Freelance Strategy Director

Los Angeles, CA (Hybrid)

$100/hr – $120/hrSenior Level7+ years expContract

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Job Summary

Own the development and execution of brand strategy programs across campaigns, briefs, and cross-functional collaboration to advance marketing goals.

  • Lead strategic creative briefs and campaigns with creative, strategy, data, and media teams
  • Align brand milestones with omni-channel activation and trend monitoring
  • Present to clients and co-create solutions

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Partner with creative, strategy, data and media teams to support a brand's marketing goals
  • Create and manage Strategic creative briefs
  • Plan and execute strategic campaigns that support key brand milestones and tentpole events
  • Keep a pulse on current events, online trends and potential controversies or threats relevant to the brand

Requirements

  • 7+ years of Brand Strategy experience, ideally in the Automotive sector, for a major Advertising Agency
  • Experience working independently and ability to move projects forward without detailed direction
  • Understanding of omni-channel platforms and functions, and the ability to share that knowledge with others
  • Ability to collaborate effectively within a team
  • Ability to present to clients and co-create solutions with them

Benefits

  • Passionate, driven people |We champion a culture of people that do extraordinary work.
  • Consciously cultivated culture |We aim to embody the behaviors to build an inclusive community that is in it together, bringing both positivity and active listening into the workplace as we simultaneously strive to empower creative bravery.
  • Growth-minded opportunities | We aim to nurture a culture of real-time feedback, growth-oriented mindset, and plenty of training opportunities through VML and WPP, so you can continue to grow personally and professionally.
  • We offer a competitive benefits package.
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VML is a global powerhouse born from the unification of Wunderman Thompson and VMLY&R — two of the world's most powerful and accomplished creative agencies with complementary capabilities and geographic strengths. We have an industry-unique opportunity to provide our client partners with a fully integrated offering across brand experience, customer experience and commerce practices — powered by deep data and technology experience. For more information, visit www.vml.com.

Founded in 2024
New York, New York, US
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