Corporate Senior Strategy Director
Salary £110,000 - £120,000 + excellent benefits
This is a Snr role within a flagship branding agency, which is a part of a multi-award-winning global advertising agency network.
This agency have enjoyed another great year and continues to go from strength to strength. So they’re looking to grow their world-class team & that’s where you come in!
Your time will be spent leading on Strategy for a flagship corporate account - one of the biggest companies by revenue in the world! Alongside focusing on this global corporate client, you will spend approx half of your time working on other major international corporate clients and supporting pitches.
Deep experience across complex brand architecture for a global company is key!
Responsibilities:
• This is a senior role in the team and will see you both ‘overseeing’ and ‘doing’, meaning you
will simultaneously be expected to provide senior strategic oversight on projects being
delivered by others in the team, while also rolling your sleeves up and taking responsibility
yourself for delivery on others
• A true strategic lead, challenging the way they do things and drive positive change so they
produce our best strategy work and improve collaboration across strategy, creative and client
services
• A regular pitch team member in new business opportunities, bringing your experience and
skills to bear to deliver high level, hypothesis-led strategic thinking within reduced timeframes
while taking responsibility for pitch team planning, cohesion and morale
• Identify revenue opportunities from existing clients and from the application of new
methodologies, proactively developing plans to extend client relationships and spotting
opportunities to establish new products or practice areas within the strategy team
• Exercise your curious mind by bringing in leading edge thinking,
building a profile as a thought leader and sparking great conversations internally and helping
enhance reputation externally
• Contribute to a highly collaborative and energized agency atmosphere in which inclusion,
collaboration and positive disruption are encouraged
You:
• At this level you’ll be expected to use your knowledge and expertise to confidently lead a full
breadth of strategy projects (i.e. brand analysis, architecture, naming, purpose, positioning,
experience, etc) across multiple industries
• This particular role requires deep expertise in corporate strategy and the discipline of brand
architecture (i.e. proficient at architectural strategy, navigation frameworking, organising
principles, migration strategy, nomenclature, decision trees, etc)
• As a senior leader, you will also be expected to have a firm grasp of the commercial side of
agency performance, taking responsibility for driving efficiency and profitability (i.e. scoping,
cost proposals, margin, utilisation, etc) in the delivery of strategic work across the team
• You will be a high-level communicator able to effectively manage upwards and downwards,
comfortable and confident in any scenario whether that’s presenting to clients, writing copy,
facilitating workshops, critiquing design work or delivering feedback to peers and colleagues
• As a manager with direct reports, you’ll champion team members and support their
development through hands on support and mentoring.