Group Brand Strategy Director

David&Goliath • El Segundo, CA

1d • $200,000 - $250,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

The Group Strategy Director helps usher in D&G’s next generation planning function. In equal measures a business strategist and a creative planner, this individual’s portfolio includes successful product-market analyses, go-to-market strategies, and business transformation thought leadership articles alongside serious creative accolades. In addition to being the senior-most strategist– deeply engaged with the multidisciplinary team on that account, they will help our CSO elevate, direct and grow our strategy practice, ensuring we have the best-in-class tools, techniques and talent. They are responsible for identifying opportunities for the agency to grow client relationships through proactive thinking and recommendations. They are a vital ally to the Executive Creative Director in ideating and creating brave, beautiful campaigns, and to the Group Account Director in upleveling the account service department to a consultative business practice. We strongly encourage candidates of diverse backgrounds to apply.

Requirements

• 12 – 15 years of advertising agency, research, client-side and/or consulting experience working on a challenger brand(s)
• Demonstrated successes in identifying market-, brand-, media-, and customer-driven data and insights to produce groundbreaking work, effecting work for national brand(s)
• Fully integrated chops (traditional, digital, media, CRM, social, mobile)
• Expertise in qualitative and quantitative research
• Not an asshole
• A self-starter with insatiable curiosity, drive and hunger
• Passionate about the work and compassionate about the people
• Highly collaborative, with a successful track record of leading happy, productive, diverse teams across disciplines, agencies and personalities
• A super-smart, indispensable contributor to the work and our culture, who mentors and empowers others to do the same
• A persuasive and inspiring communicator, adept at managing up, down and cross-stream stakeholders in real-time and sometimes in politically-charged environments
• Unflappable and calm demeanor in the midst of change, who can expertly anticipate and mitigate risks

Responsibilities

• Help elevate, direct, and grow the strategy practice, ensuring best-in-class tools, techniques, and talent.
• Identify opportunities for the agency to grow client relationships through proactive thinking and recommendations.
• Serve as a vital ally to the Executive Creative Director in ideating and creating campaigns.
• Support the Group Account Director in upleveling the account service department to a consultative business practice.

Benefits

• Benefits

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed