Strategy Director

Los Angeles, CA (Hybrid)

$135K/yr – $155K/yrSenior Level8+ years expFull time

Posted 2 weeks ago

Job Summary

Lead the end-to-end paid social strategy for enterprise brands, driving revenue and audience growth while leading cross-functional teams and client relationships.

  • Own strategy development across Meta, YouTube, TikTok and more
  • Coach and scale a multidisciplinary team of strategists, creatives, and buyers
  • Deliver data-driven insights and executive storytelling to grow business

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • - Strategic Leadership: Design and execute full-funnel paid social roadmaps across Meta, Instagram, YouTube, TikTok, Reddit, Pinterest, X, and emerging channels to achieve client revenue and audience targets.
  • - Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner directly with creative, analytics, and product development teams to optimize creative variations, target audience preferences, and landing page performance.
  • - Client & Business Growth: Lead executive-level presentations, foster high-value client relationships, and drive organic and new business scoping efforts.
  • - Team Management & Development: Lead, coach, and scale internal strategists, digital marketers, and media buyers—setting best practices for campaign trafficking and execution.
  • - Reporting & Optimization: Deliver clear performance reporting on traffic, user engagement, and attribution metrics, transforming raw data into actionable strategy recommendations.
  • - Emerging Tech & Compliance: Leverage AI and automation to scale campaign efficiency while ensuring strict adherence to data privacy regulations and brand safety guidelines.

Requirements

  • Experience: 8+ years of digital marketing and paid social strategy experience working with enterprise brands (telecom, tech, or high-consideration lines of business preferred).
  • Platform Mastery: Expert-level knowledge of major social platforms and ad managers (Meta Ads Manager, YouTube/Google Ads, etc.) and analytics platforms (Google Analytics, Adobe Analytics).
  • Leadership Track Record: Proven experience leading multi-disciplinary teams and successfully driving large-scale strategic initiatives.
  • Analytical Mindset: Exceptional ability to dissect complex datasets to identify audience insights, optimize user engagement, and prove marketing ROI.
  • Communication Skills: Outstanding presentation, client-facing, and executive stakeholder management abilities.
  • Education: Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Communications, or a related field (or equivalent practical experience).

Benefits

  • - Excellent, full coverage medical, dental, and vision insurance - more about our coverage here!
  • - Generous PTO and 15 company-wide holidays
  • - 401k with company contribution
  • - Paid parental leave
  • - Work-life balance with an emphasis on personal well-being
  • - Career growth in a disruptor space & entrepreneurial opportunities within the Monks network
  • - A globally diverse & inclusive culture with employee resource groups such as S4 Melanin, Pride.Monks, Cultura.Monks, and more!
  • - Authentic commitment to DEI efforts and sustainable growth. (Why Sir Martin Sorrell signed The Climate Pledge here!)
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Salaries

Posted range

$135K/yr – $155K/yr

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Marketing Strategy median pay in the United States

$128K/yr

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Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
199.2K
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$101.9K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
39.6%
Direct
42.3%
Referral
7.8%
Social
9.4%
Paid
0.7%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~6.6K
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Strategy Director

Monks · Los Angeles, CA · Hybrid