Director, Creative Strategy, Contract

New York City, NY (Remote)

$70/hr – $80/hrDirector/Executive8+ years expContract

Posted 1 day ago

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Job Summary

You will own end-to-end brand and campaign strategy, guiding positioning, briefs, and cross‑discipline execution while leading client engagements.

  • Develop campaign-level brand positioning and creative briefs that drive results
  • Lead client workshops, pitches, and senior stakeholder meetings
  • Synthesize audience and cultural insights to steer creative direction

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Brand Positioning & Campaign Strategy: Develop compelling campaign-level brand positioning that differentiates clients in crowded markets and resonates with targeted audiences.
  • Creative Briefs & Territories: Craft sharp, inspiring creative briefs and define creative territories that fuel breakthrough ideas across creative, production, and design teams.
  • 360° Integrated Strategy: Design holistic creative strategies tailored for full-funnel media plans, with a strong focus on driving upper-funnel brand awareness and mid-funnel consideration.
  • Cross-Discipline Collaboration: Partner closely with Creative leads, Comms Planners, and Cross-Discipline Media Activation specialists to ensure strategic alignment from concept through execution and optimization.
  • Client Leadership & Pitching: Lead high-stakes client presentations, workshops, and share-outs, establishing trust with senior marketing stakeholders and executive leaders.
  • Audience Insights & Culture: Uncover deep audience, cultural, and competitive insights through qualitative research and social listening to inform creative direction.

Requirements

  • 8+ years of experience in creative strategy, brand strategy, or integrated planning within a fast-paced agency or brand environment.
  • Proven track record of developing campaign-level positioning, creative briefs, and creative territories that result in award-winning or business-driving creative execution.
  • Deep knowledge of 360-degree integrated campaigns, specifically how creative strategy adapts to upper- and mid-funnel media channels (e.g., CTV/OOH, social, creator/influencer, digital, content, experiential).
  • Exceptional storytelling and presentation skills, with a history of confidently pitching to and managing relationships with C-suite and senior client stakeholders.
  • Mastery of qualitative and research methods to synthesize complex data into simple, actionable creative springboards.
  • A value for curiosity and creativity, with a drive to make things that are new, culturally relevant, and compelling—not just sensible.
  • A proactive, resilient mindset that thrives in fast-paced, dynamic environments with minimal processes.
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DEPT® is a Growth Invention company built to help the world’s most ambitious brands grow faster. Operating at the intersection of technology and marketing, our 4,000+ specialists deliver growth invention across Brand & Media, Experience, Commerce, CRM, and Technology & Data. We’re 50|50 tech and marketing, partner-led, and first to move. Clients include Google, Lufthansa, Coach, eBay, and OpenAI. Certified B Corp and Climate Neutral since 2021.

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