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Strategy Director

Weber Shandwick
London, GBR
Full-time
Director
Hybrid
Discovered 2 weeks ago

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Key Responsibilities

  • Able to confidently shape the narrative across multiple complex projects, and persuasively sell in future brand strategies to clients and their agency partners
  • Lead a full breadth of strategy projects (i.e. positioning, architecture, naming, design, activation) across multiple industries
  • Accurately and actively define and scope projects
  • Foster strong relationships; become a trusted strategic advisor internally and externally with colleagues and clients
  • Anchor the delivery of the strategy across all points of connected experience, and identify new opportunities for delivery of the strategy in partnership with Strategy Directors
  • Work with the team and across teams to help shape efforts towards achieving client, agency and project goals, pursuing effective working strategies as you go
  • Ensure strategy work is delivered profitably, working effectively with the team to deliver profitable projects
  • Identify revenue opportunities from existing clients and from the application of new methodologies: proactively developing plans to extend client relationships
  • Develop a solid understanding of the FutureBrand offering and disciplines and of our clients’ business and clearly articulate this.
  • Proactively suggest ideas to inspire the team and shape team meetings
  • In partnership with your counterparts in creative and client servicing embed an effective way of working, co-developing and innovating our methodologies and approaches
  • Bring in leading edge thinking from the world around us, seen as a thought leader you develop and drive the narrative arc of internal projects
  • You crystallise your thinking and provide thought leadership
  • Contribute to a highly collaborative and energized atmosphere in which collaboration and positive disruption are encouraged
  • Champion team members, support their development and give them opportunities to contribute. Use your knowledge and experience to advise, guide and inspire the team on how to shape and deliver great work, providing hands on support and mentoring. Identify and address any development areas within the team
  • Skills and Competencies
  • You will be an established Strategy professional with the following -
  • Proven experience delivering complex brand strategies
  • Experience with large-scale, complex global Corporate positioning projects
  • Good experience and understanding of financials
  • Be a strong content creator and compelling presenter
  • Able to build strong, personable and effective working relationships at all levels, both internally and externally
  • Experience mentoring and/or leading team members
  • Delivers results through teamwork
  • Proactive, involves others and communicates with others to make things happen
  • Problem-solving approach
  • Excellent attention to detail
  • Confident presenting
  • Keen to develop and willing to take responsibility
  • Open to feedback
  • Remain calm when working under pressure and encourage the team to do so
  • FutureBrand Values
  • Progressive
  • Being progressive has always been about optimism, momentum, and openness. Staying progressive means also ensuring what we do s underpinned by embracing a rich diversity of talents, perspectives, and ideas. Only when we have heard from all can we be sure what we do and who we have what it takes to stand out and be truly future proof.
  • Adaptable
  • We are comfortable with and open to challenge and change. We live and work in a vibrant, diverse, and dynamic world. To thrive, brands need to balance the time-less and the contemporary, art with science and continually step between facts, data, and creativity – which means we must too.
  • Collaborative
  • We believe that ideas get better when they are inherently diverse and shared in highly inclusive ways. We reject traditional hierarchies and what to hear from those who think differently from us, both inside and beyond our businesses. We truly believe that bringing different people together makes great things happen. This is a fundamental benefit of being a global business and we need to make it count.
  • Empowering
  • We champion the diversity and equity of opinions, ideas, skills, and perspectives for the difference it brings and the value it creates for all. We believe that diversity, equity and inclusion empowers and are therefore core to our people and our business. We invest in each other’s growth and ensure every person’s professional path is well paved. We welcome frank conversations about where we can do better, and we push ourselves and our clients to adopt more inclusive practices.
  • We believe that ideas get better when they are inherently diverse and shared in highly inclusive ways and we want to hear from those who think differently from us. We truly believe in the strength of diversity and the richness it can bring. By bringing different people together great things happen.
  • FutureBrand is an equal opportunity employer (EEO). We provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran or disabled status, or genetic information.
  • FutureBrand is a disability-confident committed employer and will guarantee an interview to any disabled candidate who meets the minimum criteria for the role. Exceptions may apply if due to the volume of applications, we are not able to interview all eligible candidates who qualify under the scheme. If you have a disability, we want everyone to feel at ease when going through our recruitment process. We are working to make our website and processes more accessible, if you encounter any issues and would like this information in an alternative format, or if you need further support with your application, please contact us at [email protected] for any adjustments you may need to perform at your best.
  • NB. This is not an exhaustive list of duties. The job description may change from time to time subject to business needs.
  • Omnicom’s policy requires employees to work in the office for a minimum of three days a week, unless additional in-office days are directed by their agency or manager. Our objective is to increase this requirement over time, and many of our agencies as well as Omnicom’s corporate group already require five days of in-office attendance.
  • Omnicom is committed to hiring and developing exceptional talent. We agree that talent is uniquely distributed, and we’re focused on developing inclusive teams that can bring the best solutions to everything we do. We strongly believe that celebrating what makes us different makes us better together. Join us—we look forward to getting to know you. We will process your personal data in accordance with our Recruitment Privacy Notice.
  • Link to Recruitment Privacy Notice: https://www.omc.com/privacy-notice/

Qualifications

  • Experience with large-scale, complex global Corporate positioning projects

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