Strategy Director

Role Overview

• Oversee social media strategy development by leading the development of innovative and effective social media strategies for our clients
• Quickly and effectively get up to speed on new categories and clients with little context and time
• Navigate conversations around processes and scopes in a clear and productive manner
• Challenge client-asks for the sake of better output in a respectful way
• Manage and mentor junior team members, by leading, inspiring and developing a team of social media strategists
• Collaborate cross-functionally by working closely with creative, account management, and data teams to deliver outstanding results for clients
• Proactively identify strategic POVs to share with the department, and/or the agency
• Service multiple clients while overseeing more junior team members day-to-day work
• Independently craft a variety of strategy deliverables from overarching brand and campaign strategy to more tactical plans such as comms framework and content briefs
• Consistently write compelling creative briefs that translates the client’s ask into actionable guidance and provides a provocative point of view to help steer creative ideation
• Identify and execute thought leadership opportunities for We Are Social
• Command the room and sell in work whether internally or externally
• Develop strategic frameworks and artifacts to guide new ways of thinking and set a new standard
• Enter a workstream with little knowledge and problem-solve immediately
• Work with other leads to address client needs and problem-solve complex, non-defined account issues

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience in a strategic planning capacity, strong preference for creative agency experience
• Well versed in seeing and shaping ideas, ensuring creative is elevated beyond a collection of tactics
• Passion for wider communications/marketing trends and culture as a whole
• Well versed in in the power of social media
• Leads by example, but empowers their team to express themselves through their work

Benefits

• We like to laugh, we live for celeb gossip and we’re great on AUX
• Our passport program lets you explore and work from one of our 18 other offices worldwide, including Paris, Singapore, Madrid, Dubai, London and more
• You best believe we know how to celebrate our wins. And our losses (it’s how we learn)
• From carbon offsets to community kitchens, we’re passionate about making a difference.
• Did we say snacks? Because we have great snacks (Shoutout to Sheila who keeps the kitchen stocked)