Strategy Director

Austin, TX (Hybrid)

$90K/yr – $130K/yrDirector/Executive10+ years expFull time

Posted 2 months ago

Job Summary

Own the brand research and strategy engine, guiding cross functional teams to shape client brand value using behavioral science and experiments.

  • Brand strategy leadership: steer research driven direction for client narratives and culture.
  • Insights engine: translate data points into actionable brand and product playbooks.
  • Client enablement: design tests and teach clients to implement findings in campaigns and products.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Lead the strategic direction with internal and external teams in relation to our clients' brand development and marketing approach
  • Be a key voice pushing our teams in evolutionary thinking surrounding client brands and culture
  • Champion innovation as a brand-building platform internally and for with our clients
  • Develop research processes and data collection algorithms that lead to the logical or illogical insights needed to reach relevant brand value
  • Analyze a wealth of data points to uncover succinct human truths and predictive behavioral patterns
  • Use insights from behavioral economics and related fields to influence products, services, and campaigns
  • Design, conduct, and analyze experiments to determine the most impactful strategies and marketing campaigns
  • Strategically apply findings of human decision-making to all aspects of our work
  • Manage research relationships and collaborations with numerous external research and academic groups
  • Conduct behavioral diagnosis to serve as a focal point for brand partnerships
  • Teach and explain scientific research to clients and ensure behavioral science theory is adopted by them
  • Mentor strategists and researchers, building a sustainable and growing culture across these teams

Requirements

  • 10+ years experience in Strategy positions in creative agency environments
  • Exceptional writing skills and conceptual thinking, with a knack for great storytelling
  • Inspirational project management and leadership skills
  • Track record of successful new business wins
  • Proven ability to design consumer research exercises and manage large data analysis operations
  • Record of applying your research skills to create product and business impact
  • Understanding of behavioral economics cognitive process including heuristics and biases, cognitive motivations including explicit and implicit motivational territories
  • History of leveraging audience segmentation to build customer strategies
  • Strong analytical thinking with exceptional research abilities
  • Deep knowledge of media-centric tools such as Comscore, MRI, Google Analytics, as well as social listening and predictive platforms like Crimson Hexagon, Brandwatch, etc
  • Experience with traditional qualitative and quantitative marketing research techniques
  • Exemplary work ethic, excellent organization and superb communication skills

Benefits

  • Competitive insurance coverage, inclusive of medical, dental, and vision
  • 401k Retirement with 3% employer matching
  • Open PTO Policy
  • 2 weeks Work From Anywhere (WFA)
  • 13 weeks paid Maternity and Paternity leave
  • Pet-Friendly Office
  • Yearly Creative Stipend
  • Snacks, Meals and Drinks
  • No Time Tracking!
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Bakery is the creative and culture agency designed to ignite brand obsession.Follow Bakery: https://www.instagram.com/bakeryagency/

Founded in 2010
Austin, Texas, USA
575 employees (19 in marketing)

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