Associate Director, Strategy

Los Angeles, CA (Hybrid)

$70K/yr – $125K/yrMid Level5+ years expFull time

Posted 1 day ago

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Job Summary

Own and lead strategic initiatives for assigned franchises, translating briefs into integrated media, content, and activation strategies while collaborating with planning, investment, analytics, and activation teams.

  • Own consumer and fan insights to inspire clear channel strategies
  • Lead insight-driven media strategies with data-informed decision making

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Serve as a strategic lead and trusted partner for assigned franchises, deeply understanding their business, audience, category, and growth objectives.
  • Build clear strategic frameworks that connect goals, consumer insights, cultural context, media opportunities, and measurable business outcomes.
  • Translate client briefs and business challenges into integrated strategic recommendations across media, content, partnerships, and activation.
  • Identify key cultural, consumer, category, and competitive signals and turn them into actionable insights.
  • Lead development of insight-driven media strategies that are audience-first, data-informed, culturally relevant, and commercially grounded.
  • Partner closely with internal teams across planning, investment, analytics, activation to ensure strategy is translated clearly into execution.
  • Bring strong data-centric thinking to briefs, plans, optimizations, and recommendations, using audience, performance, platform, and market data to guide decision-making.
  • Own consumer and fan insights, ensuring they inspire strong tactical ideas and clear channel strategies.
  • Identify opportunities for cross-platform, partnership, sponsorship, content, or innovation-led solutions when appropriate.
  • Bridge conceptual thinking with analytical problem-solving, balancing big ideas with practical, measurable execution.

Requirements

  • Minimum of 5+ years of experience in strategy, media strategy, communications planning, media operations, brand strategy, or related roles.
  • Experience in an agency, media company, sports organization, entertainment company, platform, or high-growth brand environment preferred.
  • Strong knowledge of media planning, buying, and optimization across multiple channels.
  • Experience working across sports, entertainment, consumer brands, or culturally driven categories strongly preferred.

Preferred

  • Experience in an agency, media company, sports organization, entertainment company, platform, or high-growth brand environment preferred.
  • Strong knowledge of media planning, buying, and optimization across multiple channels.
  • Experience working across sports, entertainment, consumer brands, or culturally driven categories strongly preferred.
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