Brand Strategy Director

Los Angeles, CA

Salary Not AvailableDirector/ExecutiveFull time

Posted 1 month ago

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Job Summary

Own high level brand strategy and ensure the right POV, playbooks, and measurement for Crown & Conquer engagements and a portfolio of properties.

  • Brand Strategy Ownership: lead strategy for client work and portfolio brands, shaping value propositions and messaging pillars.
  • Growth & Scope: identify revenue expansion opportunities with new scopes, partnerships, and deeper services.
  • Insights & Measurement: build weekly dashboards, executive readouts, and KPI definitions with an analytics narrative for client pitches.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Serve as the senior Brand Strategist on Crown & Conquer client engagements, owning the strategic POV, directing the work, and ensuring quality and consistency before anything reaches the client.
  • Own the health, growth, and retention of all accounts
  • Identify opportunities to scale revenue from existing clients through new scopes, expanded partnerships, and deeper service offerings
  • Partner with the GM on commercial planning, scope discipline, and forecasting
  • Brief the Creative Director on all work involving brand or creative strategy; hold the strategic half of the work while the CD holds the creative.
  • Lead brand strategy for portfolio properties (Let It Break and Everybody’s Crazy) as well as client engagements, authoring value propositions, brand promises, and messaging pillars.
  • Lead the rebuild of the firm’s capability decks, pitch materials, and case studies; help tell the story of what Signed and C+C are building.
  • Address the copy and storytelling gap across the portfolio, and be willing to write copy directly and coach direct reports to do the same at a high standard.
  • Champion the use of data, consumer insights, and cultural intelligence to shape strategy — not just validate it.
  • Develop frameworks that connect what audiences think, feel, and do to what brands should say and where they should show up.

Requirements

  • 12–15 years of experience spanning brand strategy (agency, holding company, or strong in-house team) and operational social leadership at scale.
  • Demonstrable brand strategy work: has authored brand platforms, messaging architectures, and voice guidelines that shipped and held up over time
  • Strong writing and copywriting ability; can define brand voice and coach a team to execute against it.
  • Has run social programs across multiple brands or properties simultaneously; comfortable with paid, organic, and creator-led approaches as one integrated mix.
  • Prior agency-side experience selling brand strategy or social as a billable capability is strongly preferred.

Benefits

  • Competitive base compensation
  • Performance-based bonus structure
  • Comprehensive medical, dental, vision
  • 401(k) with company match
  • Paid time off and company holidays
  • Professional development support
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Crown + Conquer

At Crown + Conquer, legacy is our guiding force as we reshape the meaning of “agency” through authenticity and fearless creativity. We partner with global brands to design cultural moments that transcend mere service, crafting immersive campaigns and experiences that resonate deeply. Positioned at the intersection of strategy, creativity, and truth—not perception—we turn bold ideas into lasting connections between brands, culture, and consumers.

Founded in 2016
Los Angeles, California, USA
22 employees (7 in marketing)