Strategy Director

Portland, OR

$125K/yr – $170K/yrSenior Level10+ years expFull time

Posted 2 weeks ago

Job Summary

Own and lead strategic direction for high-value accounts by translating brand identity, audience insights, and data into actionable plans, while mentoring strategists and building scalable frameworks for cross-functional, high-impact work.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Strategic Leadership & Vision
  • Serve as the strategic lead on key accounts, multidisciplinary initiatives, and high-value programs.
  • Lead strategic thinking across clients and internal teams to translate brand identity, audience insights, and data into clear, actionable plans.
  • Develop brand platforms, campaign strategies, messaging frameworks, and content ecosystems that drive measurable business impact.
  • Apply deep retail strategy experience to inform, elevate, and strengthen brand and campaign work.
  • Integration & Cross-Functional Alignment
  • Align creative, performance, media, and client leadership teams around shared strategic goals and clear direction.
  • Translate complex research, qualitative insights, and data into compelling briefs and messaging strategies.
  • Partner with cross-functional leads to ensure strategic cohesion, execution rigor, and continuous alignment from planning through reporting cycles.
  • Ensure insights and measurement are integrated across planning, execution, and reporting cycles.

Requirements

  • A seasoned strategic leader with 10+ years of experience in brand, content, communications, or retail strategy, and 3–5+ years managing or mentoring strategic talent.
  • Proven track record of delivering strategy across brand architecture, positioning, campaign mechanics, content ecosystems, and digital performance.
  • A thinker and a maker who can synthesize complex quantitative data and qualitative insights into a clear, compelling strategic direction.
  • An expert communicator, writer, and presenter who instills client confidence and builds belief in strategic ideas.
  • Capable of leading multiple workstreams and guiding multidisciplinary teams through ambiguity with clarity and accountability.
  • Collaborative, low-ego, and passionate about mentoring the next generation of strategic talent.
  • Bachelor's degree in marketing, communications, psychology, or related field (or equivalent practical experience).
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Thesis

We craft scalable marketing solutions to move businesses forward by blending creativity, technology, strategy and operations.

Founded in 2002
Portland, Oregon, USA
225 employees (92 in marketing)

Salaries

Posted range

$125K/yr – $170K/yr

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$147K/yr

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Strategy Director

Thesis · Portland, OR