Strategist

Portland, OR (Hybrid)

$65K/yr – $80K/yrMid Level5+ years expFull time

Posted 4 days ago

Job Summary

Own end-to-end marketing strategy development and campaign execution across digital and traditional media, leading market research, trend analysis, cross-functional collaboration, and performance optimization.

  • Own campaign ideation and launch across channels
  • Translate insights into strategic briefs and creative concepts
  • Lead ad performance optimization and alignment with client goals

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Conduct market research and analyze consumer trends, turning insights into actionable strategies and comprehensive reports that drive campaign decisions.
  • Stay ahead of industry trends, emerging technologies, and competitor moves, consistently bringing fresh ideas to every campaign.
  • Collaborate with marketing, design, and content teams to translate insights into compelling narratives—spanning messaging, visual storytelling, and IRL or digital activations.
  • Ideate, develop, and launch innovative campaigns across digital, social, and traditional media channels.
  • Lead and optimize ad performance initiatives, analyzing results and continuously refining campaigns for maximum impact.
  • Partner with clients to ensure alignment on strategic direction, creative vision, and measurable performance goals.

Requirements

  • 5+ years experience working in highly cross functional teams including brand, consumer, creative.
  • A desire to do hard work and celebrate the success that comes with it.
  • Deep knowledge of customer lifecycle stages & the purchase funnel.
  • Extreme attention to detail.
  • Ability to translate data and insights into actionable strategic plans and creative solutions.
  • Strong presentation skills with the ability to sell creative ideas to stakeholders.
  • Proven experience in a brand strategy, marketing, advertising, or branding role.
  • Strong understanding of digital and social media platforms, including paid and organic content strategies.
  • Leverage AI and emerging technologies to enhance efficiency, creativity, and decision-making.
  • Exceptional storytelling and conceptual thinking skills.

Benefits

  • paid holidays
  • vacation/personal time
  • 401k matching
  • 401k loans
  • health
  • dental
  • vision
  • long-term disability
  • life insurance
  • paid paternity and maternity leave
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The Program

We are the insights to action agency.Equal parts strategic consultancy, creative shop, and production house, at our core we're problem seekers and thought partners. Our unique model challenges global, iconic brands to navigate moments of transformation and engage their ever-evolving consumer.Get with The Program®

Founded in 2006
Portland, Oregon, USA
78 employees (26 in marketing)

Salaries

Posted range

$65K/yr – $80K/yr

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Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
12 (15% of company)
Median Tenure
21.7 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
1

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
2.3K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
30.5%
Direct
44.6%
Referral
5.7%
Social
17.7%
Paid
1.4%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~78
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Strategist

The Program · Portland, OR · Hybrid