Group Strategy Director

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in California, +2 more states.

📋 Description

• Direct the strategic initiatives across a portfolio of technology and entertainment brands.

• Take ownership of the strategic vision for all group accounts and create strategy playbooks for both new and existing accounts.

• Ensure that strategy development is informed by consumer insights and business acumen.

• Convert cultural, audience, platform, and performance insights into cohesive strategic narratives.

• Spearhead platform-specific strategies across TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, Facebook, X, and emerging platforms.

• Encourage experimentation with innovative storytelling formats and creative methodologies.

• Collaborate with creative teams on brand initiatives that are native to each platform.

• Keep track of cultural, competitive, and platform changes, leading necessary strategic adjustments.

• Combine research, data, creative input, and paid media insights across various departments.

• Train, guide, mentor, and provide constructive feedback to strategy team members and direct reports.

• Collaborate with the data center to establish measurement frameworks and reporting structures.

• Utilize AI tools for identifying trends, enhancing workflows, listening to social conversations, and storytelling.

• Incorporate the Chassis data intelligence platform into strategy development and execution.

• Act as a senior strategic advisor to high-level clients, fostering long-lasting relationships.

• Oversee daily strategy for one of the agency's largest accounts, managing everything from briefs and KPIs to channel strategies.

• Handle revenue, margins, burn rates, staffing, scopes of work, and opportunities for account expansion.

• Lead strategy development for pitches and new business opportunities.

• Enhance research, creative collaboration, storytelling, and presentation skills among junior and mid-level strategists.

⛳️ Requirements

• Over 10 years of experience in social and cultural strategy, preferably in a dynamic agency environment.

• Demonstrated success in leading and developing strategy teams across multiple accounts.

• Proficient in working with performance data and translating it into strategic guidance.

• Capable of conducting comprehensive consumer and cultural research and synthesizing relevant insights.

• Familiarity with tools such as GWI, Brandwatch, or Resonate is advantageous.

• Skilled at transforming cultural insights and platform trends into clear, actionable strategies and compelling narratives.

• Proven track record of mentoring talent and nurturing engaged, diverse, high-performing teams.

• Adept at blending culture, creativity, and insights into strategies that yield measurable brand impact.

• Experience in leading client interactions and delivering strategic presentations.

• Enthusiastic about staying updated on social trends and platform developments.

• Excellent communication, presentation, change management, relationship-building, and client navigation skills.

• Agile self-starter who can adapt to both internal and external teams in a rapidly changing environment.

• Proven ability to build high-performing and diverse teams.

🏝️ Benefits

• 100% employer contribution for health (base plan), vision, and dental coverage.

• 401K Retirement Plan with company matching contributions.

• Short and long-term disability insurance.

• Life insurance and accidental death & dismemberment coverage.

• Paid parental leave.

• Fully remote agency setup.

• Flexible paid time off policy.

• Take-as-you-need paid time off.

• Take-as-you-need paid mental health days.

• Minimum requirement of 10 days off per year.

• Eleven company-paid holidays.

• Week-long winter agency closure.

• Support for ongoing education and development.

• New business referral bonus.

• Movement Journey Program – stipend for personal growth.

• Health and wellness program offerings.

• WeWork membership.

• Active involvement in positive impact and diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) committees.

• Access to employee resource groups.