Director of Engagement ? Integrated Strategy

Kansas City, MO (On-site)

Salary Not AvailableDirector/Executive7+ years expFull time

Posted 3 months ago

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Job Summary

Drive strategic leadership and client partnership across disciplines as a senior engagement lead.

  • Own a portfolio of clients and set the strategic direction for projects.
  • Must-have: 7+ years agency experience with cross-disciplinary fluency.
  • Standout: Architect and lead multi-disciplinary programs amid ambiguity.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Own a dedicated portfolio of clients as their primary strategic partner and day-to-day relationship lead.
  • Lead with expertise and confidence regardless of the discipline or channel the work involves, from digital and content to communications, web, or marketing strategy.
  • Run client meetings, workshops, and reviews with a presence that builds credibility and trust.
  • Anticipate client needs before they’re expressed, and proactively bring forward smart recommendations and strategic direction.
  • Maintain strong, long-term relationships that result in high client satisfaction and engagement growth.
  • Step into projects across any discipline and quickly provide strategic direction, whether the work is well-defined or still taking shape.
  • Architect projects and programs that lack clear definition, scope the work, establish the framework, define deliverables, and align internal teams and clients around a shared plan.
  • Translate ambiguous client goals into structured, executable strategies that teams can build against.
  • Apply deep cross-disciplinary knowledge, spanning digital strategy, UX, content, communications, marketing, and more, to build solutions that are both sophisticated and pragmatic.
  • Serve as a senior thought partner across the engagement team, contributing strategic direction on peer accounts as needed.

Requirements

  • Agency experience. You’ve operated at pace inside a digital, communications, or marketing agency and know what it takes to manage complex work across multiple clients and stakeholders. Experience within in-house or brand organizations is a meaningful bonus.
  • Broad, deep cross-disciplinary knowledge. You have genuine fluency across the disciplines we work in, including digital strategy, web and UX, content, communications, social media, marketing, and more.
  • Strategic architecture skills. You excel at taking ambiguity and turning it into a plan. You know how to define scope, build frameworks, and give teams the structure they need to execute well.
  • Client relationship instincts. You are a trusted presence in every client interaction and build relationships where clients actively seek your perspective.
  • Intellectual range. You can speak credibly about almost anything we do, and you enjoy operating in complexity.
  • Strong communication and facilitation skills. You present with confidence, write with clarity, and can run a workshop that moves things forward.
  • Experience. 7+ years of relevant experience, with a strong track record of managing client relationships and leading multi-disciplinary programs.
  • Travel. Occasional, as-needed travel may be required to support key initiatives and client engagements.

Preferred

  • Experience within in-house or brand organizations is a meaningful bonus.

Benefits

  • We take pride in our culture and offer a competitive salary with great benefits
  • flexible PTO
  • 401k
  • continuing education
  • phone reimbursement
  • medical, dental, and vision
  • short-term/long-term disability
  • a bike-share membership
  • flexible work schedules including “Fast Lane” and “No Meeting Fridays”
  • and great colleagues.
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Social Driver

Social Driver is a digital agency trusted by the world's leading corporations and nonprofit organizations for strategic solutions for social media, websites, and digital marketing. We have experience working with hundreds of clients, world-class expertise in digital and social media, and a culture of long-term client partnerships. Social Driver is headquartered in Washington, DC with additional teams in Bellingham, WA, Chicago, IL, Kansas City, MO, and Detroit, MI. Our company mantra captures our mission, culture and values: “We believe the future is bright, all progress is social, and the drivers make history.” We aim to provide our clients with digital services that help them meet their goals and, through that work, make an impact for a brighter future.

Founded in 2011
Washington, District of Columbia, USA
142 employees (21 in marketing)

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
5.8K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
30.7%
Direct
52.1%
Referral
7.5%
Social
8.1%
Paid
1.3%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~142

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
14 (10% of company)

Funding

Last Raise
Grant, 3 years ago

Funding History

  • Jun 2023
    Grant