Strategy Director

New York City, NY (Hybrid)

$125K/yr – $175K/yrDirector/Executive10+ years expFull time

Posted 5 hrs ago

Job Summary

Own and drive integrated strategy across brand, media, and commerce; translate complex challenges into actionable briefs; collaborate with data, creative, and client leadership to deliver measurable business growth.

  • Define strategic direction that informs ideas, communications, and activation
  • Lead cross-channel strategy shaping a connected consumer journey
  • Partner with Data Strategy to uncover insights and growth opportunities

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Identify and articulate business and marketing objectives, critical barriers to growth, and the strategic tasks required to overcome them.
  • Translate complex business challenges into clear, actionable strategic direction that informs ideas, communications, and activation.
  • Develop bespoke integrated strategic frameworks defining when, where, and how brands should engage consumers and shoppers for maximum impact.
  • Lead strategy across the client ecosystem, including paid, owned, and earned channels, ensuring a connected consumer and commerce journey.
  • Partner with Data Strategy to uncover consumer, shopper, category, cultural, and marketplace insights that inform growth opportunities and behavior change.
  • Lead and collaborate with Integrated Account Teams to align creative, media, retail, data, commerce, and account partners around a unified strategy and shared KPIs.
  • Act as a senior strategic advisor to clients, bringing a strong point of view and connecting strategy to measurable business outcomes.
  • Generate strategic thought starters and culturally relevant ideas that can earn attention and create meaningful consumer engagement.
  • Develop and champion strategic platforms that inspire breakthrough creative and integrated activation.
  • Lead the development of clear, inspiring briefs across creative, media, retail, commerce, and other agency disciplines.

Requirements

  • 10+ years of experience in strategy, planning, integrated marketing, advertising, media, shopper marketing, commerce, or a related discipline.
  • Bachelors degree
  • Proven experience developing integrated strategies across brand, creative, media, commerce, shopper, retail, and data.
  • Strong understanding of consumer and shopper behavior, customer/retailer dynamics, and the path to purchase.
  • Demonstrated ability to translate business objectives and complex data into clear strategic frameworks, actionable insights, and compelling briefs.
  • Experience working within an integrated agency environment and collaborating across multiple disciplines and agency partners.
  • Strong understanding of media strategy and channel planning, including digital, social, retail media, and emerging channels.
  • Experience developing strategies that connect brand building with commerce and business growth.
  • Familiarity with consumer, shopper, retail, cultural, and media research tools such as MRI-Simmons, Mintel, YPulse, Infegy, Kantar Retail IQ, and Circana.
  • Demonstrated ability to influence and collaborate with senior clients and cross-functional leadership teams.

Benefits

  • Unlimited PTO
  • Medical, Dental, Vision (with an option for free medical care!)
  • 401K with a % match
  • Various maternity/paternity leave options
  • Fully funded disability and life insurance options
  • Headspace subscription
  • Wellness Stipend
  • and more....
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WPP Unite

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WPP Unite is a bespoke agency-unit built in service of Unilever, operating as one end-to-end strategy, design, and activation powerhouse for media and retail marketing. There’s never been a more exciting time in marketing, as media and commerce continue to merge to drive meaningful consumer experiences. As one of the most innovative CPG companies in the world, Unilever, the maker of iconic brands such as Dove, Hellmann’s, TRESemmé, Degree and many others, is adapting to this rapidly changing landscape with the help of WPP and its unparalleled network of agencies.

New York, New York, USA
146 employees (27 in marketing)
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$125K/yr – $175K/yr

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