Director, Growth Strategy

New York City, NY (On-site)

$140K/yr – $150K/yrDirector/Executive5+ years expFull time

Posted 1 day ago

Job Summary

Own engagements from discovery to activation, shaping growth strategy, positioning, and client storytelling while guiding executive decisions and overseeing deliverables across multiple projects.

  • Lead research and turn it into a clear point of view to inform client decisions
  • Develop and activate messaging, materials, and enablement for sales and marketing teams
  • Manage relationships with senior clients and mentor junior team members

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Lead discovery: stakeholder interviews, customer and market interviews, and competitive and market analysis
  • Turn research into a clear point of view on where the client is winning, where they are losing, and why
  • Define the client's role in its market: who it serves, what it does best, and where it can win
  • Frame the choices clients face, including which segments, products, partners and markets to prioritize, and build the business case behind each
  • Present and defend recommendations to senior executives, adjust in real time to what you hear, and get the client to a decision
  • Guide clients through the critical business decisions that shape their growth
  • Turn decisions into the positioning, narrative and messaging that set the client apart
  • Build what sales and marketing teams need to use it: pitch materials, proof points, enablement, pricing and packaging
  • Plan activation that puts the story in front of the right buyers, drawing on UTA's events, talent, culture and network
  • Track what happens next, including pipeline, deals, partnerships and market perception, and use it to sharpen the work

Requirements

  • 5 to 7+ years in marketing, sales, consulting, agency, media or technology, with real time spent in client-facing roles
  • A track record of recognizing growth opportunities and acting on them
  • Strength in both analysis and storytelling: you can build the model, and you can write the narrative
  • Fluency in media, advertising, adtech and technology, including how these companies sell and how their buyers buy
  • Experience leading client relationships and managing or mentoring junior team members
  • Excellent writing and presentation skills, and comfort in front of senior executives
  • Advanced in all relevant tools, including AI, as part of how you work
  • MBA welcome, not required

Benefits

  • The unique and exciting opportunity to work at one of a leading global entertainment companies
  • Access to the tools, leadership, and resources you will need to create and drive a center of excellence
  • The opportunity to do the best work of your career
  • Work in an inclusive and diverse company culture
  • Competitive programs to support your well-being
  • Experience working in a collaborative environment with room to grow
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United Talent Agency

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UTA unites ideas, opportunities and talent. The company represents some of the world’s most iconic, barrier-breaking artists, creators and changemakers—from actors, athletes and musicians to writers, gamers and digital influencers. One of the most influential companies in global entertainment, UTA’s business spans talent representation and content production, as well as strategic advisory and marketing work with some of the world’s biggest brands. UTA is headquartered in Los Angeles with offices in Atlanta, Chicago, Nashville, New York and London.

Founded in 1991
Beverly Hills, California, USA
2.3K employees (675 in marketing)
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Salaries

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$140K/yr – $150K/yr

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Secondary Market, 4 years ago

Funding History

  • Jul 2022
    Secondary Market
  • Aug 2018
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Director, Growth Strategy

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