VP, Strategy

Havas Group • New York, NY

2d • $160,000 - $220,000 • Onsite

About The Position

The VP, Strategy takes a lead role across key agency accounts. We expect that person to have a keen ability to conceptualize and think strategically, to connect the dots to build compelling stories and a passion for creating work that makes a difference. The strategy team's remit is to provide understanding. We are a diverse community of thinkers and problem solvers who are passionate about what we do. Empathy and curiosity are our superpowers, rigor and creativity frame our approach in equal measure, and we are driven to make sense of the world around us. How? Through research, an appreciation of the many cultures within which we all operate, through data, through our own lived experiences, and through internalizing the lived experience of others. We deliver a point of view that guides brands to unique and ownable spaces where creative ideas that prompt action can be built. We work as a team that embraces individuality and contrarian mindsets. We believe that the role of planning is much bigger than writing the brief, facilitating a workshop, or developing strategy for a pitch. At Havas, planning is at the core of everything we do in our aim to create, nurture and sustain lasting brand connections.

Requirements

• 9+ years’ experience working in advertising, brand strategy, brand consultancies, or similar fields.
• Specific experience including brand building, brand and portfolio strategy, positioning, workshop development and facilitation, market and situational analysis, and brand identity development.
• Expertise across multiple types of market research, including primary/secondary, qualitative, and quantitative.
• Strong presence and presentation skills.
• A desire to get to the heart of an idea, the crux of an insight, and the core of a problem.
• A desire to be “a catalyst”; not just a good team player, but able to ‘lead’ teams via collaboration, persuasion, facilitation, rather than command and control.
• Possessed of ambition - for yourself, for the work, for your team.
• A chameleon who can create, edit, or collaborate.
• A great listener.
• A culture vulture.
• Confident (hungry) to take the reins on any project.
• Thrives in a fast-paced environment.

Nice To Haves

• Healthcare experience preferred but not required; however, an interest in health, healthcare, and the science of medicine and innovation is essential.

Responsibilities

• Be a strong partner to account teams in defining and delivering against strategic priorities for client businesses.
• Drive strategy through to the creative process to deliver powerful and distinct brand ideas.
• Establish strong and collaborative partnerships with clients and agency partners.
• Take an active role in new business, helping shape compelling pitch strategies, stories, and breakthrough ideas.
• Ensure consistent and quality pull-through across all the work they develop by having a strong grasp of the agency's brand-building philosophies, methodologies, and frameworks.
• Plan, develop, and facilitate workshops.
• Translate research discoveries and insights into compelling strategies and briefs.
• Be persuasive and articulate (both written and verbal).
• Raise the bar on creative ideas, committed to delivering work that resonates, changes opinions, motivates behavior, and pushes culture forward.

What This Job Offers

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