Branded Content Project Manager

About Roku and Team

Roku leads as the premier TV streaming platform in North America, with ambitions to power streaming on every television worldwide. We connect viewers to their favorite content, help publishers grow audiences and monetize, and equip advertisers with innovative ways to engage. Joining Roku means contributing actively from day one in a fast-paced, influential public company dedicated to streaming innovation.

The Ads Manager team focuses on creating top-tier advertising workflows, simplifying connected TV advertising for all business sizes, driving platform growth, and enabling customer success through seamless user experiences.

Role Overview

As a Branded Content Project Manager within Roku Brand Studio, you will lead the comprehensive management of branded content campaigns from sale closure to completion. Reporting to the Head of Project Management, your role involves synchronizing cross-functional teams including creative, production, sales, and operations to ensure timely delivery and high-quality branded entertainment across the Roku platform. Success hinges on exceptional project leadership, client relationship skills, proactive communication, and navigating complex, fast-paced projects with multiple collaborators.

Key Responsibilities

• Coordinate daily communications among internal teams and external parties such as advertisers, agencies, talent reps, and production partners.
• Maintain an up-to-date centralized repository for project timelines, deliverables, documentation, and next steps.
• Manage schedules, asset coordination, approvals, feedback, and ensure smooth progress from project initiation through launch and wrap-up.
• Act as the primary client liaison for assigned programs, delivering milestone updates, managing feedback, and setting expectations.
• Collaborate cross-functionally to guarantee program execution aligns with stakeholder goals and standards.
• Identify potential risks and issues early, providing thoughtful solutions to keep projects on track.
• Represent Roku Brand Studio during live productions by managing client engagements on set and virtual feeds, facilitating feedback, and ensuring clients remain informed and supported during shoots.
• Organize completed program materials for use in case studies, marketing, sales enablement, PR, and awards entries.
• Contribute to defining and promoting scalable best practices for branded content delivery across diverse formats.
• Foster constructive, cooperative relationships across teams to support a positive working environment.

Qualifications and Experience

• Minimum of 3 years experience in project management, branded content, advertising, account management, or a related discipline.
• Proven skills in detailed project and client management with diligent follow-through.
• Experience managing clients during live production settings including on-set and virtual feed coordination.
• Strong verbal and written communication abilities, effective with diverse stakeholders.
• Experience handling multiple projects end-to-end concurrently, effectively managing cross-team collaboration.
• Comfort with independent work complemented by team collaboration.
• Excellent problem-solving aptitude and sound decision-making in a fast-moving environment.
• Positive, professional demeanor with enthusiastic participation in creative and interdisciplinary collaborations.

Work Environment and Benefits

Roku embraces a hybrid work model emphasizing in-office collaboration Monday through Thursday, with flexible remote work on Fridays. The compensation range for this California position is estimated between $96,700 and $107,450 annually. Benefits encompass health insurance, equity awards, life and disability insurance, parental leave, wellness programs, and paid time off.

Roku is dedicated to diversity and equal opportunity, offering reasonable accommodations during recruitment as needed. Our culture prizes talented, humble, humor-infused innovators who move swiftly and solve problems collaboratively to reshape how the world watches TV.

AI Usage at Roku

We integrate AI tools to enhance productivity and quality while prioritizing human insight and accountability. Successful team members demonstrate proficiency in utilizing AI thoughtfully to accelerate output and enhance impact.