Sr. Strategist

Oakland, CA (Hybrid)

$90K/yr – $115K/yrSenior Level5+ years expFull time

Posted 6 days ago

Job Summary

Own and evolve multicultural strategy across client work, translating cultural insights into actionable recommendations and integrated campaigns.

  • Lead cross-functional collaboration to develop briefs, messaging frameworks, and campaign POVs.
  • Identify opportunities to strengthen brand relevance through culturally informed strategies.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Partner with multicultural marketing leadership to support strategic development across client work
  • Bring cultural insights and audience understanding into campaign recommendations and brand storytelling
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to develop integrated marketing solutions across channels
  • Contribute to proactive planning and opportunities that strengthen multicultural thinking across the agency
  • Help deliver meaningful work across consumer categories and brands
  • Partner with the Director of Multicultural Marketing to develop strategic briefs, messaging frameworks, and campaign points of view that connect business goals with consumer needs. Translate cultural, behavioral, and audience insights into actionable recommendations
  • Identify opportunities to strengthen brand relevance through culturally informed strategies
  • Help bring culturally relevant campaigns to life by collaborating with creative, media, social, production, and account teams across brand, social, influencer, experiential, and media channels.
  • Partner with cross-functional teams to bring strategic ideas from concept through execution
  • Help build connected storytelling approaches across paid, owned, earned, and social platforms

Requirements

  • 5+ years of experience in strategy, communications planning, brand planning, or integrated marketing within an advertising, media, or creative agency environment
  • Experience developing strategic recommendations, briefs, and campaign frameworks
  • Strong understanding of multicultural audiences, including AACM, ACM, and HCM communities, at local and national levels
  • Ability to connect qualitative and quantitative insights to meaningful marketing strategies
  • Experience collaborating with creative and media teams throughout campaign development
  • Strong understanding of media ecosystems, audience segmentation, platform behaviors, and performance metrics
  • Strong communication and presentation skills
  • Experience with automotive, lifestyle, QSR, retail, insurance, or other consumer brands
  • Experience navigating cultural nuance, identity dynamics, and acculturation
  • Experience working across both multicultural and general market campaigns

Preferred

  • Experience with automotive, lifestyle, QSR, retail, insurance, or other consumer brands
  • Experience navigating cultural nuance, identity dynamics, and acculturation
  • Experience working across both multicultural and general market campaigns
  • Spanish-language fluency or additional multilingual capabilities
  • Ability to support primary research in brand studies and consumer behavior
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H/L Agency

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We are H/L. Headquartered in Oakland, California, with a footprint that stretches coast to coast. Despite having seven different regional offices, the ideals of a scrappy startup still resonate in our culture.We’re easygoing, egalitarian, socially responsible, and grounded in our communities. More than an agency, we’re a place where experts combine data science with design chops. A place where makers make, and doers do. With more than 100 advertising awards since 1985, our client list includes some of the most well-respected and recognized brands in the world. Check out our website to learn more.

Founded in 1985
Oakland, California, USA
264 employees (101 in marketing)
80% recommend to a friend
100% CEO approval

Salaries

Posted range

$90K/yr – $115K/yr

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Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
77 (29% of company)
Median Tenure
2.7 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
2

Traffic Signals

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Monthly Google Ads Budget
$12.5K
Traffic Source Mix
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45.3%
Referral
7.3%
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14.9%
Paid
1.6%

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Current headcount: ~264
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Sr. Strategist

H/L Agency · Oakland, CA · Hybrid