Creative Strategy Director

New York City, NY (Hybrid)

$138K/yr – $170K/yrSenior Level8+ years expFull time

Posted 1 day ago

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Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Lead strategic development across multiple client engagements from brief through execution.
  • Oversee the quality of insights, strategic narratives, creative briefs, and recommendations across projects.
  • Serve as the senior strategic lead for client relationships, presentations, and day-to-day strategic counsel.
  • Shape integrated campaigns, experiences, and creative platforms, ensuring strategic quality and consistency across all assigned client engagements.
  • Lead workshops, stakeholder interviews, and strategic planning sessions.
  • Directly manage and mentor Creative Strategists, providing coaching, performance feedback, and career development.
  • Support new business by contributing strategic thinking, presentations, and client pitches.
  • Partner with Executive Creative Strategy leadership to ensure work reflects the agency's strategic standards and vision.

Requirements

  • 8-10 years of strategy experience within a creative agency or consultancy.
  • Demonstrated success leading complex, integrated client engagements.
  • Strong client leadership and relationship management skills.
  • Excellent storytelling and presentation abilities.
  • Proven experience managing teams and developing talent.
  • Ability to balance strategic rigor with creative ambition.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health coverage– Medical, dental and vision insurance, plus HSA and FSA options.
  • 401(k) with company contribution– 3% Safe Harbor contribution after six months of service, whether or not you contribute yourself.
  • Company-paid life insurance– Basic Life and AD&D coverage included, with the option to purchase additional coverage.
  • Generous paid time off– 15 days PTO in addition to Holiday Closures
  • Summer Fridays – Up to four Fridays off between Memorial Day and Labor Day, subject to workload.
  • Flexible sick leave
  • Hybrid working– 4 Days in Office / 1 Remote
  • Generous Employee Referral bonuses
  • Yearly profit sharing program
  • Employee & Company Performance-based bonus
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Something Special Studios

Something Special Studios is a creative studio with offices in New York and Los Angeles.Flexing across physical and digital, we offer Strategy, Creative, and Production services to forward-thinking people and brands.As a studio, we challenge ourselves to make work that is meaningful, unexpected, and genuinely exciting. We do this through distinct storytelling, artful design, and an authentic approach to connecting with culture and community — all in an effort to inspire ourselves, our clients, and the world around us to think a bit differently.

Founded in 2019
New York, New York, USA
32 employees (22 in marketing)

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
12.8K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
33.8%
Direct
51%
Referral
4.1%
Social
9.3%
Paid
1.6%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~32

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
6 (19% of company)
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
3