Senior Communication Strategist
About The Position
The Senior Communication Strategist leads communications strategy development and helps teams identify new ways for ideas to come to life. The role works across channels, consumer behavior, creative ideas, and business objectives, turning complexity into compelling communications narratives and clear direction. The strategist develops integrated campaign plans, recommends channels and experiences, collaborates with creative and media teams, leads client and internal presentations, and guides and develops junior strategists. The position also contributes to department-wide learning and stays current on media behavior, platforms, culture, technology, and measurement.
Requirements
- Approximately 4–7 years of relevant experience in communications planning, media strategy, integrated strategy, or a related discipline.
- Strong knowledge across a diverse range of media channels and consumer touchpoints.
- Demonstrated ability to develop communication strategies independently.
- Experience identifying insights and building strategic narratives.
- Strong presentation and client-facing skills.
- Ability to guide junior team members and direct their work.
- Cross-discipline experience in Creative, Brand, Media, Analytics, and Account.
- Strong strategic thinking, with the ability to turn information into insight and insight into action.
- Persuasive storytelling skills and the ability to create clarity from complexity.
- Broad media fluency and curiosity about channels beyond their traditional use.
- Comfort expressing and defending a point of view.
- Collaborative and emotionally intelligent, with the ability to navigate different disciplines and personalities.
- Proactive, highly organized, and able to manage multiple workstreams simultaneously.
- Generous with knowledge and interested in developing others.
Responsibilities
- Lead development of communications strategies, architectures, and integrated campaign plans.
- Translate business, brand, audience, cultural, and media insights into clear strategic opportunities.
- Develop compelling insights and strategic narratives that inspire creative and media thinking.
- Recommend channels, platforms, partnerships, and experiences based on the role each can play in an idea.
- Identify unexpected ways for ideas to live, engage, and spread through creative media thinking.
- Partner closely with creative teams to strengthen ideas.
- Work with media agencies and partners to ensure media recommendations support strategic and creative ambitions.
- Lead key workstreams and presentations with clients and internal teams.
- Navigate cross-functional teams, resolve ambiguity, and provide clear direction to junior strategists.
- Review and improve the strategic work of junior team members.
- Teach communications strategy fundamentals across the department and agency.
- Stay current on changes in media behavior, platforms, culture, technology, and measurement.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
No Education Listed
