Group Director, Engagement Strategy - SVP
New York City, NY (Hybrid)
Posted 2 weeks ago
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Job Description
Area23
Job Function
Strategy and Planning
Job Subfunction
Strategy
Job Description
About the Job
As an SVP Director of Engagement Strategy, you will be a visionary leader who drives business growth through innovative engagement strategies, delivering successful projects and acquiring new accounts. You'll leverage your expertise in collaboration and cross-functional leadership to foster departmental excellence, mentor talent, and advocate for engagement strategy across the agency. By developing revenue-generating approaches and directing engagement deliverables, you will ensure seamless execution of projects and initiatives. As a respected agency leader, you'll inspire teams, influence strategic decisions, and drive business outcomes.
A Day in the Life
Define innovative engagement strategies, creating best practices, case studies, and department deliverables.
Provide expertise and thought leadership, representing the agency at events, conferences, and panels, and publishing thought leadership pieces (POVs) in internal and external publications.
Manage, develop, and grow junior and mid-level staff, setting goals and identifying growth opportunities through mentorship, feedback, and coaching.
Create new engagement deliverables and processes to address emerging needs and oversee account engagement, ensuring accuracy and impact of all deliverables.
Interface independently with senior clients and agency senior leadership, developing and maintaining strong relationships with key clients and stakeholders.
Drive significant organic growth through incremental engagement work and lead new business pitches, presenting innovative engagement strategies.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to drive business outcomes and ensure seamless execution of projects and initiatives.
Develop and implement revenue-generating approaches, directing engagement deliverables to achieve business objectives.
Inspire teams and influence strategic decisions to drive business outcomes and agency growth.
What You Will Need
Bachelor's degree in Marketing or related field.
13+ years of healthcare marketing experience.
Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) with ability to create complex presentations.
Experience with brainstorming software (Stormz, Miro, Mural) and online collaboration platforms (Zoom).
Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with ability to present in high-pressure situations.
Strong active listening skills, with a collaborative and constructive working style, and proven ability to lead teams.
Unwavering personal integrity, conflict resolution skills, and ability to prioritize tasks and manage shifting responsibilities.
Strategic thinking with ability to balance short-term and long-term goals, take a high-level view of portfolio needs, and assess strategy and staffing requirements.
Experience managing and reviewing junior staff work, maintaining quality of own deliverables, training and mentoring others, and adapting to changing priorities. $190,000 - $270,000
Omnicom’s policy requires employees to work in the office for a minimum of three days a week, unless additional in-office days are directed by their agency or manager. Our objective is to increase this requirement over time, and many of our agencies as well as Omnicom’s corporate group already require five days of in-office attendance.
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, $190,000 - $270,000
AREA 23
AREA 23, part of Omnicom Health, is a full-service agency focused on pushing creativity and invention in healthcare marketing to new heights. Its “What If” way of working provides a framework for breakthrough ideas that truly drive innovation and keep clients ahead of industry trends. AREA 23 is consistently recognized with the highest industry awards and honors. Med Ad News named AREA 23 “Agency of the Year,” “Most Creative Agency,” and “Most Admired Agency” in 2017—the first time any agency had won the show’s top three awards at once. That is, until AREA 23 did it again in 2018, 2020, and most recently, in 2023. In all, Med Ad News has honored AREA 23 five times as “Agency of the Year,” nine times as “Most Creative Agency,” and eight times as “Most Admired Agency.” In 2019, Clio Health awarded AREA 23 “Agency of the Year” for a third consecutive year, and New York Festivals Global Awards recognized AREA 23 as “Global Agency of the Year.” Cannes Lions, the world’s preeminent annual creative awards festival, awarded AREA 23 the Innovation Grand Prix. At the Medical Marketing & Media (MM+M) Awards, AREA 23 won “Large Agency of the Year” and the Titanium Award for Best in Show. In 2020/2021, Cannes Lions Health honored the agency with its rarely-awarded Pharma Grand Prix, the Radio & Audio Grand Prix, and recognized AREA 23 as “Agency of the Year.” In 2022, AREA 23 won Clio Health "Agency of the Year,” LIA "Health Agency of the Year," "Large Agency of the Year" at the MM+M Awards, “Most Innovative Culture” by Digiday’s WorkLife Awards, and awarded the Grand Prix for Good and "Agency of the Year" at Cannes Lions Health. This is the third time AREA 23 has earned the coveted title within a five-year span, and the first agency to achieve the feat in successive years. AREA 23’s groundbreaking creative is also celebrated in diverse categories, including Brand Experience & Activation, Creative Strategy, Design, Direct, Mobile, and PR.
