Group Director, Strategy

Responsibilities

• Translate the client’s business goals into communications jobs that provide the team(s) with clear direction on the task they need to achieve
• Maintain excellent client relationships & truly understanding the clients' key business and challenges
• Ensure the teams deliver best in class work as standard
• Proactively identify strategic issues before they potentially become real client problems, demonstrating strong analytical & strategic skills to help solve those problems
• Provide and/or guide strategic input for all plans, internally & externally
• Bring fresh thinking & inspiration into the Strategic Process, actively demonstrating how non-‘media’ inspiration can provide a springboard to better Strategic thinking
• Drive the development & usage of the Cultural Analytical Process/Tools to help teams find new insights that unlock growth
• Work with the Strategy Directors to deliver executable, relevant, on brand platforms with the potential for fame/award entry
• Train, guide & assist the Strategy & Client teams in development and packaging of ideas
• Use qualitative & and quantitative research to develop applicable insights into the consumer connection with the brand
• Partner with Analytics Strategy team to develop POVs on research, understanding & measurement solutions, inputting into the development of cutting edge planning, research and reporting models required to compete & dominate in the marketplace
• Contribute to Agency/Client revenue opportunities via teams' Strategic output
• Proactively work with all partners (vendors, academic institutions, creative consultancies) to unlock new growth opportunities for the client &/or the agency
• Participate in new business as required
• Required Skills & Experience
• Ability to think differently: creative & adaptive, entrepreneurial, independently-minded; deeply immersed in cultural understanding and driven by a desire to know more the world / to better understand people’s motivations & behaviors in the shifting landscape
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, is an experienced presenter and storyteller
• An interest in healthcare and learning more about patient and doctor experience, and how communications can augment their journeys to care.
• Experience working in/collaborating with a media planning team (either internally or in a partner agency)
• Experience in managing and developing junior strategy talent
• Desired Skills & Experience
• Preferably 10+ years in integrated planning role in media, creative, innovation or communications discipline (digital, content, invention, social, activation)
• Knowledge of key media tools such as MRI/Simmons (survey dashboards), comfort in resources such as Mintel, WARC
• Wage and Benefits
• We offer a Total Rewards package that includes medical and dental coverage, 401(k) plans, flex spending, life insurance, disability, employee discount program, employee stock purchase program and paid family benefits to support you and your family.
• The salary range for this position is posted below. Where an employee or prospective employee is paid within this range will depend on, among other factors, actual ranges for current/former employees in the subject position, market considerations, budgetary considerations, tenure and standing with the Company (applicable to current employees), as well as the employee’s/applicant’s skill set, level of experience, and qualifications.
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• $190,000
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