SVP, Insights & Connections

New York, USA (Hybrid)

$185K/yr – $240K/yrSenior Level15+ years expFull time

Posted 4 months ago

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Job Summary

Drive strategic leadership and brand storytelling for a global media agency through senior-level thinking and cross-channel storytelling.

  • Must-have: 15+ years in media strategy, insights, or brand planning.
  • Standout: Proven new-business leadership and senior client collaboration.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Synthesize insights by recognizing patterns across business dynamics, category forces, cultural and social shifts, audience behavior, and the full consumer journey.
  • Distill clarity-driving strategic truths—culminating in a powerful Rally Cry that anchors cohesive brand experiences across paid, owned, and earned channels.
  • Identify how media can influence behavior and drive outcomes at every stage of the journey
  • Serve as a progressive thinker on high-visibility POVs with an instinct for provocations and how to visually bring to life thinking
  • Present confidently and persuasively to senior clients, internal leadership, and prospective clients, ensuring understanding and alignment
  • Act as a visible thought leader for the agency—helping define how the agency shows up in the market through ideas, perspectives, and innovation
  • Act as a senior strategic partner to key clients, providing clarity, perspective, and inspiration
  • Step into active client work when teams need support, guidance, or senior-level thinking
  • Help clients see beyond media tactics to broader connections, experiences, and long-term brand impact
  • Play a central role in new business pitches—shaping the strategic approach, story arc, and final presentation

Requirements

  • 15+ years of experience in media strategy, insights, or comms/brand planning.
  • Demonstrated new business success and pitch leadership.
  • Experience partnering with C-level client stakeholders
  • A deep understanding of marketing, brand building, media, and research

    Benefits

    • :- We care about your growth – we offer competitive salaries and annual compensation review
    • - We recognize and celebrate your success…all the time! Whether it’s through company meetups, employee recognition programs, or just a regular day, we make sure our people’s achievements are known and appreciated
    • - We’re truly a people-first organization. That’s why we offer a Flexible Time Off policy that puts you in control of your work-life balance, as well as market-leading primary and secondary caregiver and parental leave policies
    • - We have a hybrid in-office/remote working policy that focuses on bringing people together in-person when it’s needed most, i.e., team strategy brainstorms, learning & development opportunities, and company meetings
    • - We care about social and environmental Impact – we have dedicated Impact Champions who collaborate globally to make sure we’re leaving the world better than we found it
    • - We have an amazing group of Employee Resource Groups who form close knit communities and are committed to guiding the agency to become more inclusive, diverse, and representative of the world around us
    • - We’re part of Stagwell, the challenger network built to transform marketing. We’re nimble and digital-first, and we’re quickly growing to take on the biggest legacy hold cos
    • In addition to medical, dental and vision coverage, we offer a generous PTO plan, 401k program, comprehensive family planning benefits (including paid parental leave), and pre-tax commuter benefits. Benefits/perks may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Assembly and the location where you work.
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    Assembly is Ad Age's 2022 Purpose-Led Agency of the Year!Assembly is made of the ingredients of the modern agency, bringing together data, talent, and technology to deliver a connected set of solutions for media + more to the best brands on the planet. We’re home to more than 1,700 of the industry’s top talent, who bring unmatched global omnichannel media expertise + data, technology, and business consulting capabilities that find change and fuel growth for brands worldwide. Assembly is a proud member of Stagwell, the challenger network built to transform marketing.

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    New York, New York, USA
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