Freelance - Associate Director Strategy - Brand

New York City, NY (Hybrid)

$0K/yr – $0K/yrSenior Level5+ years expContract

Posted 2 hrs ago

Job Summary

Owns brand strategy work for CX and CRM campaigns, leads workshops, and guides a small team while maintaining client relationships.

  • Owns strategy project work and client relationships
  • Leads creative team and workshops
  • Contributes to new business and brand briefs

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Develops content strategies and guides brand growth for CX and CRM campaigns
  • Executes quantitative, qualitative and competitive strategy and brand audits
  • Develops strategic briefs, calendars and launch plans
  • Owns strategy project work and nurtures client relationships to ensure client satisfaction/retention
  • Leads the creative team to ensure on-time delivery of high-quality deliverables
  • Leads internal and client-facing content strategy workshops
  • Supervises up to 2 junior team members in our department
  • Guides their professional development, and helps them set annual career goals
  • Schedules and hosts weekly 1-on-1s (30-min per direct report)
  • Contributes to new business in RFI/RFP responses and pitches

Requirements

  • 5-8 years working as a brand strategist, agency experience strongly preferred
  • Excellent attention to detail and strong organizational skills
  • Outstanding communication skills, both written and verbal, a passion for digital storytelling
  • Always looking for ways to change, improve, or invent new approaches to old problems
  • Strong understanding of current digital design practices and technologies
  • Able to drive a project forward with minimal direction

Benefits

  • We offer a competitive benefits package.
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Freelance - Associate Director Strategy - Brand

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