SVP Brand Strategy Director

New York City, NY (Hybrid)

$125K/yr – $300K/yrSenior Level12+ years expFull time

Posted 2 weeks ago

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Job Summary

Own senior client relationships and translate insights into cross‑channel strategy that drives growth, from brand work to CRM and content. Lead omnichannel strategy and cross‑functional collaboration, turning complex challenges into simple, persuasive recommendations.

  • Senior client ownership: identify opportunities and drive organic growth with key accounts.
  • Omnichannel strategy: oversee digital, CRM, content, social, and traditional ecosystems.
  • Insight to action: convert research into compelling, executable creative and measurement plans.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Inspire and initiate marketing solutions that are original in concept and aid clients to transform their brands and grow their businesses
  • Produce groundbreaking brand, culture, customer, and media insights
  • Develop the ideas that power our Creative work and galvanize our cross-functional partners
  • Determine strategy and tactics across the journey to enable brands to grow relationships with people, from engagement and conversion to retention and advocacy
  • Develop omni-channel ecosystems, including digital, experience, content, CRM, social, and traditional across paid / owned / earned
  • Integrate across different types of strategy, from business / digital transformation and brand to experience, CRM, content, and social
  • Partner across disciplines with Creative, Media, Technology, Data, Business Leadership, others
  • Ensure all strategic development is consistently linked to the client’s challenges and opportunities and provide input into measurement and optimization
  • Present to the highest level of an organization and effectively persuade others, making the complex simple and the simple compelling
  • Manage a portfolio of key clients, contributing day-to-day in a leadership capacity

Requirements

  • 12+ years directly-related experience
  • 7+ years supervisory and management experience
  • Experience across multiple categories, with significant experience in pharma/healthcare and CPG
  • Understanding of Business & Digital Transformation Strategy, Brand Strategy, Experience Strategy, CRM Strategy, Content Strategy, Social Strategy
  • Experience working with segmentation and journeys, understanding of how brands grow relationships with people
  • Experience building go-to-market plans across omnichannel ecosystem
  • Ability to inspire Creative teams
  • Comfort and confidence with technology required to enable brand relationships, including up-to-date knowledge of mar-tech
  • Bachelor’s degree in a relevant area

Nice to Have

    Benefits

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