landscape across social, video, audio and editorial formats, alongside a forward-looking mindset that identifies opportunities to enhance our distribution, measurement and optimisation capabilities through new technologies, vendor partnerships and best practices.

The role will report directly to the Associate Director of Audience Development & Insights based in London as part of the broader T Brand Strategy Team.

Responsibilities

Schedule, manage and optimise distribution campaigns across The New York Times' on-site native placements, social media channels and third-party distribution networks.

Develop weekly and end-of-campaign performance reports that translate campaign metrics into actionable insights for clients and internal stakeholders.

Advise editorial, production and design teams on branded content best practices, new formats and distribution strategies.

Partner with sales, strategy and creative teams during pre-sale to support pitches with audience insights, best practices and performance benchmarks.

Manage multiple campaigns simultaneously while collaborating with cross-functional teams across international markets.

Research audience behaviour, advertising trends and the competitive landscape to inform campaign strategy and identify new opportunities.

Share campaign learnings and best practices to continually improve creative performance.

Support the development and delivery of campaign effectiveness and brand measurement solutions, including brand lift studies and attention-based methodologies.

Evaluate emerging measurement tools and vendor partnerships to expand T Brand Studio International's measurement capabilities.

Collaborate with internal teams and external partners to test and scale new measurement frameworks that demonstrate business outcomes beyond traditional engagement metrics.

Basic Qualifications

Campaign management experience using tools such as Google ads manager, Pressboard, Social Media advertising (Facebook, Instagram, Youtube, Tiktok)

Experience with data analysis and storytelling, going beyond the “what” to tell the “why” within research results

Experience managing stakeholders in a client facing role

Capable of handling multiple projects in a fast paced, deadline driven environment

Preferred Qualifications

Knowledge of media tools, data and audience measurement tools (MRI, Ipsos Affluent Survey, GWI, SimilarWeb or Google Analytics etc.)

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Additional Compensation and Benefits

For roles in the U.S., dependent on your role, you may be eligible for variable pay, such as an annual bonus and restricted stock. Benefits may include medical, dental and vision benefits, Flexible Spending Accounts (F.S.A.s), a company-matching 401(k) plan, employee stock purchase plan, paid vacation, paid sick days, paid parental leave, tuition reimbursement and professional development programs.

For roles outside of the U.S., information on benefits will be provided during the interview process.