Strategy Director

Los Angeles, CA (Hybrid)

Salary Not AvailableDirector/Executive8+ years expFull time

Posted 3 months ago

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Job Summary

Drive social strategy and leadership for client campaigns, guiding a senior team to shape bold, output-driven plans.

  • Own development of social strategy and deliverables for multiple clients
  • Must-have: 8+ years in strategic planning with agency experience
  • Standout: Leadership across cross-functional teams and mentorship of social strategists

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Oversee social media strategy development by leading the development of innovative and effective social media strategies for our clients
  • Quickly and effectively get up to speed on new categories and clients with little context and time
  • Navigate conversations around processes and scopes in a clear and productive manner
  • Challenge client-asks for the sake of better output in a respectful way
  • Manage and mentor junior team members, by leading, inspiring and developing a team of social media strategists
  • Collaborate cross-functionally by working closely with creative, account management, and data teams to deliver outstanding results for clients
  • Proactively identify strategic POVs to share with the department, and/or the agency
  • Service multiple clients while overseeing more junior team members day-to-day work
  • Independently craft a variety of strategy deliverables from overarching brand and campaign strategy to more tactical plans such as comms framework and content briefs
  • Consistently write compelling creative briefs that translates the client’s ask into actionable guidance and provides a provocative point of view to help steer creative ideation
  • Identify and execute thought leadership opportunities for We Are Social
  • Command the room and sell in work whether internally or externally
  • Develop strategic frameworks and artifacts to guide new ways of thinking and set a new standard
  • Enter a workstream with little knowledge and problem-solve immediately
  • Work with other leads to address client needs and problem-solve complex, non-defined account issues

Requirements

  • 8+ years of experience in a strategic planning capacity, strong preference for creative agency experience
  • Well versed in seeing and shaping ideas, ensuring creative is elevated beyond a collection of tactics
  • Passion for wider communications/marketing trends and culture as a whole
  • Well versed in in the power of social media
  • Leads by example, but empowers their team to express themselves through their work

Preferred

  • Traditional agency experience is not required, but it’s a plus. What matters is your deep understanding of what resonates with social audiences.

Benefits

  • We like to laugh, we live for celeb gossip and we’re great on AUX
  • Our passport program lets you explore and work from one of our 18 other offices worldwide, including Paris, Singapore, Madrid, Dubai, London and more
  • You best believe we know how to celebrate our wins. And our losses (it’s how we learn)
  • From carbon offsets to community kitchens, we’re passionate about making a difference.
  • Did we say snacks? Because we have great snacks (Shoutout to Sheila who keeps the kitchen stocked)
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We Are Social

3.3 Glassdoor

We are a global socially-led creative agency, with unrivaled social media expertise.With over 1,300 people in 19 offices around the world, we deliver a global perspective to our clients in a time when social media is shaping culture.We make ideas worth talking about. We understand social behaviours within online communities, cultures and subcultures, spanning the social and gaming landscape.We work with the world’s biggest brands, including adidas, Samsung, Netflix and Google, to reach the right people in a strategic, relevant and effective way.We Are Social is part of Plus Company.

Founded in 2008
London, England, GBR
1.8K employees (658 in marketing)
51% recommend to a friend
75% CEO approval

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
210.4K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
52.6%
Direct
37.2%
Referral
7.3%
Social
1.7%
Paid
0.9%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~1.8K

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
415 (23% of company)
Median Career Experience
14 years
Median Tenure
4.9 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
1

Funding

Total Funding
$3.1M
Last Raise
$3.1M
Series A, 4 years ago

Funding History

  • Aug 2022
    Series A • $3.1M

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