Associate Planning Director (Health)

New York City, NY (Hybrid)

$75K/yr – $180K/yrSenior Level6+ years expFull time

Posted 2 weeks ago

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Job Summary

Own and lead high impact brand strategy engagements, directing clients, pitches, and cross functional teams to deliver insights, positioning, and creative briefs.

  • Own senior client relationships and strategic deliverables
  • Lead new business pitches and thought leadership

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Lead one or two client relationships (these may be within the same client organization). You work as a consultant with clients to provide them with clear, strategic advice
  • Partner with other agency departments leads to ensure strategic thinking is incorporated in all aspects of the agency’s work
  • Leads the strategic component of new business pitches
  • Serves as lead team member of the brand team on the businesses they are directly responsible for, ultimately assuring the quality of the strategic and creative products the team produces
  • Develop an immersive understanding of your brand’s market dynamics, customer mindset, competitive environment, brand goals, and industry trends to deliver insights that will inspire creative teams and develop a meaning marketing impact for our clients.
  • Own and command client relationships at the most senior levels.
  • Develop strategic deliverables that include, but are not limited to competitive analysis, brand positioning, creative core idea, market research synthesis, creative brief, workshops, and brand plans
  • Uncover key customer market insights as the basis for strategies and communication, which change perceptions and influence behavior to create a competitive advantage
  • Lead brand and creative strategy development including positioning, targeting, and creative brief that will inspire great creative
  • Craft well written insight strategy presentations for new and existing business with an ability to analyze, reflect, distill and story-tell

Requirements

  • Skilled in storytelling and public speaking
  • Experienced in leading new business presentations and workshops
  • 6-8 years of experience in advertising or related industry
  • Deep expertise in oncology
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Grey

Grey’s mission is to create Famously Effective ideas that move people, business, and the world forward—harnessing the power of creativity to solve business problems and deliver growth for the world’s most influential brands and companies including P&G, Volvo, Haleon, Circle K, and The Coca-Cola Company, among others. This year alone, Grey was recognized as a 2025 Fast Company World Changing Ideas winner, earned 7 Grand Prix from prestigious global award shows, and secured 22 Lions at the 2025 Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, including a Gold Lion in every region. Newsweek also named Grey a Top 100 Global Most Loved Workplace (2024) and America’s Greatest Workplaces for Women and Professional Services (2025). Grey is part of WPP (NYSE:WPP).

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