Droga5 - Strategy Director

Accenture•New York, NY

33d

About The Position

As a Strategy Director at Droga5, you are the hub around which strategy on the account rotates, managing content and process. You set the bar for how excellent our strategic product is, and you help those more junior to reach that bar. You're highly respected by the client and creatives for delivering strategic thinking that answers their business problems, and for being a champion of our creative excellence as an agency. You are adept at managing multiple projects and clients to a very high degree of quality. You can run a pitch, and you are an inspirational presenter. You're a voice of authority within the agency, and you push the strategic discipline forward. Most importantly, you're an Inclusive leader demonstrating a high degree of cultural and emotional intelligence that leads to effective collaboration across many different working styles and perspectives. You know how to empower others and create a genuine sense of team cohesion to drive the agency's strategic agenda forward.

Requirements

6+ years of brand, comms, or data strategy or relatable experience in a creative agency setting, with experience leading pieces of business and pitches or adjacent industry experience

Nice To Haves

Demonstrated mastery and proven track record of delivering creatively inspiring, business-driving thinking
Bachelor's degree in a related field, or equivalent training and/or experience
Deep understanding of the roles of brands, communications and communication channels within business plans

Responsibilities

Oversee and be responsible for best in class strategic deliverables of an account in close partnership with other disciplines such as creative, account, production, etc.
Create and steward strategic outputs from big overarching brand strategies to creative execution briefs.
Clearly defining and building them over multiple campaigns/activities at pace with the account.
Clearly identifying and isolating the real business problems a brand and communications can affect
Articulating the roles of the brand, communication and communication channels within business plans—thinking for tomorrow and not just today
Show deep understanding of the client business and industry
Champion the brand purpose and creative vision; ensure that it lives across all key touch-points and communications as appropriate
Utilizing desk research, syndicated tools, AI tools, for basic research - build their unique and original POV and find creatively interesting ways of approaching problems
Be able to build measurable goals up front in the strategic and creative process and track performance once a campaign has launched
Show clear ways of impacting the strategic and creative output from D5
Be collaborative up, down, and across both internally and externally
Be curious about the world and their clients
Be persuasive and compelling
Have excellent written and verbal communication and presentation skills