Director, Strategy

Responsibilities

• Managing the health of an account from the micro to the macro level.
• Working side-by-side with marketing teams and leadership at fortune 100 companies—from financial services to technology and beyond.
• Becoming invaluable to your clients by putting structure around their challenges and building on their marketing agendas to help them fill gaps.
• Diving into market research and conducting interviews to uncover insights to inform strategic and creative solutions.
• Brainstorming and collaborating with teams to create a variety of work that wows clients.
• Building brands by defining value propositions, outlining critical messages, and partnering with the creative team to develop visual and verbal identities.
• Running competitive audits, creating communication plans, and collaborating with creatives to activate campaigns.
• Impacting Sullivan’s success and momentum, with the opportunity to increase your responsibility.

Requirements

• 7-10 years of relevant experience in brand, marketing, or communications strategy, with substantial experience leading complex client engagements at an agency or consultancy.
• Track record of rockstar client relationship building. You build real rapport with your clients, becoming a go-to resource to help them focus their thinking, while knowing when to push back.
• Breadth across strategy disciplines. You bring expertise in brand strategy, messaging, communications, and campaign development and deployment, along with the versatility to work across them as client needs evolve.
• Experience navigating complex client organizations. You’ve managed day-to-day relationships, engaged senior stakeholders, and built alignment across competing agendas while maintaining a clear strategic direction.
• A track record of leading and developing teams. You’ve overseen multidisciplinary work, delegated effectively, coached colleagues, and helped build a culture of collaboration and accountability.
• Excellent communication and storytelling. You make complex ideas clear and persuasive, whether you’re developing messaging, writing a brief, building a presentation, or leading a client conversation.
• Passion for creative work. You recognize a strong idea, with the ability to articulate creative direction while evaluating the quality of both creative ideas and execution.

Benefits

• Hybrid work model that values flexibility, comprehensive benefits, and an entrepreneurial culture where you can make your own path.